by Pastor Lee Meng Cham
Galatians 6:9-10
- People matter to God
- People are lost
- People need connection
- People need community
- People need Christ
- People need contagious Christian to tell them about Christ
God has made you and me unique wherever we are. A special place where we have the unique opportunity to reach out.
We are suppose to be the gospel
We should complement each other
We must work together in the diversity of gifts to reach out to non believers
Invitational
Interpersonal
Direct
Serving Approach (Acts 9:36-42)
- the Wide and the Narrow
(1) All are to serve (1 Peter 4:10)
(2) Acts of kindness and mercy, let's look at the life of Tabitha;Dorcas
-one single act of loving kindness yields a multiple harvest
(A) Her Method (she was quiet)
- Much more is accomplish when you don't need the credit (Matthew63:4)
(B) Her Motives (she wasn't thinking about herself but others)
- If you are serving ourselves, we don't want to hear negative feedback
- When we serve people, we give honour to them (Philippians 1:23-24)
(C) Her Manner (suffers long)
- The miracle is being happy doing it. We can find joy in serviing, loving people
(D) Her Master (Matthew 25:21)
(3) The significance of service
(A) As worship unto Jesus (Matthew 25:40)
- whenever we serve we serve as worship unto the Lord
(B) As pointing to God our Father (Matthew 5:16)
(C) As alleviating the human condition
- serving is not trying to fix you. We can also serve in our inadequacy
- serving is not increasing a sense of indebtedness
(D) As attesting to our faith (Hebrews 13:15-16)
I belong to Jesus. He must have the right to use me without consulting me - Mother Theresa
How many people I can minus from hell - Mother Theresa
While 10% of Christians have the gift of evangelism, 90% have the gift of serving.
People know if you're making the service for their sake, or self reward.
Great opportunities seldom come, but the small ones are always around.
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