My Church pt 3 - Loves Serving

Title of message is:  . My Church Loves Serving   (Daniel 6:3) “Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.” The poured out life.   (2 Timothy 4:6) (NLT) “As for me, my life has already been poured out as an offering to God.” What will your life honor as a result of being poured out?   “Find someone in need and go give yourself to help that person.  Only as you focus on others will you ever get over yourself.  Be more concerned with what you give than what you get. The real question isn’t, are you slipping in to depression it’s who and what are you investing your life into today.”   (Ecclesiastes 2:11)  Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.”   (Titus 3:8)  “I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.”   (Titus 3:14)  “(Christ-followers) must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order that they may not live unproductive lives.” Why Serve?   1.    Because we were created to serve.   (Ephesians 2:10) “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”   (Matthew 20:28) (NLT) “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”   “The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.”  - Williams James            Who am I pouring my life into?          Who am I helping that can’t help me in return?   2.    Because you will find fulfillment.   (Mark 8:35 NLT)  “If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it.  But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will find true life.”   “In my view, people are never closer to living out the teachings of Christ than when they are adding value to someone else’s life.  And people who are far from God are rarely more impacted than when they see 21st-Century Christ-followers behaving as Christ behaved.”  -Bill Hybels (Hebrews 6:10 NLT)  “He will not forget how hard you have worked for Him and how you have shown your love to Him by caring for other Christians.”   (Ephesians 4:16) (NLT) “He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.”   SERVOLUTION WEEK SCHEDULE: 9am-9pm Monday-Saturday          Monday – Tuesday          HEAVY DUTY CLEAN UP          Tuesday – Saturday          PAINTING & LIGHT CLEAN UP          (John 13:17)  “Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.”