Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Keeping On Serving God In The Last Days
    Keeping On Serving God In The Last Days
    Keeping On Serving God In The Last Days
    Ebook187 pages3 hours

    Keeping On Serving God In The Last Days

    By Roger Henri Trepanier

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    About the book and the author
    This book deals with what it means to serve God, which is one’s ministry, and seeks to encourage believers to provide such service in these last days. There are six important sections examining such topics as what prevents our service to God, what service to God looks like, why service to God is important, practical ways of serving God, and the helps God provided for us to serve Him. There are also many examples given from the author’s personal life and also from Scripture. Serving God was designed by our Creator to not only be a blessing to us, but also be a life transforming experience that will shape our lives for the better.
    The author has been a Christian for over 35 years and is an evangelist. This is his eleventh published work.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRoger Henri Trepanier
    Release dateMar 13, 2015
    ISBN9781310801334
    Keeping On Serving God In The Last Days
    Author

    Roger Henri Trepanier

    Roger Henri Trepanier is an evangelist, author, and counselor, who has been serving God on his field of service since 1999. One hundred and seven books have been published so far in five different series, all available in print format and as an eBook for any type of eBook reader. He is a widower with three adopted children, all now married.The author's two websites have been closed. To access the author's books, please type, "Roger Henri Trepanier, books" in any search engine. All the author's books are available in print and ebook formats for all devices.

    Read more from Roger Henri Trepanier

    Related to Keeping On Serving God In The Last Days

    Titles in the series (34)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Christianity For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      How God Is Using A Devoted Pastor To Further His Kingdom In This World

      Aug 7, 2020

      As Christians, we are called to be salt and light in society. We are called to be history-makers and world changers. We are called to be fruitful in our lives, to achieve much for the Kingdom of God. Our mandate on this earth is to go out into all na

      4 min read

    • Article

      Theology: Why Do We Need It?

      Nov 27, 2020

      Theology: Why Do We Need It?
      3 min read

    • Article

      Getting to Know God God’s Incomprehensibility

      Jun 15, 2020

      In last month’s issue of JOY! Magazine we considered Genesis chapter 1 and what the creation account tells us about God. Before that, we discussed the importance of revelation, the doctrine that states that in order for us to properly know God, He mu

      4 min read

    • Article

      Christian Leaders Forum

      Nov 19, 2021

      The Christian Leaders’ Forum was started just over five years ago with founding members Michael Cassidy of African Enterprise and Dr Robin Stephenson. Many conferences and meetings, both physical and virtual, have since been held and many new leaders

      2 min read

    • Article

      WHO’S In The NEWS?

      May 19, 2023

      George Verwer died on Friday 14th April at the age of 84. The Church has lost a man who had an astonishing global influence on the way it carries out its vital task of sharing the good news of Jesus. In Operation Mobilisation (OM), which George start

      3 min read

    • Article

      The Kingdom In The Marketplace

      Mar 16, 2020

      Today, there is little understanding of the message of the Kingdom in the marketplace, yet we are all called as ministers to grow His Kingdom (2 Cor 3:6). Many set worldly goals for the selfish advancement and selfish rewards, where work has just bec

      1 min read

    • Article

      Commentary on Matthew 28:20

      Jul 22, 2022

      Commentary on Matthew 28:20
      2 min read

    • Article

      Stumbling Blocks That Delay Church Transformation Part 5

      May 20, 2022

      In my previous writings I have pointed out that institutionalised Christianity is fading away. Organised religious systems are sucking the life of Christ out of believers. In many cases, believers are busy with the church programme, but not with God.

      2 min read

    • Article

      Proclaiming The GOOD NEWS Laying Everything Down For The Sake Of The Gospel

      Apr 22, 2019

      In Romans 1, we read the story of Paul the apostle giving a message to the church in Rome. After the resurrection, Paul tells the church that their faith is being proclaimed to the whole world; that Jesus, their Messiah, was raised from the dead and

      3 min read

    • Article

      Sunday, April 5

      Feb 14, 2020

      PALM SUNDAY MARKS THE FIRST day of Holy Week, the day we celebrate Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem amid the crowd’s fanfare. We focus on waving palm branches and cheers that quickly turned to derision. But there’s another angle to this story—one that de

      1 min read

    • Article

      True Generosity

      Nov 25, 2022

      It’s the gift-giving time of year! If we’re honest, everyone one of us looks forward to receiving a present, right? Giving gifts is a universal practice, isn’t it? Almost all cultures value generosity. But what exactly is generosity? Think about Jesu

      2 min read

    • Article

      Why Do The Wicked Prosper?

