Podcasts about serving christ

Serving Christ is of utmost urgency in the Christian life because the end is near. The rapture is imminent. Our time is short, therefore we must serve Him now. One of the utmost ways we serve God is through stewarding what He has given us to glorify him.

This sermon explores Romans 12:11, emphasizing the importance of serving Christ with both zeal and practical effort. It contrasts serving Christ with serving our own appetites, seeking human approval, or trying to fulfill the law. Pastor Shawn Alexander highlights that true service to Christ comes from His enabling grace and power working through us, not our own strength.

Focus: If a son or daughter of a King needed something, many would jump to action at the chance to help, knowing that they were helping the King's family. How fully do we believe that other people are brothers and sisters of Christ? Matthew 25:31-46

In this heartfelt and insightful sermon from Pastor Karl, we explore the biblical concept of the church as a family, drawing from 1 Timothy Chapter 5. Pastor Karl emphasizes that the church thrives on relationships, not rules, and celebrates the community's role in honoring milestones like graduations and new births. He highlights the importance of mentorship, showcasing how older generations mentor the younger ones in faith and character. Delving into 1 Timothy, Pastor Karl unpacks Paul's guidance to Timothy, a young leader in the challenging city of Ephesus, on how to lead the church family with honor and wisdom. Key themes include guarding the gospel, maintaining order, prioritizing character in leadership, and training diligently in faith. Pastor Karl addresses practical church responsibilities, such as caring for "true widows" with compassion and criteria, ensuring family members take primary responsibility for their kin. He also tackles the sensitive topic of honoring church leaders, advocating for fair compensation that balances care and accountability. Finally, Pastor Karl connects the concept of servitude to modern employer-employee relationships, urging Christians to work diligently for both earthly and heavenly masters, not out of duty, but out of love for Christ, who calls us friends. Join us for a compelling message on living out faith in community with honor, love, and purpose.Watch all our sermons on our YouTube channel "Flipside Christian Church"Join us in person 9:00am & 10:30am every Sunday morning.37193 Ave 12 #3h, Madera, CA 93636For more visit us at flipside.churchFor more podcasts visit flipsidepodcasts.transistor.fm

The only path to true freedom is finding the right authority to serve. We examine the stark reality that we will all be servants of something—either sin leading to death or righteousness leading to life. • Paul confronts the misconception that grace gives us license to sin• Christians have both a positional righteousness and a progressive righteousness• True freedom isn't found in having no master but in having the right master• Our past sins don't define us—our new identity in Christ does• The free gift of salvation truly has no strings attached• Christian obedience should flow from delight rather than duty• We follow God's commands not because we "have to" but because we "get to"• Serving Christ transforms our perspective on obedienceIf you want to explore a relationship with Christ or join our church family, please come to the front after the service and speak with Pastor Taylor.

Serving People, Serving Christ. Series: Living The Counter-Culture. Type: Sermon

**Thank you for supporting this ministry, I lovingly refer to as "The Little Green Pasture." Click here: PayPal: http://paypal.me/JoanStahl **Please prayerfully consider becoming a ministry partner: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/joaniestahl **Contact Email: jsfieldnotes@gmail.com **Subscribe to me on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-534183There is something notable in the lives of many true born again believers. They start out in their youth always being with many others. But when they begin to advance in years, many of those they first started out with go another direction. I remember this was the case for me. As I continued to mature in Christ, the less I felt the need to always lean on the arm of flesh but more and more on the arm of Jesus Christ alone. Jesus started out with few disciples, then many, then seventy, then multitudes. But when He began to teach and tell them things they did not understand, they began to leave Him for good. Eventually Judas left Him, "then they all fled," meaning the remaining eleven. Jesus then went the rest of the way alone carrying His Cross to Golgotha. This is always the path of many saints, and those who fill up heaven. Who started out with many and went the rest of the way alone with Christ up into heaven. When this begins to happen, you will begin noticing another kind of abounding walk in Christ you would never turn back from. You become partakers of His life in greater blossoming fulness. There is no turning back.If there are people in your life that have left you because you are flourishing in spiritual growth, let them go. When they do, you will start to thrive in ways you could never before. “One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.”― Elisabeth Elliot

In this sermon from Colossians 3:15–24, we are challenged to consider how our everyday actions - whether in worship, at home, or at work - can reflect Jesus. With practical insights and real-life illustrations, we are encouraged to live and speak in the name of Christ on our “frontlines,” wherever we find ourselves. Discover how even the most ordinary tasks can become holy when done as service to God.  

