One day we will each have to give an account for what God has given us to do. Let us be sure that we don’t take what God has given to us and bury it away, but use it in a way that honors the God who gave it to us. The following series of lessons, brought to us by Jeff Keele is a good reminder to put on the servant attitude and work to bring people to our Father. By living in an way that mimics His Son’s life we can be servants for Him.
Paul calls upon each of us to change the way we think: About ourselves, about one another, and about our gifts. If we make excuses for not using our gifts we are in danger of experiencing the same condemnation as the slave who received the one talent in Jesus’ parable (Matthew 25:14-30).
Do you remember something about which you have been enthusiastic? Perhaps, you were so excited that you couldn’t even sleep the night before. When Paul exhorts us to be “fervent in spirit,” he is utilizing an idiom from his day, it literally meant “to boil in the spirit.”
Do we serve the Lord with enthusiasm? Can others tell that we care for one another? If your answer is no, then I must ask you, what are you doing to change things?
Each of us who wear the name Christian here today do so because of someone’s influence in our lives. Bringing others to Christ isn’t the end of our responsibility. We…
How do you respond when your worst fears come to pass? The loss of a spouse? The loss of a child? The sudden loss of people with whom you have…
Do you remember your closest friends? Those who always seemed to be around? Those of us who are older consider ourselves fortunate if one or more of them are still…
If you are a part of God’s family which meets here or are someone who has been worshiping with us for a while, either in person or through one of…
What role do you have in our Lord’s kingdom? You may have asked yourself this question at one time or another. I want each of you to know that you…
Tonight, we are entering what is perhaps the darkest part of all the book of Job. As you may remember, Job, by God’s own declaration was a man who “was…
What have you come here this morning to hear? What is it that our sermons are to consist of? Your answer to both these questions might be the same .…
You and I possess the greatest news this morning that mankind has ever heard or will ever hear. It is the news of a Savior who came into the world…
Our friends have an enormous influence on our lives, for either good or bad. Our peers may be used, by either God or Satan, to build us up or tear…
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself, “How is God using me in His kingdom?” There are some whose names have been long remembered because of their great deeds (i.e.,…
Related
