As those who love the Lord and desire to serve Him, we need to realize that it is God who should be the source and origin of our service and not us; our service must originate from God. We may desire to do many things for God, we may have the ability to carry them […]
God Wants only our Cooperation: we need to Stop Ourselves and Let God Speak and Work
June 22, 2016 by 1 Comment
The Bible doesn’t give us a specific list of things we should do when serving God, but throughout the Bible we see a few important principles which we need to apply to our daily life for our cooperation with Him. One of these principles is that all our work and service in the church must […]
All our Service in the Church must be Initiated by God According to His Desire
June 21, 2016 by 3 Comments
In serving God we need to take Him as the source of all our service: God has to be the originator, initiator, operator, motivator, and source of our service; our service should be initiated by God. As believers in Christ we are sons of Abraham, who is the father of faith; like our father, we […]
God the Father is the only Originator and the Holy Spirit is the only Initiator
June 20, 2016 by 1 Comment
As believers in Christ we are saved by God and now we all serve Him; however, we need to be careful how we serve Him so that our service to Him would be pleasing and rewarded by Him. There are two kinds of service: the service for the building up of the church, and the […]
Our Work for the Lord in the Gospel is by the Lord’s Resurrection Life and Power
June 18, 2016 by 1 Comment
What does it mean to serve God in our spirit in the gospel of His Son (Rom. 1:9)? Much of the service rendered to God today by His people is outwardly good, great, and even wonderful, but do the Lord’s believers serve Him in their spirit in the gospel of His Son? First of all, […]
Not Bringing Anything of our Natural Life or the Flesh in our Service to God
June 17, 2016 by 1 Comment
As believers in Christ, we have turned to God from the idols to serve a living and true God (1 Thes. 1:9), and our God is living to us and in us in all the details of our daily living. Now we live under the control, direction, and correction of a living God – and […]
We Worship and Serve God in spirit and by the Spirit with No Confidence in the Flesh
June 16, 2016 by 1 Comment
This week as we are enjoying the matter of serving God in our mingled spirit in the gospel of His Son my prayer is, Lord, may You be our witness that we are those who serve God in spirit in the full gospel as revealed in the New Testament! Amen! As believers in Christ we are […]
