Help Wanted: Servant....

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I can remember as a child, wondering what it would be like to have a servant. I can’t remember the context—I wasn’t a Christian at the time—but I suppose it was after some Disney movie I had seen or a book I read that I began to ponder all the tasks I could avoid. I suspect I’m not alone in this.  

I remember thinking of the things I would have him do for me like homework and making my bed. Thinking about it now I guess my list was pretty short because of the limits of my imagination and because in reality almost every other thing a servant would do, my mom already did i.e. laundry, making my favorite childhood lunch (grilled cheese and tomato soup) driving me places, bandaging my wounds and so on. I guess I pretty much had it made. Happy Mother’s day mom, you are an awesome mom!

The only time now I really wish I had a servant is when I have to lick envelopes; I really can’t stand the taste and hey, servants are expected to do the menial tasks. Even Jesus said when a servant does what he’s expected to do he doesn’t earn a great reward (See Luke 17:9) which reminds me of my message this Sunday...

This weekend we begin our Study of the gospel according to Mark. It’s fast passed and written with a sense of urgency. It is the shortest and includes the greatest number of individual events of Jesus' life and ministry. It starts with John the Baptist declaring that he is not worth to loosen Jesus’ sandal. Now that’s a servant who honors his master! After such a proclamation Mark then shows us how so great a man [Jesus] humbles himself and serves humanity by giving the one thing you’d probably never ask anyone, much less your servant ,to give—their life.I hope you'll join us as we praise the Lord, honor moms, and consider the servanthood of Christ.

Jesus send me!

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What do you think of when you read this verse found in Matthew 9:37, “Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.””? I imagine for many the first thought is, “Amen, the world needs a Savior!” and that used to be my first thought too but as my time as a pastor has increased my thoughts about this verse have changed. Now when I read it I usually think “Amen, the laborers are few!”

In the next verse Jesus shares the heart of His message to the disciples, “Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest." Matthew 9:38 (NKJV)

Has is it ever occurred to you that Jesus was praying for God to send you?

Jesus is the Word

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Our worship leader has learned some things about me over the last few years. At Trinity Worship we regularly add new songs to our worship sets. The words must be approved by me before a song becomes part of our possible repertoire. Primarily I am double checking theology and if the style suits us. I seldom say “no” but there is one way to almost guarantee that I’ll give it a chance…

How do you pray for the lost?

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Before answering my question let me pose one more. As I ask it don’t get too deep trying to come up with an answer: Of all the possible responses to the gospel what is far in a way the number one response? In the interest of full disclosure and transparency let me state that my answer used to be based primarily on my own experience and that of others I’ve polled; a small, unscientific sampling to be sure. Later I found our however, that it’s the response that Jesus said we should expect to see most often (Matt 7:13-14). Have you guessed it yet?...