TRAINING ALTAR WORKERS
A. WHY HAVE AN ALTAR WORKER SEMINAR?
1. IMPUTS OF THE CHURCH IN ORDER TO GET ONE PERSON TO AN ALTAR OF PRAYER:
a. BUS MINISTRY
b. SUNDAY SCHOOL PROMOTION
c. BILL BOARDS
d. RADIO
e. HOME BIBLE STUDIES
f. TRACTS
g. NURSING HOMES
h. YOUTH SERVICES
i. MAIL OUTS
j. DOOR KNOCKING
2. IMPUTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL SAINTS LIFE:
a. PRAYER c. A DISCIPLINED LIFE
b. FASTING d. WITNESSING
3. IMPUTS OF THE MINISTER FOR THE SERVICE:
a. PRAYER c. STUDY OF GOD’S WORD
b. FASTING
4. OUTPUT OBJECTIVE – – – TO HAVE PEOPLE BORN AGAIN
a. WHO WORKS WITH THEM IN THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE OF THE SERVICE?
b. (USUALLY THE NEW CONVERTS THAT DO NOT KNOW HOW TO WORK IN THE ALTAR)
c. IT IS A MIRACLE THAT AS MANY RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST AS DO IN OUR ALTARS.
5. WE MUST BE TRAINED TO DO THE WORK OF GOD. (II TIM. 3:15, 22-16).
B. DEFINITIONS:
1. ALTAR: A PLACE WHERE SACRIFICES OR OFFERINGS ARE MADE TO GOD.
2. WORKER: A PERSON THAT DOES WORK
3. WORK: BODILY OR MENTAL EFFORT EXERTED TO DO SOMETHING AND TO PRODUCE RESULTS.
C. HOW IMPORTANT IS THE ALTAR IN THE PLAN OF GOD?
1. THE ALTAR IN THE TABERNACLE PLAN.
a. TWO ALTARS WERE IN THE CONFINES OF THE OUTER CURTIN.
1. THE BRAZEN ALTAR
2. THE ALTAR OF INCENSE
b. EACH HAS A MEANING TO US TODAY.
2. THE BRAZEN ALTAR.
a. MADE OF BRASS (BRASS SIGNIFIES JUDGEMENT)–(MOSES & BRASS SERPENT)
b. IT WAS A PLACE WHERE THE DEAD SACRIFICE WAS OFFERED UNTO GOD.
c. HERE THE BLOOD BEGAN TO FLOW.
d. TYPLIFIES…THE PLACE WHERE THE REPENTENT PERSON DIES OUT TO HIMSELF AND GIVES HIMSELF TO JESUS CHRIST.
e. A PERON CANNOT PROCEDE TO THE BRAZEN LAVER (BAPTISM) UNTIL THE SACRIFICE HAS BEEN MADE AT THE ALTAR.
3. THE ALTAR OF INCENSE. (PS. 141:2 REV. 5:8 LUKE 1:9-10)
a. THIS ALTAR WAS IN THE HOLY PLACE AND THE FIRE WAS NEVER TO GO OUT. (LEV. 1:7)
b. A SWEET SMELLING SAVOR WAS TO BE OFFERED TO THE LORD.
c. THIS TYPLIFIES THE WORSHIP THAT COMES WHEN A PERSON HAS PASSED THE BRAZEN ALTAR, THE BRAZEN LAVER, AND INTO THE HOLY PLACE (RECEIVES THE HOLY GHOST) (AS THE FIRE IS NOT TO GO OUT, NEITHER IS OUR PRAISE.)
4. BUT, REMEMBER…..THERE HAS TO BE A PRIEST TO OFFER THE SACRIFICE ON THE BRAZEN ALTAR, TO WASH IN THE BRAZEN LAVER, AND TO PUT THE SWEET SMELLING SAVOR ON THE COALS OF FIRE. (THIS IS THE ALTAR WORKER!!!!!)
D. WHAT IS ALTAR WORK AND SHOULD I BECOME INVOLVED?
1. ALTAR WORK NOT ONLY INVOLVES WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE ALTAR, BUT HAVE A BURDEN TO SEE THE WORK OF GOD PROPAGATED.
