Calendar . Volume 02 | Issue 11

Service

“God will open up places of service for you as He sees you are ready. Meanwhile, study the Bible and give yourself a chance to grow.” – Warren W. Wiersbe

“Obedience and service do not spring from human talent and efforts, but from God’s power as we trust Him.” – Warren W. Wiersbe

“It is the Holy Spirit who enables us to serve God, and through Him we can overcome fear and weakness. The word fear in 2 Timothy 1:7 means “timidity, cowardice.” The Holy Spirit gives us power for witness and for service (Acts 1:8). It is futile for us to try to serve God without the power of the Holy Spirit. Talent, training, and experience cannot take the place of the power of the Spirit.” – Warren W. Wiersbe

“Our Lord holds the keys to the doors of Christian service. You don’t have to chase “key men” around if you know the Keeper of the Keys!” – Vance Havner

“The average church member would do well to look in his concordance and see how many columns it takes to list all the “serve,” “servant,” “service” references. We come to church to sit but will not go out to serve.” – Vance Havner

“The Philippian jailer cared nothing about the sufferings of Paul and Silas until he knew Christ, then he washed the stripes of his prisoners.” – Vance Havner

“The Lord doesn’t ask about your ability, only your availability; and, if you prove your dependability, the Lord will increase your capability.” – author unknown

“The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.” – author unknown

“The greatest reward for serving others is the satisfaction found in your own heart.” – author unknown

“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” – Donald A. Adams

“In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can.” – William Barclay

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” – Charles Dickens

“You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others.” – Henry Drummond

“Only a life lived for others is worth living.” – Albert Einstein

“My whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your [the public’s] service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong. But I shall not have strength to carry out this resolution alone unless you join in it with me.” – Elizabeth II, on becoming Queen of England

“Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.” – St. Francis of Assisi

“Tied to the value of the person is the principle of servanthood. We value what we freely serve.” – Douglas Groothuis

“We must first see to it that our peace be made with God and then we may expect that our services for his glory will be accepted.” – Leviticus 5; – Matthew Henry

“Could Paul think it worth while to shed his blood for the service of the church, and shall we think it much to take a little pains? Is not that worth our labour which he thought worth his life?” – Philippians 2; – Matthew Henry

“The entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.” – John Andrew Holmes

“Everyone needs help from everyone.” – Bertolt Brecht

“A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor’s.” – Richard Whatley

“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.” – Herman Melville

“There ain’t nothing but one thing wrong with every one of us, and that’s selfishness.” – Will Rogers

“Provision for others is a fundamental responsibility of human life.” – Woodrow Wilson

“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.” – Benjamin Franklin

“The greatest service you can render God is to fulfill your spiritual destiny.” – Oswald Chambers

“Jesus Christ calls service what we are to Him, not what we do for Him.” – Oswald Chambers

“Jesus Christ says, in effect, Don’t rejoice in successful service, but rejoice because you are rightly related to Me.” – Oswald Chambers

“We are here with no right to ourselves, for no spiritual blessing for ourselves; we are here for one purpose only-to be made servants of God as Jesus was.” – Oswald Chambers

“We are not here for successful service, but to be faithful.” – Oswald Chambers

“God has no larger field for the man who is not faithfully doing his work where he is.” – anonymous

“A cup can’t hold much, but it can overflow a lot.” – Robert Cook

“Too many are willing to sit at God’s table, but not to work in his field.” – Vance Havner

Find out where you can render a service; then render it. The rest is up to the Lord.” – S. S. Kresge

“He is no Christian who does not seek to serve his God.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“Now is the watchword of the wise.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“The most important place in this church is the back door.” – Sandy Williams

“Those whom God will employ are first struck with a sense of their unworthiness to be employed.” – Matthew Henry

“Whatever you do, begin with God.” – Matthew Henry

“The most significant gifts in the church’s life in every era are ordinarily natural abilities sanctified.” – J. I. Packer

“Human sweat can add nothing to the work of the Spirit, especially when it is nerve sweat.” – A. W. Tozer

“God is more interested in the workman than in the work.” – Warren Wiersbe

“Men who love much will work much.” – Anonymous

“Pray for a good harvest, but keep on hoeing.” – Anonymous

“Church greatness consists in being greatly serviceable.” – Richard Baxter

“The Lord first of all wants sincerity in his service, simplicity of heart without guile and falsehood.” – John Calvin