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What Do You Need to Serve the Lord?

Jeffrey Hamilton — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 23:31:03 +0000

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by Jeffrey W. Hamilton

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Text: Colossians 4:2-6

I. Jesus told his disciples to serve the Lord by bringing others to him - John 4:34-38

A. He command them, and us, to go into all the world - Matthew 28:19-20

B. Each of us have this responsibility

II. Yet, many find excuses to avoid the work

A. “I’m not eloquent enough to be any great service.”

1. Moses tried that excuse - Exodus 4:10-12

2. Excellency of speech has never been high on God’s list for selecting servants

3. Paul was not concerned with how well he spoke - I Corinthians 2:1

4. The power is in the message, not the messenger - Romans 1:15-16

B. Many feel unqualified to be of service because they lack education

1. Somehow, people feel that those with high degrees of learning are in a better position to be successful in serving God

2. Usually, degrees are more of a hindrance than a help. Far too often, the more learning a person has, the less faith he possesses - I Corinthians 1:26-29

3. Consider the apostles - Acts 4:13

a. They were considered to be ignorant and unlearned men

b. Their boldness came from being with Jesus

C. Some feel they could make an impact if they just possessed greater riches

1. Riches can be a blessing or a curse - I Timothy 6:9

2. How did a poor widow gain the notice of our Lord? - Mark 12:41-44

a. It certainly was not in the quantity she gave

3. When God came to this earth, how did He live? - Matthew 8:20

a. The common people gladly listened to Him - Mark 12:37

b. It was the rich and mighty rulers who opposed Him

D. Some use the excuse: “I have nothing to wear” to not attend services

1. Yet, these same people are able to go anywhere else that they wish to go

2. We usually do what we want to do

3. What did John the Baptist wear in his service to the Lord? - Matthew 3:1-6

4. God looks at our hearts, not our stylish clothing - I Samuel 16:7; I Peter 3:3-4

5. More brethren need to learn the lesson in James 2:1-9

E. Some believe their health is not good enough to serve God

1. Gaius might not have been in as good physical health as he was spiritually - III John 1-2

2. People use their health as reason for not attending services, but they are able to go other places and do other things

3. Paul had his thorn in the flesh, but it didn’t stop him - II Corinthians 12:7-10

4. Some of the Galatians became Christians because of Paul’s illness - Galatians 4:13-14

III. It seems that people are only willing to serve the Lord if everything is convenient and opportune

A. Jesus spoke of such people - Luke 14:16-24

B. Was it convenient to worship, sing, and teach while in prison? - Acts 16:25

C. We need to take advantages of opportunities as they arise and not wait for a convenient time as Felix wished - Acts 24:25

D. It is when everything is going well for us that we tend to forget our Lord - Deuteronomy 32:13-15

Nympha

Jeffrey Hamilton — Fri, 29 May 2026 18:23:39 +0000

by Edwin Crozier

Once Paul starts listing names, we tend to read on autopilot, no longer paying attention. We might even quit reading altogether. After all, he’s done with the gospel-y stuff, right? There’s nothing to learn from a list of names.

However, these people are examples for us. Often good. Sometimes bad. If we do not read carefully, we might skip over great examples. Examples like Nympha. Unlike the other names we’ve read this week, Nympha isn’t found anywhere else in the Bible. This is the only mention. But what a mention.

Nympha was host to a church. She allowed a congregation to meet in her home. Think about that. What a commitment. Every Lord’s day–and probably on other days–she opened her private residence to a group of people to worship God. I don’t know how many people assembled with that congregation. I don’t know the backgrounds of the people. How many children came with them? How long would they stay? What kind of mess did they make? But Nympha was the hostess.

That means when they brought unbelievers to the assembly, strangers, Nympha allowed them in. In that day and age, if a persecution were to break out, it would likely begin at her house. Still, she hosted them.

This is hospitality. Her home was a place of worship.

