#681: God's Plan, God's Promises & God's People — You've Gotta Serve Somebody

Allen Jackson Ministries

Ben Hayes

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🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Are we aware that we’re serving someone every day—God, ourselves, or the kingdom of darkness? In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses serving the Lord. Jesus calls us to be servant leaders for Him, and He demonstrates what that looks like in the Gospels. Pastor Allen teaches five characteristics of servants: surrendering our wills, practicing contentment, being entrusted with authority, understanding the limits of authority, and knowing who we are serving. We’ve been offered the highest invitation of our lives. Are we willing to serve the King?

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0:00.0	You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires.
0:09.0	They were very offended at that statement.
0:11.0	But the reality is this dual set of choices.
0:13.0	You either serve God or you're going to serve the devil.
0:16.0	Or you're going to serve yourself, that old carnal nature,
0:19.0	Adamic nature, earthly nature, fallen nature.
0:22.6	Can you be a Christ follower and serve your carnal nature? Yes, you can. But you will forfeit the
0:27.2	blessings of God. I'm not trying to frighten you with your salvation, but I'm trying to
0:32.0	awaken you out of the smugness of self-righteousness.
0:42.2	You're listening to Alan Jackson Ministries.
0:45.1	You can get the outlines for this episode at Alanjaxon.com slash podcast.
0:48.0	If these messages help build you up,
0:50.1	or encourage you to be a more fully devoted Christ follower,
0:53.7	leave us a five-star rating and review.
0:56.0	Hopefully, that will help others find out about them as well.
0:59.0	Now it's on to Pastor Allen.
1:02.0	Be blessed.
1:07.0	We've been working through a study about the promises of God.
1:11.6	I titled it God's plan, God's promises and God's people, because I think they really go together.
1:16.6	I've been inviting you to imagine that God has a plan for your life that extends beyond just going to heaven,
1:22.6	or that extends beyond just a plan for your eternity, And that God's plan for you is inseparable.
1:29.7	In fact, it will be experienced as you understand
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