Worship Service 12/04/2022

Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Text: Acts 20:17-24

Theme: 5 Ways A Leader Can Love the Church Well: The Leader’s Motives

Notes:

Four Choices That Motivate Good Leaders

Ultimate, eternal joy over temporal happiness
Faithfulness over human success
- “Ministry is not measured in months, it is measured in decades.”
- Psalm 1
- Faithful Christian service is a marathon, not a sprint
Christ and His people over selfish ambition
- 2 Corinthians 8:9, “…though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor…”
- We often think of God as a part of our story
- We sacrifice the most for what we consider as the most valuable
- We don’t just give of ourselves to Christ–we give ourselves to Christ
- Embrace ignorance: serve Christ and His people–
  - not knowing that things are going to be OK
  - not knowing that what I do is appreciated
  - not knowing what the rewards will be
- Are you willing to serve God and His people
  - knowing your sacrifice may not be seen
  - knowing your motives may be misjudged
  - knowing you may be falsely accused
- Faithful ministry includes times of pressure and discomfort
  - Yet those not in leadership may be a blessing to their leaders:
    - Romans 1:11-12, “…that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.”
    - Hebrews 13:17, “…Let them do so with joy and not with grief,…”

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