In this sermon from Colossians 3:15–24, we are challenged to consider how our everyday actions - whether in worship, at home, or at work - can reflect Jesus. With practical insights and real-life illustrations, we are encouraged to live and speak in the name of Christ on our “frontlines,” wherever we find ourselves. Discover how even the most ordinary tasks can become holy when done as service to God.  

Meaning | Week 4: Serving Christ // Ryland Walter // We were made to have meaning. Without meaning, life is activity without direction, and events without reason. However, there is a God who made you, and your life has profound meaning.

Sam Barnes - Serving Christ in a Material World

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This evening Pastor Ryan continues our series in Matthew with his sermon, "The Reward of Serving Christ."

This evening Pastor Ryan continues our series in Matthew with his sermon, "The Reward of Serving Christ."

I wonder if someday I'm going to be banned from restaurants. I've been known to give the help a hard time. Now, believe me, that's not what I'm trying to do. And if you're a waiter or a waitress, don't write a nasty letter to me. I just figure that it can get pretty boring to be a server at a restaurant. I mean sometimes people just start to treat them like they're part of the menu or like a vending machine. I decide that I think they're people and I think we can have fun. So, I've been known to go out to lunch with somebody and I'll tell them, "Oh by the way, he just moved her from another country and doesn't speak English." And so we have a lot of fun! Of course they start ordering in English. I love to tell the waitress or the waiter, "Hey, you're a great cook!" And they look at me and say, "uh, I...I didn't cook it." In fact I literally have been told, "I didn't cook it, I just serve it." Yeah, I knew that. I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "The Surprising Simplicity of Serving Christ." Our word for today from the Word of God comes from 1 Corinthians 3:5. Here's what Paul says about himself and another great Christian leader of that time, Apollos. "What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe - as the Lord has assigned to each his task." Now, I'm sure there were people who would have said, "Oh, Paul got me to Christ." "Apollos got me to Christ." Paul said, "No, I didn't. It wasn't from me. It was through me." That's the power of prepositions. "We are only servants through whom, not by whom, not from whom. Only through whom you came to believe." What is it that qualifies me to visit with you daily by radio like this? These thoughts don't come from me; they come through me. That's all. It's like that server in the restaurant. It's not her recipe, it's not her effort. She just delivers what someone else has worked on; something that someone else has made possible. That's what Jesus was saying when He said, "I am the vine. You are the branches." The branch doesn't produce the fruit. It looks like it's producing the fruit, but it comes from the vine through the branches. You know what that means to you? There are things that you can risk doing for your Lord that you thought you could not do, that were too much for you. You can dare to open your mouth about Jesus. You can dare to step up to that leadership role He's calling you to. You could dare to start that Christian group or Bible study, or prayer fellowship. You could dare to say "yes" to an assignment for the Lord that you've been saying "no" to. Why? Because the Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 5:24, "The One who calls you will do it." And then Philippians 2:13 - "It is God who works in you, both to will and to do His good pleasure." God will give you the words. God will give you the insight. God will give you the plan. He'll give you the message. He'll give you the strength. See, any true work for Christ is Christ doing the work through you, not you doing the work for Him. Through - that's the preposition that opens up your life to all kinds of powerful new possibilities. It only comes through you. Just be available. There are a lot of meals I would have never eaten in a restaurant if it had been up to the waiter or the waitress to grow the food and prepare the food. But there was something they could do. They could deliver it. That's what Paul says we are; we're just "servants." The ones who deliver what God has prepared. That's what God's asking you to do - to deliver to hungry lives what He has prepared for them. Look, you could serve it couldn't you?

Dr. Mike Norris - Serving Christ in our Upside Down World by West Coast Baptist College

Esther O'Donovan shares Tuesday's devotional podcast from Bible Fellowship Church. 

Pastor Ballard's message from Sunday, January 5, 2025.

