Quotes About Service

And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.

They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.

So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.

While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king

Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.

I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.

So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,

I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.

Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.

Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.

I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.

The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the kingís attendants.

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.

Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?í

“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

When men are brought low and you say, ëLift them up!í then He will save the lowly.

“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widowís eyes to fail,

If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.