Ministry?

God is not so concerned about what you do, but how you do it. The word ministry is problematic in our society today. The majority of Christians that go to church attend so that they can be ministered to by those in ministry. This separation does not serve the Kingdom of God well.

Feelings?

Feeling sad, there's a pill for that. Feeling anxious, there's a pill for that. It seems there is a pill for every aspect of unwelcome feelings.

I'm using " there's a pill" as a euphemism for self-medicating our bad feelings. It may not be a pill or alcohol; maybe it's other activities like social media that we utilize to be distracted from our feelings.

When we address our feelings with artificial solutions, we eliminate the process God uses to get our attention and to speak into our lives the solution to the underlying issue/problem that our feelings only hint at.