On June 25, Pastor Bai Yu’e gave a sermon about serving God. This was the twenty-first sermon in the series on church revival.
First of all, Pastor Bai defined service as what was done in the name of the Lord.
“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.” (1 Corinthians 15:10)
Our service to God is to fulfill the trust we have from Jesus, not for our own ambition. Service shows our relationship with Jesus; it is not just a deed.
A servant is not afraid of people, poverty and death. He who fears God can become a person like this.
The servant also needs a full life, the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the wisdom from God.
God's church is left in ruins. It is not the church that needs us, but it is our need to serve God. Would we grow up without receiving pastoral care from the church? It is we that need the church, the believers and the fellow workers.
Pastor Bai shared: " When can we serve God? At the end of our lives? It is not when you have good life you go to serve, but if you serve, your life becomes good. Though we all have many problems, as we serve, our life gets better, we become more responsible and have a clearer understanding of our duties.
How do you find your gifts? When you do something easily, and the more you do, the more you enjoy it, this is your gift. If it is not your gift, things will not go well. For example, if God gives you the gift of preaching, you can speak easily and others like listening to you. The gifts also relate to other types of service, such as visiting, caring, cooking and so on. If others enjoy the delicious food you make, you have the gift of cooking.
The pastor emphasized: The purpose of our service is to bring the believers to God, not to people. The Pharisees at that time traveled over land and sea to win a single convert but made him a son of hell. Today heretics pull in lambs, restrict their movement and freedom and get money from them.
There are also traps in service. It can be turned into a religious activity, so that our spiritual lives will suffer, wither, and eventually die. We should not substitute activities for our relationship with God. Be wary that in serving, we want to highlight our position, exalt our status, and be famous. In fact, the more you serve, the less selfish you become.
Pastor Bai finally prayed and summarized her remarks: Let us serve Jesus and rely on him who is in us. We should lead people to him and help them establish a life relationship with him, not for our status and reputation, but for the Lord himself. Let the evil forces leave the church and the power that leads us to sin be uprooted. Let us serve the Lord till our death through the goodness of Christ.
-Translated by Abigail Wu
白玉娥牧师谈教会复兴（二十一）：关于服侍
6月25 日，白玉娥牧师在微信平台上围绕“服侍”这个主题分享了教会复兴的第二十一篇。
首先白牧师给服侍下一个定义：为主的名而做的，就是服侍。
然而我今日成了何等人，是蒙神的恩才成的。并且他所赐我的恩，不是徒然的。我比众使徒格外劳苦。这原不是我，乃是神的恩与我同在。 （林前15：10）每天的服侍会看见神的恩典，然后隐藏神的里面。
我们的服侍不是抱负，乃是托付。托付是从耶稣来，完成耶稣让我们完成的。所以，服侍不是一种工作，乃是一种生命的关系。
服侍者拥有三不怕：不怕人，不怕穷，不怕死。敬畏神的人，才能有这三不怕。
服侍者有3需要，丰盛的生命，圣灵的恩膏，属神的智慧.
服侍神乃是我们的需要，神的殿荒凉，不单单是教会需要我们，我们更需要教会。如果没有身后这个庞大的教会，我们会有成长吗？我们需要教会，我们需要这群弟兄姐妹，需要同工同道。
白牧师分享说：“我们什么时候可以服侍呢？是不是我的生命到了一个登峰造极的时候来服侍呢？不是有好生命才来服侍，是服侍了生命才会好。你的灵命走向成熟，你的职分更加被肯定。”我们都是有问题的人，我们进入了服侍，生命变得越来越好，服侍了，变得越来越有责任，对职分有更加清晰认识。
如何找到你的恩赐？你做得轻松，越做越享受，这是你的恩赐。如果不是，那是忍受。比如：讲道是一种神赋予的恩赐，如果你讲起来很轻松，听的人很愉悦，这就是找到你的恩赐。还有其他服侍，探访，关怀，或者做饭特别好吃，弟兄姐妹特别享受，这也是恩赐。
牧者强调说：我们服侍的目的，把人领到神面前，不是带到人面前。 当时的法利赛人用很多方法引人入教，但是让他们做地狱之子。今天异端拉人入教，控制经济和自由意志。
服侍中也会有陷阱，把服侍变成宗教活动，这样我们的生命会痛苦，枯干，最终死亡。不要以活动代替与神的关系。警惕服侍中，我们想要地位提升，身份提高，出名等的虚荣。其实应该越服侍越没有身份。
白牧师最后祷告总结道：在服侍的路上让我们为耶稣，靠耶稣，服侍在我们里面的耶稣；把人领到耶稣面前，跟他建立生命的关系，不是要地位和名声，而是要主自己；教会里面恶的势力离开教会，导致我们走向犯罪道路的权势，连根拔除，让基督的善良住在我们里面，一生至死服侍主。
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On June 25, Pastor Bai Yu’e gave a sermon about serving God. This was the twenty-first sermon in the series on church revival.
First of all, Pastor Bai defined service as what was done in the name of the Lord.
“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.” (1 Corinthians 15:10)
Our service to God is to fulfill the trust we have from Jesus, not for our own ambition. Service shows our relationship with Jesus; it is not just a deed.
A servant is not afraid of people, poverty and death. He who fears God can become a person like this.
The servant also needs a full life, the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the wisdom from God.
God's church is left in ruins. It is not the church that needs us, but it is our need to serve God. Would we grow up without receiving pastoral care from the church? It is we that need the church, the believers and the fellow workers.
Pastor Bai shared: " When can we serve God? At the end of our lives? It is not when you have good life you go to serve, but if you serve, your life becomes good. Though we all have many problems, as we serve, our life gets better, we become more responsible and have a clearer understanding of our duties.
How do you find your gifts? When you do something easily, and the more you do, the more you enjoy it, this is your gift. If it is not your gift, things will not go well. For example, if God gives you the gift of preaching, you can speak easily and others like listening to you. The gifts also relate to other types of service, such as visiting, caring, cooking and so on. If others enjoy the delicious food you make, you have the gift of cooking.
The pastor emphasized: The purpose of our service is to bring the believers to God, not to people. The Pharisees at that time traveled over land and sea to win a single convert but made him a son of hell. Today heretics pull in lambs, restrict their movement and freedom and get money from them.
There are also traps in service. It can be turned into a religious activity, so that our spiritual lives will suffer, wither, and eventually die. We should not substitute activities for our relationship with God. Be wary that in serving, we want to highlight our position, exalt our status, and be famous. In fact, the more you serve, the less selfish you become.
Pastor Bai finally prayed and summarized her remarks: Let us serve Jesus and rely on him who is in us. We should lead people to him and help them establish a life relationship with him, not for our status and reputation, but for the Lord himself. Let the evil forces leave the church and the power that leads us to sin be uprooted. Let us serve the Lord till our death through the goodness of Christ.
-Translated by Abigail Wu
Church Revival Series: Service to God and Finding our Gifts
