WHATEVER YOUR HANDS FIND TO DO #79001262013

SURFING WITH JESUS

Pastor Gene A. Dasher, Sr.

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#79001262013

WHATEVER YOUR HANDS FIND TO DO

One may ask, what is ministry and what am I to do. Read with me from the word of God. Ecclesiastes 9:10 (KJV)

¹⁰ Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

James 4:10 (KJV)

¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

From these two verses I understand  that if I humble myself in the sight of the Lord I will be lifted up and I must use all my might to do whatever is placed before me by God. 

Then this brought me to looking at the age old question of what is Ministry. I’m told in the Greek it means “to serve.” One writer put it this way at wordmiracle.com. 

"Ministry IS USING WHATEVER GOD HAS GIVEN ME TO SERVE HIM AND THE NEEDS OF OTHERS"

We minister in 3 directions:

1. To God through Worship: Acts 13:2  As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

2. To other believers through serving:  For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. Heb. 6:10

3. To unbelievers through witnessing: Mathew 5:13: Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

WE MINISTER TO 3 AREAS OF NEEDS.

To peoples physical needs.

To people's spiritual needs

To people's emotional needs

"There are different kinds of service to God, but it is the same Lord we are serving.  The Holy Spirit displays God's power through each of us as a means of helping the entire church.  All of you together are the one Body of Christ and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of it."

What is Ministry? Another writer at www.kirkwhitaker.com/ministrypage.php
shares it this way:

 “Ministry is giving of everything of yourself without expecting anything...not a peep, not a thank you. You do it out of love...for nothing else…Jesus told us that the first and greatest commandment was to love God our father with all our heart and soul and strength. But he then added that the second greatest commandment was to love our neighbors as ourselves and that all the laws and teaching of the prophets hung on these two commandments. Powerful stuff…You can see a difference in people when you give them your all...expecting nothing.”

“Ministry is not a mission trip, although that can be ministry. Ministry is not preaching from a pulpit, but it certainly can be. Ministry is not teaching a Sunday school class, but it can be. What is ministry then? It is...letting God use you for the spreading of His word and will. Cooking in a kitchen for homeless people can be a ministry...Scrubbing floors at a needy person’s house...if you do it for the Glory of God. Are you catching on? People go on mission trips...but if their heart is not in the right place it is just action. People preach from pulpits...but if their heart is not right it is just words. People can teach Sunday School...but if their heart is not in it for God...then it is just a lesson. 

As the Bible says, do all things for the Glory of God...that is ministry. If you approach it with that attitude, then you will reflect the love of God. Interesting isn't it.”

REMEMBER 

“If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1John 1:9

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