THE THREE APOSTOLIC LAMPSTANDS

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A SUBMITTED APOSTOLIC SELAH

APOSTLE TAVEAU D’ARCY CREATIVE LEADERSHIP /DFW LOF  IDENTIFIES THE THREE BASIC APOSTOLIC LAMPSTANDS
NOTE: Above are what DFW LOF, Apostle Taveau Creative Leadership regard as the SYMBOLS of the 3 basic types of Lampstands( fellowships, churches) around the world. Each have their God calls, their own strengths and general apostolic weaknesses.

 

LAMP STAND ON THE RIGHT : The Symbol of the Mighty Mega Lampstand (global, national, many in number) May resemble a King Solomon (or a Mother Theresa.** Yet tribal, flow Mother Teresa fits also into the EXOTIC servant pioneering leader lamp stand, mentioned beneath) May be a media TV lamp stand, mega church, Bible equipping, worship teaching Holy Spirit ministry flow.

 

The MEGA lamp stand  generally has established, well trained, high quality,effective and efficient leadership which is proven and therefore respected and can be a hero role model for the other 2 Lampstands.

 

DOWNSIDE: Could turn into a business bureaucracy, apostolic genuflecting, people pleasing hierarchy and lose it’s discernment, cutting RELATIONSHIP edge by using stereotypes and unduly apostolic morph slowly into The  Ministry Big Religious  System with multiplied  fan club followers. AND as the PICTURE appears SHORTER…another real DOWNSIDE is that after monies come in on a regular basis and their is now enormous building, governmental infrastructure , and salaries to support, the top LAMPSTAND ELDER, STAFF could feel enormous pressure to NOT make any Holy Spirit waves, (meaning even to compromise) SIMPLY to keep the REGULAR, BEING GENERATED,  INFRASTRUCTURE MONETARY BOTTOM LINE SUPPORT COMING IN..

APOSTOLIC MINISTRY LAMP STAND ON LEFT:

The Lampstand on the left symbolizes the FRONT LINES  CHIEF APOSTOLIC (equally Sent Messenger) local CHURCH. It is represented by the tallest candle stick, which symbolizes that the apostolic (mostly grass roots) senior apostolic (spiritual trailblazing) he/she minister, STICKS THEIR NECK OUT and has to take many natural, spiritual, relationship RISKS.

THEY ENCOUNTER toe to toe, face to face very heavy religious opposition while being (overly often) many times as the “TURF COMPETITION” by the other religious work planters, even the set in place community traditions, doctrinal legalisms and if they are not continually aware, they can be eventually worn down, worn out and preyed upon by unscrupulous users who often appear at every turn.

 

AND as the main God sent WORK PLANTER, they often have to do every duty for even a long season, should they not be able to find enough reliable, dependable, true, capable helps, volunteers, even staff.

 

THE SPIRITUAL, HUMAN DOWNSIDE: While they are usually prophetic risk takers, brave Joshuas, and stick their necks out for God’s Holy Spirit sake, they can also turn HARD, STIFF NECKED and not know how to TAKE OFF to maintain their First Love Lampstand Life apart with the Lord, but also how to have R and R, Family time apart..and this can rob their of abiding RELATIONSHIPS.

ALSO USUALLY FACE A BIG TEMPTATION to get “suspicious, turf protecting and even may feel like an apostolic martyr, victim when they work steadfastly , over coming all odds, but still do not see the fruit manifest as they feel that it ought to. And finances also play an enormous part in many of these.

 

 

MIDDLE APOSTOLIC LAMPSTAND:

THE MIDDLE LAMPSTAND SYMBOLIZES the EXOTIC, much less hierarchal, usually much more Holy Spirit flowing, swarm ministry, which is found usually  international, longer worshipping lamp stands, apostolic leadership may be into Father’s heart, serving, seeking the word of the Lord, fellowshipping in relationship /in search of God’s presence, power, HOWEVER, there are exceptions to the rule in these..but also in both of the other lamp stands.

 

DFW LEADER MINISTRY FELLOWSHIP is  this STYLE OF EXOTIC LAMP STAND.

 

APOSTOLIC LEADER DOWNSIDE: If the EXOTIC LAMPSTAND is surrounded, immersed by multiple established LEGALISTIC, APOSTOLIC ESTABLISHED BIG ON TRADITION many other staid non discerning Elder Lampstands, though they may be commissioned, apostolically SENT equally by the Living Lord, they may be dimly regarded from afar, fellow apostolically viewed as suspicious and/or as “coming to take OUR turf” etc.

ANOTHER DOWNSIDE is that the make up of the basic EXOTIC ELDER LAMPSTAND pioneer is to be called to birth a new non traditional Holy Spirit work, and the tendency is to get “martyr” to get overly independent so as to not accept any personal, ministry wise advice from any others. AND to want to RULE minus regarding, discerning any other’s GOD GIVEN BOUNDARIES or on the opposite extreme, the ATYPICAL WORK senior pioneer can spiritually dummy way down (fall into human pleasing, rather than GOD ONLY pleasing!) …due to the vast PEER PRESSURE coming at them from ministers of former /current /even new moves, from family, from TV MEDIA and more.**

** SURELY some of this can fit ALL THREE LAMPSTANDS as the peer pressure to CONFORM and PERFORM is directed at each and every single apostolic human leader. The Key Main Top Elder to follow, to Bible conform with/to is the FATHER who is THE LORD GOD (“The Audience of One”)

AND while the XSMALL-SMALL TO MEDIUM apostolic lamp stand has ongoing real NEEDS the apostolic big tendency can make some of the founder leaders regard all new persons as COMING TO SERVE UNDER THEM”…which then applies noticeabley PERCEIVED, DISCERNED, AWARE BIG PRESSURE on the new visitor, ongoing visitor and angelic stranger.

TO BE HELPFUL: We each should ongoing practice REAL RESPECT with a REGARD for EVERY INDIVIDUAL’S BOUNDARIES and then to duly note” WHERE MY AUTHORITY BEGINS AND WHERE IT ENDS, and WHERE THE OTHER PERSON’S AUTHORITY BEGINS AND ENDS.”

“REAL RESPECT FOR THE OFFICE OF EVERY HUMAN BEING

MADE IN GOD’S IMAGE” PSALM 139