-be a good steward of God's varied grace by serving one another -serve JOYFULLY and KNOWINGLY (Ps. 100) -display that God is more valuable than our time, money -God is our Creator, Owner, Shepherd -God is good, loving, and faithful -when we don't feel the emotions or inner motivation that suits the beauty of God, preach good news to yourself and pray that God would make you feel them -serve HUMBLY (Acts 17:24-25) -God is not deficient without our service -God is not the beneficiary of our benificence -God is not dependent on us, we are dependent on God -acknowledge His all-sufficiency and how He ultimately gives to and serves US (Mk. 10:45) -serve INDEPENDENTLY (Col. 3:18-24) -people often don't deserve our submission, love, obedience, and hard work -we serve others in order to serve God -serve DEPENDENTLY (1 Pt. 4:11) -trust moment-by-moment that God will supply what we need in serving Him -when things go well, thank God, for He supplied -when things are hard, fear not, for God is supplying