Bible Study January 15, 1015
I am tweaking my devotional from our Council meeting last evening which I shared about “Serving.”
Here are some Bible verses about serving others:
“You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love”.
Mark 10:45
“For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many”.
John 12:26
“If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him”.
There are so many times we want to jump ahead of God and do something when in fact He is looking for us to the simple things such as serving one another.
We have a celebration of Life service coming later in the month and some discussions have taken place within the church about serving this family.
I met three family members to discuss the service including the dad, a son, and a daughter. The lady had passed away within a couple of days of her 75th birthday which was Christmas Eve. They had asked if I would do her service, which I immediately said I would. When I met with the family we had a wonderful discussion about her life which revolved around serving and helping others.
Serving sometimes is like the least likely thing we want to do it gives little glory in the immediate realm but long term dividends in the spiritual realm.
I asked our church secretary to check to see if we could do a meal for them. During our visit they discussed a meal possibly catering something then they decided they could do preparing of food.
Thanks you for stepping up and serving.
I received this from ___________ on Monday – “Hi Larry,
I will be at the church service on the 19th, my meeting doesn’t start until 12pm so it works out well. I am overwhelmed with gratitude from the support you and the church are giving my family!
As we are wait and expect God to move in the church and I am confident He will direct our path as He has in the past but in the meantime while we do what we can think about this simple line “ If you’re waiting on God, do what waiters do: serve. “
God Bless.
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