We can find illustrations of what it looks like to serve God by examining the life of Jesus. He could do this because he intimately knew the Father's heart. Jesus valued what the Father valued. His life demonstrates that throughout the New Testament. Jesus showed the Father's heart when he served various groups of people, such as:. In order to serve God, we have to know him. The internal renewal of our minds and hearts creates an external propulsion that moves us out in love and service to others.
The authors go on to say that the grace of God enables us to respond by turning our focus from serving ourselves to trusting the greatness and goodness of God. In light of the grace of God, I can examine my own heart. That not only opens my eyes to the opportunities for service around me, it also allows me to experience joy as I see God work through me. This means I can constantly serve God in my daily activity if I am simply conscious of his greatness as I live out my life.
On the flip side, I might never be truly serving him if my actions come from a place of working to earn his acceptance or approval—or the acceptance or approval of others. For example, I can serve God in my marriage if I forgive and continue to pursue my spouse even when he has wronged me, because I realize that God continues to pursue me lovingly even when I do him wrong.
As Christians understand it, Jesus was God in the flesh; he was perfect, so he could serve all people perfectly. Examine your life and find your gifts, skills and talents.
What are you good at? How could you use your talents to help those around you? Are you good with children? Do you enjoy time with the elderly? Do you like to cook or bake? Are you good with your hands? You can help others with your skills by praying for help to develop your talents. Sometimes all it takes to serve God is to give a smile, hug, wave, prayer, facebook message, text or a friendly phone call to someone in need.
One of the most important and rewarding ways in which we can serve our fellowmen is by living and sharing the principles of the gospel. We need to help those whom we seek to serve to know for themselves that God not only loves them but he is ever mindful of them and their needs.
When we seek to serve others, we are motivated not by selfishness but by charity and giving. This is the way Jesus Christ lived His life. Faithfully serving in our callings is to faithfully serve God.
We are compassionate creators of a compassionate and creative being. The Lord will bless and help us as we creatively and compassionately serve one another. The Lord will bless us with the needed strength, guidance, patience, charity, and love to serve His children. Got so blessed reading the article on serving the Lord. We share some of the tips in my sermon in Church. Very practical.
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Article by Derek Hill Derek Hill is a father of two beautiful children. Well done Reply. Thank you and God bless you! Good points. Thank you! Good one!
God bless u. Thank you NItish! God bless you also! Thank you Mika! God bless you! Thanks for your amazing points. Serving God pays. God bless you. God i want to serve you and know you more and more help me and give me grace to fulfill this oh Lord… Reply. Thanks Reply. Very helpful and a real eye opener to me. Thank you Jesus Reply. I like this article, it encouraged me and gave me knowledge.
Thank you. I love it, spiritually rich and inspiring. God bless you and your family. Thanks for the teaching Reply. God has just used you to shine your light I my path. Shalom Reply. I agree Pastor…Derek did a fine job here. Thank you for your encouragement sir. Love this article! Very informative! Offer to do hair and nails for the high school girls at church for prom. Babysit for young parents so they can enjoy a date night now and then.
Perform car maintenance and handyman chores for the elderly in the church and your neighborhood. Tutor a child or children struggling in school. Help a young couple set up a reasonable budget. Teach others how to garden, sew, or whatever it is you are good at. Faithworks Centre , Prince Edward Island is a church where people from all walks of life join to grow in faith.
One of the best ways we can serve God is to share the Gospel with others. It is so easy to print up some flyers and go out and hand them out. You can give them to people you meet, leave them on tables in restaurants, insert them into books in the library especially in the sections dealing with death and dying, the occult, etc.
God will bring people to you wherever you go. And pray that He will speak to each and every heart that receives one of the flyers.
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