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Originally Posted by Igzy
Peter's idea, to divest from the group all works and place them on individuals is artificial and against the way groups naturally work. I'm not saying there should not be freedom for individuals to be creative and work as the Lord leads, or that members need to get permission from leaders for every little thing. I'm saying that it is not wrong in principle for there to be some group efforts. Much of the Lord's work that is getting done these days springs from these.
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Peter only desires to know and serve the Lord. He sees group dynamics as a frustration to his personal walk with the Lord. In this regard he is not alone.
Ideally, the group should encourage and reinforce the personal walk. Unfortunately, other things happen along the way. I understand that too. There was a time when I felt like an old mule being run into the ground, being whipped for moving too slow, and trying to encourage myself by all those vain promises like, "
whenever the church is blessed, you are blessed too."