Colossians 3:18-4:1 | Luke Hendrix | Moving on from his exhortations in the beginning of Colossians 3, Paul now takes those principles and then gives instructions on what it looks like to live life in Christ in the context of the relationships we find ourselves in. He first addresses the family, the foundational relationship of any society. He speaks to wives, husbands, children, and fathers before turning his attention to servants and masters. Our lives in Christ are to reflect him fully, no matter what role we find ourselves fulfilling, living out verses twelve through seventeen in every context.DISCUSSION QUESTIONS1. What role or roles in your life are you struggling the most to live out considering Paul's call in verses 12-17?2. In the roles of wife, husband, mother, father, boss or employee, what has helped you most in living as God's chosen ones? 3. Paul says that fathers are not to provoke their children, for those that are parents in the group, how do you do this well and where do you see yourself needing to grow in this area?4. The work that you do, who do you think people see you doing it for and why?5. Verse 25 tells us that God shows no favoritism and that judgment will be impartial regardless of human “class”. How should this change the way we think about people and the way we treat them in life?

Good morning my friend! This "When serving Christ and becoming faint and tired yet we keep pursuing." is more of what is going on in our life and ministry, and it's interesting from a ministry perspective. Blessings!—JC. ★ Support this podcast ★

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers four ways to care for and encourage your pastors, seven ways to pursue holiness in the Christian life, and strategies to fight sexual sin in the Christian life.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeFour ways to care for and encourage your pastors.Seven ways to pursue holiness in the Christian life.Strategies to fight sexual sin in the Christian life.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

Texts:  Philippians 1:3-11, 27-30; Romans 15:1-7; Romans 12:3-8   We Serve in a Gospel-centered Partnership (Philippians 1:3-11, 27-30) We are saved into a partnership with one another through the Gospel. This partnership manifests itself in a life worthy of the Gospel that strives side by side together.   We Serve in a Gospel-centered Culture (Romans 15:1-7) We are called to a unity and harmony by Christ. We are called to welcome one another as Christ has welcomed us.   We Serve through Gospel-centered Gifting (Romans 12:3-8) We are equipped to serve one another by the grace that saved us in Christ. Each gift is an opportunity to build up the body of Christ and bring glory to God.

Generation by generation, God can accomplish great things through family. In this episode, Ray and Jani Ortlund joined us to discuss the importance of family and passing on a legacy of faith to future generations. We loved the wisdom they shared with us about how we each will impact future generations far more than we realize, whether you are a young mom, grandparent, or single person. LINKS: To the Tenth Generation Your Family Is God's Plan How Much More Bible Study by Lisa Harper Lifeway Women AcademyMore Resources from Ray OrtlundImmanuel Church RECOMMENDED:Listen to our conversation with Tara Dew on living a joy-filled life. MARKED is a podcast from Lifeway Women: https://women.lifeway.com/blog/podcasts/.Hosted by Elizabeth Hyndman.CONNECT WITH US!Follow Lifeway Women on Instagram.ABOUT JANI ORTLUNDJani Ortlund, the Vice President of Renewal Ministries, loves connecting women with the Word of God.  Serving Christ through writing, speaking and discipling is her chief passion in life.  Jani, who podcasts at herestoresmysoul.org, and Ray, the President of Renewal Ministries, have been happily married for over 50 years, with four married children and fifteen grandchildren.ABOUT RAY ORTLUNDRay Ortlund is the President of Renewal Ministries, a Canon Theologian in The Anglican Church in North America, and a founding member of The Council of The Gospel Coalition. He founded Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee, and upon retirement was named Pastor to Pastors. Ray has authored a number of books, including The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ and Marriage and the Mystery of the Gospel. His Ph.D. is from The University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Ray and his wife Jani have been happily married for over fifty years, with four married children and fifteen grandchildren.We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message.Learn more about the Joy to the World Advent Bible study at lifeway.com/joytotheworld. Join us at a Lifeway Women event in 2025! Use code Livein25 through September 30 to save $10 on individual registration. Learn more about the Prepare Him Room virtual event at lifeway.com/preparehimroom.

