"Work Hard and Serve the Lord"

Wednesday night we discussed Romans 12:9-13, Paul’s words to the church on loving one another sincerely. He tells us to love each other generously, without hyprocisy, and “don’t’ fake it” (The Message). We discussed the eight ways Paul says we can make our love real at New Hope. One of those ways is to “work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.”

This is where my job comes in . As the pastor, I want to help as many members of New Hope as possible to find a job in our church that enables them to work hard and serve enthusiastically. So I am using a class that I am calling “Discovering Your Ministry.” Any member who takes this class will learn his or her S.H.A.P.E. (Spiritual gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, and Experience) for ministry. Out of that knowledge of their SHAPE they will find an area of our church’s ministry that fits them. I along with other church leaders will help them to get involved in a job that seems right.

This has to be one of the most important ways to love with real love. We want to help each member to find a way or ways to serve the Lord at New Hope that brings them fulfillment and makes us a stronger church.

The next Discovering Your Ministry Class will be two Sundays afternoons in August from 5:00 to 7:30 pm. Mark your calendar for August 22 and 29. Our goal is to have all of our members working hard and serving the Lord enthusiastically.