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Matthew 20:26-28
26 It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant, 27 and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave; 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.
If you want to be a good leader, you have to be a better follower. I heard that like a month and a half ago and it just stuck with me. When I first heard it, I didn't like it. But I started thinking about it and it's so true! We have to be a better follower, not of man but of Jesus. Thats's how we become the best leaders we can possibly be. When we become a leader that follows Jesus, serving one another will be second nature. This world is not good at appointing leaders. Yes, we make leaders out of followers, but the so called "leaders" we have put on pedestals are followers of man, of drugs, of money, of lust, and everything else of this world. They're everywhere. Music, government, movies, and tv shows, and sadly even in the churches. The only way we can serve them is to pray for them. The verse says, "whoever whishes to become great among you shall be your servant" Know this, these people that are appointed as leaders are not great, they are lost. They don't even know where they're going. Money and fame bring a man to shame, ain't no doubt about it.
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
John 12:26
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John 12:26
If anyone who serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there my servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
I love how it says, "he must follow Me". We have to follow Jesus to serve Him. Look at it as, "Anyone who serves Me must follow Me." Where God sends us, we need to respond. Being in Ignite has deffinitely assured me that I'm right where He wants me to be. I was pushed by God to come here. It wasn't an easy decision. It wasn't just a random, "oh yea, sure, I'll go". It was a difficult goodbye. I left my home, my family, my stuff, I pretty much left everything except my clothes, my headphones, and my Bible. I had to get nitty gritty with myself. I had made the decision not to come, and honestly, I was at peace with it but God just put it on my heart again and I knew I needed to. You see, God doesn't need me, I need God. I can humbly say God is pulling me closer to Him. I'm choosing to follow Him and to serve Him. Anyone who's reading this back at home that had the oppurtunity to come and didn't, this next thing is for you. You dont have to come to Guatemala to find God. God is omnipresent. Just because God called me here, doesn't mean he called you. We are equal at the cross. I'm not perfect in any way. One thing I fear is getting back home and my family and friends expecting me to be some super religious, structured guy. I'm still Roaren. Yes, I'm changing but I'm still me. I'm still just a man and I don't look down on anyone who made the decision to stay.
John 12:26
If anyone who serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there my servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
I love how it says, "he must follow Me". We have to follow Jesus to serve Him. Look at it as, "Anyone who serves Me must follow Me." Where God sends us, we need to respond. Being in Ignite has deffinitely assured me that I'm right where He wants me to be. I was pushed by God to come here. It wasn't an easy decision. It wasn't just a random, "oh yea, sure, I'll go". It was a difficult goodbye. I left my home, my family, my stuff, I pretty much left everything except my clothes, my headphones, and my Bible. I had to get nitty gritty with myself. I had made the decision not to come, and honestly, I was at peace with it but God just put it on my heart again and I knew I needed to. You see, God doesn't need me, I need God. I can humbly say God is pulling me closer to Him. I'm choosing to follow Him and to serve Him. Anyone who's reading this back at home that had the oppurtunity to come and didn't, this next thing is for you. You dont have to come to Guatemala to find God. God is omnipresent. Just because God called me here, doesn't mean he called you. We are equal at the cross. I'm not perfect in any way. One thing I fear is getting back home and my family and friends expecting me to be some super religious, structured guy. I'm still Roaren. Yes, I'm changing but I'm still me. I'm still just a man and I don't look down on anyone who made the decision to stay.
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Galatians 5:13
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Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an oppurtunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
I think alot of people view christians as hypocrits because they dont understand what we mean when we say we have freedom through surrendering. And really, how do you expect them to understand something that they don't live. As christians, we have freedom. Not for our selfishness but for serving others. Freedom from the hell of our own minds. When I was younger, my dad said something that will forever stick with me. He said, "Yea we're free to sin, but we're also free not to sin."
Application.
I will serve others by making sure the court yard is put back togethor after wifi time, since everyobody moves the furniture around.
Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an oppurtunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
I think alot of people view christians as hypocrits because they dont understand what we mean when we say we have freedom through surrendering. And really, how do you expect them to understand something that they don't live. As christians, we have freedom. Not for our selfishness but for serving others. Freedom from the hell of our own minds. When I was younger, my dad said something that will forever stick with me. He said, "Yea we're free to sin, but we're also free not to sin."
Application.
I will serve others by making sure the court yard is put back togethor after wifi time, since everyobody moves the furniture around.
1 Corinthians 9:22
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1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some.
This is a pretty interesting verse. "I became weak". We can't just walk up to a homless guy and start giving him a huge sermon and lecture on post-trib or pre-trib. He wouldn't understand any of it. We have to start at the basics when it comes to people that don't know about our Father. We have to do it with love! We have to! If we don't do it with love, then we could push them even further away from christianity. After all, you might be the only Bible someone ever reads. I heard that quote the first week of Ignite. It hit me. Don't be an idiot and let your pride or frustration push someone away. Be patient, be kind, be loving, do it with a happy heart.
Application.
I'm going to pray with a beggar on the streets.
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some.
This is a pretty interesting verse. "I became weak". We can't just walk up to a homless guy and start giving him a huge sermon and lecture on post-trib or pre-trib. He wouldn't understand any of it. We have to start at the basics when it comes to people that don't know about our Father. We have to do it with love! We have to! If we don't do it with love, then we could push them even further away from christianity. After all, you might be the only Bible someone ever reads. I heard that quote the first week of Ignite. It hit me. Don't be an idiot and let your pride or frustration push someone away. Be patient, be kind, be loving, do it with a happy heart.
