Every so often I run across a Christian leader who has lost the concept of servanthood. I try to picture this person taking a bowl of water and a towel and washing someone\u2019s feet. That\u2019s what Jesus did to demonstrate His servanthood (John 13:4-5). Most of the time, my mental image does not work. Some people are just not servants. Servanthood is downward mobility in an upward mobility world. Servanthood is a \u201cme last\u201d concept in a \u201cme first\u201d culture. Servanthood is \u201cI\u2019ve got to be like Jesus\u201d in an \u201cI\u2019ve got to be me\u201d society. When servanthood is divorced from leadership, you get selfishness. When servanthood is divorced from divine calling, you get human busy-work. When servanthood is divorced from ministry, you get . . . well, I think I\u2019ll let you fill in that blank. Hint: It\u2019s a substitute for washing dirty feet and cleaning up messy lives.<\/p>\n
Join me in remembering these global concerns:
\n\u2022 Pray for the possible beginning a Messianic congregation among Russian Jews.
\n\u2022 Pray for All Nations Community Church in Vancouver. As they continue to grow they need a worship leader, children and youth workers.
\n\u2022 Pray for a construction crew willing to go to the Republic of Georgia.
\n\u2022 Give thanks with Suzanne that her extended visa was granted and she can remain in Canada.
\n\u2022 Pray for plans to distribute 1000 copies of the first ever Nomaande translation of the New Testament in Cameroon, West Africa.
\n\u2022 Pray for the Celebrate Recovery group that meets each Thursday at Christian Life Church in Kharkov, Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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