1. What Is Our Calling ?

Matthew 28:19-20
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey
everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very
end of the age.

Mark 12:30-31
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as
yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.

Matthew 25:34-40
Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my
Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of
the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and
you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I
needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in
prison and you came to visit me.’
Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed
you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?  When did we see you a stranger
and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?    When did we see you sick
or in prison and go to visit you?’
The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these
brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

2. How Can We Abound and Be Steadfast in His Service?

Acts 2:42-47
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the
breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many
wonders and signs performed by the apostles.  All the believers were together
and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to
anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple
courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere
hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added
to their number daily those who were being saved.

3. What Are the Signs of a Church That Is Abounding and Steadfast in Service?

4. Can We Do It?

Zechariah 4:6
So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor
by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.”

John 15:5
I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will
bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

Psalm 127
Unless the LORD builds the house,
    the builders labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city,
    the guards stand watch in vain.
In vain you rise early
    and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat—
    for he grants sleep to those he loves.
Children are a heritage from the LORD,
    offspring a reward from him.
Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
    are children born in one’s youth.
Blessed is the man
    whose quiver is full of them.
They will not be put to shame
    when they contend with their opponents in court.

1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without
effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that
was with me.