ONE CHURCHFOUR CAMPUSESSIX SERVICES

WRONG FOCUSWRONG MOTIVEWRONG SOURCE

11 THOU ART WORTHY, O LORD, TO RECEIVE GLORY AND

HONOUR AND POWER: FOR THOU HAST CREATED ALL

THINGS, AND FOR THY PLEASURE THEY ARE AND WERE

CREATED. REVELATIONS 4:11

ELIJAH WAS ABOUT HIS MINISTRYMOSES WAS ABOUT HIS

LEADERSHIP

JOHN GOT IT RIGHT HIS LIFE WAS ABOUT GOD

THE DIFFERENCE:

BARNABAS GIVES OUT OF SELFLESS FAITH IN CHRIST

ANANIAS & SAPPHIRA GIVES OUT OF SELFISH AMBITION

FREEDOM IN SERVING

OUR MOTIVATION IS CRITICAL

LET EVERY MOTIVATION COMES OUT OF FREEDOM

IT IS FOR FREEDOM THAT CHRIST HAS SET US FREE.

STAND FIRM, THEN, AND DO NOT LET YOURSELVES BE BURDENED AGAIN BY A YOKE

OF SLAVERY. GALATIANS 5:1

YOU, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WERE CALLED TO BE FREE. BUT DO NOT USE

YOUR FREEDOM TO INDULGE THE FLESH; RATHER, SERVE ONE ANOTHER HUMBLY

IN LOVE. GALATIANS 5:13

GOD GIVES US FREEDOM WITH PURPOSE TO SERVE

1 "BE CAREFUL NOT TO DO YOUR 'ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS' BEFORE MEN, TO BE SEEN

BY THEM. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL HAVE NO REWARD FROM YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN. 2 "SO WHEN YOU GIVE TO THE NEEDY, DO

NOT ANNOUNCE IT WITH TRUMPETS, AS THE HYPOCRITES DO IN THE SYNAGOGUES AND ON THE STREETS, TO BE HONORED BY MEN.

I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEIR REWARD IN FULL.

MATTHEW 6 : 1-2

3 BUT WHEN YOU GIVE TO THE NEEDY, DO NOT LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING, 4 SO THAT YOUR GIVING MAY BE IN SECRET. THEN

YOUR FATHER, WHO SEES WHAT IS DONE IN SECRET, WILL REWARD

YOU. MATTHEW 6:3-4

16 “AND WHEN YOU FAST, DON’T MAKE IT OBVIOUS, AS THE HYPOCRITES DO, FOR

THEY TRY TO LOOK MISERABLE AND DISHEVELED SO PEOPLE WILL ADMIRE

THEM FOR THEIR FASTING. I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THAT IS THE ONLY REWARD THEY WILL EVER GET. 17 BUT WHEN YOU FAST,

COMB YOUR HAIR AND WASH YOUR FACE. 18 THEN NO ONE WILL NOTICE THAT YOU ARE

FASTING, EXCEPT YOUR FATHER, WHO KNOWS WHAT YOU DO IN PRIVATE. AND YOUR FATHER, WHO SEES EVERYTHING,

WILL REWARD YOU.MATTHEW 6:16-18

WHAT IS THIS TRUE REWARD?

17 IF I WERE DOING THIS ON MY OWN INITIATIVE, I WOULD DESERVE

PAYMENT. BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE, FOR GOD HAS GIVEN ME THIS SACRED

TRUST. 18 WHAT THEN IS MY PAY? IT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREACH THE GOOD NEWS WITHOUT CHARGING

ANYONE. THAT’S WHY I NEVER DEMAND MY RIGHTS WHEN I PREACH

THE GOOD NEWS. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:17-18

THE ULTIMATE MOTIVEIN SERVING IS LOVE

13 YOU, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WERE CALLED TO BE FREE. BUT DO NOT USE YOUR FREEDOM TO INDULGE THE FLESH; RATHER, SERVE ONE ANOTHER

HUMBLY IN LOVE. GALATIANS 5:13

THE TRUE REWARD

IN SERVING IS JESUS

"DO NOT BE AFRAID, ABRAM. I AM YOUR SHIELD,

YOUR VERY GREAT REWARD.”GENESIS 15:1 (NIV)