FUELED
July 10, 2005
“For the word
of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates
even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and
attitudes of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12
John 14:23 –
“Jesus replied, ‘If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will
love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.’”
James 1:22-27
22Do not
merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23Anyone who listens
to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in
a mirror 24and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets
what he looks like. 25But the man who
looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do
this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what
he does.
26If anyone
considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue,
he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. 27Religion that God our
Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and
widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the
world.
1 John 3:18
“Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in
truth.”
James 2:14-18
14What good
is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such
faith save him? 15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily
food. 16If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and
well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?
17In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is
dead. 18But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will
show you my faith by what I do.
James 2:26
“As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.”
James 3:13
“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by
deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.”
James 4:10
“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.”
James 4:17
“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.”
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We’re not living
up to our full potential if we’re not serving.
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We can’t experience the full, abundant life
that God promised us through Christ if we’re not giving our time serve
him.
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We’re showing how
prideful and unwilling to honor God we are if we don’t service.
Ø If we do serve, we can live up to our full potential.
Ø If we do serve, we will experience the full, abundant life that God promised through Christ.
Ø If we do serve, we’re showing how humble and willing we are to honor God.
1 Corinthians 3:8 “The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.”
2 Corinthians 9:12
This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's
people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
Dear God, I want to have a
real relationship with you. I realize that I have sinned and that my sin is the
reason I have been separated from you. I
admit that I need you and I ask you to forgive me. Jesus, I know that you served me by dying for
me and I know that you rose again, so I ask you into my life, as my
leader. I accept the forgiveness that
you freely give. Thank you for giving me
life. Help me now to live for you. Amen.