| Today's Word May 19, 2009 |
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Today's Word for Tuesday May 19, 2009
Service
Defined by Webster:
An act of helpful activity; the providing of a provider or accommodation; the serving of God by obedience.
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"Make the most of every opportunity."
"I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of
God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God which is your reasonable service."
"- doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men."
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God has given each of us natural abilities that He expects us to use for His Glory. He also has given believer's spiritual gifts for the purpose of doing His work here on earth. God does not use the unwilling. He will not force us to serve Him but His desire is for us to be totally committed to do His will. He will equip us [Ephesians 4:11-13] and will empower and prepare us for service. Our part is to be faithful and available. God gives us opportunities everyday to serve. How easy it is to avoid serving the Lord using that wonderful excuse: "I am so busy." Look for opportunities that come your way and then act on them.
Be faithful in your desire to serve God and leave the results to Him. The more we serve Christ, the less we will serve our selves. God uses ordinary people like us to do extra ordinary work. When you think of serving God, start with something you can do; but do not stop because you cannot do it -- God will then take over.
We are witnessing this truth with these FREE FAMILY DEVOTIONALS that we send out each week day by E mail. Just recently a new friend who found our devotionals while searching the Web, asked if he could link these devotionals to his ministry link? And now many hundreds and even thousands of new Christians who can read English are reading these devotionals in far away places where we can not go. We started with something we could do and then God took over and expanded what we are doing.
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Give us a heart, dear Lord that will be committed to serve you every moment
of this day. Help us to be willing to serve our God, our family, our neighbors and our friends. Draw us close today to people that need you and
then may our words and actions glorify Your name.
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Your Friends,
Ken and Dottie Phillips
NOTE: We apol0gize for the error that was in the address to Ken and Dottie on the link below. This has been corrected. If your message has been returned, please know you can communicate with them now and they look forward to hearing from you.
"Today's Word" is sent to you free
to encourage you to commit today to
serve and honor God as a family.
These Family Devotional Thoughts are written by Dr.Ken Phillips, ministry director for World Bible Society, and his wife Dottie. Ken has had ministry positions with The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, World Vision, Youth For Christ, World Opportunities International, and World Bible Society. He also has consulted for more than 20 Christian ministries in management and stewardship development. Ken and Dottie have been married for 52 years, and have 6 children and 21 grandchildren. Come back regularly to enjoy their Family Devotional as they share their thoughts about living in God's Word!
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