10-23-11 Serve: Slave

Big Idea: For many of us the idea of being someone’s slave is repulsive, even subhuman. Yet Jesus calls us to be slaves to everyone. The idea of slavery that repulses us is brought about when people fear their value, their significance, and their greatness. In fear they use their power to push people down and oppress them. In God’s kingdom, Jesus calls us to know that we are valuable, significant, and secure in who we are. Then we can serve one another in love, using our power to lift others up, helping them to understand their their value, significance, and greatness is secure in God,  just Jesus did.

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