"My Ministry Is...."

The word minister means servant; one how attends or helps or, literally, one who serves. A ministry is the activity of that attending or helping, or, literally, serving. Every ministry has an object: those being attended to or helped or, literally, served. The objects of service can be people or God Himself.

Yes, there are a lot of "look at me" activity that goes on. You don't have to look outside of this forum to see it. Indeed, you see it here more often than anywhere else since, after all, those who are really ministering are busy off elsewhere doing just that.

It isn't very popular in this forum to hold a high view of Scripture, but seeing that Christ and the Apostles used the word ministry of themselves, might I humbly suggest that you look to the source? There are almost 100 instances of the word in the Bible. A little effort will help you see the origins of the word, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if you found out that, more often than not, those folks you hear are using the word rightly.

 

I guess it's what a person is able and willing to do. If nobody sang or played music, it sure would be sad. I see that as a wonderful ministry. I will never forget a friend who was blessed to have that as her ministry - in her case, she helped people praise, helped comfort them. Wasn't ashamed to stand in a store parking lot and sing a Psalm to me when we ran into each other there and I was on crutches and in tears from pain at that time after getting groceries for my family.

It rather confuses me when people never reach a point of discovering what they do. A ministry is an extension of who a person is, so how can anyone just not have one? It would have to be a conscious desire to NOT act on your instincts, unless someone or something is disabling you.

 

My ministry is one of making others feel better. We are habitually late to church and our youngin is usually the loudest. Makes everyone feel better that its not them. Just doin my part. :tongue3:

 

Prior to my becoming very physically disabled, "My Ministry" was working with children who rode on the church bus route(s) of the churches of which I was a member (3 churches during that time frame).

Many of these children came from what I suppose you would call "disadvantaged homes." Ultimately their greatest disadvantage was that of living in an environment with very little positive Biblical influence.

When you don't have very much Biblical influence, you don't have as much opportunity to know about the Savior that His Word reveals, and, consequently, how to trust in that Savior and receive His gift of eternal life.

I enjoyed the times I spent visiting with these precious children, and to get to learn about the challenges that they daily faced. My heart breaks for them, mainly because they had very few adults who took the time to love them and to show them of the One who is their greatest Lover of all.

Jesus Christ took time in His busy schedule to care for them, so I felt that I should do so too.

As an additional "bonus," I found that it was a whole lot easier for me to talk with their parents about being saved as well. With very few exceptions, when a parent knows that you care about their children, they'll at least listen to your telling them about what the Bible says about salvation.

I thank God for the opportunity He gave me to serve Him in this way.

 

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