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It’s Your Serve

It’s Your Serve. You were saved to serve God. You serve God by serving people. Ephesians 6:7-8. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does…. Serve. Luke 1:38.

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It’s Your Serve

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  1. It’s Your Serve

  2. You were saved to serve God. You serve God by serving people.

  3. Ephesians 6:7-8 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does…

  4. Serve

  5. Luke 1:38 "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered.

  6. Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God…

  7. James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ…

  8. 2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ...

  9. Mark 10:43 Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant

  10. A Healthy Church

  11. Serve Wholeheartedly

  12. Ephesians 6:7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord…

  13. Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

  14. Pitfalls of Servanthood

  15. Ephesians 6:7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men...

  16. Conviction To serve the Lord and not men is to serve with:

  17. 1 Peter 4:10-11 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength

  18. God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

  19. Conviction To serve the Lord and not men is to serve: Compassion

  20. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

  21. 2 Corinthians 7:5-6 When we came into Macedonia, this body of ours had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn — conflicts on the outside, fears within. 6 But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus.

  22. Conviction To serve the Lord and not men is to serve with: Compassion Courage

  23. Joshua 1 Be strong and courageous...

  24. 2 Timothy 1:7 God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

  25. If you are not enjoying ministry to others . . .

  26. 1. You are doing too much!

  27. Luke 10 The Good Samaritan

  28. Luke 10 33 But a Samaritan , as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him.

  29. 35 The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'

  30. I am doing too much when it means that my personal life is a mess. I am doing too much when those I am responsible for feel neglected. I am doing too much when I am doing more and enjoying it less

  31. 2. You are doing the wrong things

  32. 3. You are doing them for the wrong reasons

  33. To serve the Lord, not men means... to serve with the highest motives

  34. Wrong Reasons to Serve • Guilt • Pressure • To Please People

  35. Wrong Reasons to Serve • Guilt • Pressure • To Please People • Pride

  36. Philippians 2:1-4 If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit

  37. and purpose. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

  38. Wrong Reasons to Serve • Guilt • Pressure • To Please People • Pride • To Earn Salvation

  39. Ephesians 2 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

  40. Ephesians 6:7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men...

  41. I Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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