For Those Distracted with Much Serving

For Those Distracted with Much Serving – “God will accomplish His will with or without you. We are used to build the church. Amen! But it is fundamentally Christ who builds His church, not us. You and I are not necessary; only Jesus is.”

 

What Does It Mean to Serve God?

What Does It Mean to Serve God? – “All God-pleasing service is done in the moment-by-moment reliance upon God’s service-enabling power.”

True Servanthood in the Footsteps of Jesus

True Servanthood in the Footsteps of Jesus – “Jesus did not allow his unique identity and authority to exempt him from the kingdom principle of sacrificial servanthood.”

The Most High on His Knees: Learning Humility from the Last Supper

The Most High on His Knees: Learning Humility from the Last Supper – “The King of kings played the part of slave of slaves. Had their eyes seen anything like it since he took on human flesh? Armies of angels watched their Captain — the eternal God from the Father’s right hand — bend before his creatures to wash their feet, hours before those feet fled in fear.”

Dear Nursery Worker: Thank You For Loving Our Family Like Christ

Dear Nursery Worker: Thank You For Loving Our Family Like Christ – This is so true!

Names Nobody Remembers

Names Nobody Remembers – “Though the world’s idea of success might see our small days lacking, our good God operates very differently. He has a knack for using people lost in the credit roll. We can see this beautifully in the story of the Israelites in Ezra and Nehemiah.”

Stooping To Filthy Feet

Stooping To Filthy Feet – “The man on his knees, rinsing sweat from Peter’s athlete’s foot and getting between Judas’s toes to wipe away the dung was our Creator, who is before all things and in him all things hold together; the hands that washed those verrucae and blisters would one day be the only ones qualified to break the seals and open the gates to the New Jerusalem.”