Some people have a job in the church, others involve themselves in a ministry. What’s the difference?<\/p>\n
1)<\/strong> If you are doing it just because no one else will, it’s a job. If you are doing it to serve the Lord, it’s a ministry.<\/p>\n 2)<\/strong> If you quit because somebody criticized you, it was a job. If you keep on serving, it’s a ministry.<\/p>\n 3)<\/strong> If you’ll do it only as long as it does not interfere with your other activities, it’s a job. If you are committed to staying with it even when it means letting go of other things, it’s a ministry.<\/p>\n 4)<\/strong> If you quit because no one praised you or thanked you, it was a job. If you stay with it even though nobody recognizes your efforts, it is a ministry.<\/p>\n 5)<\/strong> It’s difficult to get excited about a job. It’s almost impossible not to be excited about a ministry.<\/p>\n 6)<\/strong> If our concern is success, it’s a job. If our concern is faithfullness, it’s a ministry.<\/p>\n 7)<\/strong> An average church is filled with people doing jobs. A great and growing church is filled with people involved in ministry.<\/p>\n Brethren, think about it! If we are not already involved, let’s get involved in ministry for the Lord and “Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing” (Psalm 100:2).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some people have a job in the church, others involve themselves in a ministry. What’s the difference? 1) If you are doing it just because no one else will, it’s a job. If you are doing it to serve the Lord, it’s a ministry. 2) If you quit because somebody criticized you, it was a … Continue reading “Job Versus Ministry – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}