July 27 2014 Finding My Significance Through Service
/Finding My Significance Through Service
God on Film Part 5
Memory Verse: Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)“We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Job 10:8 (NIV) “Your hands shaped me and made me.”
Spiritual Gifts
- Heart
- Abilities
- Personality
- Experiences
1 Peter 4:10 (NIV) “Each one should use whatever gift he’s received to serve others.”
Matthew 20:28 (LB) Jesus: “Your attitude must be like My Own, for I did not come to be served, but to serve...”
LEARNING TO SERVE LIKE JESUS
1. SERVING LIKE JESUS MEANS BEING AVAILABLE.
Matthew 20:30-32 (NIV) “Two blind men... shouted, ‘Lord, have mercy on us!’ ... Jesus stopped and called them. ‘What do you want Me to do for you?’ He asked.”
Proverbs 3:28 (TEV) “Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now.”
1st Barrier: SELF-CENTEREDNESS
Philippians 2:4 (MSG)“Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.”
2nd Barrier: PERFECTIONISM
Ecclesiastes 11:4 (NLT)“If you wait for perfect conditions, you’ll never get anything done.”
3rd Barrier: MATERIALISM
Luke 16:13 (NIV)“No servant can serve two masters... You cannot serve both God and money."
2. SERVING LIKE JESUS MEANS BEING THANKFUL
John 11:41-42 (NIV) “Jesus looked up and said, ‘Father, I thank you that you have heard Me. I knew that you always hear Me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here...’"
Psalms 100:2 (KJV) “Serve the Lord with gladness.”
2 Timothy 1:9 (LB) “It is He who saved us and chose us for His holy work not because we deserved it but because that was His plan...”
1st Barrier: COMPARING & CRITICIZING
Romans 14:4 (GW)“Who are you to criticize someone else's servant? The Lord will determine whether His servant has been successful.”
2nd Barrier: WRONG MOTIVATIONS
Matthew 6:1 (CEV) “When you do good deeds, don't try to show off. If you do, you won't get a reward from your Father in heaven.”
