1Cor 7:20 Let every man abide in the same calling

wherein he was called. (KJV)

1Cor 7:21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for

it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

1Cor 7:22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a

servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that

is called, being free, is Christ's servant. (KJV)

1Cor 7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the

servants of men. (KJV)

1Cor 7:24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is

called, therein abide with God. (KJV)

Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who

through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot

to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve

the living God? (KJV)

Heb 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot

be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God

acceptably with reverence and godly fear: (KJV)

GREATNESS IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT YOU ACHEIVE BUT

MY MESSAGE THIS MORNING IS ENTITLED THE POWER OF

SERVANTHOOD. GOD HAS CALLED US ALL TO SERVE HIM AND

NOT OURSELVES AND OUR OWN AGENDAS. WE HAVE BEEN BOUGHT

WITH A PRICE, THE BLOOD OF JESUS AND WE ARE NOT OUR OWN

SO WE OUT TO PLEASE CHRIST AND NOT OURSELVES. WHERE

HAS GOD CALLED YOU, AS A DOCTOR, A LAWYER, A COLLEGE

STUDENT, AN ADMINISTRATOR OR A MAID, WHEREVER HE HAS

CALLED US WE ARE TO BE CHRIST'S SERVANT. IF YOU CAN

ACCEPT THIS AND ALLOW GOD TO IMPLEMENT THIS IN YOUR

LIFE GOD WILL EXALT, UPHOLD YOU AND MAKE YOU SUCCESS-

FUL BECAUSE NOW YOU CAN NOW BE PROMOTED AND IT WON'T GO

TO YOUR HEAD.

Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine

elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit

upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the

Gentiles. (KJV)

FATHER. YES, HE WAS A SON BY WAY OF RELATIONSHIP BUT

HE CHOSE TO SERVE THE FATHER'S WILL AND NOT HIS OWN AND

SO HE IS THE SERVANT OF GOD AS WELL AS THE SERVANT OF

GOD. SO HERE WE SEE THAT CHRIST IS OUR PATTERN FOR

SERVANTHOOD. JUST AS CHRIST SERVED THE FATHER AND WAS

UPHELD BY HIM, SO IF WE ACCEPT THE POSITION AS A

SERVANT GOD WILL UPHOLD US WITH HIS LOVE, CARE, PRO-

TECTION AND PROMOTION. THE PRINICIPLE IS TRUE: "BEHOLD

MY SERVANT WHOM I UPHOLD. SERVANTHOOD TAKES THE

RESPONSIBILITY OFF OF YOU TO UPHOLD YOURSELF AND PUTS

THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE ONE HE SERVES. THAT WAY HE

CAN DO WHAT HE HAS TO DO, WELL. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO

WORRY ABOUT COVERING HIMSELF BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE IS.

HERE'S THE PROBLEM WE FACE TODAY IN OUR CULTURE:

AND NOT HIGHLY REGARDED. WE ALL CAME OUT OF THE WOMB

WITH A GIMMY ATTITUDE: LORD MY NAME IS JIMMY, GIMMY,

GIMMY, GIMMY. THAT IS BASICALLY THE ATTITUDE AND

DISPOSITION OF NATURAL MAN. SO THAT TAKES GOD

SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL TO MAKE ME WANT TO GIVE

MYSELF TO SERVE CHRIST AND OTHERS. IT DOESN'T COME

NATURALLY IT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO SEE BY REVELATION

AND THEN ALLOW CHRIST TO IMPLEMENT INTO YOUR LIFE.

PEOPLE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE SEE A SERVANT AS

SOMEONE WHO IS LOW ON THE TOTEMPOLE OR AN UNDESIREABLE

POSITION. BUT WHAT MAN CONSIDERS TO BE DISHONORABLE,

GOD CONSIDERS THE HIGHEST HONOR.

