Introduction

Welcome! It’s hard to believe this is our last week together in our Back to the Basics sermon series. So far we’ve covered prayer, scripture, confession, and today we’ll be talking about service. Or said another way, serving others.

Truth be told, we could probably do a “basics” series for another 3 months as there are so many good and profitable practices and rhythms that we as followers of Jesus can commit to. I pray our time together over the past few weeks will serve as a springboard to you and that you will spend future time exploring other topics like sabbath, giving, communion, and so many others.

One thing I know for sure, spending time with Jesus is profitable. As we’ve already discussed, prayer and scripture are things we should be committing ourselves to on a daily basis. And not because we need to check some ambiguous religious box off our righteous to-do list. But because that’s where Jesus is, that’s where we reconnect with our Savior and King. That’s where we get the fuel necessary to go and do good deeds in service to others.

And serving others, trading our time and treasure so that others may experience the love of Christ, this is the topic today… Kingdom minded service.

And serving others, trading our time and treasure so that others may experience the love of Christ, this is the topic today… Kingdom minded service.

Main Teaching

When you think of serving others, what images come to your mind? If I asked you to pray about trading your time, talent, and treasure, in order to serve and bless others, what would you do?

I imagine many of you are simply thinking about giving money or maybe doing a “service” project. If you’ve ever been on a mission trip or know someone who has, then you know it is another possible avenue for service.

Truth be told, there are hundreds of ways we can serve others. While it might be a beneficial use of time, I’m not going to list all of them today. Today, we’re going to spend our time on the biblical heart behind serving others. We’re going to look at the motivation behind the action… which I believe in the long run will “serve” all of us more than a bullet point list of service ideas and projects.

What Would Jesus Do?

How many of you remember or even had one of those WWJD bracelets? And if you have no idea what I’m talking about, just hang in with me for a few minutes.

The phrase itself actually goes back hundreds of years and was even employed in sermons by the great preacher Charles Spurgeon ... View this full sermon with PRO Premium