Ministry Is Often Full Of Problems

By Dwight Stevenson


I recently spoke to a man that was struggling with some of his own emotional pain. He was crying to me on the telephone and asking me how he can get rid of his pain. He was a drug user and alcoholic. He did not know how to get rid of the painful memories of his past. He had been to rehab and to many alcoholic's anonymous groups over the years. He never found any cure that worked for him. I asked him, "Have you ever tried turning your life over to God?" He said, "yes", but it never worked for him. I realized in my heart that this man needed courage to change his life.

As I sat and spoke with him, he told me that he always had bad thoughts of not wanting to live anymore. He told me that life had become a painful mess for him. It was full of sadness and pain daily. He was angry at the hand that life had dealt him. He wept and said to me, "What makes you happy?" I was blunt with him and said, "God makes me happy. When I pray, I feel at peace. God has taught me to let the past go because I cannot do anything to change it." Yes, he said. That is so true. He asked me, "How can I get to a place in my life where I no longer have to live in my pain. I want to forget my memories of all the people that have hurt me from a long time ago."

When I became a psychic, I was shocked to find out how many Christian's were calling me. I thought that people that did not believe in Jesus would be calling me. However, nothing could be further from the truth. My telephone began to ring off the wall when people found out that I was a Christian psychic. I was fortunate enough to begin my psychic practice when the internet was invented. I know that many Christians prophets from the past would have loved to have the opportunity to work on the psychic hotline if they could. The prophets of the past would often not get paid anything for giving a prophetic word for someone. John the Baptist lived in the wilderness.

He had to start preaching in churches and getting pastoral support from people that wanted to believe in what he was doing. It took years for him to get there. The fact that he can earn good money doing what he does is a true blessing. If he makes good money, it's because he is good at what he does. Nobody just hands you millions of dollars if you don't deserve it.

A few weeks past and I saw him once again. I said, "Did you confess your sins to others that you have hurt?" He said, "yes". He was able to contact most of the people that he had hurt, and he said that he was sorry. The people really appreciated it and he realized that he had to become a new man. I said, "Now you won't have the urge to drink as much or to have emotional pain." I said, "We only have emotional pain and the feelings of guilt when we owe someone an apology for what we have done to them. Sometimes it takes more than I am sorry. Sometimes we have to say it repeatedly to let them really know how bad we feel about it. Some people must give something material as well as an apology for what they have done. John agreed with me and said, "I feel so much better. How can I thank you?" I said to him, "You don't have to thank me. Just do right from now on. Don't be mean and think of other people's feelings before your own." It's interesting how much time we put into painful memories. All that we really must do is say to someone that we are sorry. We are sorry for offending and hurting them. We are sorry for saying mean things to them or doing something that is evil. When we have guilt, it eats at us. Admitting that we did something wrong is hurtful. We often have shame when we have done wrong. However, when we confess our sins to one another and then to God, we release something that is profound. I believe that we can all free our minds of guilt and pain when we release our hurt and pain to the Lord. Jesus is always waiting there to forgive us. Praise God that He gives us the opportunity to grow.




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