John 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and

where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man

serve me, him will my Father honour. (KJV)

ANOTHER, OR GOVERNED BY THE AGENDA OF ANOTHER. ITS ONE

WHO IS GOVERNED BY THE DESIRE OF ANOTHER. THE TERM

DULOS WAS A TERM GIVEN TO A BOND SLAVE AND REP. THE

IDEA OF UNCONDITIONAL SUBJECTION TO ANOTHER. THE SLAVE

OWES HIS MASTER ABSOLUTE AND EXCLUSIVE OBEDIENCE. THE

HIGHEST EXPRESSION OF A SERVANT IS SEEN IN THE

INCARNATION OF JESUS WHICH REP. THE DEEPEST SELF

ABASEMENT. JESUS WAS

THE FATHER'S SERVANT. IN HEB.10:7 HE SAID BEHOLD, I

COME TO DO THY WILL, OH GOD. SO JESUS DID NOT COME TO

THIS EARTH WITH HIS OWN AGENDA. NOW HE IS ALSO CALLED

THE SERVANT OF MAN IN THE BIBLE IN JN.13:14 IF I YOUR

LORD AND MASTER HAVE WASHED YOUR FEET, YOU OUGHT ALSO

TO WASH ONE ANOTHER'S FEET. NOW THAT WAS A CUSTOM BACK

THEN BUT YOU HAD TO GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND HUMBLE

YOURSELF TO WASH SOMEBODY'S NASTY FEET. SO THIS SPEAKS

OF CHRIST SERVING THE DISCIPLES. THERE ARE MANY TODAY

WHO PURPORT THAT THEY WANT TO SERVE GOD BUT THEY DON'T

WANT TO SERVE MAN. JESUS IS THE PATTERN SON AND HE

SERVED THE FATHER AND HE SERVED MAN AND HE SERVED MAN

AS UNTO THE FATHER. WHICH IS SUPPOSE TO BE OUR

RESPONSE TOO.

John 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear,

I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not

mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath

sent me. (KJV)

John 8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father

hath not left me alone; for I do always those things

that please him. (KJV)

Jn 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar,

he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and

gave up the ghost. (KJV)

ACCOPLISH WAS FINISHED WHEN JESUS HUMBLED HIMSELF AS A

SERVANT AND BECAME OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH. IN THIS JESUS

SERVED BOTH GOD AND MAN. HE SERVED GOD AND MAN

BENIFITED FROM IT BY RECEIVING SALVATION, REDEMPTION

AND HEALING.

DIDN'T AGREE WITH HER THEOLOGY. SHE GAINED THE REPECT

OF HEADS OF STATE, POLITICAL LEADERS, PEOPLE IN EVERY

WALK OF LIFE AND EVERY FAITH, EVERY RELIGION AND ALL

PEOPLES EVERY WHERE AND THAT'S MOTHER TERESA. PEOPLE

IN ALL FAITHS AND RELIGIONS HAVE HELD HER IN HIGH

ESTEEM NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE TAUGHT BUT WHAT SHE DID.

IN FACT PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE

TEACHES THEY JUST KNOW WHAT SHE DID. SHE'S A PERSON

WHO GAVE HERSELF TO DYING PEOPLE, TO HURTING PEOPLE, TO

DISEASE INFECTED PEOPLE AND SERVED THE LOWEST CLASS OF

PEOPLE IMAGNINABLE. AND HERE'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO SEE

THIS MORNING: WHAT MOTHER TERESA DID WAS UNIVERSALLY

ADMIRABLE. THE WHOLE WORLD ADMIRED THAT. HERE'S

ANOTHER THING YOU NEED TO KNOW: THERE AIN'T ANYBODY WHO

CARES HOW MUCH YOU KNOW. THEY DON'T CARE HOW MUCH YOU

HAVE AND THEY DON'T CARE WHERE YOU'VE BEEN, BUT WHAT

OPENS THE DOOR IS WHEN YOU SERVE SOMEBODY. IT OPEN A

DOOR LIKE NOTHING ELSE YOU CAN DO AND WHEN YOU SERVE

SOMEBODY THEY DON'T CARE WHAT YOU KNOW. THEY DON'T SEE

YOU AS A THREAT OR A PROBLEM THEY SEE YOU AS A FRIEND.

NOBODY IS UPSET BY A SERVANT. WE'RE ALWAYS UPSET WITH

PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SELL US SOMETHING OR WHO HAVE AN

AGENDA OR WANT SOMETHING FROM ME. WHEN SOMEBODY IS

SERVING ME MY DEFENSES GO DOWN. SURVEYS SHOW THAT

PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAVE A LOW REGARD FOR RELIGION BUT

IT STILL HOLD A HIGH REGARD FOR SOMEONE WHO SERVES

OTHERS. MAYBE WE OUGHT TO CONCENTRATE ON DOING

SOMETHING FOR THE WORLD INSTEAD OF TELLING IT

SOMETHING. THEN IF WE DO SOMETHING FOR IT WE'LL HAVE

THE RIGHT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREACH THE GOSPEL.

THE CHURCH IS GOOD AT TALKING ITS JUST NOT VERY GOOD AS

SERVING. LISTEN, IT DON'T DO ME ANY GOOD TO KNOW

SOMETHING IF NOBODY'S LISTENING AND THAT'S WHAT THE

CHURCH IS DOING IN THE WORLD. GOD WANTS US TO BE

EFFECTIVE AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR GENERATION AND THE

ONLY WAY THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS WHEN WE STOP SERVING

OURSELF AND OUR OWN AGENDAS AND START SERVING OTHERS.

Gal 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto

liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the

flesh, but by love serve one another. (KJV)

GOD AND OTHERS WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE. THE

COMPANIES AND BUSINESS THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL TODAY HAVE

TAPPED INTO THIS KNOWLEDGE AND HAVE MADE CUSTOMER

SERVICE TOP PRIORITY. SERVING IS THE WATCH WORD OF

GREAT COMPANIES. NOT ONLY SERVING CUSTOMERS BUT

SERVING ON ANOTHER INTERNALLY WITHIN THE COMPANY.

SOMETIMES WE WANT TO SERVE A CUSTOMER BUT WE DON'T WANT

TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER, BUT A SERVANT IS A SERVANT IS A

SERVANT TO ALL. TRUE SERVANTHOOD IS NOT A FUNCTION OR

SOMETHING YOU DO ON SUNDAY ITS WHO YOU ARE WHEREVER YOU

GO AND WHATEVER YOU DO YOU SERVE SOMEONE ELSES AGENDA.

NOW THAT IS PRIMARILY NOT A TOP PRIORITY IN MOST OF OUR

LIVES. SO I WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU THIS MORNING THAT

CHRISTIAN MATURITY IS MARKED MOR BY BECOMING A SERVANT

THAN ANYTHING ELSE. I WANT YOU TO SEE HOW HIGHLY GOD

REGARDS SERVANTHOOD SO THAT YOU WILL ESTEEM TO BE A

GREAT SERVANT OF GOD AND MAN. SERVING IS A GOLDY ACT

AND ITS NOT JUST A BEGINNING POINT BUT IT IS A

FINISHING POINT AS WELL.

THEM. THERE IS NOTHING THAT HUMBLES ANOTHER PERSON

MORE THAN SERVING THEM, BEING NICE TO THEM OR BEING

POLITE TO THEM EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE A JOB THAT IS

OVER THEM. SERVING GETS THE PERSON OUT OF THE WAY AND

DEPSOITS THE TRUTH AT THE FEET OF THE ONE BEING SERVED.

SERVING REMOVES US AS AN ISSUE. DID YOU KNOW THAT

CHILDREN ARE COMFORTABLE WITH SERVANTS. THEY AREN'T

COMFORTABLE AROUND PEOPLE WHO TAKE THEMSELVES AS BEING

REAL SERIOUS. CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS COMFORTABLE AROUND

SOMEONE WHO IS HUMBLE AND SERVES AND THEY FEEL VERY

SECURE WITH THESE PEOPLE. A SERVANT HAS PATIENCE AND

DOESN'T THREATEN A CHILD. NOW PROUD PEOPLE DON'T HAVE

ALLOT OF PATIENCE WITH ANYBODY THEY CONSIDER LESS THAN

THEMSELVES MUCH LESS CHILDREN. PEOPLE WITH A SERVANTS

HEART CAN MAKE ANYBODY COMFORTABLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T

THREATEN ANYBODY. JESUS WAS A SERVANT AND ITS AMAZING

THAT HE'S KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS BUT HE'S THE

SERVANT OF ALL. NOW HE WASN'T A SERVANT IN JUST THE

SENSE OF RELIGIOUS DUTIES, HE SERVED PEOPLE AT THEIR

POINT OF NEED. NOW TO ME THAT'S REAL SERVICE CAUSE WHO

WANTS SERVICE YOU DON'T NEED.

