Step 9: Start Serving

1 Peter 4:7-11  "The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies- in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." 
Philippians 2:4 - “Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
Galatians 5:13-14 - “For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 
1 Samuel 12:24 - “Only fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.” 
Matthew 23:11-12 -  “The greatest among you shall be your servant.  Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Serve at Home
  • How can we take the attitude of a servant in our homes?
  • Why does serving have to start at home?
Serve at Work
  • How does taking the attitude of a servant change how you conduct yourself at work?
  • How can that be a witness for your faith?
Serve at Church
  • How does serving at Living Hope change your relationship with the church from attender to partner?
  • How do you grow more in your faith through serving at Living Hope?
  • How do your relationships with other members grow through serving at Living Hope?
Spiritual Gifts (1 Corinthians 12:7-12)
"To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ." 
  • Everyone has at least one spiritual gift, find yours and use it!
Takeaway: LHC Partners seek to use their spiritual gifts to serve at home, work, and church