/// What is Ministry ?

Ministry is giving of everything of yourself without expecting anything..not a peep, not a thank you. You do it out of love..for nothing else. Jesus told us that the first and greatest commandment was to love God our father with all our heart and soul and strength. But he then added that the second greatest commandment was to love our neighbors as ourselves (Matt. 22:39) and that all the laws and teaching of the prophets hung on these two commandments.

Ministry is not a mission trip, although that can be ministry. Ministry is not preaching from a pulpit, but it certainly can be. Ministry is not teaching a Sunday school class, but it can be. Cooking in a kitchen for homeless people can be a ministry..if you do it for the Glory of God. People go on mission trips...but if their heart is not in the right place it is just action. People preach from pulpits..but if their heart is not right it is just words. People can teach Sunday School..but if their heart is not in it for God..then it is just a lesson. As the Bible says, do all things for the Glory of God (1 Corinth. 10:31). That is ministry!