“You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake.” II Corinthians 4:5 New Living Translation You can enslave someone, but you cannot give that person a servant’s heart. Jesus wasn’t a slave by background or family history. He […]
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Incarnation’s Humility Factor
“You know that in this world kings are tyrants, and officials lord it over the people beneath them.But among you it should be quite different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must become your slave. For even I, the Son of Man, came […]
Pay Me Now … Or Later
60 Seconds of Pastoral Pondering The 5th chapter of II Kings has a lot to say to those of us who minister on behalf of our God. It’s the story of King Aram’s trusted army commander Naaman, his leprosy, and his encounter with Elisha. Through a series of events Naaman is sent to Israel’s […]
Authority and Towels
“Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God …” JOHN 13:3 New Living Translation Give some people a little power and it instantly reveals the person they are on the inside. Power corrupts, we’re told, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it doesn’t […]