Serve the Community, Share Your Story, Worship

Introduction

Acts 2:41–47 “41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.”

Serve the Community

We are called to serve

Romans 6:4 “4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.”

John 20:21 “21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.””

Ephesians 2:10 “10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

Motive to Serve

John 13:13–15 “13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.”

We can stop focusing on an agenda for others and find the freedom to focus on a purpose for ourselves. While agenda is rooted in how we see others, purpose is rooted in how we see ourselves. While agenda requires us to conquer others, purpose requires us to conform ourselves. While agenda relegates us to coercing others, purpose releases us to appreciate others. While agenda reduces us to a sliver of life, purpose moves us toward a whole humanity. And we— as Christians—may actually start to look and live like Jesus. ~ Jimmy Spencer Jr., Love Without Agenda

While serving is directed toward others, it is really about us; It’s about us becoming more like Jesus. - km

Share Your Story

The Bible is a book of history, theology, biography, autobiography, prophecy, and the list goes on

The Bible reveals the story of God: Who he is , what he has done, what he is going to do

Mt. 18: 18-20 ~ Great Commission: all our job to share what Christ has done

You have a story to tell

But how?

John 9:25 “25 He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.””

The sharing of one’s life story is the most effective way to share the transforming power and salvation offered through Jesus Christ. ~ Rooted Network

Worship

At its core, worship is responding to God

prayer, singing, giving, living

how we speak to others, forgive those who hurt us, how we live our life

public life and private life

“Worship is our response both personal and corporate to God, for whe He is and what He has done, expressed in and by the things we say and the way we live.” - Louie Giglio

Worship is not about us

Worship is the sound of heaven

Isaiah 6:1–4 “1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” 4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.”

Luke 2:13 “13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,”

Revelation 4:4–8 “4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, 6 and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: 7 the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. 8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!””

Conclusion