Called to Serve- Pastor Tim W. Arroyo 3/2/25

Ephesians 1:17-18

17. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

18. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Seven reasons people do not serve in a ministry

They do not feel adequate

Fear of failure

Not assertive

Try the wrong ministry

Burn out

Lack of knowledge

Not enough time

Matthew 11:30 - KJV

30. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Matthew 5:6 - KJV

6. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Colossians 1:17 - KJV

17. And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Isaiah 53:2 - KJV

2. For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Matthew 20:28 - KJV

28. Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Matthew 20:26 - KJV

26. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

James 2:20 - KJV

20. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Romans 12:1 - KJV

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Luke 6:38 - KJV

38. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Jeremiah 48:10 - KJV

10. Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Philippians 2:1-7 - KJV

1.If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

2. Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

3. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

4. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

5. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: