What Are We Here For?
Saved to
Serve
Memory Verse: “For we
are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV)
Introduction: Ephesians 4:11–13
1. God created you
for Service.
Ephesians 2:10; John
17:4; 2 Timothy 1:9; 1 John 3:14; Matthew 8:15
2. God gave you
Abilities for Service
Ephesians 4:11–13; Romans
12:6; Matthew 25:15; Deuteronomy 8:18;1 Peter 4:10
3. God expects you to
be of service to others.
Mark 10:43; Galatians
6:9–10; Proverbs 3:28; 1 Corinthians 14:12
“Abraham
was old, Jacob was insecure, Leah was unattractive, Joseph was abused, Moses
stuttered, Gideon was poor, Samson was codependent, Rahab was immoral, David
had an affair and all kinds of family problems, Elijah was suicidal, Jeremiah
was depressed, Jonah was reluctant, Naomi was a widow, John the Baptist was
eccentric to say the least, Peter was impulsive and hot-tempered, Martha
worried a lot, the Samaritan woman had several failed marriages, Zacchaeus was
unpopular, Thomas had doubts, Paul had poor health, and Timothy was timid.”
--Rick Warren