Application.
I'm going to pray with a beggar on the streets.
Ephesians 5:21
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Ephesians 5:21
and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
This verse is short and simple but it still speaks alot. I looked up the deffinition of Subject. It means to be open or exposed, or to be dependant on. So the verse is saying we should depend on, be open, and be exposed to one another in the fear of Christ. When I read this, it make me think of everyone being equal because we are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 says, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." We are all one. So why do we look at eachother as less or as inferior? It's human nature to compare but it is not Gods nature. Comparison does 1 of 2 things; makes one feel inferior or superior and neither honors God. That's where prayer kicks in. We just have to pray that God would give us a heart for people, no matter their social status.
Application.
I'm applying this by looking in the Bible where it talks about comparison.
Ephesians 5:21
and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
This verse is short and simple but it still speaks alot. I looked up the deffinition of Subject. It means to be open or exposed, or to be dependant on. So the verse is saying we should depend on, be open, and be exposed to one another in the fear of Christ. When I read this, it make me think of everyone being equal because we are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 says, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." We are all one. So why do we look at eachother as less or as inferior? It's human nature to compare but it is not Gods nature. Comparison does 1 of 2 things; makes one feel inferior or superior and neither honors God. That's where prayer kicks in. We just have to pray that God would give us a heart for people, no matter their social status.
Application.
I'm applying this by looking in the Bible where it talks about comparison.
Hebrews 13:17
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Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.
Obey and submit. Those are the things that stuck out to me. God calls us to obey and submit to our leaders. What exactly does that mean? To obey means, "to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of". Submit is literally a synonym of obey in the thesaurus. So why are they in there together? Well to submit means, "to give over or yield to the power or authority of another". You see, God doesn't just call us to follow commands and instruction, He also calls us yield to the power of our leaders. Now not just any man is a leader that we should obey and submit to, we have to pray that God will show us and give us a good leader to follow. Don't get mixed up between following man and following God. I think so many times christians just pick someone to follow and treat them and listen to them like they're god. Your earthly leaders are still human. They're not always going to get it right. But think of it this way, if God gave us the leaders we obey then it's not in our hands. It's in Gods hands.
Application.
I'm applying this by writing down 5 people in my life that God has put in my life for me to follow.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.
Obey and submit. Those are the things that stuck out to me. God calls us to obey and submit to our leaders. What exactly does that mean? To obey means, "to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of". Submit is literally a synonym of obey in the thesaurus. So why are they in there together? Well to submit means, "to give over or yield to the power or authority of another". You see, God doesn't just call us to follow commands and instruction, He also calls us yield to the power of our leaders. Now not just any man is a leader that we should obey and submit to, we have to pray that God will show us and give us a good leader to follow. Don't get mixed up between following man and following God. I think so many times christians just pick someone to follow and treat them and listen to them like they're god. Your earthly leaders are still human. They're not always going to get it right. But think of it this way, if God gave us the leaders we obey then it's not in our hands. It's in Gods hands.
Application.
I'm applying this by writing down 5 people in my life that God has put in my life for me to follow.
Ephesians 6:1, Colossians 3:20
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(1) Ephesians 6:1, (2) Colossians 3:20
(1) Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
(2) Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.
Pretty much everyone has heard this. It's one of the ten commandments and it's said all the time but it's not really used these days. I was always raised that if I didn't listen to my parents, I paid the consequences, everything from swats to running down our long driveway to a bunch of push-ups. It sucked at the time, but looking back, it's exactly what I needed most of the time. My dad has always said this thing since I was a little kid, "Kids need constant praise, constant discipline, and constant praise." Kids need the discipline. Honestly, I think they crave it. At my home back in Oklahoma, my little cousins have been staying at our house alot. They didn't grow up with a dad, every father figure they've had is just which ever guy was with their mom at the time. They're 13 year old twins and they're really smart kids, they just really dont know it because no ones ever told them. They've never had to obey their parents. My dad saw that they needed a father figure made the plan for them to come stay with us. When they're at our house they work, they listen and obey or pay the consequences. The reason I say that kids crave discipline is because they want structure. I can see it in my cousins that they love being in a home with rules and structure better than doing whatever they want. I know that sounds weird and even though they won't admit it, I still believe it.
Application.
(1) Ephesians 6:1, (2) Colossians 3:20
(1) Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
(2) Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.
Pretty much everyone has heard this. It's one of the ten commandments and it's said all the time but it's not really used these days. I was always raised that if I didn't listen to my parents, I paid the consequences, everything from swats to running down our long driveway to a bunch of push-ups. It sucked at the time, but looking back, it's exactly what I needed most of the time. My dad has always said this thing since I was a little kid, "Kids need constant praise, constant discipline, and constant praise." Kids need the discipline. Honestly, I think they crave it. At my home back in Oklahoma, my little cousins have been staying at our house alot. They didn't grow up with a dad, every father figure they've had is just which ever guy was with their mom at the time. They're 13 year old twins and they're really smart kids, they just really dont know it because no ones ever told them. They've never had to obey their parents. My dad saw that they needed a father figure made the plan for them to come stay with us. When they're at our house they work, they listen and obey or pay the consequences. The reason I say that kids crave discipline is because they want structure. I can see it in my cousins that they love being in a home with rules and structure better than doing whatever they want. I know that sounds weird and even though they won't admit it, I still believe it.
Application.
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