The Role Of Ministry In Spiritual Growth

The Role Of Ministry In Spiritual Growth

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

 

18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
 
 

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

 

10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

 

21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

 

28 Your attitude[must be like my own, for I, the Messiah,* did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give my life as a ransom for many.”

 

 

23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

 
3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;
 
 
 

21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

 

58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

 

1 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

 

30 Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
31 The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
32 Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.

 

28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”— when you already have it with you.

 

 

Don’t just think about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and in what they are doing.

 

Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.

 

13 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

 

Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

 

It is he who saved us and chose us for his holy work not because we deserved it but because that was his plan long before the world began—to show his love and kindness to us through Christ.

 

Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

 

“Take care! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired, for then you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.

 

In this case, moreover, it is required [as essential and demanded] of stewards that one be found faithful and trustworthy.

 

21 “The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!

 

Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.