Giving and serving; the challenge for more?

My tangerine of the day! - Today was day one in my new job. I am the youth work intern for Christ Church Surbiton and will be working with young people aged 7+. My first day was spent in the office, mainly doing paperwork and reading. It was ace. Never thought id have so much fun doing admin! I met a guy today called Ben, he is the worship intern. Ben is great, such a passionate man of God. I love this dude, he's my new best friend.
I wanna blog this morning on the power of serving. I think its something we can all do, but I don't think we do enough.
Why should we serve more? Well, Jesus gave up His life on earth, so that we can be in perfect relationship with Him. God chose to show perfect love on the cross. We need to decide to put Him first and for most in our lives. Jesus said in John 15: 12-13 "This is my commandment that you love one another as i have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." In the verses Jesus tells us to love one another as he has loved us, Jesus showes us ultimate love by baring our wrong does on the cross. We need to be sacrificial and selfless in our love of others.
How can we serve more? Many times in life we feel like we want to serve more, but are not quite sure how we should do this so we dont. I think the key is to start simple, for instance making a cake one a week for the people you work with to share at coffee time, or leaving an anonymous gift for some one. Maybe get more active in your involvement in serving your church? If your already in  full time ministry, go the extra mile and help with the cleaning, or the welcome desk or the making of refreshments. Pray about who God want you to serve and in what way?
Dont take this in an arrogant way, but I love serving, I just wanna serve people. I feel so strongly that God has given my a servant heart and I just have a real heart for young people and I really want God to use me to be His hands and feet and i really wanna see the young people  grow in and through Christ. I love my young people from my last placement, they are a great. When i left i was sad, but so happy because I could see how God has been working in them over the past two years.

Over the coming few days I wanna challenge you to really think about how you can serve more. Think about the impact you can have through your actions, especially to your non Christian friends. Use the gifts that God has given you to bless others.

Would be great for you to really seek God and what He wants you to do for Him. Be open and challenged.  

God bless you my friends! feedback appreciated through email or facebook message.