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ONE CHURCHFOUR CAMPUSESSIX SERVICES
WRONG FOCUSWRONG MOTIVEWRONG SOURCE
11 THOU ART WORTHY, O LORD, TO RECEIVE GLORY AND
HONOUR AND POWER: FOR THOU HAST CREATED ALL
THINGS, AND FOR THY PLEASURE THEY ARE AND WERE
CREATED. REVELATIONS 4:11
ELIJAH WAS ABOUT HIS MINISTRYMOSES WAS ABOUT HIS
LEADERSHIP
JOHN GOT IT RIGHT HIS LIFE WAS ABOUT GOD
THE DIFFERENCE:
BARNABAS GIVES OUT OF SELFLESS FAITH IN CHRIST
ANANIAS & SAPPHIRA GIVES OUT OF
SELFISH AMBITION
FREEDOM IN SERVING
OUR MOTIVATION IS CRITICAL
LET EVERY MOTIVATION COMES OUT OF FREEDOM
IT IS FOR FREEDOM THAT CHRIST HAS SET US FREE.
STAND FIRM, THEN, AND DO NOT LET YOURSELVES BE BURDENED AGAIN BY A YOKE
OF SLAVERY. GALATIANS 5:1
YOU, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WERE CALLED TO BE FREE. BUT DO NOT USE
YOUR FREEDOM TO INDULGE THE FLESH; RATHER, SERVE ONE ANOTHER HUMBLY
IN LOVE. GALATIANS 5:13
GOD GIVES US FREEDOM WITH PURPOSE TO SERVE
1 "BE CAREFUL NOT TO DO YOUR 'ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS' BEFORE MEN, TO BE SEEN
BY THEM. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL HAVE NO REWARD FROM YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN. 2 "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 MEN.
I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEIR REWARD IN FULL.
MATTHEW 6 : 1-2
3 BUT WHEN YOU GIVE TO THE NEEDY, DO NOT LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING, 4 SO THAT YOUR GIVING MAY BE IN SECRET. THEN
YOUR FATHER, WHO SEES WHAT IS DONE IN SECRET, WILL REWARD
YOU. MATTHEW 6:3-4
16 “AND WHEN YOU FAST, DON’T MAKE IT OBVIOUS, AS THE HYPOCRITES DO, FOR
THEY TRY TO LOOK MISERABLE AND DISHEVELED SO PEOPLE WILL ADMIRE
THEM FOR THEIR FASTING. I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THAT IS THE ONLY REWARD THEY WILL EVER GET. 17 BUT WHEN YOU FAST,
COMB YOUR HAIR AND WASH YOUR FACE. 18 THEN NO ONE WILL NOTICE THAT YOU
ARE FASTING, EXCEPT YOUR FATHER, WHO KNOWS WHAT YOU DO IN PRIVATE. AND YOUR FATHER, WHO SEES EVERYTHING,
WILL REWARD YOU.MATTHEW 6:16-18
WHAT IS THIS TRUE REWARD?
17 IF I WERE DOING THIS ON MY OWN INITIATIVE, I WOULD DESERVE
PAYMENT. BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE, FOR GOD HAS GIVEN ME THIS SACRED
TRUST. 18 WHAT THEN IS MY PAY? IT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREACH THE GOOD NEWS WITHOUT CHARGING
ANYONE. THAT’S WHY I NEVER DEMAND MY RIGHTS WHEN I PREACH
THE GOOD NEWS. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:17-18
THE ULTIMATE MOTIVEIN SERVING IS LOVE
13 YOU, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WERE CALLED TO BE FREE. BUT DO NOT USE YOUR FREEDOM TO INDULGE THE FLESH; RATHER, SERVE ONE ANOTHER
HUMBLY IN LOVE. GALATIANS 5:13
THE TRUE REWARD
IN SERVING IS JESUS
"DO NOT BE AFRAID, ABRAM. I AM YOUR SHIELD,
YOUR VERY GREAT REWARD.”GENESIS 15:1 (NIV)
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