We must be like very
young children,
unburdened by the
world
by the baggage of
experience
the weight of
responsibility;
We must offer
joyful service
in praise of the
Lord
responding to,
never earning,
God’s unmerited gift
of grace
We are of longer
servants,
instead we are
beloved children
bringing our works
as gifts
motivated by God’s
love, agape
passing on that
love to others;
joyfully serving, offering
ourselves
gifts freely given,
sacrificed,
to build up God’s
Kingdom
Gifts beyond
measure
already received,
already offered
given in this life,
life eternal
because Christ went
to the cross
responding only out
of our love
not as a way to
earn grace
but to offer our
lives in response
to God’s gifts of
love
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edited/merged December 2, 2015
Offer Joyful Service – v10
(merging edits to version 6 and version 5)
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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