What do you think he ment?

[Lindsey B3]

I was just talking to my youth group and we were talking about servitude.

So heres the question what do you think God ment when he said we should serve?  

[freelance lover]

I think we should be humbling ourselves and doing work to help others, even if the work may be deemed "below us" by society. We should spend time with those less fortunate or outcast by society, and seek to help them.

Of course, we can also serve those "above" us. Sometimes the people at the top are the ones most in need of God's love.

By helping them, I believe we are serving God.  

[Rsnbl Faith]

Freelancer i think this is the first time we have agreed on ANYTHING XD, but its more than that, just sharing the message of Christ to them is an act of serving. Or letting others serve us, as Christ showd by saying to peter if he doesnt let Him was his feet, that he would have no part of Him. We should serve each other and let others serve us, even if we dont think we should let them.  

[Ixor Firebadger]

I think it means different things for different people.

We are called to use the gifts we were given to further God's kingdom, be it giving, working with the homeless, telling others about Christ or building a set for a church play.  

[Rsnbl Faith]

Ixor-san

I think it means different things for different people.

We are called to use the gifts we were given to further God's kingdom, be it giving, working with the homeless, telling others about Christ or building a set for a church play.

exactly, we all have different gifts that is given to us by the Holy Spirit, so that we can reach ppl in many different ways. Now the question turns into, what gifts has God given me, and in what ways can i use it to serve Him?(for Christ also says by serving others, we are serving Him)  

[Xandris]

Ixor-san

We are called to use the gifts we were given to further God's kingdom

This is my definition right here, with the possible addition of 'even in the times we don't want to/feel unable or underqualified to.'  

[freelance lover]

@Kain: See, I'm not completely off doing my own thing! I actually love serving- it's one of my favorite ways to worship. I think we can see this that, despite our differences, all Christians do have unifying factors smile

@Ixor: I don't know if it was intentional or not, but I totally appreciated that "building a set for a church play" thing xD Especially since I hope to get plugged into theatre ministry after I graduate and become a professional stage-manager-starving-artist! It made me smile :3 I also agree that certain people are called to serve in different ways.  

[Ixor Firebadger]

freelance lover

@Kain: See, I'm not completely off doing my own thing! I actually love serving- it's one of my favorite ways to worship. I think we can see this that, despite our differences, all Christians do have unifying factors smile

@Ixor: I don't know if it was intentional or not, but I totally appreciated that "building a set for a church play" thing xD Especially since I hope to get plugged into theatre ministry after I graduate and become a professional stage-manager-starving-artist! It made me smile :3 I also agree that certain people are called to serve in different ways.

Hm...mebbe it was me sub-conscious at work ninja  

[Priestley]

I don't consider it a big deal myself, but the youth leader at my church is always appreciative of and complimenting my service of the young people. I always respond with "Just doing my job. smile ". I think that about sums up my point that servitude is something one signs up to do if one claims to be a Christian, because it's a demonstration of the love one has for people. It is one of the many ways in which we can love our neighbour and our enemies.  

[Fushigi na Butterfly]

What Priestley said brings up an interesting point as well: when we serve, our heart should definitely be in it. Don't do something just because you think you should be doing something, because then you may as well not be serving at all. This is why the Spirit is so important when it comes to serving others, and why our gifts should be considered as well. God gave us each talents and gifts because He wanted us to use them to serve others and Him with them- if you aren't good at something or don't enjoy doing something, you're probably not meant to serve there.  

[Lindsey B3]

I agree partially about the you have to like it in order to be good at it. You could be good at something and not like to do it. Or you could be bad at something but still love doing it for me the not but still like would be singing lol  

[Fushigi na Butterfly]

Well, the most important part is the enjoyment you get out of it, because God can help lead where human beings are inadequate. 3nodding