“Serve the Lord with Joy”
Sunday Morning, November 10, 2013
scriptures: Deuteronomy 28, 1 Corinthians 10, Mark 4, 1 John 3
keywords: serve, joy, complain, happy, attitude, commit, strong, fate, thank
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God does not want you to serve him like he is some ball and chain.
If you are unhappy and complaining then why does someone want to be around you. The reason you cannot reach your family is because you don’t have joy.
You can not practice Christianity because you can not practice something even the wrong way. What good is it if you are doing things the wrong way.
Deuteronomy 28:45-48- There is a difference when you do things for God. You typically will do it with the right attitude.
A committed person does not looks for obstacles but with ways to get it done. If you served God, serve him with joy. A lot of things that people complain about that they have some people wish they had.
If you were talking about negative things or complaining and you have told this to another person then you need to repent for discouraging them. We should do things and not complain about them. For example, the bible says use hospitality without grudging.
We should serve the Lord with joy. Be thankful that you can help someone out.
In the Philippines, a whole town washed away and you are complaining that you don’t have what you want.
First, you need to be committed to God. How many of you have committed to being the best son or daughter? Once you committed to something than you are less likely to complain.
1 Corinthians 10:13 There is nothing that you will go through that will overtake you and will cause you to sin. If you couldn’t handle it then it was not that you weren’t strong but that you weren’t committed and that you just sinned. Some of you are living with fate- fatalistic, negative thinking.
Mark 4:14-17 A lot of people who are emotional seem godly but when the affliction comes then they are offended. If you can forecast your sin or others can then you have sin that needs to be repented of. When you commit to Christ, then he will give you strength.
1 John 3:13-14 We know that people will hate us- we don’t need to trip over that.
This week: Think about all the things that you can thank God for this week. The most things that people should know about you is not that I am at my wits end but that God is my strength. You can complain all you want but it should not take away your joy.