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thoughts on serving

Having some inner thoughts lately about the purpose of my life, the way I lead our church, and the reason that I am involved in work throughout our community.  It is my desire to help others, churches and organizations as well as individuals, to make a difference in the community around us. “Demonstrate the love of God to our community”  – our church purpose statement “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”    ―  Ralph Waldo Emerson “No one has ever become poor by giving.”   ―   Anne Frank,   diary of Anne Frank: the play “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”  ―  John Bunyan “If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.”  ―  W...

we are all ministers

Today’s post is from Pastor Rick Warren and spoke big time to me.   That is why I am sharing with you… Ephesians 2:10 TLB “God ... has made us what we are and given us new lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago he planned that we should spend these lives in helping others” God did not put you on Earth just to live for yourself. He wants you to make the world a better place! Every time I hear somebody say, “I live for the weekends,” I want to say, “Then why should God keep you alive?” If you’re not fulfilling your purpose, you’re missing the whole point of life. Ephesians 2:10 says, “God ... has made us what we are and given us new lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago he planned that we should spend these lives in helping others” (TLB). There’s a word for this: ministry. Every Christian is a minister. Not every Christian is a pastor, but every Christian is to be a minister. That means you use your talents and gifts to make a contribution in life...