Stupid Stuff: The Watch Letter

When churches around the world started preaching self-ambition and going after everything you want, love and care left. Chief Apostle Gunn said this recently during service. He explained that this kind of self-centeredness is no better than what we call "stupid stuff.”

The sad thing is, people will be more offended by the phrase “stupid stuff” than at themselves for being selfish, cold, and heartless.

He gave the example that a focus on self instead of love and care has left us without sincere church mothers. In the old days, women in the church focused on supporting the ministry, helping raise up the saints, and guiding them to Christ. They devoted themselves to mothering all who needed nurturing. These women did not seek self but sought to encourage and lead by example. But today, women are encouraged to “live their best lives,” put themselves out front, and be independent women. And that has distracted them. 

And this applies to the men of the church too. There used to be elder men in the church who were deacons and made sure the church and pastor's needs were met and, as father figures, looked out for areas that needed attention and support in the congregation. Now, many are influenced to go after leisure, status, and money instead of leading with care.

So yes, being self-consumed and abandoning care and love is stupid stuff.

Jeremiah 4:22: “For my people is foolish; they have not known me; they are sottish (foolish, drunken, numb)... they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”

Chief Apostle Gunn said you can know you lack the care and love God requires if you find yourself complaining, being mean, grudging, mocking, hell-raising, seeking self, lacking sensitivity, discouraging others, causing confusion, and unwilling to find a reason to be involved.

And we must be honest with ourselves. If we aren't there for the church and the people in it, how can we truly love God? You can't love the father and not the children.

1 John 4:21: “And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”

In other words, Chief Apostle Gunn said we have been acting like the ostrich. Ostriches are known for self-preservation and an extreme focus on tending their own nests, keeping their heads toward the dirt. So when you keep your head down, you're showing the rest of the world your backside, a sign that you're choosing not to engage or care. 

Chief Apostle Gunn always testifies that when he truly surrendered his life to Christ, love and concern for others entered his heart. And I am a witness to that as well. I had gone to church my whole life, but lived unsaved. But when I came back to God as a young adult, I wasn't fully sold out. I was an ostrich; I was still self-consumed and not being sensitive to God and others.

One day, I decided to join our choir, “Holy Fire,” because I wanted more fellowship with God and with those who truly wanted God. Sometimes we sing, sometimes we pray, sometimes we review messages from service, sometimes we just fellowship and encourage one another, and sometimes we help each other with deliverance and being filled with the Holy Ghost. One day, that's what happened to me. My sisters, who were young ministers at the time, helped me pursue deliverance, surrender, and being filled with the Holy Ghost, and I rededicated my life to Christ for real. And love and care followed.

Philippians 2:4: “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”

Listen to Apostle Gunn's recent broadcast here.