10 Ms - Clover

Arise5 www.arise5.com "The 10 M's" Guidelines for Ministerial Behavior

The personal character of a prophetic minister – or any minister for that matter – is the foundation of his or her ministry. In recent years we have seen all too clearly that even those Christians whose ministries may have all the so-called signs of “success,” such as financial prosperity, international fame and popularity, and even signs following, are doomed to a humiliating collapse if they fail to build their works on a solid base of personal purity and maturity. In that light, then, before we deal with issues specifically related to prophetic ministry, we need to take a close look at what I have established as “the 10M’s for maturing and maintaining ministry.” These are ten areas of our personal lives that need examination and correction if we are to prove ourselves to be true prophetic ministers of God. We should emphasize that few, if any, ministers could make a perfect “score” with regard to all “10 M’s.” Nevertheless, we should never assume that just because most of these areas in our life might be in good shape, we therefore can neglect the others. It only takes one part to break down for our entire ministry to come to a screeching halt. So we must be diligent to give our attention regularly to every one of these areas. And we should keep in mind that even an area we normally consider our greatest strength, if we leave it unguarded, can easily become a double weakness... Those who diligently keep these “10 M’s” in biblical order will maintain and mature in their lives and prophetic ministry.

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Arise5 www.arise5.com 'The 10 M’s” for Maturing and Maintaining Ministry Excerpted from Dr. Bill Hamon's "Prophets, Pitfalls and Principles" (Destiny Image, 1991) 1. Manhood (or womanhood) Gen 1:26,27 Rom. 8:29 Heb. 2: 6,10 1. Tim 2:5 2. Ministry 2 Cor. 6:3 Mt. 7:15-21 Deut. 18:20-22

God makes the man before manifesting mighty ministry Man – apart from position, message or ministry Personality – evaluating the person, not performance Jesus – manhood thirty years; ministry – three and a half; 10:1 ratio No offense to ministry; 1 Cor. 2:4-5 – power and demonstration By their fruits you shall know them – anointing, results Prophecies or preaching productive; proven, pure, positive

3. Message Eph. 4:15 Speak the truth in love; present truth and life giving 1 Tim. 4:2 Message balanced, scriptural, doctrinally sound and spiritually right Mk. 16:20 God confirms His word – not person, pride, or reputation 4. Maturity Jas. 3:17 Attitude right; mature in human relations; heavenly wisdom Gal. 5:22 Fruit of the Spirit, Christ-like character, dependable, steadfast 1 Cor. 13 Not childish, Eph. 4:14, Heb. 5:14; Biblically knowledgeable and mature 1 Tim. 3:6 Not a novice 5. Marriage 1 Tim. 3:2,5 Scripturally in order, personal family versus God’s family 1 Pet. 3:1,7 Priorities straight – God first, wife and family, then ministry Eph. 5:22,23 Marriage to exemplify relationship of Christ and His church 6. Methods Titus 1:16 Rom. 1:18 Rom. 3:7,8

Rigidly righteous, ethical, honest, integrity – honest Not manipulative or deceptive; doesn't speak ‘evangelistically’ Good end results; do not justify unscriptural methods

7. Manners Titus 1:7, 3:1,2 Unselfish, polite, kind, gentlemanly or ladylike, discreet Eph. 4:29, 5:4 Proper speech and communication in words and mannerism

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Arise5 www.arise5.com 8. Money 1 Tim. 3:6 1 Tim. 6:5,10,17 Luke 12:15

Not “craving wealth and resorting to ignoble and dishonest methods of getting it” Love of money and materialism destroys (e.g. Achan, Balaam, Judas)

9. Morality Col. 3:5 Virtuous, pure and proper relationships 1. Cor. 6:9-10,18, Biblical sexual purity in attitude and action Eph. 5:3, 1 Cor. 5:11 Matt. 5:28 No wrong thoughts or desire to do – without opportunity to act 10. Motive Matt. 6:1 To serve or be seen? Fulfill personal drive or God’s desire? 1 Cor. 16:15-16 True motivation? To minister or to be a minister? To herald the truth or just be heard by man? 1 Cor. 13:1-3 Motivated by God’s love, or lust for power, fame, name, etc.?

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