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Jesus turns upside-down the measure and method of greatness.

Service is a response to Gods love for us in Jesus Christ that teaches us to live like Jesus through specific, tangible actions that contribute to the dignity and well-being of the people we serve.

Good morning, Gateway Chapel! Scripture Prayer I need to be honest with you all this morning…I’m not into weight lifting. I just gotta clear the air. I’m not currently into weight lifting, and I don’t plan on being into weight lifting anytime soon. If you look at some pastors on YouTube, you may think…

The idea of service as a high calling is unique to Christianity. Jesus showed us by example how a leader must be servant of all. We have a choice: the way of the Dragon, which exploits strength and power to achieve control and dominance, or the way of the Lamb, which recognises that God's power is expressed through our weakness, and frees us to serve one another. How do these contrasting approaches work in the modern world? Join us for some ideas. The video from Mrs Maisel early in the sermon can be found here: https://youtu.be/pvKe0c007Cc

Goal: That, by hearing again how Christ humbled himself to save them, the hearers’ mind-sets are once again changed to be like Christ’s, so that they serve the Lord and their fellow man. Rethinking Real Strength Most religions believe in a powerful God. And they assume that their god will use that strength…

Christ is the way. . . Christ is the way, way more than we think, or ask as it says in (Eph3:20) and as we look at our passage today we learn another aspect of this. (Insert Christ is more PowerPoint slide here) Christ is more than the way to: God, Life and Truth Love, Joy and Peace Unity, Prayer, Forgiveness…

Intro As we are working our way through this 12th chapter of Romans, we have covered the first two verses. Presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice to God because of the great mercy He has shown us. That we are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds rather than conformed and molded by the…

A Song of Ascents. Of David. O Lord , my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope…

25 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, Thesis: According to God, being first, having authority,…

Formality to humility He is the King of Kings; yet a humble servant ( 1Tim6:15 ; Mt20:28 ) He came to be a faithful witness; and a living example ( Rev1:5 ; Jn13:14 ) He was an adherent follower; and an instruction giver ( Jn6:38 ; Jn14:15 ) Before getting to our passage tonight we need to pick up where…

Philippians 2:5–8 (ESV) — 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in…

1 Peter 2:13-17 / Freedom Submit to human authority 13 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, 14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. “Be subject (submit) every Human Institution...” But…

Serving Others With Humility January 8, 2023 Summary: Jesus shows us how to live our lives, with humility and servanthood. Philippians 2:3-11 I remember going to so many Pittsburgh Pirate games when I was a young kid. Seldom able to afford a ticket, but me and my friend would hang around out side Forbes…

Who is the best kind of teacher? What is the job of a teacher? Or how would you define a teacher? Who is the best kind of teacher to you today or in the past? And why? Jesus entire ministry had been a lesson, an example to His apostles and to His disciples. So tonight, Lord willing we will look at these…

Intro My son Emery was saved and started following Jesus in January of this year. It has been such a blessing to have conversation with him about his faith. One morning, a few weeks after his salvation, he was eating breakfast before going to school. He said, “Dad, there are just two things I still don’t…

so far we have said that we need to use the Bible as sa search light and we need to model the life of humility that we see in Jesus Why? before we get to what it takes to cultivate humility first I think we need to understand why we would want to peruse humility in the first place we could spend hours…

Introduction: Good morning and let me welcome you once again to this meeting of Hope Bible Fellowship. As every week, it’s a joy and privilege to be here with you opening the Word of God. Go ahead and open your Bible to Philippians 2 and find verses 1-4. If you would like to follow along with our interactive…

Introduction Last week we discussed the office of pastor/elder in great detail. This week we come to the only other official church office listed in the Bible. As we go through today’s sermon, I want us to be sure to understand something very important. Although the offices of elder and deacon are the…

Week 2 - Humility Once upon a time a rider came across a few soldiers who were trying to move a heavy log of wood without success. The corporal was standing by just watching as the men struggled.The rider couldn’t believe it. He finally asked the corporal why he wasn’t helping. The corporal replied:…

Jesus - The Son of David KEY TEXT Acts 13:22 “And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’” 1 Samuel 16:1–13 The call of David - a man after God’s own…

This evening we will discuss the behavior amongst humans. Many of us think we have arrived. Others that they will never arrive. But there are some who are just happy in the moment and go with the flow. In my opinion, we are seeing a glimpse into the personality of the disciples. They were more concerned…

Liz coming down to go up= to go down. Crazy C. S. Lewis writes in his book Miracles that the central miracle asserted by Christians is the incarnation (143). He explains the descent and ascent of Christ vividly:In the Christian story God descends to re-ascend. He comes down; down from the heights of…

Open your bibles of Mark chapter 9 As a parent of any child knows, there are many things a child must learn as they grow, and so we teach them. We teach them how to use a fork, how to tie their shoes, how to brush their hair, how ride a bike, how to speak politely, how to do pretty much everything positive…

What makes a leader easy to follow? Many leaders would love nothing more than to answer that question. Some leaders appear to have the best plans, the most knowledge, and ability to get things to And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed,…

I. The Grace Be honest in your estimate of yourselves. For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. 18 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty…