10.22.17 // THE FOCUS OF OUR SERVICE

THE FOCUS OF OUR SERVICE
Whose Team Are You On?
Pastor Peter Young

 

Best way to focus – Keep our eyes on Jesus

 

“Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end….” Hebrews 12:2 (GNT)

Why do we serve…

 

1. To share Him with Others

 

Galatians 5:13 - For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

 

John 15:13 - Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

 

2. To demonstrate our Values

 

John 13:35 - "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

 

Passion What we do is what we really value.
Belief What we value enough to do tells others what we really believe.
Behavior What we really believe shapes who we become.

 

3. To become more like our Savior

 

Philippians 2:5,7 - Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who… made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.

 

John 13:14-15 - If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

 

4. To fulfill our Purpose

 

Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) – For we are … created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

 

5. To receive our Reward (PS - It’s not about the credit)

 

Matthew 6:2 (NIV) - So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

 

Matthew 25:23 (NIV) - His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’.