      Sep 4, 2020

      Why Do The Wicked Prosper?
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Greatest Christmas Gift!

      Nov 19, 2021

      Jesus was born in a smelly stable. He set aside His glory just so He could identify with mankind. The setting was most appalling, yet the angels lit up the sky, bursting with shouts of joy proclaiming “Glory” in awestruck wonder. “Suddenly a great co

      2 min read

    • Article

      Bible Fun

      Oct 27, 2023

      Bible Fun
      2 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Keeping On Serving God In The Last Days

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Keeping On Serving God In The Last Days - Roger Henri Trepanier

      INTRODUCTION

      SECTION ONE: IT IS DIFFICULT TO SERVE GOD WHEN…

      It is difficult to serve God when we are not in love with Him or do not know how to serve Him!

      It is difficult to serve God when we are following a human being instead of God!

      It is difficult to serve God when we are following the teachings and theological systems of human beings which differ from the teachings of the word of God!

      It is difficult to serve God when we do not recognize the deceiver at work attempting to lead us astray through false teachers and workers

      It is difficult to serve God when we have divided loyalties

      It is difficult to serve God when we allow people or events to dictate the course of our lives

      SECTION TWO: WE ARE SERVING GOD WHEN…

      We have taken the first step to serving God when we come to know Him in a personal relationship

      We are serving God when we carry out His will

      We are serving God when we are living by His life as imparted to us by His Holy Spirit

      We are serving God when we follow The Son’s example in serving Him

      SECTION THREE: WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO SERVE GOD IN THE LAST DAYS

      We need to serve God because He saved us so that we would willingly serve Him out of love for Him!

      We need to serve God because our wellbeing depends on our serving God!

      We need to serve God because there is yet work to be done!

      We need to serve God because it is well pleasing to Him and is always without regrets!

      We need to serve God so as to be an example for others to follow!

      We need to serve God simply because He is worthy of our service!

      SECTION FOUR: PRACTICAL WAYS OF SERVING GOD IN THE LAST DAYS

      Let us offer ourselves to God for service each day

      Let us be sensitive to God’s leading and guidance

      Let us be available to God moment by moment

      Let us depend on God only in our service for Him

      Let us remember that what pleases God most is when we ask Him what He would have us do

      Let us see people as God sees them in order to serve Him effectively

      Let us support the local church we are part of

      Let us support those whom we know to be fulltime servants of God

      SECTION FIVE: HELPS GOD HAS PROVIDED TO HELP US SERVE HIM IN THE LAST DAYS

      Let us view The Spirit of God as a Helper God has provided us to serve Him

      Let us view the word of God as a help God has given us to serve Him

      Let us view the Pattern God’s Son left us as a help God has given us to serve Him

      Let us view the people of God as helps God has given us to serve Him

      Let us view the fulltime servants of God as helps God has given us to serve Him

      SECTION SIX: GOD-HONORING WAYS OF LOOKING AT OUR SERVICE TO GOD IN THE LAST DAYS

      Let us look at our service to God as a joy, and not as a burden

      Let us look at our service to God as a ministry He has given us

      A last word

      ADDENDUM

      Some good news for those who may not as yet be part of the family of God

      THE NEXT BOOK

      END PAGE

      INTRODUCTION

      Serving God is the highest and most satisfying way of occupying our time while on earth as believers. The reality, however, is that serving God is not natural to us, even after we come to know God in a personal relationship. The problem is that of ourselves, our natural desire is to serve ourselves only. Matters are worse for one who is an unbeliever, who does not know God in a personal relationship. Such persons do not even think about serving God. At least a believer is aware of God and in one’s spirit there is a realization that one should be serving God. So the question becomes: Under such conditions, how does one go about rendering service to God? Or to phrase the question from God’s standpoint: How does God obtain willing service out of love for Him from those who are now part of His family through a spiritual birth? This is the type of important questions we will be dealing with in this book, and more. For the reality is that God is worthy of our service, desires our service, and once we learn to serve Him, we delight in serving Him and want to continue serving Him! So the important thing for those who are believers is to get to the place where one is serving God with one’s life while on earth as a child of God. This is therefore one of the key things we will learn to do in this book.

