Starting the New year right: Service week 2
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14 “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Call to worship
A Psalm Of David.
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
4 Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the children of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
9 He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
14 For He knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
And its place remembers it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,
18 To such as keep His covenant,
And to those who remember His commandments to do them.
19 The Lord has established His throne in heaven,
And His kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who do His word,
Heeding the voice of His word.
21 Bless the Lord, all you His hosts,
You ministers of His, who do His pleasure.
22 Bless the Lord, all His works,
In all places of His dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Tithes and offerings
19 And he blessed him and said:
“Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
20 And blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
And he gave him a tithe of all.
16 A man’s gift makes room for him,
And brings him before great men.
Genesis
14 “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Joshua
Last week we said
1) The call to discipleship is not one of being served but of service.
2. Before we can serve to full capacity we must be saved.
3.once our salvation is sure our service is solid.
What does “ as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
What does “ as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
it means that we used to be takers and now we are givers.
2 Corinthians 5:17
it means that we understand that our heavenly Father made us we didn’t make ourselves.
it means that our heart is full and overflowing in gratitude and because we have that gratitude you have given me gift, grace, and gumption.
1. Everyone has been gifted by God.
1. Everyone has been gifted by God.
The New King James Version Chapter 12
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:
6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:
6 Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it.
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Proverbs
16 A man’s gift makes room for him,
And brings him before great men.
Ephesians 2
there is a well worn path inside every Child
God has gifted us.
now we have to learn how to walk in this.
we need to know who we are
we need to know what level we are at.
you have been given work to do.
2. there are no lone rangers in the kingdom.
2. there are no lone rangers in the kingdom.
25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
as we
16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
Christ is the head of the Body.
5-16
we are joined together, through Christ.
every joint supplies. you are part of the supply
God is going to use:
you time
your treasure
your talent
specifically he wants to use them here.
he wants to use them here, but he also wants to use you other places.
he wants to train you here, to use you there.
2 kings 3:
11 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of the Lord by him?”
So one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, “Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.”
the younger served the older.
3. Attitude Matters: serve the Lord with Gladness
3. Attitude Matters: serve the Lord with Gladness
2 Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.