CALLED TO SERVE

WITNESS 7-17-13 CALLED TO SERVE Are you Living a life of service If you are You are in good company After all-that is what Jesus did “No one has greater love than this To lay down one’s life For one’s friends” John 15:13 As Christians We are to put our lives On the line-every day IN LOVE For our family For our friends And anyone/everyone we can help During the course of the day IF we can The Lord said, “It is no small thing For you to be my servant To restore the tribes of Jacob And to bring back those of Israel I have kept I will also Make you a light For the Gentiles That you may bring my salvation To the ends of the earth” Isaiah 49:6 And Jesus himself said, “Not so with you Instead-whoever wants to be great Among you Must be your servant And whoever wants to be first Must be slave to all For even the Son of Man Did not come to be served But to serve And to give his life As a ransom for many” Mark 10:43-45 There it is SUDDENLY—BEING GREAT Doesn’t sound too appealing At least to me How about you Being great involves choices Choices that CHANGE our lives And the lives of our family Our friends, and even strangers And sometimes these choices In serving Are uncomfortable-unpleasant- And even inconvenient and annoying Dear Lord-we pray That we-as you did Make choices that benefit others Even if sometimes-it works against Our OWN selfish interests Dear Lord-HELP US-like you To be willing to pay the price Robert P. Wallman 5-16-12 Ps WITNESS 7-17-13 “You-my brothers-were called to be free But do NOT use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature Rather SERVE one another in LOVE The ENTIRE law is summed up in a single command LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF” Galatians 5:13-14 misc. WITNESS 1-26-14 10-24-14 &11-16-15