From: "Phil Rembleski" <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>

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Sent: Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 6:08 AM

Subject: 9-1-21 THOUGHTS

9-1-21    THOUGHTS

We are to be SERVANTS if we are to be anything.  The words in the New Testament about serving are defining to our character and being.  We touch only a few this morning.

Matt 4:10  Then Jesus said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.’"
Matt 6:24  "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
Luke 10:38-42    Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. 39  She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word. 40  But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me." 41  But the Lord answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; 42  but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her."
John 12:23-26     And Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24  "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25  "He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. 26  "If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
John 13:12-17     So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? 13  "You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. 14  "If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15  "For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you. 16  "Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. 17  "If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
Gal 5:13    For you were called to freedom, brethren; only [do] not [turn] your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Rom 7:6   But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.
The verse above is powerful!  My service to God is not from duty but from love!  We are not bound, we are free and serve Him in NEWNESS OF SPIRIT!  
Col 3:23-24    Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, 24  knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.

My Prayer:
We want to serve You in newness of spirit O God.  Renew in us each day, our view of the cross and the resurrection, so that love will drive our goodnesses.  As your children, help us to love your children.  Take away our self-centeredness, so that we can love freely and joyfully. Keep us from the world and help us to always choose the good part.             

In the name of Jesus         Amen