Serve the Lord

Our Love for God

God Commands Our Love, Respect, and Obedience:
Modeling God's Love

Mark 9:33-37 The Message

So You Want First Place?

33 They came to Capernaum. When he was safe at home, he asked them, “What were you discussing on the road?”
34 The silence was deafening—they had been arguing with one another over who among them was greatest.
35 He sat down and summoned the Twelve. “So you want first place? Then take the last place. Be the servant of all.”
36-37 He put a child in the middle of the room. Then, cradling the little one in his arms, he said, “Whoever embraces one of these children as I do embraces me, and far more than me—God who sent me.”

For Reflection

Humility is natural for those who live in Christ. How one compares to another is irrelevant. Each person has his or her own calling.  Each person is equally valued by God.  

Pray

Pray so that you will embrace all as you would welcome a child, gently and tenderly.  

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