TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: John 13:12–17; James 1:21–27
SERMON FOCUS: Servant Leadership, Humility, Christlike Service, Obedience, Spiritual Growth
Sermon Highlights:
• Service NOT Sensationalism – Jesus, our Lord and Teacher, took the lowest position.
• Service NOT Substandard – Serving is not beneath us because Jesus is the Standard.
• Service NOT Sensitivity – No servant is greater than his master.
• Service IS God Satisfaction – "Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them."
Key Reflection:
• Knowledge not used is useless. We are called to be doers of the Word, not hearers only.
• The discipline of service has nothing to do with what we get; it is about what we have already received and what we will do with it.
Quote from Charles Spurgeon:
"If there is a position in the church where the worker will have to toil hard and get no thanks for it, take it, and be pleased with it... Covet humble work, and when you get it be content to continue in it."