It is difficult to articulate a person's hidden agenda but it's impossible not to feel it. It sits in the room as if it had a chair of it's own.

or feels like a hammer to the side of your head!

Open your hands & let go of your petty agendas. Embrace God's...

1 Thessalonians 2:3-5,8,12
God tested us thoroughly to make sure we were qualified to be trusted with this Message. Be assured that when we speak to you we're not after crowd approval—only God approval. Since we've been put through that battery of tests, you're guaranteed that both we and the Message are free of error, mixed motives, or hidden agendas. We never used words to butter you up. No one knows that better than you. And God knows we never used words as a smoke screen to take advantage of you...

We loved you dearly. Not content to just pass on the Message, we wanted to give you our hearts. And we did...

With each of you we were like a father with his child, holding your hand, whispering encouragement, showing you step-by-step how to live well before God, who called us into his own kingdom, into this delightful life.