{"id":2811,"date":"2017-04-19T10:31:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T10:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=2811"},"modified":"2017-04-19T15:32:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T15:32:58","slug":"give-live-first-serve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2017\/04\/19\/give-live-first-serve\/","title":{"rendered":"Give to Live: Your First Serve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine being on the other side of the net when tennis champion, Serena Williams, is about to serve a tennis ball your way\u2014at 100 mph! Obviously she has mastered one of the most important parts of the game. Since the rules allow two serves, the first serve usually gets the strongest effort.<\/p>\n

Being a Christ-follower means giving your strongest effort to be like Him. He said of Himself, \u201cThe Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many\u201d (Matthew 28:20). He gave everything He could offer to everyone who was in need. So your \u201cfirst serve\u201d is to serve Him and to serve others.<\/p>\n

Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, \u201cEverybody can be great, because everybody can serve. . . You don\u2019t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.\u201d<\/p>\n

An old time preacher once said, \u201cWe\u2019re not saved to sit, we\u2019re saved to serve!\u201d In other words, using the natural abilities the Holy Spirit \u201cactivates\u201d when we become a Christ-follower is a natural reaction. He not only stakes his claim on all we are and all we own; he claims all we can do.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Franklin was one of the greatest inventors in the history of our nation. Yet it was typical of Franklin to give his ideas away. In 1742, he invented a stove that would more efficiently heat a room instead of sending most of the warm air up the chimney. He was offered a patent but he refused, saying, \u201cAs we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any Top of Form<\/p>\n

\u2026.inventions of ours.\u201d<\/p>\n

You may never be an inventor like Franklin, but you can serve. The work of the kingdom is not always easy, but it is the most meaningful work you will ever do. So we \u201cGive to Live\u201d when we give by serving.<\/p>\n

About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"stantoler-1\"<\/a>Dr. Stan Toler has served as a general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene as well as a pastor for over 40 years in Ohio, Florida, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

Stan Toler has written over 100 books, including his best-sellers, God Has Never Failed Me, But He\u2019s Sure Scared Me to Death a Few Times; The Buzzards Are Circling, But God\u2019s Not Finished With Me Yet; God\u2019s Never Late, He\u2019s Seldom Early, He\u2019s Always Right on Time<\/em>; The Secret Blend; The Relational Leader; Practical Guide to Pastoral Ministry;<\/em> The Inspirational Speaker\u2019s Resource,<\/em> ReThink Your Life<\/em>, his popular Minute Motivator<\/em> series, If Only I Could Relate To The People I\u2019m Related To and his newest book, Outstanding Leadership. <\/em>His books have sold over 3 million copies.<\/p>\n

Toler for many years served as Vice-President and taught seminars for John C. Maxwell\u2019s INJOY Leadership Institute training church and corporate leaders to make a difference in the world.<\/p>\n

He and his wife, Linda, an educator, have two married sons, Seth (Marcy) and Adam (Amanda), and five grandchildren Rhett, Davis, Wren Olivia Clara Jane and Bennett.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":2812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[577,576,125,535,536],"class_list":{"0":"post-2811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stewardship","8":"tag-finances","9":"tag-give-to-live","10":"tag-leadership","11":"tag-stan-toler","12":"tag-stewardship","13":"entry"},"title_es":"Dar a Live: Su primer servicio","content_es":"Imag\u00ednese estar en el otro lado de la red, cuando el campe\u00f3n de tenis, Serena Williams, est\u00e1 a punto de servir una pelota de tenis a su manera-a 100 mph! Obviamente ella ha dominado una de las partes m\u00e1s importantes del juego. Dado que las normas permiten que dos servicios, el primer servicio por lo general tiene la mayor esfuerzo. Al ser un seguidor de Cristo significa dar su mayor esfuerzo para ser como \u00c9l. \u00c9l dijo de s\u00ed mismo: \"El Hijo del Hombre no vino para ser servido, sino para servir, y para dar su vida en rescate por muchos\" (Mateo 28:20). \u00c9l dio todo lo que pod\u00eda ofrecer a todos los que estaban en necesidad. Por lo que su \"primer servicio\" es para servirle y para servir a los dem\u00e1s. Martin Luther King, Jr. dijo una vez: \"Todo el mundo puede ser grande, porque todo el mundo puede servir. . . Usted no tiene que saber la segunda ley de la termodin\u00e1mica en la f\u00edsica para servir. Usted s\u00f3lo necesita un coraz\u00f3n lleno de gracia. Un alma generada por el amor. \"Un viejo tiempo predicador dijo una vez:\" No estamos salvados para sentarse, estamos salvados para servir! \"En otras palabras, el uso de las capacidades naturales del Esp\u00edritu Santo\" activa \"cuando llegamos a ser un Cristo -follower es una reacci\u00f3n natural. No s\u00f3lo est\u00e1 en juego su reclamo en todo lo que somos y todo lo que poseemos; afirma todo lo que podemos hacer. Benjamin Franklin fue uno de los m\u00e1s grandes inventores de la historia de nuestra naci\u00f3n. Sin embargo, era t\u00edpico de Franklin para dar sus ideas de distancia. En 1742, invent\u00f3 una estufa que calentar m\u00e1s eficientemente una habitaci\u00f3n en lugar de enviar la mayor parte del aire caliente por la chimenea. Se le ofreci\u00f3 una patente, pero \u00e9l se neg\u00f3, diciendo: \"Al disfrutar de grandes ventajas de las invenciones de los dem\u00e1s, debemos estar contentos de la oportunidad de servir a otros por ninguna parte superior del formulario ... .inventions de la nuestra.\" Nunca se puede ser una inventor como Franklin, pero se puede servir. La obra del reino no siempre es f\u00e1cil, pero es la obra m\u00e1s significativa que tendr\u00e1 que hacer. Por lo tanto, \"Give to Live\" cuando damos por porci\u00f3n. Sobre el Autor<\/strong> \"stantoler-1\"<\/a> El Dr. Stan Toler ha servido como superintendente general de la Iglesia del Nazareno, as\u00ed como un pastor por m\u00e1s de 40 a\u00f1os en Ohio, Florida, Tennessee y Oklahoma. Stan Toler ha escrito m\u00e1s de 100 libros, incluyendo sus \u00e9xitos de ventas, Dios nunca me ha fallado, pero est\u00e1 seguro de que me dio miedo a la muerte un par de veces; Los halcones est\u00e1n dando vueltas, pero Dios no est\u00e1 terminado conmigo; Nunca tard\u00edo de Dios, \u00c9l es raramente temprano, \u00e9l est\u00e1 siempre en el momento justo;<\/em> La mezcla secreta; El l\u00edder relacional; Gu\u00eda Pr\u00e1ctica de Pastoral;<\/em> Recursos del orador inspirador,<\/em> reconsiderar su vida,<\/em> su popular serie Motivador minuto,<\/em><\/em> si s\u00f3lo pudieran relacionarse con la gente que estoy Para relacionada y su m\u00e1s reciente libro, liderazgo sobresaliente.<\/em> Sus libros han vendido m\u00e1s de 3 millones de copias. Toler durante muchos a\u00f1os se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como vicepresidente y ense\u00f1\u00f3 seminarios para la formaci\u00f3n de la iglesia Instituto de Liderazgo INJOY de John C. Maxwell y l\u00edderes corporativos para hacer una diferencia en el mundo. \u00c9l y su esposa, Linda, un educador, tiene dos hijos casados, Seth (Marcy) y Adam (Amanda), y cinco nietos Rhett, Davis, Wren Olivia Clara Jane y Bennett.","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/Stan-Toler-Seminars-5.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-Jl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}