Many of us will likely breathe a sigh of relief because our congregation has an allocated place of worship. A building. A storefront. But let’s not stop considering the application so quickly. Maybe the church doesn’t have to meet in our home during its Lord’s day worship and official meeting times for worship and classes, but does that mean we can’t allow our homes to be places of worship, just as Nympha did?

Obviously, we need to be worshiping in our homes as families or even as singles. But I’m thinking about how Mary, John Mark’s mother, used her home in Acts 12. To my knowledge, that prayer time wasn’t a congregational worship meeting. But Mary brought folks into her home to worship. We can do the same. Singings, studies, and prayer times. These are all things we can do in our homes.

In Jerusalem, when the first church began, they met as a church at the temple, but they also regularly gathered from house to house. Part of their time in each other’s homes was spent praising God (Acts 2:46-47).

Of course, using our home to serve the Lord doesn’t necessarily mean having a group worship time. Perhaps we can simply have some folks over for a meal. Maybe we can allow traveling Christians a place to stay. Perhaps we can host a game night or a ladies’ tea. Maybe we can host a group of teens just to hang out and spend time together. Whatever we do, we can see our home is not merely a place to hole up and find refuge from the world. It’s a tool we can use to serve the Lord.

Nympha used her home to serve the Lord. How can we use our homes to do the same?

Simple Offerings

Jeffrey Hamilton — Tue, 12 May 2026 22:02:39 +0000

by Zeke Flores

"Now when anyone presents a grain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it" (Leviticus 2:1).

The grain offering was simple: no animal, no blood; just flour, oil, and frankincense. It was the everyday person’s offering, something anyone could bring. And that’s part of the beauty of it. God wasn’t only interested in the big, dramatic sacrifices; He welcomed the ordinary ones, too.

Most of our lives are made of “grain offering” moments:

Small acts of faithfulness.
Quiet prayers.
Simple kindness.
Choosing patience when you’re tired.
Serving someone without being noticed.

These aren’t flashy, but they matter deeply to God.

Fine flour had to be crushed and sifted. It took effort. And sometimes our “small” obedience feels like that; it costs us something. But God sees it. He values it. He receives it as worship.

If you ever feel like your life isn’t impressive enough or your service isn’t big enough, remember the grain offering. God delights in the simple things done with a sincere heart. Today, offer Him something small but genuine. It’s more meaningful than you think.

Use Your Gifts to Serve

Jeffrey Hamilton — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:10:51 +0000

by Edwin Crozier

Text: I Peter 4

Let’s get back to what it looks like to keep our conduct honorable among the Gentiles. Peter provides a handful of instructions. We are to be sober-minded and self-controlled. I know this is part of honorable conduct because it mirrors what he told husbands about living with their wives in an understanding way. As husbands need to live honorably so their prayers won’t be hindered, we must all live with sober minds and self-control for the sake of our prayers. Further, we are to love one another earnestly, just as he had earlier said; we are to have unity of mind, sympathy, and brotherly love (see I Peter 3:8). We are to show hospitality without grumbling. The emphasis here is likely on the “without grumbling.” Yes, we can show hospitality, but if we do it with resentment and complaint, that is not living honorably.

All of this leads to the main point:

"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace..." (I Peter 4:10 ESV).

Whatever gifts we have, whether abilities, resources, or opportunities, we need to recognize they are just that–gifts. They come from God’s grace to us. We aren’t able to use these gifts however we want, as if they are things we own outright and developed by our own personal strength. They are gifts from God. We merely steward them. As stewards, our first duty is to use these gifts as the actual owner and master wants them used. God wants us to serve one another.

If we can speak, then do so as God’s oracles. That is, say the things God wants said in order to build others up and serve them. If we can serve, then serve as by the strength God supplies. That is, serve, but serve so God gets the credit. Whatever other gifts and abilities we can add to this list (you might look at Romans 12:6-8 to expand it), we are to use them to serve others. But not only to serve others, but also to serve them in such a way that they will give God the credit and glorify Him.

