“You were made to serve something BIGGER than YOURSELF & you won’t be FULFILLED until you do!”

Key Verse - Ephesians 4:25 - Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.

Serving is the antidote to SELF - ABSORPTION.

Mark 10:33-37 - 33 “We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, 34 who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.”35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.37 They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.”

Mark 10:42 - 45 - 42 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

God CREATED YOU to SERVE!

Serving provides you with PURPOSE & FULFILLMENT.

1 Peter 4:10 - 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

Serving NOURISHES the SOUL.

John 4:32-34 -32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

Serving is JOINING GOD in HIS PLAN to reach YOUR COMMUNITY.

“The local church Is the hope of the world!” Bill Hybels

APPLICATION – Find a NEED and FILL it!