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START to serve


 

We close another week with an e-devotion based on the word START.  It is the first week of the new year, and The Community Fellowship’s 2023 theme is THERE IS MORE TO COME.  The word START has 5 letters that represent these phrases … SERVE.  TITHE.  ADORE GOD. READ SCRIPTURE. TALK TO GOD.  


Today I point you to SERVE.  Spend time making much of others.  Show people that they matter.


Matthew 25:35-36,40 NASB

'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’ 37  "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? 38  'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 39  'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' ... 40  "The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.' 

 

Those are powerful and revealing verses.  They look at what we are doing and how we look at people.  Not everyone is as compassionate or maybe able to help others.  Yet everyone of us can do something.


What are you doing to serve those in need?

 

Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own. - Mother Teresa

 

If you can't feed a hundred people, feed just one. - Mother Teresa

  

Those are powerful words.  Mother Teresa is one person made a huge difference in thousands of lives.  She started helping one at a time.  That is all God expects of us.  Just start.  START this new year serving someone in need.  


Romans 15:2 NLT

We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord.


START by serving others.  It will make a difference in your life and in the lives of the people around you.


Do you want to have a great new year?  Choose to experience and help others experience the goodness of God.  Serving is one aspect of life that sets our direction and our success.  Do what will make a great new year a reality for you and for others.  


Make 2023 incredible for you.  Here is a great place to START.

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