REALLY DIDN'T NEED DONE. A PERSON WHO SERVES YOU TO

GET SOMETHING IS NOT SERVING YOU THEY ARE EXPLOITING

YOU. DON'T BRING ME NO CAKE TO GET INTO MY DO TO ASK

ME FOR SOMETHING CAUSE YOU DIDN'T SERVE ME YOU USED ME.

YOU EXPLOIED ME. A PERSON WHO BRINGS YOU SOMETHING TO

GET SOMETHING YOUR'RE BEING EXPLOITED. I WILL NEVER

FORGET WHEN WE USE TO SELECT PEOPLE FOR POSITIONS OF

LEADERSHIP AS DEACONS AND ELDERS. CHURCH ATTENDANCE

WENT UP, PEOPLE CAME OUT TO PRAY, THEY REALLY ENTERED

INTO WORSHIP, THEY'D INVITE ME TO THEIR HOMES FOR A

MEAL AND REALLY BECOME MY FRIEND. NOW HOW MANY OF YOU

KNOWM THEY WEREN'T SINCERE AND THEY WEREN'T BEING REAL.

NO THEY WANTED SOMETHING FROM ME AND WERE USING ME AND

NOT SERVING ME OR THIS CHURCH. THEY WERE EXPLOITING US

FOR PERSONAL GAIN. LISTEN, IF YOU'RE SERVING ON YOUR

TERMS, ITS NOT SERVICE. SERVING IS DONE ON SOMEBODY'S

ELSES TERMS: IF YOU DO THIS I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. YOU

SCRATCH MY BACK AND I'LL SCRATCH YOUR'S. THAT'S NOT

SERVING. THE REAL QUESTION WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES

IS ARE WE MEETING ANOTHER PERSON'S NEED WHEN WE SERVE

THEM OR DO WE HAVE A HIDDEN AGENDA. JESUS AS OUR

PATERN SERVANT MET PEOPLE AT THEIR POINT OF NEED WITH

NO STRINGS ATTACHED.

John 13:3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all

things into his hands, and that he was come from God,

and went to God; (KJV)

John 13:4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his

garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. (KJV)

John 13:5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and

began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them

with the towel wherewith he was girded. (KJV)

John 13:6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter

saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? (KJV)

John 13:7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do

thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

John 13:8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash

my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou

hast no part with me. (KJV)

John 13:9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet

only, but also my hands and my head. (KJV)

John 13:10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed

needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every

whit: and ye are clean, but not all. (KJV)

John 13:11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore

said he, Ye are not all clean. (KJV)

John 13:12 So after he had washed their feet, and had

taken his garments, and was set down again, he said

unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? (KJV)

John 13:13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well;

for so I am. (KJV)

John 13:14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed

your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

John 13:15 For I have given you an example, that ye

should do as I have done to you. (KJV)

John 13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant

is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent

greater than he that sent him. (KJV)

John 13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye

do them. (KJV)

WASHED ANYBODY'S FEET. THEY'RE ALL DISCUSSING WHOSE

THE MOST IMPORTANT AND WHO SHOULD SERVE IN THIS HIGHEST

POSTIONS WITH JESUS IN HIS KINGDOM. JESUS WALKS IN AND

IN A MOMENT ACCESS THE PROBLEM CORRECTLY. EVERYBODY IS

WAITING ON EVERYBODY ELSE TO DO IT. SO JESUS COMES IN

AND WASHES THE DISCIPLES FEET. SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE

TOO MUCH DIGNITY TO SERVE. IF YOU GOT TOO MUCH DIGNITY

OR PRIDE, GOD CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT FOLKS. WE NEED OUR

DIGNITIES KNOCKED DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND IF YOU CAN'T

ACCEPT THAT IT WILL MAKE YOU BITTER. NOW JESUS COULD

GO INTO A SITUATION AND HE DIDN'T NEED TO BE TOLD WHAT

TO DO. ALLOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE IT POINTED OUT TO

THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TRAINED TO SERVE. YOU

SEE, THAY ARE NOT LOOKING AT WHAT THEY COULD BE DOING

TO HELP OTHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS LOKING FOR WAYS

TO HELP THEMSELVES, TO BE NOTICED OR TO GET THAT

ATTENTION OR PROMOTION. THEY ALL KNOW SOMETHING NEED

TO BE DONE BUT THEY'RE ALL JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE

ELSE TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY CONSIDER ITS TO LOW FOR THEM TO

DO IT OR ITS NOT IN THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION. SO WHAT I'M

SAYING IS WHEN YOU SEE A NEED GO TO THAT PERSON AND

OFFER YOU SERVICE OR JUST DO IT WITHOUT ASKING OR

THINKING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. A REAL SERVANT LOOKS AT

WHAT HE NEEDS TO BE DOING TO HELP SOMEBODY ELSE AT THE

POINT OF THEIR NEED.

