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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Serve the Lord with Gladness and Joy



                     Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Before you were born, God knew you and everything about you!  That’s hard to comprehend, isn’t it?  I don’t pretend to even begin to grasp that concept… other than, HE IS GOD! 

In Jeremiah 1:5, God tells us that:  “Before I made you in your mother’s womb, I chose you.  Before you were born, I set you apart for a special work.” He designed us for a purpose.  He gave us unique abilities, talents, interests and gifts…all to be used for His glory.  Are you fulfilling His plan for your life?  The Bible repeatedly tells us to “serve the Lord with all your heart”.  If we are serving Him with a genuine heart, then we will be sensitive to the needs of others and how we can help them.

Rick Warren tells us in his book The Purpose Driven Life: “For Christians, service is not optional, something to be tacked onto our schedules if we can spare the time.  It is the heart of the Christian life.”

  Mother Teresa once said, “Holy living consists in doing God’s work with a smile.”  My interpretation: sincere, heart-felt service to the Lord brings much JOY to your life!

Serve the Lord with gladness and seek God’s plan by fulfilling His purpose for you that He’s had planned since before you were born! Serve joyfully!  

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