      And so in the first section we will be looking at the stumbling blocks which may be preventing believers from serving God in these last days of the present age. Then in the second section we deal with what it means to serve God. It is in this section that we will find the answer to the important question asked above. In the third section of the book, we deal with why it is important to serve God, this being followed in the fourth section with practical ways of rendering service to God. This is followed in the fifth section by identifying helps which God has provided us for serving Him, before turning to a sixth section which looks at God-honoring ways of seeing our service to God in these last days. Many examples are also provided throughout from the author’s own personal life and from Scripture. The book closes with a chapter in the Addendum, which has been included for any person reading the book who may not as yet have a personal relationship with God. Any such person may want to begin there before reading at the first chapter of the first section.

      This present book is the author’s eleventh published work. And I truly believe that one of the reasons God had His servant write these books is because we are indeed living in the last days of the present age. And the key motivation for writing the present book, which again I believe is from God, is that those who are believers be serving God until the end of the age, and not be idle, or sidetracked in what is not of God. The reality is that we only pass through this life once, so why not be occupied with giving service to The One Who not only created us, but gave us the forgiveness of our sins and eternal life with Himself? After all, our wellbeing for time and eternity depends on it!

      And if you are not convinced that we are indeed living in the last days of the present age, please obtain and read my third book, which is titled, How We Know For Sure That We Are Living In The Last Days! And please understand that when we speak here of the last days of the present age, this is not referring to the end of time. What needs to be grasped is that in God’s word, the last days, mean at least two things. For one, it refers to the entire period of time from the coming of God’s precious Son from Heaven to earth until the end of time, which period is covered by the entire New Testament portion of the Bible. This is what is in view, for instance, when God uses the term these last days at Hebrews 1:2 (adding verse 1 here for context), [1] God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, [2] in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.

      The second way that the term last days is used is when God says at 2 Timothy 3:1 (adding verses 2 to 5 for context), [1] But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. [2] For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, [3] unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, [4] treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, [5] holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. Here God is using the term the last days to indicate the end of the age we are presently in. And these are the last days we have in view in this book. This is important to keep in mind as one reads the book.

      What should also be mentioned before closing this Introduction is that after completing 21 years of formal education and then spending almost 28 years working in Project Engineering in the Corporate offices of a large utility, God called His servant as a non-denominational evangelist in early 1999, then sent him out over 3000 miles, away from family and friends, to the place of service God assigned, and where His servant has been and is still serving Him as evangelist, counselor, author, and publisher. The author is a widower with three adopted children, now married.

      A website has been established for the purpose of interacting with readers, which can be found at:

      http://www.pilgrimpathwaypublications.com

      God also led His servant to establish another website specifically for gospel ministry. That website can be found at:

      http://www.servantofmosthigh.com

      And now my prayer is that God will richly bless you as you read this book, and that He will greatly minister to your every need in your life, as only God can!

      Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us…

      Hebrews 12:1

      SECTION ONE

      _________________________________________

      IT IS DIFFICULT TO SERVE GOD WHEN…

      It is difficult to serve God when we are not in love with Him or do not know how to serve Him!

      One important place to begin - and assuming throughout here that one is a believer - is with the fact that it is difficult to serve God if we are not in love with Him, or if we do not know how to serve Him. If we are employed, we do our jobs because that is what we have been hired to do and that is what we are being paid for. In other words, love does not come into play, although it is true that if we like our job, it is much easier to come to work each day and we will not be looking at the clock all the time, waiting for our work day to end. However, our relationship with God is not like that. It is one based on love. God loves us in a way

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1