The Difference
Matt.5:48 (MSG) “In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow up. You’re kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you.”
Wherever I find myself, in church and otherwise, I look for opportunities to serve because serving is a priority for me. When I was in RCCG – City of David, Read the rest of this entry
Lookout
James 4:10 (Voice) “Lay yourself bare, face down to the ground, in humility before the Lord; and He will lift your head so you can stand tall.”
Please read Luke 17:7-10. The first lesson from this passage of scripture is that true servants do not wait for accolades or wait to get patted on the back. Read the rest of this entry
Threshold
2 Cor.8:5 “They even did more than we had hoped, for their first action was to give themselves to the Lord and to us, just as God wanted them to do.”
God is not a resource or a commodity – God is our Father and Master. When we see God as our Father and Master, and we love God and serve Him as we ought, serving people becomes natural. Read the rest of this entry
Serving?
John 14:10-11 “Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me. Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me…”
We must give ourselves to thinking deeply. Note that I did not say worrying. Do not be quick to sweep things away and move on to the next thing. Stay on the matter until something happens, Read the rest of this entry
Blueprint
Gen.39:2&4 “The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served… This pleased Potiphar, so he soon made Joseph his personal attendant. He put him in charge of his entire household and everything he owned.”
It is just amazing how people go about marketing these days. Take the banking sector in Nigeria for example. These days some marketing reps approach proposed Read the rest of this entry
The Secret
Mark 9:35 (ERV) “Jesus sat down and called the twelve apostles to him. He said, “Whoever wants to be the most important must make others more important than themselves. They must serve everyone else.”
Isa. 55:8 (MSG) “I don’t think the way you think. The way you work isn’t the way I work.” God’s Decree.” No wonder Jesus says, if you want to be first you have to be last. Read the rest of this entry
Kingdom Minded
Mark 9:34-35 “But they didn’t answer, because they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said, “Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.”
One of the many things that separate Jesus from a lot of the leaders we know, is His servant-spirit. Over the next few days, we will be learning from this hugely profound attribute of Jesus. Read the rest of this entry
Simplify VIII
Zech.8:17 (MSG) “…Keep your lives simple and honest…”
I have discovered in my years of pastoring that people like razzmatazz. Some other pastors have also discovered this and so they give people razzmatazz. Read the rest of this entry
Simplify VII
Micah 6:8 (MSG) “But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbour, be compassionate and loyal in your love, and don’t take yourself too seriously— take God seriously.”
“…don’t take yourself too seriously— take God seriously”. Sometimes we take ourselves too seriously and we also take the people we do life with too seriously. Read the rest of this entry
Simplify VI
Micah 6:8 (MSG) “But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbour, be compassionate and loyal in your love, and don’t take yourself too seriously— take God seriously.”
Micah 6:8 (MSG) “But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple…” Read the rest of this entry
