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Good Shepherd Community Church
ENGAGE, PART 3 - Serve in God’s Strength | 1 Peter 4:7-11
Locations & Times
Good Shepherd Community Church
28986 SE Haley Rd, Boring, OR 97009, USA
Saturday 5:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
The Big Idea:
Receive freedom FROM what hinders you and freedom FOR loving and serving others in God’s strength to the glory of God!
Receive freedom FROM what hinders you and freedom FOR loving and serving others in God’s strength to the glory of God!
1. Love and serve one another in light of a future hope.
a. The end of all things is at hand
b. Self-controlled and sober-minded prayer
c. Earnest love
d. Hospitality without grumbling
2. Love and serve one another in God's strength through spiritual gifts.
a. God gifts you with His strength to love and serve others.
b. Gifts are to be eagerly desired as we love and serve.
There are gifts to show the love of Christ through:
• Words
• Actions
• Prayers
• Words
• Actions
• Prayers
c. A.P.T.A.T - A method for receiving God's strength to serve others:
Find someone to love through your words, actions or prayers:
A – Admit your weakness and need for God’s strength to love them.
P – Pray for God to gift you in whatever way they need to experience His love.
T – Trust a specific promise from God to gift you and strengthen you to love them.
A – Act in faith through your words, actions or prayers to love them.
T – Thank God and give Him the glory for loving them through you!
A – Admit your weakness and need for God’s strength to love them.
P – Pray for God to gift you in whatever way they need to experience His love.
T – Trust a specific promise from God to gift you and strengthen you to love them.
A – Act in faith through your words, actions or prayers to love them.
T – Thank God and give Him the glory for loving them through you!
3. Love and serve one another to the glory of God!
1. Shared Glory in relationship
2. Glory changes us, sanctifies us
3. Glory of dominion.
Next Step Takeaways:
With God:
- Will you commit to spending daily time in prayer, asking God to empower your words, actions and prayers to love and serve the people around you?
With God:
- Will you commit to spending daily time in prayer, asking God to empower your words, actions and prayers to love and serve the people around you?
Next Step Takeaways:
With Others:
- Will you commit to using your words, actions and prayers in dependence on God to love and serve the people around you each and every day?
- Will you find some intentional way to show hospitality this coming week?
With Others:
- Will you commit to using your words, actions and prayers in dependence on God to love and serve the people around you each and every day?
- Will you find some intentional way to show hospitality this coming week?
Next Step Takeaways:
On Mission:
- Will you commit to serving your church family in some formal capacity?
• What is hindering you from doing this? Ask God to give you freedom FROM what hinders you and freedom FOR the life He wants for you.
On Mission:
- Will you commit to serving your church family in some formal capacity?
• What is hindering you from doing this? Ask God to give you freedom FROM what hinders you and freedom FOR the life He wants for you.
Next Step Takeaways:
On Mission:
- Explore the different opportunities to serve and step into one!
• Ministry Fair in the lobby
• “Serve” button on Church Center app.
On Mission:
- Explore the different opportunities to serve and step into one!
• Ministry Fair in the lobby
• “Serve” button on Church Center app.