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Live the Dream

Published: Dec. 30, 2010, 9:24 p.m.

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\n(Ephesians 4:11-12) \u201cSo Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up\u201d

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Title of Message: Live the Dream\xa0

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I don\u2019t serve because:

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1.\xa0\xa0\xa0 It doesn\u2019t look like they need me.

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\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 2.\xa0 I did it before and hated it.

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3.\xa0\xa0\xa0 I\u2019m just an ordinary person.

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I can serve because:

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1.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Every Christian is a minister.

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(1 Peter 2:9)\xa0(NLT)\xa0 \u201cBut you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God\u2019s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.\u201d

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2.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Every task is important.

\n(1 Corinthians 12:27) (NLT) \u201cAll of you together are Christ\u2019s body, and each of you is a part of it.\u201d\xa0\n


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3.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Every person is unique.

\n(1 Corinthians 12:4-7)\xa0(MSG) \u201cGod's various gifts are handed out everywhere; but they all originate in God's Spirit. God's various ministries are carried out everywhere; but they all originate in God's Spirit. God's various expressions of power are in action everywhere; but God himself is behind it all. Each person is given something to do that shows who God is: Everyone gets in on it, everyone benefits. All kinds of things are handed out by the Spirit, and to all kinds of people! The variety is wonderful\u201d\n


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4. Every person does something with excellence.\xa0

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\u201cHow do I love God? \u2026by doing beautifully the work I have been given to do, by doing simply that which God has entrusted to me, in whatever form it may take.\u201d\xa0 Mother Teresa\xa0

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(Psalm 139) \u201cFor you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother\u2019s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.\u201d