2. GOD HAS INSTRUCTED THE CHURCH TO BE “WORKMEN” II TIM. 3:15
a. GOD NEVER USES LAZY PEOPLE. (DAVID WAS KEEPING SHEEP, ELISHA WAS PLOWING WITH 12 head of oxen, ETC. WHEN THE CALL OF GOD CAME TO THEM.
3. EVERYBODY HAS A PLACE IN THE WORK OF GOD. YOUR SALVATION IS PREDICATED ON FINDING THIS AND WORKING DILIGENTLY. (ECC. 9:11 WHATSOEVER THY HAND FINDETH TO DO, DO IT WITH THY MIGHT: FOR THERE
IS NOT WORK. IN THE GRAVE WHERE YOU GO.)
E. HOW GOD LOOKS AT THE ALTAR?
1. JESUS CHRIST IS THE “AUTHOR & FINISHER OF OUR FAITH” & WE ARE TO LOOK TO HIM.
a. THE CROSS OF JESUS WAS HIS ALTAR.
1. EPH. 5:2 “AS CHRIST LOVED US AND HATH GIVEN HIMSELF FOR US AN OFFERING AND A SACRIFICE TO GOD FOR A SWEETSMELLING SAVOUR.”
2. LEV. 9:7 “..GO UNTO THE ALTAR, AND OFFER THY SIN OFFERING.”
3. JESUS HAD DIED TO SIN IN THE GARDEN, NOW A SACRIFICE FOR SIN.
4. JOHN 3:16 “FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD..HE GAVE..”
2. PLACE OF DEATH, SACRIFICE, OFFERING FOR THE BELEIVER.
3. MATT. 5:23-24 ALTAR MUST BE OPERATED WITHIN THE PREREQUISITES THAT GOD HAS LAID DOWN.
F. HOW HEAVEN LOOKS AT THE ALTAR.
1. LUKE 15:7, 10, 12-24 REJOICING IN HEAVEN & AMONG THE ANGELS OVER ONE SINNER THAT REPENTS.
2. IF THERE IS JOY IN HEAVEN & AMONG THE ANGELS…THEY MUST NOT ONLY BE THERE AT THE ALTAR…BUT ALL OF HEAVEN IS WATCHING OUR PENTENCOSTAL ALTARS.
3. THE WHOLE PLAN OF GOD & HIS DIVINE PURPOSE IS ENACTED AT OUT ALTARS.
G. HOW SATAN LOOKS AT THE ALTAR. (JOHN 10:10)
1. HE HAS BEEN CHALLANGED FOR HIS RIGHT FOR THAT SOUL & A PAST MASTER OF STRATEGY.
A. (RECALL THE DAYS OF NOAH & LOT, SOLOMAN, SAUL, JUDAS, DEMAS, ETC.)
2. II TIM. 2:22-26 “TAKEN CAPTIVE BY SATAN AT HIS WILL.”
3. ONLY THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAN LOOS THE BINDS OF SATAN & SET THE PERSON FREE.
4. JOHN 6:44 “NO MAN (REPEAT..NO MAN) CAN COME TO ME, EXCEPT THE FATHER WHICH SENT ME DRAW HIM.”
5. II COR. 4:4 “IN WHOM THE GOD OF THIS WORLD HATH BLINDED THE MINDS OF THEM WHICH BELIEVED NOT, LEST THE LIGHT OF THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF CHRIST..”
6. ONLY BY THE BLOOD & THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD WILL SATAN BE FORCED TO LET THE SINNER GO FREE.
7. SATAN’S GOAL- – -TO BIND ALL ALTAR WORKER’S WITH DOUBT, UNBELIEF, AND CONSEQUENTLY TIE THE HANDS OF GOD. (BLIND MAN HAD TO BE TAKEN OUTSIDE THE CITY OF BETHSAIDA) ZECH. 3:1-7
8. THE BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN AT THE ALTAR.
a. THE REPENTED PERSON. IS EATING AGAINST HIS FLESH, HIS WILL, HIS DESIRES, THE FORCES OF SATAN, AND ALL ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRACTIONS.
b. SATAN. IS ABOUT TO LOSE A PERSON FROM HIS BINDS AND WILL USE EVERY TACTIC HE KNOWS TO KEEP THE PERSON BOUND.
c. JESUS. IS READY TO GIVE THE PERSON THE HOLY GHOST AND IS DRAWING HIM THROUGH LOVE, CONVICTION, AND GRACE.
d. ALTAR WORKER. WILL MANY TIMES CAST THE DECIDING VOTE ON WHAT TAKES PLACE IN THE BATTLE AND WHETHER VICTORY IS WON. (WHAT A RESPONSIBILITY!)
I. THE ALTAR WORKERS LIFE.
1. MUST HAVE THE HOLY GHOST, BEEN BAPTIZED IN JESUS NAME, AND & RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST, & LIVING AND OVERCOMING VICTORIOUS LIFE.
2. MUST HAVE A BURDEN FOR THE LOST. DON’T ASK GOD FOR A BURDEN…BEG HIM.
3. YOU MUST BE SENSITIVE TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND THE LEADING OF THE SPIRIT.
4. MUST GET RID OF HIDDEN SIN IN YOUR LIFE. (AND RESERVATIONS)
a. SEE IT
b. SURRENDER IT
c. STARVE IT.
5. NUMBER 32:23 “BE SURE YOUR SINS WILL FIND YOU OUT”
a. IS. 59:2 “BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE SEPARATED BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR GOD, AND YOUR SINS HAVE HID HIS FACE FROM YOU, THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR.”
b. PS. 66:18 “IF I REGARD INIQUITY IN MY HEART, THE LORD WILL NOT HEAR ME.”
c. PROVERBS 28:13 “HE THAT COVERETH HIS SINS SHALL NOT PROSPER: BUT WHOSO CONFESSETH AND FORSAKETH THEM SHALL HAVE MERCY.”
d. WE CAN ACTUALLY HINDER THE PERSON BY OUR UNCONFESSED SIN. (REMEMBER THE BLIND MAN IN BETHSAIDA.)
6. REQUIREMENTS…FAST, PRAY, STUDY.
7. PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH.
a. IT IS HARD TO TELL SOMEBODY ELSE WHAT TO DO IF YOU DO NOT DO IT YOURSELF. SATAN WILL GET AN ADVANTAGE OF YOU AND “PAL PARROT” YOU.
J. THE ALTAR OF THE ALTAR WORKER.
1. THE ALTAR BEGINS WITH THE OPENING OF THE SERVICE. BE AWARE OF THIS!
2. LEARN TO BE SENSITIVE OF THE SERVICE.
a. HEB. 5:14 “THOSE WHO BY REASON OF USE HAVE THEIR SENSES EXERCISED… TO DISCERN BOTH GOOD AND EVIL.”
b. BECOME AWARE OF:
1. THE CHANGING OF THE SPIRIT OF THE SERVICE
2. THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU AND THEIR NEEDS
3. CONVICTION AS GOD BEGINS TO MOVE
3. AT THE CLOSING OF THE MESSAGE – PRAY FOR GOD TO TOUCH EVERY HEART.
4. BE LED OF THE SPIRIT TO GET SINNERS TO THE ALTAR THAT THE HOLY GHOST IS DRAWING.
a. DO NOT WASTE PRECIOUS TIME BEGGING THOSE THAT HAVE HAD THE HOLY GHOST TO COME TO THE ALTAR. (SINNERS COME FIRST IN MOST CASES.)
b. SINNERS NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
1. MARK 4:15 SATAN WILL REMOVE WORD IMMEDIATELY
2. ROMANS 8:14 “AS MANY AS ARE LED OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEY ARE THE SONS OF GOD.” WE MUST BE LED OF THE HOLY GHOST DURING THE ALTAR CALL.
c. JOHN 6:44 “NO MAN CAN COME TO ME EXCEPT THE FATHER…DRAW HIM”
1. GOD HAS HIS OWN TIME FOR ALL THINGS. (TIMES OF THE GENTILES, DAY OF PENTECOST WAS FULLY COME, RAPTURE.
2. GOD DOES NOT DRAW EVERY SINNER AT THE SAME TIME.
3. OUT GREAT GOSPEL CAN REACH ANY HEART….BUT THERE IS A TIME.
5. IMPORTANT PRINCIPAL….
a. ALWAYS LET THE PERSON THAT BRINGS A VISITOR HAVE THE FIRST CHANCE AT INVITING HIM TO GO TO THE ALTAR.
