How Will God Use You To Elevate His People?

While so many people are trying to make a “name” for themselves through their talents, appearance, social media status & education...the real key to significance & success is SERVICE.

The question each of us should be asking is, “HOW WILL GOD USE ME TO ELEVATE HIS PEOPLE?”

Stop reaching for the “Title” & get a firm grip on the “Towel.”

God doesn’t need anymore showmanship in His Kingdom...He needs SERVANTS who have burned their plowshares & killed their oxen. He needs people who are more concerned with lifting OTHERS, rather than lifting themselves.

I’m thankful for all the ministers, leaders & people who are striving to build God’s Kingdom & not their own. To me, they are the real deal...when it comes to ministry.

“And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;” 1 Timothy 1:12

Our GOAL & ROLE is to elevate others...not ourselves. John The Baptist said, “I must decrease...He must increase.”

SUCCESS & SIGNIFICANCE flow through SERVICE to others...which is ultimately unto our Lord...Jesus Christ.

Who will you ELEVATE today?

(I’m not talking about you elevating YOU again...YOUR specific family or your HOBBIES...BUT other people!!!!! - Social media posts about you or your family don’t qualify!)

Where are you serving others?
How are you serving others?
When are you serving others?

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Remain In His Gravitational Pull

I took this Sunday morning, on my way to church. It was such a beautiful sunrise that I pulled over, on top of the big bridge on Ronald Regan Pkwy & had this stir in my spirit:

“God is like the sun & we are like one of the planets. We can only have our orbit correct if we stay within the gravitational pull.”

I can count on God telling the sun to rise & set each day. The question is, “Can God count on me being where I’m supposed to be?”

I want to live life in such a way that my wife, my children, grandchildren, family & friends know that they can count on me to remain in orbit to God’s gravitational pull. I don’t ever want them to wonder if I’ll be faithful or fruitful as a Christian (FIRST) a husband, parent, leader, pastor, friend, etc.

By God’s grace, my daughter has never had to wonder “Why doesn’t daddy go to church?” Or “Why doesn’t daddy live for God?”

By the grace of God, I never want to cause my family to be burdened with my inability to get my stuff together & LEAD my home spiritually.

For all the men out there, who are running this race called life...REMEMBER who gave you LIFE....Jesus! Don’t ever become too cocky, prideful, arrogant & a “know-it-all” to live this life with your own agenda. You’re not in charge. Jesus is. Each of us will stand before God & give an account for what we did & what we didn’t do. I pray we allow The Holy Spirit to convict us, lead us & draw us to a continual devotional intimacy with Yahweh.

Don’t miss the sunrise, because you have sleep in your eye!

Is The Mid-Week Church Service Important?

Unfortunately, many churches that once had a Mid-Week Service or “Call to Worship” have eliminated the Mid-Week Service altogether, mostly due to low attendance. Here at Bethel Family Worship Center we still have a Mid-Week Service because we still believe that it is important.

Why is it important?  Isn’t meeting together once a week on Sunday Mornings enough, some may ask? I’m skeptical. I realize that some may work beyond service time on Wednesdays and are unable to attend. The same is true for Sunday Mornings, not everyone can attend a Sunday Morning Service due to required work, which is one of the reasons a Mid-Week Service is vital.

Other reasons that I think Mid-Week Service is important are:

1. When we look at church practice in the Bible we see that the early church met together regularly, most likely more than once a week, and as they did, it grew the church.

For example in Acts 2:42 it says “They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” And in Acts 2:46-47 “Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.”

2. The writer of Hebrews exhorts the Christian “not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together which is the habit of some but rather to encourage one another and all the more as we see the day drawing near.” (Hebrews 10:25)

Attending the Mid-Week Service is a way that we can follow this exhortation and encourage one another as we see the day of the of the rapture of the Church & the return of our Lord, Jesus Christ drawing near.

3. Attending Sunday Morning Services is good but the Christian is called to excellence.

Philippians 1:10 says “approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ…”

How excellent would it be for the church if the Mid-Week Service was as well attended as the Sunday Morning Service? How would God respond? How would the surrounding community respond?

4. What about a new Christian who attends our church?

All Christians need to be discipled and learn the Word of God, especially new believers. However, if they come out to the Mid-Week Service and see that it is not very well attended, what impression does it give them?

These are a just some of the reasons why I think the Mid-Week Service is important. Having said these things, I am not saying that attendance is a sign of righteousness or spirituality, or even spiritual maturity. Our righteousness is in Christ alone. We gather together as His church to worship Him, to wait on Him to build up His body (the church) for the work of the ministry, to impact the community, and all for His glory.

Join us on Wednesdays at 7pm for Worship, Bible Study & Prayer at 24 S Lynhurst Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46241

Hungry for more,

Pastor Hylton