{"id":698,"date":"2013-06-29T13:18:09","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T13:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gator3012.temp.domains\/~wearebul\/?p=698"},"modified":"2023-06-29T16:10:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T16:10:50","slug":"serving-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gator3012.temp.domains\/~wearebul\/2013\/06\/29\/serving-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Serving Others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who thinks the Christmas season can be a time to easily fall into selfish thinking? \u2026making my to-do lists, my shopping lists, my scheduling, my cooking, my agenda, etc. Let\u2019s see how we can look past our desires and serve others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><sup>\u201c<\/sup><\/strong>For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,\u00a0and to give his life as a ransom for many.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<cite><em>Mark 10:45<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Driving around Austin yesterday I was overwhelmed by how many advertisements I saw about products we can use to serve ourselves and make ourselves smarter, skinnier, more popular, more wealthy and more. In addition, the amount of commercials on the radio I heard screaming \u201call that matters is me\u201d was mind blowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This world revolves around self-advancement and self-achievement. It tells us the dream is to get to the point where the world will merely serve us\u2026being served is more important than serving others. This couldn\u2019t be farther from the Gospel! God Himself left perfection to come down and serve us! We are called to be His reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you ever wonder how to break the world\u2019s barrier and seek to serve as Christ did? Let\u2019s look at a few simple ways to serve (especially during this Christmas season) and help bring us back to where God desires us to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Serve other people at meals before you serve yourself. The speed of the world doesn\u2019t easily lend time for this.&nbsp; But even the mere act of giving other people food at the dinner table before you take it yourself says you view their needs above your own.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meet a need of someone without acknowledgment. It\u2019s easy for the world to creep in when we serve because our flesh wants the attention for it.&nbsp; Break that barrier by anonymously meeting some needs for other people. This also takes thought and consideration to determine needs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find something that is merely a \u201cwant\u201d for you and give it to someone who it\u2019s a \u201cneed\u201d for. We fill our lives with more stuff than we need.&nbsp; Some of what we already have would bless someone else far beyond how it blesses us. &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Serve together. With your family, find a way to serve your community together. Maybe it\u2019s a soup kitchen, maybe it\u2019s a youth program\u2026the options are endless. &nbsp;Lay down your schedule and fill it with something that blesses others, together as a family.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When listening to the world we miss out on one of the greatest blessings by passing up the opportunity to serve others above ourselves.\u00a0 Christ came to serve you and me. May we be a reflection of Jesus in who we serve and how we do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Camper Corner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read Mark 10:45.\u00a0 What was Jesus\u2019 perspective on serving? J.O.Y. can stand for\u00a0<strong>J<\/strong>esus,\u00a0<strong>O<\/strong>thers,\u00a0<strong>Y<\/strong>ou.\u00a0 We will have great joy when we seek to be a reflection of Jesus by serving others before ourselves.\u00a0 Today think of a way to put your parents first. 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