K. ALTAR WORKER AT THE ALTAR OF PRAYER.
1. EVERY MINUTE AT THE ALTAR IS VERY IMPORTANT.
a. IT IS NOT A PLACE TO LAUGH, JOKE, VISIT, OR TALK
b. A MIGHTY WAR IS ON. PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, FOR CONVICTION TO GET STRONGER AND REFUSE TO LET SATAN BIND YOU. (READ SECTION G AGAIN)
2. FIRST THINGS FIRST. (ACTS 2:38) tells US TO FIRST…..REPENT……..
a. THE ALTAR IS A PLACE OF REPENTANCE. DEATH TO SELF. (BRAZEN ALTAR)
b. LUKE 13:1-5 “EXCEPT YOU REPENT” IF A PERSON TRULY REPENTS, GOD WILL FILL HIM WITH THE HOLY GHOST.
c. JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHED REPENTANCE. MATT. 3, MARK 1:7, LUKE 3:3 MATT. 3:6-8, 11
d. APOSTLES PREACHED REPENTACE. ACTS 2:38, 3:19, 4:12, 22:16
3. PRINCIPALS OF REPENTANCE.
a. GOD MUST GRANT REPENTANCE TO THE SINNER. JOHN 6:44 ACTS 11:18, II TIM. 2:2 II PETER 3:9 (ESAU…HEB. 12:16-17)
b. THE SINNER GOES NO FARTHER UNTIL HE TRULY REPENTS
c. JOHN 12:24 “EXCEPT A CORN OF WHEAT FALL IN THE GROUND AND DIE, IT ABIDETH ALONE, BUT IF IT DIE, IT BRINGETH FORTH MUCH FRUIT..
1. WE WILL REAPT WHAT WE TO (TO THE SPIRIT OR THE FLESH)
2. THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
4. TWO TYPES OF REPENTANCE
a. WE MUST BE ABLE TO DISCERN THE DIFFERENCE.
b. II COR. 7:10 “FOR GODLY SORROW WORKETH REPENTANCE TO SALVATION BUT THE SORROW OF THE WORLD WORKETH DEATH.”
1. SORROW OF THE WORLD…FEEL SORRY FOR YOURSELF
a. HERE THE “I” IS THE CENTER OF THE MOTIVATION OF REPENTANCE
b. SAD THAT YOU GOT CAUGHT IN SIN.
c. UPSET BECAUSE OF WHAT SIN HAS DONE TO YOU
d. NOT SORRY THAT YOU HAVE SINNED AGAINST GOD & GREIVED THE SPIRIT “AGAINST THEE ONLY HAVE I SINNED”
2. GODLY SORROW
a. THE PERSON REALIZES HE IS A SINNER AND HAS DONE THE WRONG THING.
b. REALIZE THAT YOUR LIFE IS AGAINST GOD & YOU HAVE SINNED AGAINST THE LORD
c. REFUSES TO LET THE “I” STAY AT THE CENTER OF YOUR LIFE.
d. WANTS YOUR LIFE AND THE DIRECTION OF YOUR LIFE CHANGED.
e. FALL OUT OF LOVE WITH SELF
f. LUKE 15 – PRODIGAL SON – SINNED AGAINST HEAVEN BEFORE THEE, NOT WORTHY TO CALL SON.
L. AFTER REPENTANCE, RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST.
1. ENCOURAGE THE PERSON, AFTER REPENTANCE, TO THANK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS.
2. TELL THEM TO FORGIVE THEMSELVES….THIS IS A MAIN HINDERANCE.
3. THE HOLY GHOST IS A GIFT…THANK HIM FOR IT ACTS 2:38-39. ACTS 11:17 RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST ALSO MEANS TO TAKE IT UNTO YOURSELF.
4. NOT HAVE TO BEG FOR A GIFT — BIRTHDAY GIFT.
5. PRAISE HIM.
M. OUR FAITH AT THE ALTAR OF PRAYER.
1. HEB. 11:6 “WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE…..REPEAT – IT IS IMPOSSIBLE”
2. FAITH WILL STRETCH FORTH THE HAND OF GOD OR STOP HIM COMPLETELY.
a. MARK 8:22-26 TOOK BLIND MAN OUT OF THE CITY
b. ACTS 4:6-13 OUTSIDE INFLUENCES CAN HINDER
c. ACTS 13:6-13 SATAN WILL TRY TO USE EVERY MEANS POSSIBLE TO STOP A SOUL FROM OBTAINING VICTORY. WE MUST TAKE AUTHORITY OVER THIS!!
