What are some requirements for serving God?

Psalm 2:11Serve the Lord with reverent fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Serving God requires a joyful heart and a reverent awe of God.

Psalm 101:6I will search for faithful people to be my companions. Only those who are above reproach will be allowed to serve me.

Psalm 119:59I pondered the direction of my life, and I turned to follow your laws.

Psalm 42:1-2As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him?

Serving God requires a desire to please God and walk in his ways, while longing to be in God’s presence.

Matthew 6:24“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.”

Serving God requires that we have loyalty to God even in the face of worldly distractions and priorities.

Romans 7:6Now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.

Romans 8:14All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

Serving God requires a desire to be led by the Holy Spirit.

Acts 20:19“I [Paul] have done the Lord’s work humbly and with many tears. I have endured the trials that came to me from the plots of the Jews.”

Serving God requires humility over time and in the face of trials.

Galatians 5:13You have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.

Serving God requires that we consistently demonstrate love for others.