9-11-22

Serve the Lord

Romans 12:1

I. Introduction
a. Kumsutahay
b. Review Last Sunday
II. If given a chance to live again, what would you do differently?
a. Unsa imo e change sa imo mga nabuhat before?
i. Tingale lahi2 ta ug tubag
1. Ubn wala, uban gamay ang uban tanan gyud
ii. Uban maski nasayop, dili na nako e change pastor kay all things work together
for good baya- sahay gina over spiritualized nato
b. Just reflect unsa kaha ang mga butang nga imo e change?
i. Maka think ta ana kay we want our lives to have a legacy
ii. Some of us cycle nlng ang lives..
1. Mangayo pasaylo sa domingo pgka lunes balik napud..
2. Cycle of fear, intimidation, frustaration etc.
iii. Wala gyud pulos, purpose akong life
1. Kung ako palang gi ayo…..sauna
2. There are things in our lives that we want to change
c. But there are also part in our lives that we want to be the same
i. Helping other
ii. Following Christ is not something that we will regret
III. Romans 12 :1
a. Therefore- naay na una ana nga statement
i. Therefore ani dapat inyo response
b. Romans 1-11
i. Daghan mga theological truths that will help you change your life
ii. Read it as many- it will help you understand more the grace of God
iii. Chapter 12 starts with Therefore- what are those statement why ngstart ug
therefore
1. Tanan butang gibuhat sa ginoo para sa atoa
a. He is not ashame of the gospel- the power unto salvation
b. Demonstrate His love, while we were sinner Christ died for us
iv. Gibalik2 gyud nga LOVEka ni Lord regardless of who you were, who are you
now, and who will you be
1. Justified by faith
2. Not because your good but because GOD is good that he gave his life for
us
a. Chapter 3- walay perfect tanan naka sala, walay naka abot sa
standard sa Ginoo but salaam sa Grace sa Ginoo we have been
justified because of our Faith
b. The grace of God changes everything
 c. THEREFORE- in view of Gods mercy
i. You have experience God in your life, now offer your life as a living sacrifice holy
pleasing
ii. That is your spiritual act of worship
1. Unsay pasabot ani?
a. As saved by the Lord it only make sense for you to worship and
serve the lord
i. Giluwas ka, gracius ang lord, provider unya? Unsa man?
ii. Offer you life kay mao nay sakto, reasonable, dapat
iii. Ang GRABE ng gibuhat sa ginoo sa imo suklian lang
nimog basat2 lang?
b. You are saved but you are not serving the Lord?
i. Kinsay ganahan de nga ng love ka unya wala ka gi love
back?
ii. Love nimo xa pero dili ka niya love
1. Gihatg nimo imo life sa iya unya wa gyud xa
gahatag g saktong oras para sa imo
iii. Offer your Body
1. Offer- present, ipakita
a. Old- present themselves to give there offering bayad sa ilang
mga sala
i. Dili xa ang mgbayad sa sala but ang animal na iya gi
offer
b. Ang gina offer patay, pero sa new buhi ang gina offer
d. Your life is your offering
i. t not about the blood of bull and goats
1. Its about lifestyle
a. Our lives is our service to the Lord
b. Our choices, decision, ways etc!
c. Joshua 24:15- we will serve the Lord
e. If this life I’m living is the act of worship- what are we going to do?
IV. Why serve the Lord?
a. Need ba gyud? Bz man kau ko ka ga simba naman ko ga devotion naman ko
i. Career, studies, finances etc.
ii. Pwd baa ng uban nlng
1. Yabag man ko, d ko kablo ko story, wala koy ana nga gift
b. Don’t serve the Lord as if God needed it,
i. Kulang ang choir sa langit mao need ka,
ii. Dili madayon ang plano ni Lord kay absent ka or bz ka
iii. We serve because we need it
1. It is our response to the Goodness of God
c. If you truly experience God in your life you can’t help it but shout to the World what he
has done for you
 i. You just want to express your love to the Lord regardless of kinsa naa sa palibot
nimo
d. Revelation 4:11- worthy are you Lord
i. Ikaw nga gibuhat, diba dapat naa tay response?
ii. Serving is not something we do to get a position, it is our purpose
1. Then, I will not serve based on my convenient but with Gods conviction
a. Maski kapoy, bz ug uban pa it just right to serve the Lord
because He love me
b. Y man ga serve ka- grabe gibuhat ni lord
c. Y man sayo ka- grabe c Lord: always ontime c Lord unya ako mg
late2 lang.. suko ta murag dugay tubag ni Lord unya kita Sunday
lng gane maka adto church late pa gyud…
2. Wala ko ng serve para e Love ko ni lord, wala ko ng sayo para sayo pud
tubag ni Lord sa akoa, we do tjses things because he first LOVE us!
a. Love nako ni lord long before I was born, THEREFORE I present
my life to God as a living sacrifice
V. HARD
a. Lisod man kau pastor kay kuan man gud…
i. Syempre! Serving the Lord is Hard!, it is a sacrifice
ii. Walay sacrifice nga dali
1. Offer lisod gyud kau
a. Ako time, gift, talents etc
iii. Dugang2 na pd na sa akong ka kapoy
1. Ive been serving the lord for almost 20 years..GTG, 2 years full time
2. Naa gyud times nga challenging kau
a. If you are max out its an opportunity for you to extend, expand
your room
b. Serve even it is hard grab the opportunity to grow
i. Learning experience ang mga challenges
VI. Conclusion
a. 1 Peter 4:10-11- each one
i. Tanan ta naa dre used whatever gift
ii. Bless to be a blessing
iii. You can show Gods grace to others by being gracious to them
b. God is honored every time you present yourself to the served God
c. The longer we serve Him the sweeter it grows!