N. PRAYER PARTNERS. MATT. 18:18-20
1. EVERY ALTAR WORKER IS TO HAVE ONE OR TWO PRAYER PARTNERS.
2. SELECT A PERSON TO PRAY WITH AND BIND TOGETHER WITH AT THE ALTAR.
3. LEARN TO WORK TOGETHER. (WITH EACH OTHER & WITH THE HOLY GHOST)
a. ONE NEEDS TO PRAY AT ALL TIMES FOR THE HOLY GHOST TO MOVE.
b. OTHER ONE CAN ENCOUAGE THE SEEKER TO PRAY. (ONLY PERSON TALKS TO THE SEEKER AT ONE TIME)
c. WHEN ONE IS TALKING TO THE SEEKER ONE IS TO KEEP PRAYING AND SEEKING GOD TO MOVE AND GUIDE THE ONE THAT IS TALKING.
d. PEOPLE GET THE HOLY GHOST BY PRAYING….NOT BY TALKING LET THEM PRAY!!!
1. KEEP TALKING TO AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM EXCEPT TO GUIDE HIM AS HE IS PRAYING.
2. SPEEK TO HIM DIRECTLY ONLY TO GUIDE AND ENCOURAGE. A WAR IS ON!
3. COUNSELING AND TALKING TO THE PERSON CAN BE DONE AFTER THEY HAVE STOPPED PRAYING AND LEFT THE ALTAR AREA.
e. PRAYER PARTNERS SHOULD TALK WITH THE PERSON AFTER HIS SEEKING THE HOLY GHOST.
1. IF HE RECEIVES THE HOLY GHOST.
a. HE NEEDS TO BE BAPTIZED IMMEDIATELY.
b. YOU GET HIM READY TO BE BAPTIZED. THIS WILL GIVE HIM SECURITY.
c. GET A BAPTISIMAL CERTIFICATE FOR THE PERSON.
d. FIND THE PERSONS NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER & FOLLOW UP ON HIM
e. ENCOURAGE TO BE HERE FOR EVERY SERVICE AND TRY TO GET THEM IN ONE OF THE HOME BIBLE SUTDIES.
f. TELL THEM WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE “DEVIL” SINCE THEY HAVE PARTED FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM. JOHN 8:44
2. IF HE DOES NOT RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST.
a. ENCOURAGE HIM TO CONTINUE TO SEEK FOR THE HOLY GHOST.
b. SEE IF THE PERSON IS READY TO BE BAPTIZED.
c. GET THE PERSONS NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER & FOLLOW UP ON HIM.
d. ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE HERE FOR EVERY SERVICE.
e. ADVISE THEM ON THE DEVICES OF SATAN.
f. OFFER TO TAKE HOME & PICK UP FOR NEXT SERVICE.
3. JOHN 3:44
O. PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF ALTAR WORK.
1. MOTIVATIONS THAT CAUSE PEOPLE TO COME TO THE ALTAR.
a. SELF PITY. – OLD TIMERS AT THIS
1. THESE PEOPLE MAY WEEP & CRY. (THEIR MAIN CONCERN IS YOUR EMOTIONS AND FEELING SORRY FOR THEM.)
2. THEY ARE NOT HONEST WITH YOU, THEMSELVES, OR GOD.
3. THEY ARE NOT THERE TO TRULY REPENT.
4. THEY WILL OFTEN TIME BE USED TO TRY AND STOP A SERVIC.
5. SORRY THEY WERE CAUGHT IN SIN.
6. WHAT TO DO IF YOU DISCERN THIS.
a. ENCOURAGE TO PRAY AND TRULY REPENT.
b. NEED TO BE COUNSELED WITH BY A MINISTER AFTER CHURCH.
b. JUSTIFICATION OF A PERSONS WRONGS.
