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The Serving Challenge, part 5

June 23, 2024 • Eli Thomas

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Do you ever feel like God is calling but you aren't equipped to follow his call? Well here is the good news, God does not call anyone that he does not also prepare. Whatever service opportunity God has put before you, he has also promised to give you every ability that you need to carry it out. Still not sure? Check out week 5 of The Serving Challenge as Pastor Eli talks about ABILITY!

AMBITION

June 30, 2024 • Eli Thomas • Philippians 2:5–11

What is your motivation? This is the question that we all need to ask as we seek to understand why we do what we do. Ambition can be a negative concept if we are driven to serve just ourselves and our well-being, but when we are motivated by God to serve Him and bring glory to his name, our ambition becomes a righteous and proper thing. In the final week of The Serving Challenge, pastor Eli addresses what we do with our desire to succeed as we discuss our final serving aspect- AMBITION

ACTION

June 16, 2024

There is a lot of prep work that goes into making a movie. Sets need to be built, scripts written, actors selected and lines learned. But eventually all of the work to get ready for a movie needs to end and the filming needs to begin. It is time to take action. The same is true in the life of a Christian, eventually we need to stop preparing to live like a follower of Christ and actually DO IT. This week in The Serving Challenge Pastor Eli addresses the importance of taking ACTION as we learn to serve like Jesus.

AVAILABILITY

June 9, 2024 • Philippians 2:6–7, Mark 5:25–34

Time is precious and it seems so often that have very little that isn't already committed. When it comes to our availability are we making a priority to give any of it to God? Paul calls us to be imitators of Jesus but if we are going to serve like him, we also need to be available like him. Our challenge in week 3 of The Serving Challenge is to take a hard look at our schedule and see where Christ fits into our activities.