Col 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all

in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and

the Father by him. (KJV)

Col 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to

the Lord, and not unto men; SO REMEMBER, I'M DOING IT

FROM MY HEART UNTO THE LORD AND NOT UNTO MEN. DO IT TO

PLEASE GOD WHICH MEANS THERE'S A HIGHER STANDARD THAT

WHETHER THEY APPRECIATE IT OR NOT AND THAT'S WHETHER

GOD LIKES IT OR NOT. SO WHEN I DO SOMETHING FOR

SOMEBODY I NEED TO REMEMBER THAT I'M REALLY DOING IT

FOR THE LORD.

Col 3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the

reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord

Christ. (KJV)

CHRIST WHEN WE ARE SERVING OTHER PEOPLE. SO I DON'T

HAVE TO GET A REWARD FROM THE ONE I'M SERVING, GOD WILL

GIVE ME A REWARD. NOW THAT WILLL HELP YOU CAUSE YOU'RE

NOT JUST DOING IT FOR THE PERSON BUT UNTO THE LORD AND

THAT WILL HAVE SOME BEARING ON HOW YOU DO IT. THAT

MEANS YOU'RE GONNA DO IT WELL AND WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE

AND DISPOSITION. NOW YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE

SERVING CHRIST WHEN YOU'RE HELPING OTHERS OR YOU WON'T

DO IT LONG AND YOU WON'T DO IT WELL. IT SAYS, "WIVES

BE SUBJECT UNTO YOUR HUSBANDS AS UNTO THE LORD." WHY,

BECAUSE NO HUSBAND IS WORTH IT. BUT THE LORD IS AND HE

SAYS WOULD YOU DO IT FOR ME. DO IT FOR ME AND THE

REWARD WILL COME FROM ME AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF HIM SO

DO IT UNTO ME. YOU SEE, SERVICE UNTO THE LORD IS AN

ATTITUDE. HAVE YOU EVER GONE INTO A RESTAURANT 20

MINUTES BEFORE IT CLOSES. MOST WAITRESSES WILL GIVE

YOU AN ATTITUDE, THEY'RE MAD. THEY WILL BE SNAPPY AND BOSSY AND

THEY WON'T SERVE YOU WELL CAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO

SERVE YOU THEY GOT TO GET READY TO CLOSE. NOW THE

OWNER OF THE RESTAURANT WILL GLADLY SERVE YOU CAUSE HE

WANTS YOUR BUSINESS BUT THE WAITRESS JUST WANTS TO GO

HOME AFTER A LONG NIGHT. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WE CAN

GET AN ATTITUDE ABOUT SERVING OTHERS IN OUR FAMILY AT

CHURCH OR AT WORK. NOW WHE YOU GET THAT ATTITUDE

YOU'RE NOT BEING A GOOD WITNESS FOR CHRIST BUT THAT IS

WHAT PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER ABOUT YOU. FORGET ABOUT

WITNESSING TO THEM OR INVITING THEM TO CHURCH CAUSE

THEY WON'T GO. BUT TRY SERVING THEM AT THE POINT OF

THEIR NEED AND YOU MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE WITH THEM.

Phil 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in

Christ Jesus: THE WORD MIND IN THE GK IS REALLY

ATTITUDE OR DISPOSITION.

Phil 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not

robbery to be equal with God: (KJV)

Phil 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took

upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the

likeness of men: LISTEN, WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANY OF

THIS. NO WE WANT TO MAKE A REPUTATION FOR OURSELVES.

