A natural and simple way to explain service is simple. We are all servants of God. There are no big I’s nor little U’s. We all will be judged in the end. Doing things out of heart is greatly rewarded by God and doing things to get rewards and recognize while here on earth is definitely the lesser reward. My personal experience is: I always help and serve others. Sometimes, I find that I can get overwhelmed because my desire is strong to be of service to anyone who needs it. But the disadvantage can simply be, if I do it and complain I will not receive the reward. When we choose to be a servant, we give up our rights as humans to get paid here on earth. In this meaning, service others because there is a great need and you have compassion and
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The benefits of celebration is the joy it brings after it is practiced. Foster states: “It saves us from taking ourselves too seriously.” The bible states; “ …The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 33:11. Celebrations manifestations are endless: singing, dancing, laughing, praising, and celebrations of life and even death of a saint. It benefits others in knowing that all things don’t have to be in mourning. We can celebrate God and his word and works. Celebration is the ingredient to live out all the other disciplines as Foster’s reading states. It gives us strength and allows us to be bring deliverance to ourselves and others. Celebration when practiced helps us enter into a divine life of the Trinity. There is a song verse that comes to mind; “God’s not dead, he yet is alive.” I believe when we celebrate him the heavens move. Sometimes celebrating can be misconstrued as we as Christians don’t care about certain events, especially when it comes to death. But Celebrating God does not depend on perfect circumstance or happy feelings. When in prison Paul and Silas sang. God celebrates us, so we should celebrate
The benefits of celebration is the joy it brings after it is practiced. Foster states: “It saves us from taking ourselves too seriously.” The bible states; “ …The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 33:11. Celebrations manifestations are endless: singing, dancing, laughing, praising, and celebrations of life and even death of a saint. It benefits others in knowing that all things don’t have to be in mourning. We can celebrate God and his word and works. Celebration is the ingredient to live out all the other disciplines as Foster’s reading states. It gives us strength and allows us to be bring deliverance to ourselves and others. Celebration when practiced helps us enter into a divine life of the Trinity. There is a song verse that comes to mind; “God’s not dead, he yet is alive.” I believe when we celebrate him the heavens move. Sometimes celebrating can be misconstrued as we as Christians don’t care about certain events, especially when it comes to death. But Celebrating God does not depend on perfect circumstance or happy feelings. When in prison Paul and Silas sang. God celebrates us, so we should celebrate