Your people shall be volunteers In the day of Your power. (Psalms 110:3)
One mark of revival, during which God comes to His people in power, is that God's people are compelled to offer their lives for His service. Many churches lack people who are willing to get involved in carrying out God's redemptive work. The mission fields are crying out for Christians to go and share the gospel with those who've never heard it. What we need is not more pleas for volunteers, but an outpouring of the power of God. When God comes among His people in power, there is never a shortage of volunteers or resources for His work! ~Blackaby
One of the things that sets the church apart is the sacrificial spirit of God's people. The church is not a club or a business. A local church is a family. There are indicators of organization in a church and there are business aspects in a church just as there are in any family. What makes the church different is the what, the how, and the why.
The what is the Kingdom. Every true church exists to grow God's Kingdom. The church does not exist for itself. It exists for the cause of the King of Heaven.
The how is God's power released in God's humble people. The King of Heaven has adopted children to be His own. They freely give what God has given to them to serve the needs of the church, which impacts God's Kingdom.
The why is God's glory. The King of Heaven deserves praise and honor. Every lost person represents a stolen praise that should be given to God. All praise and glory belong to God and when a person lives without God and does not praise His great name, God is robbed of what is rightfully His.
Today I praise God that I get to be a part of a family of faith like Living Hope and get to see thousands of people serving God's church to grow God's Kingdom for the glory of God.
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