In other words, honorable conduct is about pointing others to our great God, not making everyone think we are somehow great all on our own. We don’t serve to receive accolades and honors from people. We serve to get people to glorify God on the day of visitation. We serve to get others to realize how great our God is, so they will have the same hope and put their hope in Him.

Our God is amazing. Let us live in a way that the people around us learn how amazing He is and decide to glorify Him, not us.

Volunteering for Service

Jeffrey Hamilton — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:07:08 +0000

by Edward A. Smith
via Sentry Magazine, Vol. 18 No. 1, 31 March 1992

As a young man, I often considered joining our nation’s all-volunteer military. Even though the pay was not great, the benefits and security certainly seemed to outweigh the chances of ever being involved in a major conflict. Reserve duty seemed even more rewarding, as it allowed me to train and be paid part-time while pursuing other goals.

Like many reservists, I did not fully appreciate the responsibilities that such a system entailed until Operation Desert Storm. I admire the courage and personal sacrifice that those who answered the call were forced to make. But I also recall news reports of men and women who had found the time to train a few hours a month, but refused to serve when called to active duty because the demands were suddenly too great. These service people had forgotten the meaning of being a volunteer.

In writing about the kingdom to be established by Christ, David wrote,

"The Lord shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies! Your people shall be volunteers in the day of your power ..." (Psalms 110:2-3 NKJV)

If we are God’s people, then we are volunteers. No one forced us to believe in Jesus; we were not dragged into the waters of baptism! What, then, does it mean to be a volunteer?

Be Enthusiastic

In social and civic groups, there are often people who volunteer, and people who are "volunteered" (drafted, coerced, blackmailed, etc.). Those who truly desire to do the work are enthusiastic about it. They find the time to devote to it, no matter how busy they may be, because they believe it is a worthwhile endeavor. They genuinely enjoy the task, and they share that sense of enjoyment with others.

Christians sometimes seem to be more in the "volunteered" category; duties are fulfilled out of a sense of obligation rather than a sense of desire or enthusiasm. Paul commanded the Christians in Rome to be "fervent in Spirit, serving the Lord" (Romans 12:11) - literally to be "glowing" or "boiling" (Strong). Our service to God is not to be apathetic, but enthusiastic.

Give Your Best

When a person is committed to doing something enthusiastically, they are willing to give their best. Business managers recognize that those in their workforce whose sole motivation is a sense of obligation will give only what they consider to be enough to "get by". The fear or threat of job loss will motivate them to do only the minimum necessary to keep their job. When the fear or threat is too burdensome, the employee will quit.
John tells us,

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us" (I John 4:18-19 NKJV).

Those of us who only serve God out of fear, rather than love, cannot give our best because we are tormented; we will only give what we consider "enough" to alleviate our fear. Like the fear-driven employee, we may find the fear too burdensome and be tempted to quit. When we are made "perfect in love," we will not only endure, but we will give our best.

Get Others Involved

I know of a man who sincerely loves his profession. He loves it so much that he invites people to consider it for their own. He loans them reading material and invites them to his office to see what is involved, which often sparks their interest. As far as I know, he receives no reward for attracting others; he simply shares with them what he loves to do.

People who volunteer for things they love find a purpose in their work - one they're eager to share with others. They often recognize the great need for others to volunteer, knowing that there will always be enough work. In Matthew 9:37-38, Jesus told His disciples,

"The harvest is truly plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest" (NKJV).

As volunteers in the kingdom of Christ, we should acknowledge the need for additional volunteers. If we are enthusiastic and love what we are doing in His service, we will be motivated to get others involved as well.

Serving In My Senior Years

Jeffrey Hamilton — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:22:47 +0000

by Robert Harkrider

I well remember how disappointed I was when, as a young preacher, I was told that one of our elders was "retiring" as an elder. I thought, "How could any Christian of any age ever retire?" Aren't we responsible to do like Paul, who wrote, "I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:14)?

