Loving Service (1 of 4)
Series: Serve Others
Steve Jones
Luke 22:27
SERIES SUMMARY: ''Love God, Love People, Serve Others'' is a mission statement for many churches, including ours. This series focuses on the ''Serve Others'' aspect of that mission. 1) We serve others in Love. 2) We serve others with our gifts. 3) We serve others INSIDE the church. 4) We serve others OUTSIDE the church.
INTRODUCTION: Who said the following quote? ''Better to reign in hell than to serve in Heaven.'' I want you to write on the back of your bulletin if you think you know. It's a three-part quiz: I want to know the book, the author and the character in the book who makes the statement. We'll come back and answer at the end of the message (if I forget remind me...but I won't forget).
C.S. Lewis wrote that is the choice all of us must make: to rule or to serve. One path leads to hell and the other leads to heaven.
Let's review. We've been in a sermon series about our mission statement: ''Love God, Love People, Serve Others.'' We've talked about loving God, especially in connection with weekly corporate worship (going to church). We've talked about loving others as the most satisfactory way to live, in life groups, with patience and courtesy. Today we begin our focus on serving others. Before we delve into the specifics of how we serve and in what ways we can serve, I want us to start with something even more basic - WHY we serve. Let's start with ''why'' and do a little review at the same time.
I. WHEN YOU LOVE GOD YOU WILL SERVE OTHERS
Lk.22:27 ''I am among you as one who serves.''The God we love is a serving God. It only follows that as he manifests his glory (character) through us it would be manifested in service. Let's remember today that the God we love is a serving God. Let's appreciate that about him. Let's love THAT about him. God serves his entire creation by providing for his creation. This is called the ''providence'' of God. The Bible gives the distin ...
Series: Serve Others
Steve Jones
Luke 22:27
SERIES SUMMARY: ''Love God, Love People, Serve Others'' is a mission statement for many churches, including ours. This series focuses on the ''Serve Others'' aspect of that mission. 1) We serve others in Love. 2) We serve others with our gifts. 3) We serve others INSIDE the church. 4) We serve others OUTSIDE the church.
INTRODUCTION: Who said the following quote? ''Better to reign in hell than to serve in Heaven.'' I want you to write on the back of your bulletin if you think you know. It's a three-part quiz: I want to know the book, the author and the character in the book who makes the statement. We'll come back and answer at the end of the message (if I forget remind me...but I won't forget).
C.S. Lewis wrote that is the choice all of us must make: to rule or to serve. One path leads to hell and the other leads to heaven.
Let's review. We've been in a sermon series about our mission statement: ''Love God, Love People, Serve Others.'' We've talked about loving God, especially in connection with weekly corporate worship (going to church). We've talked about loving others as the most satisfactory way to live, in life groups, with patience and courtesy. Today we begin our focus on serving others. Before we delve into the specifics of how we serve and in what ways we can serve, I want us to start with something even more basic - WHY we serve. Let's start with ''why'' and do a little review at the same time.
I. WHEN YOU LOVE GOD YOU WILL SERVE OTHERS
Lk.22:27 ''I am among you as one who serves.''The God we love is a serving God. It only follows that as he manifests his glory (character) through us it would be manifested in service. Let's remember today that the God we love is a serving God. Let's appreciate that about him. Let's love THAT about him. God serves his entire creation by providing for his creation. This is called the ''providence'' of God. The Bible gives the distin ...
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