WE WANT TO LIVE, WE DON'T WANT TO DIE. WHAT WE SEE

HERE IS THAT JESUS HAD A GOOD ATTITUDE WHEN IT CAME TO

DOING HIS FATHER'S WILL. SERVICE IS AN ATTITUDE AND SO

JESUS SAID NOT MY WILL BU THY WILL BE DONE. LET'S LLOK

AT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PATTERN, JESUS WHEN HE SERVED

THE FATHER WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE:

Phil 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he

humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even

the death of the cross. (KJV)

Phil 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,

and given him a name which is above every name: (KJV)

Phil 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should

bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and

things under the earth; (KJV)

Phil 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that

Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

NOW WE LIVE IN A TIME WHEN APPEARANCE IS VERY, VERY

WHILE WHICH SAID: " IMAGE IS EVERYTHING." EVERYBODY IS

IMAGE CONSCIOUS. GOT TO LOOK GOOD, GOT TO LOOK

PRESIDENTIAL. GOTTA BE COOL. GOOTA KEEP A GOOD IMAGE

FROM HOLLYWOOD TO THE CHURCH. SOME PEOPLE COME TO

CHURCH AND ITS IMPORTANT TO THEM THAT THEY LLOK GOOD

BECAUSE THEY WANT PEOPLE TO BUY THEIR CARS OR PURCHASE

THEIR PRODUCT OR TO WIN THEIR ESTEEM AS BEING IMPORTANT

IN THE COMMUNITY. YOUR LIFES FALLING A PART AND YOUR

MARRIAGE IS FALLING APART BUT ITS IMPORTANT THAT YOU

HAVE A GOOD IMAGE. SO IF SOMEBODY SEES YOU AS A

SERVANT THEY MIGHT THINK YOU'RE NOT THAT IMPORTANT OR

GREAT. NOW IS THIS SPEAKING ANYTINH INTO YOUR LIFE OR

IS IT JUST ME THAT NEEDS TO HEAR SOME OF THIS STUFF.

LISTEN, WE CAN FOOL EVERYBODY BY OUR APPEARANCE BUT GOD

KNOWS YOUR HEART, YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR ATTITUDES.

SERVICE IS SACRIFICE WITHOUT COMPLAINT, ITS BEING

INCONVIENCED WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE. YOU'RE JUST GLAD

YOU WERE THERE TO HELP. NOW GENERALLY WHE WE HELP

OTHERS NOT ONLY ARE WE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT WE WANT

EVERYBODY ELSE TO KNOW HOW INCONVIENCED WE WERE. TRUE

SERVICE IS SACRIFICE WITHOUT COMPLAINT.

HERE'S ANOTHER ASPECT OF A TRUE SERVANT. THEY WILL

FINISH WHAT THEY'VE STARTED. YOU HAVEN'T SERVED IF YOU

HAVEN'T FINISHED. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE RELYING ON

YOU TO FINISH THE JOB NOT JUST BEING EAGER TO START IT.

A SERVANTS MENTALITY IS I NEED TO FINISH THIS JOB. YOU

DON'T JUST TAKE ONE SWIPE AT IT AND YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH.

NO YOU FINISH WHAT YOU START. JESUS WAS ABLE TO

DECLARE TO THE FATHER, "FATHER, I HAVE FINISHED THE

WORK YOU GAVE ME TO DO IN JN.17:1-3. PAUL SAID, I HAVE

FINISHED THE COURSE. THESE ARE ALL FINISHERS AND

AREN'T WE GALD THEY DID. JESUS HUMBLED HIMSELF AND

SACRIFICED HIMSELF WITHOUT COMPLAINT, HE FINISHED WHAT

THE FATHER GAVE HIM TO DO AND HE SERVED IN PRACTICAL

WAYS AND TODAY WE ARE THE BENIFACTORS OF SO GREAT A

SALVATION! WHY? BECAUSE HE FINISHED WELL.

Eph 5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as

fools, but as wise, (KJV)

Eph 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Eph 5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding

what the will of the Lord is. (KJV)

THAT YOU ARE SERVING IN THE AREA GOD HAS DIRECTED FOR

YOUR LIFE THAT HELPS TO REMOVE ANY COMPLAINING. IF I

KNOW THAT WHAT I AM DOING IS THE WILL OF GOD IT WILL

TAKE ALLOT OF THE PAIN OUT OF IT. WELL, I CAN ENDURE

THE PAIN JUST SO LONG AS I KNOW I AM GLORIFYING GOD BY

DOING HIS WILL.

SERVANT. DON'T PATTERN YOURSELF AFTER ANYBODY ELSE,

DON'T FOLLOW CULTURE FOLLOW CHRIST CAUSE NO ONE ELSE

CAN MEASURE UP TO HIS EXAMPLE OF SERVANTHOOD. DON'T

PATTER YOURSELF AFTER NIKE CAUSE IMAGE ISN'T

EVERYTHING.