Pastor Nathan continues the series in “II Corinthians ” on Sunday morning, July 21, 2024. (2 Corinthians 4:7)

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Today is day 145 and we are studying The Sacrament of Ordination. 144. What is the work of deacons? Serving Christ under their bishops, deacons care for those in need, assist in public worship, and instruct both young and old in the catechism. (Deuteronomy 15:7–11; Psalm 119:1–8; Luke 12:35–40; Acts 6:1–7; 1 Timothy 3:8–13) We will conclude today with the Prayer for the Ordination of a Deacons on page 475 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019). If you would like to buy or download To Be a Christian, head to anglicanchurch.net/catechism. Produced by Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Madison, MS. Original music from Matthew Clark. Daily collects and Psalms are taken from Book of Common Prayer (2019), created by the Anglican Church in North America and published by the Anglican Liturgical Press. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Catechism readings are taken from To Be a Christian - An Anglican Catechism Approved Edition, copyright © 2020 by The Anglican Church in North America by Crossway a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Today is day 144 and we are studying The Sacrament of Ordination. 144. What is the work of priests? Serving Christ with their bishops, priests (or presbyters) nurture God's people through the ministry of Word and Sacrament and pronounce absolution and blessing in God's Name. (Genesis 14:17– 20; Psalm 132:8–18; Luke 10:1–9; John 10:1–16; Ephesians 4:7–13) We will conclude today with the Prayer for the Ordination of a Priest on page 486 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019). If you would like to buy or download To Be a Christian, head to anglicanchurch.net/catechism. Produced by Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Madison, MS. Original music from Matthew Clark. Daily collects and Psalms are taken from Book of Common Prayer (2019), created by the Anglican Church in North America and published by the Anglican Liturgical Press. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Catechism readings are taken from To Be a Christian - An Anglican Catechism Approved Edition, copyright © 2020 by The Anglican Church in North America by Crossway a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Sunday Morning Worship Service May 12. 2024 Guest Speaker: Bro. JC Lumibao

Paul says, “have the same attitude as Christ Jesus” or “conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel.” That can be kind of abstract for me. It can seem impossible and so I feel free to ignore it. But then Paul says look at Timothy. This is what serving Christ, prioritizing Christ's interest means. It means caring for others. That simple. That real. Serving Christ's interest is caring for others, not winning them, not having all the right answers for them. Not fixing anything per say, but genuinely caring about others well-being. How does this orient our vision of next level discipleship like Paul's? Caring, that's the work. Easier said than done, yes, but also doable. We can train to become a person who can listen. Who has the space for others brokenness and isn't overwhelmed by it. Who can see needs and doesn't imagine they are the Savior, but a friend. Who can celebrate another's wins and grieve losses while putting away our own insecurities and our sense of scarcity. Who can speak out for someone who is bullied. Or make a meal when someone's sick. Or the call when someone's scared or grieving. Or speak a word of truth when a friend is lost or stuck. And in it all we can learn how to speak of our Jesus. And won't we also find our own loneliness unraveling. So, Timothy's going to come to Philippi and make a web of connection and relationship between the Philippians and Paul's work that much stronger. It's going to be awesome, but not yet. Because Paul needs him with him in this dark stinking prison.

The Bible says in Psalm 92:14, "The righteous will still bear fruit in old age. They will stay fresh and green." Join Michael and Joanie as their guest Jim Gustafson shares wisdom on living and thriving with purpose in our relationship with the Lord and with others.

What if there was a simple tool that could transform your prayer life? In this episode, Asheritah and her friend Jani Ortlund talk about a simple notebook format that took what Jani calls “a scattered prayer life” and turned it into a powerful conversation with Jesus. They also talk about how to handle times of spiritual dryness, why Jani believes “PUSHY” prayers are Scriptural prayers, and how her mother-in-law's candor invited Jani into a deeper relationship with Jesus. Jani Ortlund, the Vice President of Renewal Ministries, loves connecting women with the Word of God.  Serving Christ through writing, speaking and discipling is her chief passion in life.  Jani, who podcasts at herestoresmysoul.org, and Ray, the President of Renewal Ministries, have four married children and fifteen grandchildren. Val Marie Paper | Prayer JournalSupport the Show.

