Monday Online Message – The Cyrus Partners Priesthood | Kingdom Takeover: Service To All

Monday Online Service – The Cyrus Partners Priesthood
Date: August 25th - 29th, 2025
Message by: Dr Ohio O. Ojeagbase
Theme: KINGDOM TAKEOVER - SERVICE TO ALL 
Foundational Text: Matthew 23:11

Introduction

Beloved Kings and Priests in the Marketplace globally, I welcome you to this week’s The Cyrus Partners Priesthood Online Impartation Service. Our theme is one of the most powerful principles in the Kingdom of God: Service to All.

The Bible shows us over and over again that true greatness in God’s eyes is not about status, positions, titles, riches, or applause — it is about service. Jesus said in Matthew 23:11, “The greatest amongst you shall be your servant.”

But what is service? Let’s begin with a definition:

According to the Oxford Dictionary, service is “the action of helping or doing work for someone.”

But Kingdom service goes further, it is selfless giving, inspired by love, fueled by obedience, and directed toward others for the glory of God and by doing so, we are tactically shifting the culture.

“You can never outgrow service; you only graduate from one level of service to a higher one.”

Service is not an option for believers or any human being that desires to matter in life,  it is our lifestyle, our calling, our identity. 

Before we dive deeper into characters and case studies of this sermon, let me elaborate more about service: 

Service is Action: Service is not an idea or a theory, it is expressed in action. It is what you do for others, not what you intend to do.

Service is Selfless: True service shifts the focus from me to others. It is not self-promotion but self-donation.

Service is Sacrificial: Service will often cost you time, comfort, resources, or even reputation.

Service is Preparatory: Service is the training ground for destiny. Without service, greatness collapses.

Service is Transformative: Service changes you as much as it changes others. It refines character, builds humility, and draws you closer to God’s heart.

Service is Universal: Service is not limited to pastors, leaders, or the wealthy. Everyone can serve, whether employed or jobless, rich or poor, young or old. Service is the one assignment God gives to all.

Now, this week, we will learn from Joshua, who served Moses faithfully before becoming Israel’s leader, and Esther, who risked her life to save her people. And we will discover why even those who are jobless, overlooked, or struggling in life can find true meaning through service.

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Case Study 1: Joshua – Serving Before Leading

Exodus 33:11 tells us:
“The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.”

Notice something powerful here: while Moses was meeting God face-to-face, Joshua stayed behind in the tent, watching, guarding, and learning. Joshua did not complain, “When will it be my turn?” He was content to serve faithfully in the shadows.

The dictionary defines an aide as “a person who helps another in carrying out their duties.” That was Joshua,  Moses’ aide, his assistant, his servant.

Before Joshua became the mighty general who conquered Jericho and led Israel into the Promised Land, he first carried Moses’ instructions, stood by his side, and served without recognition.

“If you cannot serve under, you cannot lead over.”

This is a lesson for us, especially those who feel stuck in life or jobless. Don’t despise seasons of humble service. The skills, character, and faithfulness you develop there are the foundation for your destiny tomorrow. I have told you all in mentorship that “Until you matter to people that matter then your life will not matter at all” now make this declaration to yourself “Lord, Make My Life Matter To People That Matter In Life” In the name of Jesus

Service is preparation. Before you can be trusted with authority, you must be proven in service.

Mr. Femi Coker FICA - Managing Director/CEO at Avanoo Capital Limited

Case Study 2: Esther – Service Through Sacrifice

Now let’s look at Queen Esther.

The Bible says in Esther 2:12: “Before a young woman’s turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women, six months with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes and cosmetics.”

Think about that, a whole year of preparation just to appear before the king. Esther didn’t rush into destiny. She endured a process. She humbled herself under instructions. She waited for her moment. Like I always say ‘If you appear before your time, you will disappear before your arrival” and secondly “if you appear too soon, you will appear too small” and finally, “Don’t be a haste otherwise you will waste”

And when that moment came, Mordecai spoke these prophetic words in Esther 4:14: “And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”

Esther realized her crown was not for fashion or comfort — it was for purpose. She risked her life, declaring, “If I perish, I perish” (Esther 4:16).

