Today Pastor Danny took us through Mark 10:32-45. Jesus is foretelling his death for the third and final time. Two of his disciples, the sons of Zebedee, make a request to sit on his right and left in His coming Kingdom. James and John are making a power move. In their minds, sitting at the right and the left next to Jesus on the throne would inherently mean ruling over people. Jesus has tried to make it clear - The power the world seeks is over people. The power the Kingdom seeks is to be for people.
As we see in verses 43-44, "Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all."
The way of the Kingdom is not power over people. It is service for the people. The picture of a servant is not easy work, but because we saw Jesus do it for us and because we have the Spirit living inside us, it makes it possible for us to do that work.
Part of what Pastor Dale identified at the night of vision and prayer is that the church, the global group of people, needs to rebuild. Specifically for us, the group that makes up Calvary Church there were 3 things he encouraged us to press into in order to rebuild and renew. As we finish up summer and head into fall, we are all invited to practice the way of Jesus.
Serve - Practicing the very way of the Kingdom in order to shape an alternative culture to the culture we live in that says "you do you". To find current opportunities to serve, we invite you to fill out the connect card and write "I'd like to get involved" at calvarylg.com/welcome.
Hospitality - Entertaining those we don't know, shaping an alternative culture to the culture we live in that says relationships are a means to an end.
Generosity - Giving back to God from what He gave to us, shaping an alternative culture from the culture we live in that says collect as much as you can for yourself.
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