Service

"A saved heart is one that wants to serve."

"We don't serve God out of guilt or fear or even duty, but out of joy, and deep gratitude for what He's done for us."

"This is what we're to do. We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve..."

"You're not saved by service, but you are saved for service."

"...they welcome new believers by saying 'Jesus now has a new pair of eyes to see with, new ears to listen with, new hands to help with, and a new heart to love others with.' "

"Jesus came "to serve" and "to give" - and those two verbs should define your life on earth, too."

"Study without service leads to spiritual stagnation."

"If I have no love for others, no desire to serve others, I should question whether Christ is really in my life."

"If you're not involved in any service or ministry, what excuse have you been using? 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, Johan 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. That is quite a variety of misfits, but God used each of them in His service. He will use you, too, if you stop making excuses."

-Rick Warren

"Holy living consists in doing God's work with a smile." -Mother Teresa

"We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love." -Mother Teresa

"If you can't serve God, how can you serve anyone else?"

"When God nudges you to do something, do you answer like Gideon? "But Lord...I don't know enough Bible verses to tell my friends about Jesus..But Lord...I'm not smart enough to talk about creationism in my science class...But Lord...I'm not enough of a leader to start a Bible study at school" Like Gideon, do you focus more on yourself and your weakness than on God and His strength? You know, it doesn't really matter what you can or can't do--all that matters is that God will be with you, and He can do all things. So go for it." -via randombeliever

"You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into wonderful light." -1 Peter 2:9

"Do not come to me when you are strong and ready to serve, come to me when you are broken, willing to offer yourself to me." -God

"By choosing to serve, we are choosing not only to change our own lives for the better, but we are also choosing to help change others’ too. That’s why true service cannot be achieved without love." -via Nikki Dionsio

"Who were we to complain about the work God would have us do for His kingdom? who were we to demand that He put us in a different place? who were we to tell the Lord that this work wasn’t meaningful enough, this work wasn’t accomplishing enough? Psalm 84:10 says “better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.” — we are to be DELIGHTED to simply hold the door in His house. If all we did in our lives, every single day, was stand at the church door and open it up when somebody approached, that would be enough. because THAT would be the work He would have us do." -Jamie Delaine

"In our service, there will always be challenges, there will always be obstacles. In our service, we get hurt, disappointed, misunderstood, insulted, and at times felt betrayed. We felt alone, and at times we felt abandoned. Every time we experience all these things, we journey with our God in His sufferings. "Whoever wants to follow me, must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me." Following our God is always denying ourselves! Everything is really nothing, WE ARE NOTHING! It is always a challenge for us to say in the end like St. Paul, "I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith." 2 Tim 4:7. We're not saying that we don't fail, because I do fail many times and I have failed people, but what is reassuring is knowing that in our community people provide hope, understand who you are, love you no matter what and never judge you and so we have the courage to continue the journey. Together we will journey to heaven!" -Kuya Gelo