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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,…

Balancing Ambition and Humility John was ambitious, especially early in his life. But it is wrong to have selfish motives, and it’s especially wrong to be ambitious without also being humble. Another important balance must be struck, or else a virtue turns into a vice. Ambition without humility becomes…

The title of the sermon this morning is Want To Lead? Learn To Serve. And I want to ask you to think a minute about your job — those of you who still work and aren’t retired. Think about your and specifically about your manager or supervisor or boss. Picture that person in your mind and ask yourself…

33 Then He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house He asked them, “What was it you disputed among yourselves on the road?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest. 35 And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone…

Introduction Being dad to Luisa, Holly, and our newest addition (Javier) has taught me much about myself and much about my Heavenly Father. For instance, in discipling my children, I’ve realize that it requires repetition, patience, and the idea of an ongoing conversation about how we should be that…

Requests For Position 35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” 36 And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” 37 And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your…

James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, came up to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You.” And He said to them, “What do you want Me to do for you?” They said to Him, “Grant that we may sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your glory.” But Jesus said to…

Introduction: There’s a clever young guy named Somebody Else. There’s nothing this guy can’t do. He’s busy from morning to way late at night just substituting for you. You’re asked to do this or you’re asked to do that and what is your ready reply? Get Somebody Else to do that job; he’ll do it much better…

Introduction Very few if any person is naturally humble. Pride comes to us as easily as sleeping or smiling. So does arrogance. In our world today, arrogance is rewarded, and humility is ignored. Discipline Defined - Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially…

Introduction We all know of people, we may be the person, who ask for things that seem ridiculous. This is fine, except when the people expect to receive whatever it is they ask for. They have an entitlement mentality that drives them and expect exactly what they ask for regardless what it is. Stories…

Review: :1-12 - God’s Plan for Marriage :13-16 - Receive the Kingdom :17-31 - Answering the Rich Young Ruler :32-34 32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began…

Introduction: If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Mark chapter 10… Lets begin reading in verse 32 and we are going to read all the way to verse 45. 32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and…

THEIR REQUEST REVEALED THEIR IMMATURITY NOT THEIR IGNORANCE. These two men were not ignorant concerning Jesus teaching on greatness. As we saw in Mark 9 Jesus addressed their ignorance on this crucial teaching. In Mark 9 Jesus does not repudiate greatness He redefines it. He taught them that greatness…

The Purpose of Life Mark 10:35–45 (ESV) 35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” 36 And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” 37 And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand…

The Servant Savior Continuing on the themes for Christ’s Birthday Observance 2021, today, this Second Sunday of Advent, we are on the theme of the Servant Savior: For it is love that brought the Savior from God’s heart to our world, and it is love that led Jesus Christ to serve us with his own sacrifice…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

What does it take to get to heaven? — That is the question mankind has wrestled with since the beginning of time!!! — Since the very beginning, believers - Jews and Gentiles alike - have wrestled with that question, and… We still wrestle with it today! — Do all religions lead to heaven? — Is life about…

Every person will come to several forks in the road of life. When we are at these forks, we must make a decision of which path to take. And that choice will lead us to another fork and another to where we will have determined our life’s goal and plans. These forks in the road include choices of friends,…

Let us pray…Gracious and Loving God, as we come before you this day, our hearts are full of love for you and the life of your Son, our minds are full of the things that we need to do yet today and in this coming week, and our eyes cannot escape all that flashes before them as we scan the TV, computer,…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we come before you today, we pray for hearts focused on you, for ears trained to your still speaking voice, and eyes to see clearly the path you have laid before us, Amen. The Invitation I know in the last year this does not or has not happened much but think back…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we move further away from your Son’s birth, help us in this day to remember the glow, the excitement, and the joy that came from celebrating his birth. As we come before you today in this time of reflection, open our hearts, minds, and spirits to your still speaking…

Introduction Good morning! Please open your Bibles with me to Mark chapter 10. Mark, chapter 10. Have you ever felt like God was trying to communicate something specific to you? A theme, perhaps, that is repeated in several different areas of your life. When you finally connect the dots, you say, “Ahhhh,…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Jesus taught us again through Mark 10:35-45 God’s principle of leadership. Human beings are not created to handle the power and position they are not predestined to handle. It’s dangerous to covet the ranks and roles, and race to climb the corporate ladder because “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” That is human nature. That’s how we are created. We do well by enjoying where we are and leading from there by serving.