Proverbs 8:15-21 “By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice. ¹⁶“By me princes rule, and nobles, All who judge rightly. ¹⁷“I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me. ¹⁸“Riches and honor are with me, Enduring wealth and righteousness. ¹⁹“My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold, And my yield better than choicest silver. ²⁰“I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice, ²¹To endow those who love me with wealth, That I may fill their treasuries.

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Proverbs 8:15-21 “By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice. ¹⁶“By me princes rule, and nobles, All who judge rightly. ¹⁷“I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me. ¹⁸“Riches and honor are with me, Enduring wealth and righteousness. ¹⁹“My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold, And my yield better than choicest silver. ²⁰“I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice, ²¹To endow those who love me with wealth, That I may fill their treasuries.

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It’s not an Ordinary Nation.

The word ordain comes from the word order.  That’s what it means.  It can be like an order that a boss gives a worker or like putting things in alphabetical order.  When a church ordains a pastor.  They do a little of both.  That’s what happened to me.  My church made me a part of the leadership team along with other elders and deacons.  With a team committed to serving God with wisdom and humility the things that get done and the decisions that get made will be done with order and not disorder.  I also got orders from my Boss to step into this role and to serve the people of God’s church.  So I’m taking my orders to teach and to serve.  This talk is just a response to being assigned this new role.

But a pastor is just 1 role in the church.  Everybody in the church is supposed to be using their gifts to serve God as a team.  So what does it mean to serve God?  And how should we look at our own role as part of this team?

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