Like very young children,
not yet burdened by
the world,
by the weight of
responsibility
the baggage of
experience,
Offer joyful
service
in praise of the
Lord,
responding to,
never earning
the unmerited gift
of grace.
No longer servants,
instead children
bringing our works
as gifts,
motivated by God’s
love, agape,
passing on that
love
Joyfully serving
offering ourselves,
gifts freely given
to build up God’s
Kingdom.
Gifts beyond
measure already received
the promised of
eternal life
because Christ went
to the cross.
We respond out of
our love.
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edited April 27, 2015
Offer Joyful Service – v9
(editing version 6)
edited
March 3, 2015
Offer
Joyful Service – v8
(editing
version 4)
edited
March 2, 2015
Offer
Joyful Service – v7
(editing
version 2)
edited
February 2, 2015
Offer
Joyful Service – v6
(merging
edits with original and version 5)
Edited
September 26, 2013
“Offer
Joyful Service – v5”
(editing
original again)
Edited
September 21, 2013
“Offer
Joyful Service – v4”
(editing
original again)
Edited
original August 25, 2013
“Offer
Joyful Service – v3”
Edited
August 16, 2013
“Offer
Joyful Service – v2”
September
21, 2009
“Offer
Joyful Service”
Ephesians
2:1-10
and
Upper Room Daily Devotional
for
9/21/09
“Eager
Efforts”, by Marvin Lindsay
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