1. Best time to Serve is Now 01 September 2015 Miracle Life Power Bible School www.leaderintouch.com

2. What will you give your life for: Career, Sport, Hobby Fame, wealth ???? Service is the pathway to significance

3. What matters is not the duration of life but the donation of life It is Not how long you lived but how did you live?

4. Why are you here on earth ? 1.Created to serve God 2.Saved to serve God 3.Called to serve God 4.Commanded to serve God

5. You were created to serve God 1.To do Good works Eph 2:10 2. Serve God is to Serve others : Col. 3:23-24 – as working for the Lord, Mat 25:34-45 – “I was in need” Eph. 6:7 – not men 3.Special purpose Jer 1:5

6. You were saved to serve God 1.God saved you and called you for service 2 Tim 1:9 2. It cost Jesus his life to purchase your salvation 1 Cor 6:20 In God’s kingdom you have a place, purpose, a role and a function to fulfill

7. Through salvation 1.Past has been forgiven 2.Present is given a meaning 3.Future is secured Joy We don’t serve God out of guilt, fear or duty but out of Joy And deep gratitude for what He has done for us. We owe Him our lives. Rom 12:1, 1 John 3:14

8. If I have no love for others no desire to serve others if I am only concerned about my needs I should question if Christ is really in me. Ministry Ministry is not only for clergy but for all - Mat 8:15 Is Christ really in me ?

10. You are called to serve God 1.Eph 4:4-14 2.Rom 1:6-7, 8:28-30 3.1 Cor 1:2, 9, 26 7:17 4.Phil 3:14 5.1 Pet 2:9 6.2 Pet 1:3 7.2 Tim 1:9 You are called to full time Christian service It is not only for Pastors, missionaries, nuns other full time workers

11. You are called to serve God Fulfilling your call is to use your God given ability Rom 7:4 Jesus now has a new pair of eyes to see with new ears to listen with New hands to help with and a new heart to love others with. Why a church 1 Cor. 12:27 They sit as spectators and the church suffers

12. You are commanded to serve God For Christians service is not optional – not only if we can spare some time. Mat 20:28 It is the heart of the Christian life. Jesus came to serve and to give These two words will define your life on earth It is not enough to keep learning more and more We grow up in order to give out

13. You are commanded to serve God Study without service leads to spiritual stagnation. Compare sea of Galilee and the dead sea Spiritual maturity has no end – maturity is for ministry What we need is the opportunity to exercise our spiritual Muscles

14. You are commanded to serve God We are more interested in “serve us” than “service” “I am looking for a church that meets my need and blesses me” Or “looking for a place to serve and be a blessing” Live a life of service - whose needs can I meet?

15. Serve your Savior Now !!!

16.  What is the ministry that you work currently ? ………………………………………  In which ministry do you think you are good ? ……………………………………….  If you are given the power to change anything in our church, what will be the first thing you will change? ……………………………………………

17.  Abraham was old  Jacob was insecure  Leah was unattractive  Joseph was abused  Moses stuttered  Gideon was poor  Samson – co-dependant  Rahab was immoral  David and his affair  Elijah was suicidal  Jeremiah was depressed  Jonah was reluctant  Naomi was a widow  John the baptist was eccentric  Peter was impulsive  Martha worried a lot  Samaritan woman had many failed marriages  Zacchaeus was unpopular  Thomas had doubts  Paul had poor health  Timothy was timid

18. Have you ever wondered Why He does not take us to heaven as soon as we are saved ? Why does he leave us in a fallen world? Ministry for you in the church and mission for you in the world

19. You were shaped to serve God 1 Corinthians 3:5-6

20. Model Servant Jesus though King of the Kingdom, became a servant. He is the example of what the true citizen of His kingdom is like Philippians 2:5

21. Model Servant Do as I have done for you John 13:5-17,Mat 20:26-28, Luke 22:27

22. Model Servant 1.He came to do Father’s will. 2.Displayed the Life style of the kingdom 3.Ways of pleasing God 4.Have the servant heart Heb 10:5-9,Eph 5:8-10

23. Freedom in slavery Leads to holiness and the result is eternal life Romans 6:22, 12:1, 1 Cor 7:22, 2 Cor 3:17 Eph 6:6-7, 1 Pet 2:16

24. Greatness in serving Greatest among you will be your servant Mat 23:11-12, 20:26-27, Mark 9:35,10:43 John 12:26

25. Your contribution You were put on earth to do good works Eph 2:10 See the example of Jesus : Jesus’ work on earth John 17:4 To make a difference with your life – not to take up space Not to get most out of life – add to life on earth That’s call ministry or service