Although it is many years later, I continue to believe his attitude was wrong. I have begun to understand perhaps why that elder felt the need to quit. Growing old means many physical and mental changes, and in addition, some may tend to overlook the value of senior citizens. I admit that I can no longer do things that were easily accomplished a few years ago. My pace is slower as also my recall, and all the characteristics described by the writer of Ecclesiastes are becoming a reality: "those who look through the windows grow dim, and the doors on the street are shut as the sound of the grinding mill is low in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and the mighty men stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through windows, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will sing softly" (Ecclesiastes 12:3-4).

Do these changes in life mean that a senior Christian should quit serving? Is it time to "retire"? Has his work in the Lord's kingdom become of no value? Certainly not! In fact, many attributes are embellished by a life filled with righteousness. Sure, life changes will make alterations in the type of service one can do, but both men and women of age provide valuable service. Consider a few ways in which age is a benefit.

Example

A man who serves as an elder of a congregation must be spiritually mature, i.e., "not a novice" (I Timothy 3:6). Furthermore, he is to be an example to the flock (I Peter 5:2-3). While it is true that he already meets these qualifications at the time of his appointment, is it not reasonable that years of experience increase his ability to advise, exhort, or rebuke troubled souls and lead new converts? His example of godliness should inspire all who know him. What a blessing he is to the congregation. "The silver-haired is a crown of glory if it is found in the way of righteousness" (Proverbs 16:31).

Counsel

Older women, as well as older men, can give wise counsel to couples involved in troubled marriages (Titus 2:2-4). Our modern society accepts divorce as though expected, and many are surprised when they meet a couple that has celebrated a golden anniversary. It is so rewarding to be able to offer guidance to younger couples. If you have a spiritual problem, would you not rather seek the counsel of someone whose life reflects the character you want to emulate?

Wisdom

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (Proverbs 9:10). This proverb is the capstone of the book of Proverbs. It is true that even the young who fear the Lord are able to make wise choices, but individuals who have experienced life's full range of good times and tough times are able to share insights that come only with age. Many times, old age leaves us in debilitated bodies, but the inward spirit is filled with the wisdom of God's word. There is no reason for this person to "retire."

Patience

Young people tend to be impatient. As a young preacher, I used to hope that each sermon or Bible class would result in immediate response. I would tend to be disappointed when my good brethren did not move as quickly as I thought they should. But I soon learned that, like any farmer who sows seed, it takes time for the plant to grow. Give it water and nurture it, but wait patiently. As the saying goes, "Rome was not built in a day." Patience is a virtue of senior citizens.

Knowledge of God's Word

You have probably seen a new Christian who was so excited about obeying the gospel that he/she wanted to know everything in the Bible all at once! Of course, that individual soon learned how deeply the Scriptures reveal the mind of God (I Corinthians 2:6-16). By contrast, consider the blessing of a person who, over many years, has continually added the knowledge of God's word by daily reading, meditating, and memorizing. The senior Christian is a wellspring of faith who can share God's word with others.

Are there any who feel that the aged Christian has reached a time to quit? Has the younger generation passed him or her by? He may not be able to do what he used to do, but years of faithful service to God have molded him into a unique blessing to all who seek to follow his example, learn from his counsel, be guided by his wisdom, yield to his patience, and be filled with his knowledge of God's Word.

"You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God, I am your God" (Leviticus 19:32).

"But fools despise wisdom and understanding" (Proverbs 1:7).

Spend and Be Spent

Jeffrey Hamilton — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 17:44:06 +0000

by Joe Chesser

“I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls” (II Corinthians 12:15).

I’m not sure we fully grasp what Paul meant. I’m not sure we want to.

When writing his second letter to the Corinthian church, Paul felt spiritually and emotionally connected to them. The first time he had been to Corinth, he spent more than 18 months with them teaching them the word of God (Acts 18:11). For a time, he supported himself in Corinth by tentmaking (Acts 18:3). Later, at some point, he had made a second trip to the city, and wanted to make a third one (II Corinthians 13.1). This brief history is important to our understanding of what he said to the church in II Corinthians 12:15.

