The lecture explains the conditions for the success of church and spiritual service, and shows that service alone is not enough unless practiced in the right spirit — love, patience, wisdom, and humility — so that it bears fruit and leads to God.

Love as the foundation of service:
Service must be loving in nature, not with annoyance or resentment; for giving with a disgruntled face may harm more than benefit. Love endures all things and drives the servant to bear harm and the annoying, working with patience and compassion.

Avoid routine and politics:
Successful service is not merely administrative routine or records and ledgers; the servant must refrain from immersion in internal politics and disputes that lead to spiritual fatigue and strip the service of its spirit.

Positive work and avoiding excessive scrutiny:
Rather than the servant focusing on others’ faults and criticizing them, he should do positive productive work (teaching, composing, organizing) because a candle lights better than cursing the darkness.

Patience and long-suffering:
Patience is a virtue acquired through service: examples of saints show that tribulations and trials produce spiritual fruit over time, but patience is required for fruit to come.

Partnership with God through prayer:
Service bears fruit when the servant works with God: praying before service and raising troubles to Him makes the service felt as a divine partnership and brings solutions and a spirit of thanksgiving when the Lord helps.

Wisdom and ability to resolve:
Successful service needs wisdom to handle family problems, addiction, or social issues; without wisdom, methods do not succeed nor do relationships get restored.

Humility and sacrifice:
The successful servant is humble, makes himself a servant to all without pride, and endures betrayal and ingratitude, for those who persevere against obstacles are the ones whom the Lord rewards.

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