New Beginnings Part 2 | January 14, 2024 @ 10AM Pastor Osbon
January 15, 2024

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Psalm 100:2a “Serve the Lord with gladness.”


A New Commitment To Serving
Mark 10:35-37 “James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came over and spoke to Him. ‘Teacher,’ they said, ‘we want You to do us a favor.’ ‘What is your request?’ He asked. They replied, ‘When you sit on Your glorious throne, we want to sit in places of honor next to You, one on your right and the other on your left.’”
Mark 10:41-45 “When the ten other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they were indignant. So Jesus called them together and said, ‘You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give His life as a ransom for many.’”
Erwin McManus: “The purpose of the church cannot be to survive or even to thrive but to serve.”
John 15:5,8 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.”
Romans 12:6-8 “God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.”
John Wesley: “Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, at all the times you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as you can.”
1 Corinthians 12:4-5,7 “There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.”
Ephesians 4:16 “Under His direction, the whole body is fitted together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.”
Erma Bombeck: “When I stand before God, at the end of my life, I would hope that I would have not a single bit of talent left and could say, ‘I used everything You gave me.’”
Philippians 2:4 “Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.”
Martin Luther King, JR: “Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace.”
1 Peter 4:10-11 “God has given each of you a gift from His great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. 11Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to Him forever and ever! Amen.”
Rick Warren: “Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.”
The big idea: #HeMakesAllThingsNew