07/30/21 OUR HOURS ARE NOT OURS

07/30/21 OUR HOURS ARE NOT OURS

We have a total 168 hours a week. How much of your life do you deliberately spend in body ministry? Our hours are not really ours.

Ministry forms and methods change, ministry goals do not change. They are God's goals revealed in Scripture. Of course, "body life" refers to cooperative work with other believers in your local church.

Sometimes our ministries are viewed as outer man services (feeding, clothing, housing, building, helping) and sometimes our ministries are more inner man oriented (preaching, teaching, praying, singing, counseling, mentoring, exhorting).

In either case it is spiritual ministry and there is a time for both forms. Sometimes, certain individuals need to do the "outer man ministries" in order to help others do the "inner man ministries" (as in the book of Acts, some served tables, in order for others to preach and pray). Everyone should do inner man ministries, but someone needs to also do outer man ministries.

So, back to the question, how much or your life do you deliberately spend in body ministry.