{"id":7826,"date":"2011-12-14T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=7826"},"modified":"2025-12-03T09:16:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:16:33","slug":"presence-of-god-importance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/presence-of-god-importance.htm","title":{"rendered":"Importance of God’s Presence in a Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BlessingIn a previous post we considered how sin keeps us from experiencing the blessing of the presence of God<\/a>.\u00a0 The example of the Israelites making the golden calf serves as a good example.\u00a0 God told Moses, “Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way” (Ex. 33:3).<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 God’s holiness requires judgment on sin.\u00a0 God would fulfill His covenant in giving these people the promised land but, He told Moses,\u00a0He would no longer go with them.\u00a0 The people were distressed when they heard these words.<\/p>\n

Later when Moses met with God, he said, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here” (Ex. 33:15)<\/span>.\u00a0 Moses knew the importance of God’s presence.<\/p>\n

How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth? (Ex. 33:16)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Why God’s Presence is Important:<\/h2>\n
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  1. God’s presence is an indication of God’s pleasure.\n
    When people sense God’s presence, they perceive that something good is happening in that church or ministry.\u00a0 God will not bless that which displeases Him.\u00a0 Because He is sovereign, God will work all things for the good (Rom. 8:28)<\/span> but that is different from putting His stamp of approval on it.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  2. God’s presence is an identification mark of being God’s people.\n
    There are a lot of individuals and organizations doing good things in this world who are not Christian.\u00a0 What makes us different from them? — God’s presence.\u00a0 With God’s presence comes a power to make an eternal difference, not merely a temporal one.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    People will be more prone to getting involved if they believe God is present in it because it will be going somewhere, making an eternal difference.<\/p>\n

    These points are included in the Steering the Church Toward Discipleship Leadership Guide<\/strong><\/a> along with other input about God’s presence being a leader’s Case for Confidence when it come to fulfilling our mission to make disciples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In a previous post we considered how sin keeps us from experiencing the presence of God.\u00a0 The example of the Israelites making the golden calf serves as a good example.\u00a0 God told Moses . . . Continue reading Importance of God’s Presence in a Ministry<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections-ministry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t