MAY 24, 2020
SERVING GRACE

Heb. 12:28 – Wherefore we receiving a Kingdom which
cannot be moved, let us have grace whereby we may serve
God acceptably with reverence and Godly fear.
Romans 12:1 – Because of God’s great mercy to us, offer
yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated to His
Service and pleasing to Him. This is your true Worship that
you should offer.
I Peter 4:2 – From now on, live the rest of your lives
controlled by God’s Will, not by human desires.
Romans 6:13 – Give yourselves completely to God, every part
of you, you want to be tools in the hands of God to be used
for His good purposes.
1. Why should I serve God?
He shaped me for a specific reason.
Gal. 1:15 – For even before I was born, God had chosen me
to be His and He called me, what kindness and grace.
God Knows what’s best for me.
Jer. 29:11 – For I know the plans I have for you says the
Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil to give you a
future and a hope.
I Am grateful for our salvation.
II Timothy 1:9 – Christ saved us and called us with a Holy
calling, not according to our works, but according to His own
purpose and grace.
God Promises to reward our commitment.
Proverbs 7:6 – In everything you do put God first and He will
direct you and brown your efforts with success.
WHAT KEEPS US FROM SERVING GOD BACK?
1. Short term values.
Mark 4:19 – The attractions of this world and the delights of
wealth, and the search for success and love of nice things
came in and crowded out God.

I John 2:17 – The world and all its passionate desires will one
day disappear, but anyone who does the Will of God will live
forever.
2. Past failure.
Phil 3:13-14 – Forgetting what is behind and straining toward
what is ahead, I press on towards the goal to win the prize for
which God has called me.
3. Self-motivated.
Prov. 14:14 – The back slider is bored with himself, but the
Godly man’s life is exciting.
Mark 8:35 – If you insist on saving your life you will lose it.
Only those who throw away their lives for my sake and for
the Good News will ever know what it means to really live.
4. Fear.
Psalm 37:5 – Commit everything you do to the Lord, trust
Him to help you do it and He will.

HOW DO WE SERVE GOD?

1. Consider the cost.
Luke 14:27-28 – No one can be My disciple who does not
carry his own cross and follow Me, but don’t begin until you
count the cost.
2. Come just as you are.
3. He wants you to do it now.
Hosea 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness, break up the
follow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord.
4. God wants 100%.
Romans 12:1-2 – Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God,
dedicated to His Service and pleasing to Him. This is true
Worship, then you will be able to know the Will of God, what
is good and pleasing and perfect.
C.S. LEWIS “THE ONLY THING CHRISTIANITY
CANNOT BE IS MODERATELY IMPORTANT.”

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