Acts 20:1 After the UPROAR had ceased... • Breaker anointing. A deposit of the Holy Spirit where eternity breaks through into the natural realm. When the gates of heaven are open. This anointing will break through every obstacle and hindrance and further the Gospel. • Acts 19:10 All who dwelt in Asia heard the Word of the Lord. • Clarity, 2024. Arise. Lift up your eyes. Be radiant. • Acts 20:17-38 NKJV • Serving the Lord. • 1. Job Description. (:18-23, 27) • 2. Testimony. (:24) • 3. Warning. (:28-31) • 4. Blessing. (:32) • 5. Famous Last Words. (:33-35) • Core Value : Humility. We carry the same attitude of Christ and embody a life of service. • 1 Peter 4:10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. • Perseverance. Continued effort to do or achieve despite difficulties, failures or opposition. Steadfast. • Acts 20:20-21 I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house, testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. • 2 Corinthians 5:20 We are ambassadors for Christ. • Acts 20:22 And see, now I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there. 1. Job Description for serving the Lord. (Acts 20::18-23, 27) • Among you. • Serve with humility. • Engage. • Perseverance. • Commitment. All in. • Courage and Boldness. • Truthfulness. Truth telling. • Compassion and care. • A Surrendered life. • Duty. (Bound to Holy Spirit) • Eternal value system. • Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. • What does serving the Lord TRULY look like? 2. Testimony. (Acts 20:24) • Resilience. Ability to recover from or adjust easily. • Philippians 3:7-14 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. • Clarity. Lift your eyes. • Psalm 16:8 I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. • 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. • If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for. - Charles Spurgeon • The steward is responsible to do what the Master tells him. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. 1 Corinthians 4:2 • Kingdom success is being faithful to what God has asked of you in this season. • Acts 20:28-29 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. • What does serving the Lord TRULY look like? 3. Warning. (Acts 20:28-31) • Satan’s greatest tool is deception, and he never takes a vacation. • “He purchased with His own blood.” Acts 20:28 • To cleanse and beautify His people. (Ephesians 5:25–27) • Give zeal and commitment for good deeds. (Titus 2:14) • Redeem. (Revelation 5:9) • Acts 20:32 So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. • What does serving the Lord TRULY look like? 4. Bless. (Acts 20:32) • Numbers 6:24-26 The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. • What does serving the Lord TRULY look like? 5. Famous Last Words. (Acts 20:33-35) • Acts 20:35 It is more blessed to give than to receive. New Testament Christian Church CCLI : #1600893 Multitracks New Testament Christian Church (#386429)