HEART THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED. ALLOT OF PEOPLE IN THE

BIBLE HAD TO SERVE BAD PEOPLE THAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE:

DAVID SERVED A DEMON POSSESSED SAUL, JOSEPH SERVED

POTIPHAR, AND EGYPTIAN MASTER AND HE SERVED PHAROAH A

HEATHEN KING, DANIEL SERVED NEBUCHADNEZAR, EXCILED TO A

FORIEGN LAND AND TAKEN CAPTIVE. ALL THESE MEN SERVED

THESE BAD PEOPLE, WELL, WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE AFTER THE

EXAMPLE OF JESUS CHRIST.

CAUSE HE WILL ANY WAY. SOMETIMES PEOPLE SERVE YOU AS A

STEPPINGSTONE TO THEIR OWN PERSONAL AGENDA. THEY WANT

WHAT YOU GOT AND THEY'LL STAY WITH YOU LONG ENOUGH TO

GET IT IF THEY CAN, FOR THEIR OWN ADVANTAGE. THEY

AREN'T THERE FOR YOU, THEY ARE THERE FOR THEMSELVES.

OUR MOTIVES GET TESTED WHEN OUR EXPECTATIONS DON'T

COME TO PASS. BRO. CRAIG, I THOUGHT YOU'D MAKE ME AN

ELDER OR I THOGUTH I'D BE GETTING THIS OR THAT.

WITH YOUR HEART. ESTEEM OTHERS BETTER THAN YOURSELF.

IF YOU GOT TOO MUCH SELF ESTEEM TO BE A SERVANT THEN

YOU GOT TOO MUCH SELF ESTEEM. POSITION YOURSELF IN

YOUR HEART TO SEE YOURSELF AS NOT BEING BETTER THAN

ANYBODY ELSE, SO YOU CAN SEVE THEM. JESUS SERVED

PEOPLE AND HE'S THE SON OF GOD SO WHO DO YOU THINK YOU

ARE THAT YOU CAN'T SERVE ANYBODY THAT GOD BRINGS INTO

YOUR LIFE AT CHURCH, AT HOME AND AT WORK.

DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER OTHER PEOPLE SEE IT OR NOT

BECAUSE GOD SEES IT AND IF YOU BELIEVE HE TOLD YOU TO

DO IT THEN THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. HE WHO SEES IN

SECRET WILL REWARD OPENING. NO, NO, NO, WE WANT

EVERYBODY TO SEE IT AND COMMEND US FOR IT. NOW WHERE

IS THERE ANYTHING BUT SERVING SELF IN THAT. (HEB.6:10)

IF YOU HAVE TO GET MENTIONED OR COMMENDED THEN YOU

WON'T DO IT VERY LONG WHEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

EVIL. DON'T REWARD EVIL FOR EVIL AND NEVER REWARD EVIL

FOR GOOD OR YOU WILL BRING A CURSE ON YOURSELF. WHEN

PEOPLE ABUSE SERVICE THEY ARE IN TROUBLE WITH GOD.

PROV.17:13 (READ) WHEN PEOPLE DO YOU WRONG EVEN WHEN

YOU'VE SERVED THEM WELL DON'T TRY GET EVEN WITH THEM

CAUSE YOU WILL BRING EVIL ON YOURSELF. WALK AWAY,

FORGET ABOUT IT AND GIVE IT TO GOD CAUSE THEIR GONNA

NEED HIS HELP ANY WAY.

THEN DON'T DO A GET BUY JOB. DON'T USE YOU RELIGION AS

A MEANS FOR MEDIOCRITY. ALLOT OF CHRISTIANS FEEL THAT

BECAUSE THEY ARE BUMPERSTICKER PROFESSED CHRISTIANS

THEN THEY SHOULDN'T GET FIRED FOR DOING BAD WORK.

BEGIN TO SERVE THAT MATTERS WITH GOD BUT HOW YOU

FINISH. BE LIKE GOD IN YOUR SERVICE CAUSE HE THAT HAS

BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN US WILL PERFECT IT OR FINISH IT

UNTIL THEY DAY OF CHRIST'S RETURN. FINISH WHAT YOU

START.