Increase Comes Through Service by Pastor Bryan Schultze

Main message: Increase—personal, relational, and ministry growth—comes by serving others; if you want to be first, you must be a servant and put what you have into God’s hands so He can bless and multiply it.

Key points:

• Jesus’ teaching and example: greatness is servanthood (Mark 9–10); to help others He stopped, asked “What do you want me to do?” and then met the need.
• Practical principle: give what you have (even if it’s not “enough”) to Jesus — He will bless it and make it effective (illustrated by the feeding of the 5,000).
• Serving stretches capacity, builds relationships, and expands gospel reach; being a bystander prevents effectiveness.
• Real examples: Pastor Jim serving at the food distribution and a testimony of ministry through the speaker’s sister at a treatment center show everyday opportunities to meet needs.
• Call to action: the church needs volunteers across ministries (children’s ministry, worship, media, ushers, etc.), and listeners were urged to stop, ask God how to serve, and respond — including an invitation to surrender to Christ.

Scriptures mentioned: Mark 9:35; Mark 10:43,51–52; Acts 3:3–8; Matthew 14:15–20