“Your position is not for prestige; it is for purpose.”

For the jobless or discouraged: Esther’s story teaches us that hidden preparation is never wasted. Sometimes God uses waiting seasons to prepare us for service at the right time.

“Delay in destiny is not denial; it is divine preparation.”

Esther served her people through sacrifice. Service is not always convenient — but it is always significant.

Part 3: Service to All – The Kingdom Mandate

Joshua’s humility and Esther’s courage teach us that service is not about position, but posture.

Jesus confirmed this in Mark 10:45:
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

That means service is a mandate. According to Cambridge Dictionary, a mandate is “the authority to carry out a policy or action, given by the people or God.” Your mandate is Your SERVICE TO ALL so stop wasting your time in selfishness and deploy yourself in serving an area that is most challenging in the nation that require you to make a difference in the lives of others.

In other words, service is not optional for believers — it is our God-given assignment.

“Service is the rent we pay for occupying space in God’s kingdom.”

And here’s the good news: you don’t need a job title, money, or a position to serve. You can serve with your time, your prayers, your encouragement, your hands, your heart.

Even in joblessness, service gives meaning. The unemployed man who volunteers in his community is building relevance. The woman without a career who faithfully cares for her family is shaping generations. Service is not about paychecks; it’s about purpose.

“Service gives significance to your life, even when salary does not.”

Dr. Prisca Ndu - Global Director of Strategic Partnership At KREENO

Practical Applications

1. Serve where you are now. Joshua stayed at the tent without jumping from place to place or company to company. Start where you are.  “Faithfulness in little is the seed of greatness in much.”

2. Go through the process. Esther endured her 12-month preparation. Don’t despise preparation seasons. “God trains in private before He announces in public.”

3. Be courageous in service. Esther risked her life. True service may cost you, but it blesses others. “Comfort never births courage; sacrifice does.”

4. See service as investment. Every act of service is a seed for your future. “What you sow in service, you will reap in destiny.”

Closing Exhortation

Beloved, service is not a burden; it is a blessing. Service to all is how we partner with God in shaping destinies and communities.

• Joshua’s humility turned into leadership.

• Esther’s courage turned into deliverance.

• Jesus’ service turned into salvation.

“Greatness is not measured by what you gather, but by who you serve.”

Let us commit ourselves to service,  not just to some, but to all, for in serving others we honor God.

Why Service Matters

1. Service Gives Meaning to Life

You were created not just to consume, but to contribute.

• Life without service is an empty existence. You may eat, sleep, and chase personal ambitions, but without service to others, life feels shallow and meaningless.

• Ecclesiastes 3:11 says: “He has set eternity in the human heart.” That means God planted in us the desire to live for something bigger than ourselves.

• Consumption may satisfy for a moment, but contribution brings fulfillment that lasts.

• The world teaches us to chase success, but God calls us to pursue significance. And significance is found only in serving others.

Illustration: A sponge that only soaks in water eventually rots and stinks. But a sponge that releases what it has stays fresh. Likewise, a life that only takes but never gives decays spiritually.

“If you live for yourself, you live empty; if you live for others, you live fulfilled.”

2. Service Gives Purpose to Pain

When you serve, even your struggles become testimonies for others.

• Many times, what you go through is not just for you — it is for someone else’s encouragement.

• 2 Corinthians 1:4 says: “[God] comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”

• The pain you endured becomes the medicine you can administer to someone else.

• Your story of survival, healing, or resilience might be the exact hope someone else needs to keep going.

Illustration: Joseph’s betrayal by his brothers, slavery, and imprisonment were painful. But in Genesis 50:20, he told them: “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” Joseph’s pain became his platform of service.

“Pain without service is wasted; pain in service becomes power.”

