Posts Tagged ‘ Servant ’
Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’? Everything is possible for the one who believes.”
Mark 9:23, CSB
Humble, sacrificial service out of love for God and others is the expectation for those who carry the name of Jesus. He empowers us to live like He did, and we can lead others to the salvation He gives us.
Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.
Luke 16:10, CSB
Humble, sacrificial service out of love for God and others is the expectation for those who carry the name of Jesus. Thinking we have it all figured out or are the only ones who can do things, or even those who don’t try, is wrong. We do all things for and through Christ.
Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus
Philippians 2:5, CSB
Humble, sacrificial service out of love for God and others is the expectation for those who carry the name of Jesus.
“just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:28, CSB
Christ is our example of love, and He demonstrated this by sacrificially serving others, even and especially those who don’t deserve it.
“for I satisfy the thirsty person and feed all those who are weak.”
Jeremiah 31:25, CSB
Christ is our example of love, even caring for those who hate Him or simply ignore Him as well as those who love Him. Let us love each other and the spiritually, emotionally, and physically weak around us.
So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
Galatians 4:7, ESV
We are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus, so we are called to serve the world in the same sacrificial manner, yet we also are called to eternal life and joy in Him.
“And the King will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
Matthew 25:40, CSB
We are called to be the hands of feet of Jesus, serving Him by helping those in the most need, ultimately through the gospel but also down through basic needs.
“‘For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me; I was in prison and you visited me.’”
Matthew 25:35-36, CSB
We are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus, bringing His Kingdom to this world through kind service in His name to others, ushering His return as we serve Him.
So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
John 13:14, CSB
God is in us by the Holy Spirit, empowering us to love and serve like Jesus did: sacrificially and humbly, with a boldness from God.
So he got up from supper, laid aside his outer clothing, took a towel, and tied it around himself. Next, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel tied around him.
John 13:4-5, CSB
Christ has freed us, including from focusing on ourselves so that we can love others better, to love like Jesus loves us.
a simple man of God 