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<table><tbody><tr><td class="header" colspan="2">Live = Serve (1)
</td> <td class="pageheader" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" class="wfttext">''...THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE...'' MARK 10:45
</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3" class="normaltext">No matter how talented or successful we become, we can never stop being a servant. So as you pursue your God-given destiny, be careful. Don't be so focused on the cool stuff you love to do, that you ignore the not-so-cool but really important stuff in life. Spending hours MSNing your mates might be fun but don't get so 'in the zone' that you becoming a stranger to your own family. Visiting your sick Gran may tinge your day with a sense of sadness but think about the happiness she will gain from knowing that you care.
Famous writer Max Lucado says this: 'The world needs servants. People like Jesus who did not come to be served, but to serve. He chose remote Nazareth over centre stage Jerusalem. His dad's carpentry shop over a marble-columned palace. And three decades of anonymity over a life of popularity. He selected prayer over sleep. Flawed apostles over obedient angels. I'd have gone with the angels. Not Jesus. He picked people.
When they feared the storm, He stilled it. He let a woman caught in adultery interrupt His sermon, a woman with a disease interrupt His schedule, and one with remorse interrupt His meal. Though none of the apostles washed His feet, He washed theirs. Though none of the soldiers at the cross begged for mercy, He extended it.
And though His followers skedaddled like scared rabbits on Thursday, He came searching for them on Easter Sunday. The resurrected King ascended to Heaven only after He'd spent 40 days with His friends - teaching them, encouraging them... serving them.' So, today, who will you serve?
written by Bob Gass</td></tr></tbody></table>
</td> <td class="pageheader" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" class="wfttext">''...THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE...'' MARK 10:45
</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3" class="normaltext">No matter how talented or successful we become, we can never stop being a servant. So as you pursue your God-given destiny, be careful. Don't be so focused on the cool stuff you love to do, that you ignore the not-so-cool but really important stuff in life. Spending hours MSNing your mates might be fun but don't get so 'in the zone' that you becoming a stranger to your own family. Visiting your sick Gran may tinge your day with a sense of sadness but think about the happiness she will gain from knowing that you care.
Famous writer Max Lucado says this: 'The world needs servants. People like Jesus who did not come to be served, but to serve. He chose remote Nazareth over centre stage Jerusalem. His dad's carpentry shop over a marble-columned palace. And three decades of anonymity over a life of popularity. He selected prayer over sleep. Flawed apostles over obedient angels. I'd have gone with the angels. Not Jesus. He picked people.
When they feared the storm, He stilled it. He let a woman caught in adultery interrupt His sermon, a woman with a disease interrupt His schedule, and one with remorse interrupt His meal. Though none of the apostles washed His feet, He washed theirs. Though none of the soldiers at the cross begged for mercy, He extended it.
And though His followers skedaddled like scared rabbits on Thursday, He came searching for them on Easter Sunday. The resurrected King ascended to Heaven only after He'd spent 40 days with His friends - teaching them, encouraging them... serving them.' So, today, who will you serve?
written by Bob Gass</td></tr></tbody></table>
