A Great Door for Effective Work – 1 Corinthians 16:8-9
When God opens a door for effective service for you, be sure to enter it. Even if it involves hardship. Be wherever God has called you.
Encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12 NIV)
When God opens a door for effective service for you, be sure to enter it. Even if it involves hardship. Be wherever God has called you.
Nehemiah’s plea for God to remember him with favor expresses his desire to hear Jesus say to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”
In my worship and service, how often am I guilty of substituting an image for the reality. Of living on the surface rather than going deep.
God has equipped all believers for service in the kingdom. But not all the same. There are different kinds of service that he has called us to.
Paul’s charge to Timothy included discharging the duties of his ministry. This speaks to me as well. Do all that the Lord has given me to do.
Paul encourages us to evaluate our spiritual giftedness. Not for our own benefit. But for how has God equipped you to serve the body.
He must increase while I must decrease. That should be my goal in serving Christ. To deflect attention away from myself and toward him.
Don’t be like Martha, so distracted you fail to spend time with Jesus. Instead, be like Mary, sitting at his feet and learning from him.
Church growth is dependent on Christ’s equipping and leadership as well as each member faithfully doing their part.
Rather than serving where you think is best, follow Jesus’ example and go to work where you see the Father already at work.
While there is nothing wrong with giving money to the needy, how much better is it to give of yourself. It could make an eternal difference.
One of the last things Jesus did with his disciples was to wash their feet. And then instructed them to do likewise. How should we respond to this today?