1. CONSCIOUS MOVES. THEY HAVE DONE WRONG & ARE SORRY, BUT NOT READY TO REPENT & TURN FROM SIN.
2. PERSON USUALLY WEEPS AND TELLS THE LORD HE IS SORRY.
3. WILL NOT TURN FROM THEIR SIN. USUALLY WILL NOT COME BACK TO MANY SERVICES
4. THEY FEEL GOD WILL BE BETTER TO THEM IF THEY PRAY AND IT WILL REMOVE SOME OF THE GUILT AND SOOTHE THEIR CONSCIOUS.
5. WHAT TO DO IF YOU DISCERN THIS.
a. ENCOURAGE THEM TO PRAY & REPENT OF ALL THEIR SINS.
b. THEY WILL HAVE MORE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE SAME TYPE SITUATION UNTIL THEY GET TO THE SOURCE OF THEIR PROBLEM. (SIN)
c. HIGH ON DRUGS OR ALCOHOL
1. WE WILL SE MORE OF THIS. GOD IS ABLE TO DELIVER THEM.
2. PRAY FOR DELEVERANCE OF THE SPIRIT THAT HAS AHOLD ON THEM.
3. DO NOT TRY TO TALK AND REASON WITH THEM IN THE ALTAR.
4. GIVE THEM LITERATURE.
d. TO GAIN PERSNAL ADVANTAGE.
1. GO THROUGH THE ACT OF PRAYING IN ORDER TO GAIN FAVOR OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN ORDER TO DATE THEM.
2. PLEASE PARENTS, WIFE, HUSBAND
e. THOSE THAT ARE TRULY HUNGRY FOR GOD.
1. THIS WILL ALWAYS BE THE MAJORITY.
2. DO NOT TRY TO FIGURE EACH PERSON OUT. PRAY AND BELIEVE GOD.
3. THESE PEOPLE WILL USUALLY HAVE AN EMOTIONAL UPSURGE (CRY) AND WILL BE WILLING TO ASK GOD TO FORGIVE THEM OF EVERYTHING IN THEIR LIFE.
4. WILL BE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING YOU AKS THEM TO DO TO RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST.
2. NOT ALL WILL FIT ANY OF THE ABOVE CATEGORIES.
P. THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT WILL WORK IN THE ALTAR.
1. I COR. 12:7-11
2. THEY WILL NEVER BE USED TO HARM. ONLY TO EDIFY AND HELP.
3. I COR. 14:24-25
4. BIND THE SPIRIT OF FEAR. BE LED OF THE SPIRIT.
Q. ALTAR SITUATIONS
1. PERSON IS PRAYING AND REPENTING, THEN STOPS IMMEDIATELY. HIT A ROCK.
2. SHAKING, SCREAMING, SHOUTING, RELAX. THE HOLY GHOST COMES BY FAITH AND NOT BY BODY MOVEMENTS.
3. CRYING UNCONTROLLABLY. EACH INDIVIDUAL IS DIFFERENT. CAN BE MENTAL PROBLEMS AND DEPRESSION. EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES. — RELAX, PRAY
4. DEMON POSSESSED.
a. FIGHTING WITH YOU, FALL ON THE FLOOR, EXTRA STRENGTH.
b. WILL NOT FIGHT YOU UNLESS YOU HAVE HIM CORNERED.
c. CALL FOR A MINISTER.
d. EXAMPLES — DON’T LET HIM GET YOU ON THE FLOOR.
R. THINGS WE SHOULD NOT DO AT THE ALTAR.
1. PUT OUR HAND ON THEIR HEAD.
2. SHAKE THE PERSON WHILE PRAYING.
3. SHOUT IN THEIR EARS.
4. SPIT IN THEIR FACE.
5. BE CAREFUL OF BAD BREATH.
6. TWO WORKERS TALK TO PERSON AT THE SAME TIME.
MATT. 21:13 “MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED THE HOUSE OF PRAYER.
NOTE: ALL BUSINESS, COUNSELING OF MEMBER, ETC. THAT CAN BE HANDLED DURING THE WEEK SHOULD BE DONE AT THAT TIME. THIS WILL FREE THE MINISTERS TIME ON SUNDAY TO GIVE ATTENTION TO THE SERVICE, MESSAGE, AND ALTARS IN AN UNDIVIDED MANNER. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO SEE THE LOST WON IN CHRIST!
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