ONE CHURCH FOUR CAMPUSES SIX SERVICES

WRONG FOCUS WRONG MOTIVE WRONG 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 MINISTRY MOSES 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 MOTIVE IN 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)