Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
'You're Kidding!' Theme of the Week: Serving with a Passion Friday, March 19, 2004
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Men of IntegrityMarch/April 2004'You're Kidding!'Theme of the Week: Serving with a PassionFriday, March 1972
Key Bible Verse: God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well (Romans 12:6). Bonus Reading:Romans 12:3–8
For too long the church has tried to turn people into something they aren't. It only fuels their fears of inadequacy. Better to go with the grain, harness their natural passions, and transform who they are into ministry.
I had breakfast with an advertising executive who was fairly new at Fellowship Bible Church. "I'm not a church guy," he said rather emphatically. "I can give money, but I have no interest in ushering. Don't ask me to teach, either. I tried that in my previous church."
"Sounds like you've exhausted all your options," I said with a smile. "So, what do you want to do?"
"What I'm doing right now," he replied. "Contracting and producing high-quality advertising."
"Ever thought of doing that for the church?" I asked.
"You're kidding!" he said.
"I'm not! Why not help us speak to the community with 30-second sermons?"
An excitement of possibility and expectation led, two years and several tv commercials later, to an impact on our community (one made front-page headlines). And our church won an advertising award, an "Addy."
—Robert Lewis in The Church of Irresistible Influence
My Response: How can I use something I do well to positively engage our community?
Thought to Apply: Every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.
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