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Service, not success

Whatever happened to doing something for nothing? It seems that everyone does something for some sort of personal gain. The 'prosperity gospellers' do things in the hope of money and a comfy life. Worshippers worship God to give themselves a buzz and a feeling of euphoria. Whatever happened to simple service out of love for the Lord? Read the passage below to see how enthusiastic Abraham is over simple service to the Lord: Genesis 18: 1-8  Then the  Lord  appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre,  as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.  2  So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw  them,  he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,  3  and said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant.  4  Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the...