Posts Tagged ‘ Servant ’
Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
2 Corinthians 9:6, HCSB
We love God by living a life of obedience and sacrifice just as our Lord did, loving each other and giving of our time, money, and possessions to spread His glory and affect this world.
For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself.
Galatians 5:14, HCSB
God became one of us, and Jesus demonstrated loving neighbors by living and dying for the sake of sinners. We likewise should live sacrificially to draw others to Christ and fulfill the law of love.
The one who says he remains in Him should walk just as He walked.
1 John 2:6, HCSB
God has redeemed us from death and sin through the cross of Christ, and He calls us to live like Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit, living for God and being willing to die for righteousness.
Each person should do as he has decided in his heart — not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:7, HCSB
The primary purpose of the Holy Spirit is not merely to bring eternal life, but He also grows the sacrificial love of Christ in us to want to be generous with all we have and are.
“just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life — a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:28, HCSB
God comforts and protects us, most importantly by serving our greatest need of forgiveness from sin and reconciliation with God through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.
Acts 20:24, HCSB
Just as God showed His love for us by becoming one of us and dying for our eternal hope, we should consider the lives of others more important than our own knowing we may see them in eternity with Christ.
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11, HCSB
Just as Jesus took our suffering and punishment on Himself, we endure the discipline of the struggles of life knowing that God uses these to grow us in the likeness of Christ and lead others to His good work.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7, HCSB
God took on the war for our souls, fighting through the cross. He now empowers us by the Holy Spirit as we walk in faith to overcome evil and draw others to Christ in this spiritual war.
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.
Habakkuk 2:14, HCSB
The Glorious One masked His glory to come to us, die for us, and share His glory with those who believe, and in this way His glory begins to fill the earth. May we share the glory of God through the Gospel and bring His glory to earth.
And this is love: that we walk according to His commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: you must walk in love.
2 John 1:6, HCSB
God is love and has called us to love Him, others, and His Church, and He demonstrated it through the cross. Let us love others sacrificially and in truth as Christ has done and continues to.