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SAVED TO SERVE:SHAPED FOR
SERVICE
Service is something to which we can aspire,
and that if we do not do service, our worship is
just idolatry.
We’re all meant to give something back. We’re
all meant to make a contribution in this life.
The Bible says we’re created to serve, we’re saved to serve, we’re gifted to serve, we’re
shaped to serve. We’re commanded to serve
God in response.
God made you unique and your uniqueness is
not for your benefit, and that purpose is to serve
Him.
1 Peter 4:10-1110 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve
others, as faithfulstewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
1 Peter 4:10-1111 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of
God. If anyone serves, they should do so with
the strength God provides,
1 Peter 4:10-11so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be
the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
I. God Is Seeking
Full Service
There are hurting people all around us, and the
wounded and hungry will not wait. We’ve got to
help them now.
1 Peter 4:10-1110 “As each one has
received a special gift, employ it in serving one
another as good stewards of the manifold grace of
God.” (NAS)
A. Service Is Shaped By
A Grace Perspective
2 Corinthians 12:9 9 But he said to me, “My
grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
2 Corinthians 12:9 Therefore I will boast all
the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may
rest on me.
B. Service Is A Stewardship
Of Grace.
1Peter 4:10 10 “As each one has
received a special gift, employ it in serving one
another as good stewards of the manifold grace of
God.” (NAS)
2 Corinthians 9:8 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you,
so that having all-sufficiency in all things at
all times, you may abound in every good
work. (ESV).
II. God Has Uniquely Gifted
His People To Serve One
Another.
God has designed us to look out and reach out and to give. God has
shaped us for service.
In the Bible the word “service” and “ministry”
are the same word. “servant” and
“minister” are the same word. So all of us are
called to ministry.
You don’t need a title to be involved in ministry. You simply need to be
actively doing something.
If you are called to salvation, you are called
to serve.
1Peter 4:10 10 “As each one has
received a special gift, employ it in serving one
another” (NAS)
HOW DO I DISCOVER MY GIFTEDNESS?
You Must Ask Yourself:
1. What Has God Given Me
A Passion For?
Jeremiah 20:9 “But if I say, “I will not
mention his word or speak anymore in his
name,” his word is in my heart like a fire,
Jeremiah 20:9 a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I
cannot.” (NIV)
How Do I Discover My Giftedness?
You Must Ask Yourself:
2. What Is The Shape Of
My Personality?
How Do I Discover My Giftedness?
You Must Ask Yourself:
3. How Have I Been Shaped By
My Past Experiences?
Luke 7:36-3936 When one of the
Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he
went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the
table.
Luke 7:36-39 37 A woman in that town
who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s
house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of
perfume.
Luke 7:36-39 38 As she stood behind
him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she
wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured
perfume on them.
Luke 7:36-39 39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this
man were a prophet,
Luke 7:36-39he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”
Conclusion:Now listen to this, Your
SHAPE (spiritual gifts, heart, abilities, personality,
experiences) your SHAPE determines your ministry,
but your attitude determines your maturity.