Prayerful Dependence on God Centrality of Gods Word Atmosphere of Love Connecting Being a Servant

2. Prayerful Dependence on God Centrality of Gods Word Atmosphere of Love Connecting Being a Servant Missional Living

3. Servant 1. a person who is hired to do household or personal duties 2. a person who is devoted to or guided by something

5. Hebrew Bond Servant If a Hebrew owed another man a debt, He would become His slave for six years. On the seventh year all slaves were to be released from their slavery and their debt considered paid off. If a servant liked working for his Master and the Master like the slave then the slave would agree to become His bond servant.

8. Bond Servant Romans 1:1 1Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, calledto be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God Titus 1:1a 1Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ,

9. Servants by Paul Romans 16:1 1I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, I Corinthians 9 : 19 19For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more;

10. Servants by Paul Colossians 1:7 7as you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, Colossians 4:7 7Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.

11. Servants by Paul II Timothy 2:24 - 25 24And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, 25in humility correcting those who are in opposition.

12. Servants by Jesus Matthew 6:24 24“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

13. Servants by Jesus Mark 10:45 45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

14. Servants by Jesus John 13 : 3 - 17 3Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, 4rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself.  5After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet,

15. Servants by Jesus John 13 : 3 - 17 and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. 6Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, “Lord, are You washing my feet?”7Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this.” 8Peter said to Him, “You shall

16. Servants by Jesus John 13 : 3 - 17 never wash my feet!”Jesus answered him,  “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”9Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and  myhead!”10Jesus said to him, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but

17. Servants by Jesus John 13 : 3 - 17 not all of you.” 11For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “You are not all clean.”12So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? 13You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well,

18. Servants by Jesus John 13 : 3 - 17 sent greater than he who sent him. 17If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

19. Key to Being a Servant

23. Example - Tithing Median Salary in Montana $ 45,000 50 Families in a church 30% 20 / 80 Rule 80 % gives 5% and 20 % gives 15%$ 157,500 would be given in a year 100 % gives 10% $ 225,000 would be given in a year

25. Challenge Monitor for 1 Week Your Time, Talents, and Treasures Modify How you use them so that at least 10% is given to the Lord Make a Difference