serving the church

Legacy Standard Bible CHAPTER 6

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.

8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

9 And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.

10 So then, awhile we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.

Ministry is something that builds up who we are

It made me who i am

It transforms you

it builds who you are

Christ gives energy

We reap what we sow

Pouring and serving into the church is how we get the church to grow

When the church pours into the younger generation, it’s how we get built up

I can point to people in the church that made me who i am

You may think that you aren’t qualified enough, don’t have the qualities to serve

how we grow in christ is serving

I served in teens ministry and i admit i did not have the qualities to serve

God doesn’t just transform your insecurities

doesn’t just zap all your problems

He puts you through situations where you can learn how to do them, and realize that it isn’t you, it’s all god

I became a leader at our teens camp

had that fear and worry i would not be able to lead like others

We do not compare, we do not strive for other people

we share the love of jesus

I was able to pray for kids

They asked how it was i was praying for exactly what they needed

He has transformed me in ways i never thought possible

I was asked to preach at teens

I was insecure, scared of people, social anxiety

God is bigger than my insecurities

God is bigger than our worries

I trusted him, and look where I am now

I can look back at my past and i can see that it was all god

He has healed me, through serving him

There’s something about putting God first in your life that actually transforms it

We hear it all the time

We think about it as if when we pray and read our bibles, he gives us blessings

I see something different

How god works in the bible is sometimes different

When God created us, he had an imagine in his mind

A soldier for the lord’s army

Perfect in his eyes

Legacy Standard Bible CHAPTER 29

‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘plans for peace and not for calamity, to give you a future and a hope.

How do we achieve god’s plan for us

How do we get on these footsteps

In my youth, my age i had no idea what my future was

It is a hard time, finding a career

What happens sometimes is we forget that our plans and ideas, may not be God’s

His word is final

What he has planned for us i gaurantee is far greater than our own

The older i get, the more i look back at some of my stupid ideas and am so glad that i did not do it

We often think how can I be sure that my future is what God wanted

We don’t hear a voice

We don’t get a prophecy

How do i follow God’s plan

Follow God’s calling for my life

Serve like Jesus served

Commit your works to Yahweh, and your plans will be established

God’s plan for me is far greater than anything I could ever come up withj

So if i serve in the church, earnestly

I can be confident that the path I am on, will benefit me

For good, or for bad

I am growing in christ, growing in the fruits of the spirit

I am helping the church

Legacy Standard Bible CHAPTER 16

The aplans of the heart belong to man,

But the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own sight,

But Yahweh weighs the motives.

3 aCommit your works to Yahweh

And your plans will be established.

4 Yahweh has made everything for its own purpose,

Even the wicked for the day of evil.

5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh;

Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.

6 By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,

And by the bfear of Yahweh one turns away from evil.

7 When a man’s ways are pleasing to Yahweh,

He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

8 Better is a little with righteousness

Than great produce with injustice.

9 The heart of man plans his way,

But Yahweh directs his steps.

God sustains us in ministry

Ministry is not a work, it’s an opportunity to serve and be filled with God’s presence.

Prayer and worship is when i feel closest with God, and his presence

Serving god is when i get the most inspired to keep serving

I say this a lot

But the times where i’m the most on fire for god

Is serving him

I can be having a rough day

I get into a conversation about christ with someone, i get inspired again

Legacy Standard Bible CHAPTER 5

But I say, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you do not do the things that you want.

The bible calls us to walk in the spirit

When we live our weeks, in god’s presence, it brings us closer to his spirit

When we have our prayers and fasts, we spend days in the church

When we have our youth camps and teen camps, kids camos

We stay in the presence, spirit of god, once we leave we again have to fight to live against the flesh

Being in church only on sunday, makes your spiritual life harder

When we serve in ministries, we serve ourselves

We spend more time in the church

We spend time ministering to each other

We spend time In the spirit

We are called to live and stay in the spirit everyday

We can try to act sometimes

But the truth is it is a battle for us to stay in the spirit

To stay crucifying the flesh everyday

Being in ministry is one of the easiest ways to stay in the spirit

When i serve in worship and preach, i am spending time in the bible, prayers, in god’s presence

The moments when i think i need a break, i want to be refreshed, i want to relax

i find myself struggling more an more to stay in the spirit

The basis of ministry is jesus christ

If we don’t have this identity for our minisitries, then our ministries can become for man and not for god

We can get burnt out

When we focus on things of the world instead of christ

The biggest ministry we can do is serving each other, personally ministering in each other’s lives

Legacy Standard Bible CHAPTER 1

For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be strengthened;

12 that is, to be mutually encouraged, while among you, by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

Legacy Standard Bible CHAPTER 2

1 And when I came to you, brothers, I did not come with superiority of word or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the witness of God.

2 For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

4 and my word and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

5 so that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Paul himself did not hold any power

Paul who transformed the roman empire, wrote our book today comes in fear, trembling, and weakness

Like us

We don’t hold power to change

When we compare, argue

When we spread the gospel

Spread the truth of rightouesness, thats when the power of god comes

Encouraged by each other’s faith

Building each other up

When we serve, we pour into the next generation

When we trust in god, he uses us in ways we could never imagine.