Joyful Perseverance, Ajith Fernando
Joyful Perseverance, Ajith Fernando
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Joyful Perseverance
Staying Fresh through the Ups and Downs of Ministry

Author: Ajith Fernando

Narrator: William Slammon

Unabridged: 5 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: One Audiobooks

Published: 11/19/2024

Synopsis

How to Remain Joyful about Ministry Despite Inevitable Challenges Life in ministry is not detached from disappointment. Threats to one’s integrity, harmful expectations from celebrity culture, and the tendency toward loneliness, insecurity, and pain can put a strain on ministry leaders. How can they remain faithful to their work for Christ’s kingdom without letting bitterness seep in?   Joyful Perseverance encourages ministry leaders to rely on God’s grace to find joy, energy, and the freshness to serve well, despite inevitable disappointments. It offers practical ways to combat the negative effects of ministry such as embracing God’s joy-giving presence, guarding one’s integrity, leaning into one’s God-given identity, groaning with God, settling sin issues through repentance and forgiveness, cultivating friends, and more. By adopting a life of thanksgiving, readers will experience abundant joy, resulting in an ongoing passion for ministry.

About The Author

Ajith Fernando (ThM, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the teaching director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka after serving as the ministry's national director for thirty-five years. He and his wife, Nelun, are active in a church ministering primarily to the urban poor, and his ministry includes counseling and mentoring younger staff and pastors. He is the author of twenty-one books published in twenty-four languages. Ajith lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with his wife, and they have two adult children and four grandchildren.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dr. David on August 06, 2024

We live in troubling times. The economy is in shambles. Crime is up. People are hurting. Compromise is commonplace. The church is no exception. Any pastor who faithfully wields the Word of God every week and faithfully persists in his ministry responsibilities is bound to face discouragement. Any Ch......more

Goodreads review by Mason on December 23, 2024

Simple, succinct, and insightful counsel from someone who has much by the way of walking with, and serving, the Lord.......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on October 09, 2024

[3.75] “God’s servants are not immune to challenges faced by the rest of humanity. Those who face such are honored by God, for He enables them to bear such burdens.” Overall, it’s a good book. There were a couple chapters that I chose to glaze over, but I was generally challenged and encouraged by th......more

Goodreads review by Ben on January 07, 2025

Really helpful......more

Goodreads review by Becca on June 14, 2024

I loved this book. Ajith Fernando has been in ministry for forty-seven years, so when he talks about perseverance in ministry, he has the experience to back it up. He writes with grace and humility and simply points his readers back to the basics of the faith: living in the grace of God and dependin......more

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