1. Shaped for Serving God
Graeme Sterne
2005

2. What you are is God’s gift to you; what you do with yourself is your gift to God Danish Proverb

3. We are created to serve God “For we are God’s workmanship (poem), created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do” Ephesians 2:10

4. So what’s your contribution?
You were put on earth to make a contribution
God designed you to make a difference with your life
The story of Kyle
How many people will you meet in heaven who will greet you and thank you for what you did for them?
I Thessalonians 2:19

5. If you are not involved in the lives of other people, what excuse have you been using?
If you have no love for others;
no desire to serve;
you are only concerned about your own needs
Are you actually a Christian?
Are you burned out?
Are you preoccupied with the wrong things?

6. It’s your contribution
Not someone else’s – no envy or comparison
Not something you cannot do – no stress
Not something someone else can do – no duplication
Each person has a role to play based on the way we were shaped by God
If you don’t use your gifts for others you are cheating them
God assigns each of us a field or sphere of service

7. Maturity teaches us to ask “How can I help
Maturity teaches us to ask “How can I help?” rather than “Who will help me?”

8. Your abilities were given not just to make a living but for ministry to others
Begin by offering yourself to God
Then take up the opportunities He has already given you
From this you will work out what you are good at and what you are not so good at

9. Here are a few ideas: Encourage someone with a word or gift
Pray with someone
Give some money to a needy person
Help your enemy
Forgive someone
Share the Gospel
Visit some strangers
Offer to lead a new initiative
Listen to someone