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Saved People Serve People

Text: 1 Peter 4:7-11

“The end of all things is at hand. Therefore” - and the call is not to hang on and survive but to serve, to use some of our time, talents and skills to give to others.

Acts 20:35 It is more blessed to   than to  

Jesus says, “I created the world that   is what brings  ” (Lk. 22:24-26)

When we accept the gift of salvation from Jesus by faith, we accept it by becoming one who follows, one who seeks to emulate, the life of Jesus, Jesus who   (Mt. 20:26-28)

And part of being “more blessed” is that God takes our acts of   and shows His   to the world.

    is when the Spirit prompts us to do a certain thing.

It is usually a   thing we do simply because the Spirit told us to serve in that way.

    is where we commit to serve in a certain way over a period of time.

One of the last things Jesus did only hours before He went to the cross was to     by washing His disciples’ feet. (Jn. 13:4-5,14)