This episode is part 2 of my conversation with Alan Larson. In this episode, Alan tells the story of how God blessed him with a family, and we talk a little about what a deacon is, and how they serve our church at Heights. Welcome to Heights Baptist Church! Our mission is to love and to lead all people to a new life with Christ. Digital Connect Card: https://www.heightschurch.org/connect To watch services online: https://www.heightschurch.org/media To give online: https://www.heightschurch.org/give

On this episode of the Heights Podcast, I sit down with Alan Larson. Alan is one of our deacons at Heights and has been serving the church in various roles for decades. . .in the children's ministry, the student ministry, worship ministry, and even BUS ministry. We talk with Alan about how he serves Christ in his job as a farrier, at his church, and in his home raising his family. Part 1 of 2. Welcome to Heights Baptist Church! Our mission is to love and to lead all people to a new life with Christ. Digital Connect Card: https://www.heightschurch.org/connect To watch services online: https://www.heightschurch.org/media To give online: https://www.heightschurch.org/give

Listen to part two of Rashidah's conversation with Brother Amos from northern Nigeria, as they discuss evangelism to Muslims and the challenges of pastoring amidst the terrorism of Boko Haram.

Align  |  Week 5: The Legacy of Serving Christ  //  Ryland Walter  //  Our culture often leans into a "consumer" focused mindset where all we do is absorb... but what would happen if you started serving the people you worship next to every weekend? Even if you've been attending for years and years, it's never too late to start. Get Connected at RockBrook.org or download the Rock Brook Church App.

Listen to Brother Amos, a pastor from Muslim-dominant northern Nigeria, speak about the rise of Boko Haram and his own journey in ministry and compassion towards Muslims. He is a Ph.D. student in World Religions at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves on the staff of the Jenkins Center for the Christian Understanding of Islam there.

When we serve the poor, we serve Christ

"Serving Christ in the Community" is the longtime slogan (and jingle) of the nonprofit Valley Rescue Mission, which our guest Mike Gaymon came out of retirement to help lead nearly a year ago, as President/CEO. He has some advice for you about getting rid of the stuff/hurt in your ditch...faith where you're at, like at your job...how a good economy can be ministry...and following callings to serve God and others! Make sure to subscribe to this podcast too. (3:05) Gaymon, who was the top leader at the Chamber of Commerce in several states for nearly 40 years (26 years in Columbus GA). this preacher's kid felt a calling from God to serve the mission and the needy in this season. He has some personal stories on that. (9:45) His steps for letting God use you and your faith include: plant where God puts you, know your strengths, serve God not man, be honest, do the right thing for the right reasons. Mike also talks about hope...and vision! (14:42) After people have been in the "giving spirit" over the holiday season, the needs are still there at the start of 2024. It's about giving a hand up, not a handout. How can you take care of the needy where you are? How are your donations spent? The Bible talks plenty about serving others. (19:29) Hear what the Valley Rescue Mission has been doing for the last 60 years, with a high success rate of helping drug addicts too. Even the 2023 numbers are staggering. Mike talks about ways you can use your gifts and time to help people seen as "outcasts." (28:18) He also wrote a book called "A View From the Backhoe," short stories sure to inspire you. Mike and all of us have stagnant water in our ditch - hurts, anger, disappointment - that needs to be cleaned out, replaced with fresh water. Symbolic, right. How did he do just that? A big part of it is letting God use you, following His Will. (36:26) Way back, Mike was also a basketball coach at a junior college, seeing a door shut...surrendering to God...then a door opened. In life since, he's still been coaching those in economic development and now in the nonprofit ministry. (44:03) Valley Rescue Mission will be delivering coats to those who need them soon from our WTVM annual coat drive that ends Wednesday January 10. Here's how you can donate: https://www.wtvm.com/2023/12/19/wtvm-partners-with-local-businesses-host-coat-drive/. Mike encourages you to find a place where you can make a difference and impact, where you live! If you want to volunteer or give to their Mission, here's all the info you need: https://www.valleyrescuemission.org/ Thanks for listening to the #RunTheRace podcast! Also, write a quick review about it, on Apple podcasts. For more info and all past episodes, go to www.wtvm.com/podcast/.