Pastor Samson Michael on “Love for His Kingdom” at SMHOS Mid-week Service
*You make a mark on earth when your heart is set on God’s kingdom
*God saved us to serve Him.
*You begin to enjoy God’s pleasures when you do always the things that please God.
*. In your service to God, there must be touch of excellence because God is a God of excellence
You may be seated. I want to appreciate God for this privilege. Thank you Papa for the privilege to be standing here today.
Life is a mission and only those with passion can experience distinction. Christianity is a call to activity and not a call to passivity. Where your heart for God stops is where your height on earth stops. God saved us for a purpose and we are also created for his pleasure. You make a mark on earth when your heart is set on God’s kingdom.
God saved us to serve Him. Revelation 4:11. God created us so that He can derive pleasure from us. Ask yourself, what does God sees when he looks towards my direction. Do you make him glad or make him shake his head. Papa once told us that two members had health challenges and he prayed for both of them but one whose case was not very serious died. He went to inquire of God. He said the one that he saved is the one that serves in the Church. God is not happy with whoever refuses to serve. Some people come to Church because they want good things to happen in their lives. They use God for their own benefits. They are not part of those who make things happen.
The second category of people are the fault-finders. They complain about everything but don’t join to make anything happen.
The third category are those that are lost on their service to God. They are passionate about the things of God. They are always looking for ways o add value to the Kingdom.
You begin to enjoy God’s pleasures when you do always the things that please God. God ensures that he removes every pressure from your life when you do things that please him.
Your flourishing is not in moving up and down. A lady came to see me with her husband one day. She was complaining of body aches. I asked what the problem was. She said she went for a programme and she was given something and since then something started moving in her body. Your flourishing is not in jumping up and down.
Your flourishing is in your planting. Psalm 92:13. You don’t jump around everywhere. You don’t look for signs, you command signs. One of the ways of commanding signs is by serving God.
Fellowship and service are two different things. Fellowship is coming to church and gathering with the brethren. Service is what you are doing on a regular basis to add value to the kingdom of God. If all you do is to sit, hear the word and go back home, you are only fellowshipping and not serving.
There three Kinds of Service.
- Spiritual service comprises soul winning and kingdoms advancement prayers. What qualifies us for our daily bread is taking up our cross daily. Winning souls and bringing them to Church qualifies us to have our daily bread. You will need to pray for the advancement and f your church.
The Early Church grew and advance daily because there were things they do daily.
i They pray daily.
ii They evangelise daily. - Physical Service is belonging to service units in Church. There are different units in the church where you can use your talents, gifts and strength to serve. You must also approach this service with a touch of excellence. In your service to God, there must be touch of excellence because God is a God of excellence. Every department must think of quality service. When you see people running away from a unit, you will know that the service there is not being done excellently. The ushers should have smiling faces and also be sensitive to people’s make up. Ushers should not separate people who are coming together with all smile just because you are the usher in charge. You should send someone to a place and send others to another place. You will just kill something in them even before they start the service.
- Financial Service is using your finance to serve God. Any service that is void of your finance is self deceit. You can’t say you are given to service and your money is kept away from the service.
PRAYERS
- We cast out every spirit of heaviness and discouragement that has weighed you down, making you nonchalant and passive towards kingdom service.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to fill our heart afresh with love and zeal for kingdom promotion like never before.
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