As he was planning his third trip to visit the church in Corinth, Paul wanted to assure them that he would not be a financial burden to them. He wasn’t interested in their money, goods, or support. He was interested only in their spiritual welfare, specifically their relationship with God and with one another (II Corinthians 12:14). To make his point as clear as possible, he wrote, “I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls” (II Corinthians 12:15).

That’s what I’m not sure we fully grasp, or maybe even want to understand. What did Paul mean when he said he was willing to “spend and be spent” for the sake of their souls? The answer is whatever it takes. For the sake of their souls, Paul was all in; he would hold nothing back, … and do so with gladness. He was willing to spare no expense out of his own pocket; his services would not cost them a penny. The root word used for “spend” and “be spent” in this text was also used to describe the woman who had spent all her money on doctors, hoping to be healed of her issue of blood (Mark 5:26). Paul was willing to spend all his money, time, possessions and energy so as not to be a burden to them, like he willingly did in Thessa-lonica (I Thessalonians 2:9; II Thessalonians 3:8). Any expense that would promote their salvation, he was willing to “spend and be spent.” And he would do so with pleasure!

The natural question is “Why?” Why would Paul “spend and be spent”? The only answer is love. The love of Jesus transformed his heart. Now, instead of himself, Jesus was in his heart, and so were the Corinthians (II Corinthians 7:2-3). Paul is showing us a practical example of what Jesus meant when he said, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23). Why? Because that’s what love does. Love sacrifices self-interests to meet the needs of those who are loved.

This is not easy to do. This is not even easy to want to do, unless we, like Paul, have the Spirit of Christ in our hearts. When we learn to view our time, energy and money like Jesus does, when we learn to view the lost like Jesus does, when we learn to view our spouse, family and friends like Jesus does, and when we learn to view the church and our involvement with it like Jesus does, then we will willingly “spend and be spent” for the sake of souls … and do so gladly.

When Jesus offers you an opportunity to “spend and be spent” for the sake of saving souls, how do you think you will respond? Reluctant and stingy, or generous and joyful?

Serving the Lord

Jeffrey Hamilton — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:08:00 +0000

by Steven Harper

If we are genuinely interested in what pleases the Lord, we should consider everything we do and say, and whether it is, in fact, pleasing to Him, according to what He has revealed in the Scriptures. One of the most obvious aspects of our lives as disciples is our worship assembly and Bible study, but I need to ask myself the question:

“Why do I do what I do?”

Service

It should be a given that when we are considering our service to the Lord, serving Him is actually the reason! We should not find that distasteful, for within the Scriptures, a Christian is called “a servant of the Lord” (II Timothy 2:24); Paul even described himself as “a bondservant of Jesus Christ” (Romans 1:1), indicating his perception that he had a debt to pay. So, service should most definitely be one of the reasons we serve the Lord!

Love

This, too, should be a given, for Jesus tells us the greatest command is that I “love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:37). And especially when we are talking about my worship — which, by definition, is “the reverent love shown to God” — love must be the reason I serve the Lord. And it is the case, as John wrote, “We love Him because He first loved us” (I John 4:19). At the very least, my service to God and my worship and my Bible study — and whatever I do in His service — must be because of love.

His Worthiness

It should go without saying [but I’m going to say it] that we should serve the Lord, worship Him, and diligently study His word because He is worth it. This is the God who “so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16), who had a plan by which He “saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began” (II Timothy 1:8-9) and who “foreordained” Christ to be Savior “before the foundation of the world” (I Peter 1:20). His wisdom, His love, His grace, and His continuing long-suffering toward us clearly shows He is worthy of everything we can do for Him, and it is with this knowledge we read Paul’s plea that we “present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God” and we would have to agree that such would be called “reasonable service” (Romans 12:1).

Again, why do I serve the Lord? It cannot be to please my parents or any other human being; it cannot be strictly for the potential reward of heaven, and I cannot be doing what I do for any positive benefits others may offer me. I should be serving the Lord because I desire to be His servant, because I love Him with all my heart, soul, and mind, and because He is unequivocally worth it.