3. Service Gives Legacy to Destiny

What you gather dies with you, but who you serve lives after you.

• No matter how much wealth, fame, or possessions you accumulate, you cannot carry them into eternity.

• Job 1:21 reminds us: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart.”

• But what you invest in people through service endures beyond the grave. The lives you touched, the souls you lifted, the sacrifices you made — those become your eternal legacy.

Greatness is not in what you own, but in who you impact.

Illustration: Think of Mother Teresa. She owned little, but her legacy of serving the poor lives on in institutions, movements, and lives transformed long after her death. Contrast that with billionaires who died with riches but no remembrance because they never served humanity. For us at The Cyrus Partners Priesthood, our passion is to liberate humanity to be better and not bitter across many expressions we are in such as in our professional career, businesses, and faith-based organizations that we are partnering with.

“Legacy is written in hearts, not in bank accounts.”

 Mr. Bamidele Arumemi - Managing Director/CEO of Emilomo & Rohack Resources Limited

The Cyrus Partners Intercessory Prayers

Now let us pray with holy violence this week:

1. Every power assigned to waste my destiny of service, scatter by fire, in the name of Jesus!

2. Arrows of idleness and laziness fired into my life, backfire! in the name of Jesus!

3. Enemies of my relevance, die by fire, in the name of Jesus!

4. Every power saying my life shall not count, you are a liar, die! in the name of Jesus!

5. My season of hidden preparation, arise and announce me! in the name of Jesus!

6. O Lord, make me a vessel of service to all, in my family, in my nation, in my organization, and in my generation, in the name of Jesus!

7. Every Pharaoh assigned to keep me in bondage of uselessness, drown in the Red Sea, in the name of Jesus!

8. Every spiritual embargo placed upon my hands, catch fire! in the name of Jesus!

9. Wasted years, hear the word of the Lord, be restored by fire! in the name of Jesus!

10. Altars of limitation erected against my rising in service, scatter to pieces, in the name of Jesus!

11. Voices from my foundation crying against my usefulness, be silenced forever, in the name of Jesus!

12. Power of destiny diversion, lose your grip over my life, in the name of Jesus!

13. I break every covenant of failure and irrelevance, in the name of Jesus!

14. O Lord, baptize me with the anointing of meaningful service, in the name of Jesus!

15. From today, my life shall not be wasted, my calling shall not be aborted, my service shall not be in vain, in the name of Jesus!

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Final Blessing

I decree over your life this week and beyond:

• May the Lord clothe you with the spirit of Joshua that depicts  faithfulness in humility.

• May Jehovah God empower you with the courage of Esther — sacrifice for purpose.

• And may God conform you to the likeness of Jesus who is  the Servant King.

You shall not be wasted! You shall not be idle! You shall not be useless!. From today, your life shall have meaning through service to all mentality.

In Jesus’ mighty name we pray, Amen.

Quick Sermon Summary:

A river does not drink its own water; it flows to serve the land, and in the same way, our lives are not designed for ourselves but for others. Joshua carried Moses’ staff long before he ever carried Israel’s destiny, showing us that service is the true rehearsal for greatness. Esther wore a crown not merely for beauty but for burden, teaching us that purpose is always bigger than position.

Even a candle loses nothing by lighting another, because service multiplies light without diminishing it. Jobless hands become useful when they choose to serve, for no one is truly unemployed who is willing to give of themselves. Titles may impress men, but it is service that impresses God, and in His Kingdom greatness is measured by the towel you carry, not the throne you sit on.

The world may remember leaders for the battles they conquered, but heaven remembers servants for the people they lifted. Delay, as Esther’s twelve-month preparation shows, is often God’s way of sharpening your tool of service, because her waiting became her people’s deliverance. Service is the currency that buys trust, and trust is the foundation of every lasting legacy. And finally, if you refuse to serve, you refuse to matter,  because life only finds meaning when it is poured out for others.

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