^{"Spiritual maturity is never an end in itself. We grow up in order to give out."}

^{Rick Warren,
The Purpose Driven Life}

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^{We are called to serve--}

"Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." (Eph 12:4-5, NIV)

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"No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving. He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing." (Eph 2:10, MSG)

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"Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord." (Rom 12:11, NIV)

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“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”(Col 3:23-24, NIV)

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Updated 02/06/2008