Love, Service, and Obedience

Jeffrey Hamilton — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:24:16 +0000

by Doy Moyer

We serve what we love, and we obey what we serve.

What does that mean? It is possible to be coerced into obedience, but this is not love. However, when we love something or someone, we serve, and in serving, we obey. I believe the word “obey” and its cognates say more than what we sometimes indicate. Obedience is not just about strict adherence to commandments. While we will want to adhere to whatever commandments are given, obedience, as a concept, is bigger than this.
The term translated “obey” (ὑπακούω) is used variously. It can mean to obey instructions, to follow, be subject to, to listen and grant a request, and even to answer a door (as in Acts 12:13, BDAG). In choosing to obey, we are not just following strict commands; we are committing ourselves to the life that serves the calling (cf. Ephesians 4:1). Yet we all know that we won’t commit unless we truly love what we are serving.

Jesus said, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments” (John 14:15). It is true that if we are not keeping His commandments, we cannot claim to love Him. Yet is there not more to loving Him than just obeying commandments? Isn’t it possible that one obeys commandments in a strict, ritualistic way and yet still not love Him?

Obeying, serving, and submitting are related concepts, and I believe their interconnection helps shape our understanding of ourselves as disciples of Christ. Let’s think further:

First, what we serve reveals where our heart is, and where our heart is, in turn, shows what we love. Jesus taught that “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:19-21). Then, “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money” (Matthew 6:24). Notice that Jesus ties together what we love with what we serve. We cannot serve these two masters because we cannot love both. If we lay up treasures on earth, we show that’s where our heart is, and that’s what we will serve because it’s what we love.

Second, when we give ourselves over to something, we are obeying it. Paul argues in Romans 6 that Christians are to consider themselves to be dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus (Romans 6:11). Then, “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace” (Romans 6:12-14). By letting sin reign in our mortal body, we are obeying its passions. We obey what we have given ourselves over to, whether to sin or to God.

Next, read Romans 6:15-18. We are the servants of what we obey. If we are serving sin, then we are obeying it, even though sin is not listing off technical commandments. Instead, we give ourselves over to it, allowing it to rule our lives. That’s obedience. The same principle applies to serving God. By submitting to His will, we become obedient from the heart to that standard of teaching to which we are committed. Obedience, here, is about what we are committed to and the purposes we are serving.

Third, everyone obeys something. Everyone serves something or someone. Terms like “obey” and “submit” are considered too authoritarian for today’s culture, but the reality is that everyone obeys and submits to something. When we recognize that this is not just about technically carrying out commands, but involves a deeper sense of commitment and way of life, of opening the door to, welcoming, and serving something, then perhaps the point becomes more obvious. We might live in submission and obedience to politics, recreation, or any number of cultural causes to which we are freely giving ourselves. In doing this, we seek the advantage of the cause and are willing to sacrifice ourselves for it. We are doing more than obeying commands; we are subjecting ourselves to the ideals and commitments that the cause entails. We do so gladly when we love something. This is why John could say, “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome” (I John 5:3).

Think, then, how this fits the two greatest commands to love God and to love neighbor (Matthew 22:36-40). If we love God, then we are committed to Him, His cause (Kingdom), His way, and will. This is a life of obedience based on love. If we love our neighbor, we submit ourselves to them and seek to meet their needs. This, too, is a form of obedience. In fact, we can draw out how this works in any number of relationships (marriage, parenting, etc.). When we love, we commit and serve. We obey as a way of living for that cause.

To what, then, are we giving ourselves? Where is our heart? What are we serving and loving?

Fit for the Master’s Use (Series)

Jeffrey Hamilton — Sun, 04 May 2025 21:31:23 +0000

“Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels of wood and of earthenware, and some to honor and some to dishonor. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work. Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart” (II Timothy 2:20-22).

Join us for a series of lessons on June 8-11, 2025, presented by Zeke Flores of Columbus, Texas.