“God is not unjust he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.” Hebrews 6:10Ģ. Here are 25 Bible verses that speak to God’s purpose and expectation for us to serve others. Whether that is volunteering for the local church or serving as a church employee, we all need to be reminded of what the Bible says about serving others. "He who has ears to hear, let him hear.Christians are called to serve others and we all need inspiration and biblical reinforcement for what we do. 34 "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile it is thrown out. 33 In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? 29 For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, 30 saying, `This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.' 31 "Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. 28 "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. 27 And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 24 I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.'" 25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters-yes, even his own life-he cannot be my disciple. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, `Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.' 22 "`Sir,' the servant said, `what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.' 23 "Then the master told his servant, `Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full. Please excuse me.' 20 "Still another said, `I just got married, so I can't come.' 21 "The servant came back and reported this to his master. Please excuse me.' 19 "Another said, `I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. The first said, `I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, `Come, for everything is now ready.' 18 "But they all alike began to make excuses. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." 15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, "Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God." 16 Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed. 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." 12 Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 10 But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, `Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests. 9 If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, `Give this man your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. 7 When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: 8 "When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. 5 Then he asked them, "If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?" 6 And they had nothing to say. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him away. 3 Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?" 4 But they remained silent. 2 There in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy. Bible Gateway Luke 14 :: NIV Luke 14 1 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.
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