"Now is the Time to Serve"

Sermon Notes: November 5 and November 8: 1 Peter 4:7-11

Did you realize that a life of service and a life of stewardship go hand and

hand? We see this clearly in Peter’s words in I Peter 4:7-11. In verse 10,

Peter writes, “Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one

another with whatever gift you have received.” We are stewards of all that

God has given us, and out of those God given gifts, we serve others. We

use our talents, love and time to bless those around us. The call to love our

neighbor is a call to steward the gifts which we have been given and help

where there is need.

This coming week, consider how service is an opportunity to be a good

steward of all that God has given you? After all, scripture tells us that God is

the giver of every good gift. How might those good gifts be an opportunity of

service? Maybe, in sharing the good gifts or our lives (time, our resources,

etc.) to serve others, we find that stewardship has much to do with receiving

and giving.

Now is the Time,

Rev. Sherri