SERVING GOD-CHASING MEN
TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL)
THURSSDAY, 11TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: SERVING GOD-CHASING MEN
SCRIPTURE: Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, Lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep —John 21:15-17.
MEMORY VERSE: John 3:16
DIGGING DEEP: It does not matter how long you gave your life to God, or how long you have been serving the Lord. It does not matter the positions you have occupied or the things you have done, if you are careless about God and His work, your love for Him will wax cold. Jesus said one of the reasons why the love of many will wax cold is because of iniquity (Matthew24:12). Nothing deletes God's love from the heart of a man like iniquity.
Iniquity is the inner act of willfulness against God. It involves the attitudes of the heart. Iniquity is doing our own will instead of God’s will. It is a stronghold that builds up overtime and it affects our service unto God.
A loveless service is a valueless service. The crash of love results in the crash of service.
Service rendered out of love for God attracts reward. Love is a nonnegotiable requirement for resultful and impactful kingdom service.
When your love for God is effervescent and sporadic then your service will be effective, infective and magnetic.
Many serve God out of demand, serve because someone is there, serve because they want to impress, to be seen, noticed, known or congratulated this is service of futility it holds no ground in the kingdom and hence no kingdom reward is attached to it.
From our text Jesus asked Peter a solemn question "lovest thou me more than these? Peter responded and said that "Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee." And Jesus said unto him, Feed my lambs." From this we understand that:
i. Service unto God is not as important as our relationship with Him.
ii. The heart is more important than the service.
iii. How we serve is a product of how we love the Lord.
When Jesus asked Peter that do you love me? He was inferring to sacrificial love or total commitment. This type of love embraces with all responsiveness by putting self out. In essence, Jesus was asking Peter if he would sacrifice all and give himself completely for Him. But Peter said "you know i love You." Peter was trying to tell Jesus that you remember how i tried to stop them from taking you? You see how i was outspoken about you? He was telling Jesus that you know i am fond of you; have affection; and feelings. This is love based on emotions and feelings. This type of emotion operates the thermostats principle it changes with conditions. It is temporal and has no root. It is love of convienence only.
When you refuse to allow your love for God to be submerged in approval of men, and we don't allow our love to be taken away by other cares of life then our services to God would have impact in heaven and cause supernatural effect on earth.
I pray for you today, your love for God will not be temporal in the name of Jesus.
PRAYER: O Lord help me to love You deeply and wholly in Jesus' name.
QUOTE: Love empowers service - Dr. Dabbas Joel
DAILY READING: Psalm 122-123, Esther 7
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THURSSDAY, 11TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: SERVING GOD-CHASING MEN
SCRIPTURE: Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, Lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep —John 21:15-17.
MEMORY VERSE: John 3:16
DIGGING DEEP: It does not matter how long you gave your life to God, or how long you have been serving the Lord. It does not matter the positions you have occupied or the things you have done, if you are careless about God and His work, your love for Him will wax cold. Jesus said one of the reasons why the love of many will wax cold is because of iniquity (Matthew24:12). Nothing deletes God's love from the heart of a man like iniquity.
Iniquity is the inner act of willfulness against God. It involves the attitudes of the heart. Iniquity is doing our own will instead of God’s will. It is a stronghold that builds up overtime and it affects our service unto God.
A loveless service is a valueless service. The crash of love results in the crash of service.
Service rendered out of love for God attracts reward. Love is a nonnegotiable requirement for resultful and impactful kingdom service.
When your love for God is effervescent and sporadic then your service will be effective, infective and magnetic.
Many serve God out of demand, serve because someone is there, serve because they want to impress, to be seen, noticed, known or congratulated this is service of futility it holds no ground in the kingdom and hence no kingdom reward is attached to it.
From our text Jesus asked Peter a solemn question "lovest thou me more than these? Peter responded and said that "Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee." And Jesus said unto him, Feed my lambs." From this we understand that:
i. Service unto God is not as important as our relationship with Him.
ii. The heart is more important than the service.
iii. How we serve is a product of how we love the Lord.
When Jesus asked Peter that do you love me? He was inferring to sacrificial love or total commitment. This type of love embraces with all responsiveness by putting self out. In essence, Jesus was asking Peter if he would sacrifice all and give himself completely for Him. But Peter said "you know i love You." Peter was trying to tell Jesus that you remember how i tried to stop them from taking you? You see how i was outspoken about you? He was telling Jesus that you know i am fond of you; have affection; and feelings. This is love based on emotions and feelings. This type of emotion operates the thermostats principle it changes with conditions. It is temporal and has no root. It is love of convienence only.
When you refuse to allow your love for God to be submerged in approval of men, and we don't allow our love to be taken away by other cares of life then our services to God would have impact in heaven and cause supernatural effect on earth.
I pray for you today, your love for God will not be temporal in the name of Jesus.
PRAYER: O Lord help me to love You deeply and wholly in Jesus' name.
QUOTE: Love empowers service - Dr. Dabbas Joel
DAILY READING: Psalm 122-123, Esther 7
ATTEND OUR POWER PACKED SERVICES AND EXPERIENCE THE SUPERNATURAL.
WE'LL LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU (TESTIMONIES, PRAYER REQUESTS)
PLEASE WRITE TO US: dabbasjoel@gmail.com
Or
gracefoundationministriesinternational@gmail.com
JOIN OUR BBM CHANNEL: C00417B0E
READ, FOLLOW, LIKE, ENGAGE, AND COMMENT @ http:/ /http://dabbasjoel.blogspot.com.ng
WHATSAPP: +2347017651300
Grace Foundation Ministry International...making total man...
© 2017 TREASURES OF GRACE ONLINE™
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