In a previous post about ministry objectives, six objectives were listed.
The post drew these objectives out of Matthew 22:37-39 where Jesus identified love for God and love for people as the greatest commandments under which all else comes.
Bible verses that back up ministry objectives based on the Greatest Commandments:
Below you’ll find the first two principles with related Bible verses. The remaining principles along with Scripture for them are listed in the Ministry God’s Way Discipleship Tool.
- Keep God first in ministry, not the ministry itself or the people we serve.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. (Matt 6:33)
You shall have no other gods before me. (Ex. 20:3)
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans. (Ps. 118:8)
- Make ministry about loving God and others, not mere activity.
Love the Lord your God with all … Love your neighbor as yourself … All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments. (Matt. 22:37-40)
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. (1 Cor. 13:1-3)