INSTEAD OF COUNTING SHEEP, TALK WITH THE SHEPARD

One thing I know for sure, "I am perfectly imperfect"! I once worked for a Church where the Pastor was constantly "imperfect". I wondered how GOD could be Glorified with this man. He would continually talk of "his VISION" of a MEGA Church that GOD was building. Then one day I passed his office and I heard him pray, "JESUS, have mercy on me, a sinner". Today I realize how that prayer said it all, he was repenting and knew he could not be who GOD wanted under his own power. 1 Thessalonians 5: 17, "Pray without ceasing." When you are concentrating on your sins, give thanks that they bother you, give thanks you are not who you want to be, and know those thoughts are GOD in you! Instead of counting all of your wrongs (and the wrongs of others) talk with the SHEPARD. Those prayers are just as easy as "JESUS, have mercy on me, a sinner". Oh, by the way, that Pastor's Church never became a MEGA Church, but the young pastors he mentored went on to plant many Churches and Yes, some are the MEGA Churches you see on Television today. He had a VISION, he just had no idea how big that VISION was. GOD answered my question, "how can GOD be Glorified with this man"?   

Psalm 139: 23-24 
Isaiah  43:1
GOD IS GOD!