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SUNDAY MAY 3


ONE WHO SERVES

READ:
Luke 22:27
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Yet I am among you
as the One who
serves.
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I'm nobody's servant!" I cried out. That morning the demands of my family seemed too much as I frantically helped to find my husband's blue tie, while feeding the crying baby and recovering the lost toy from under the bed for our
2-year-old.

Later on that day, as I was reading the Bible, I came across this verse: "For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves" (LUKE 22:27).

Jesus didn't have to wash His disciples' feet, yet He did (JOHN 13:5). There were servants who did that job, but Jesus chose to serve them. Today's society insists that we should aim to "be somebody." We want the best-paying job, the highest position in the company, the top leadership in church. Yet whatever position we are in, we can learn from our Savior to serve.

We hold different roles as parents, children, friends, workers, leaders, or students. The question is this: Do we carry out those roles with an attitude of service? Even though my everyday routine is sometimes tiring, I'm thankful the Master will help me because I do want to follow His steps and willingly serve others.

May God help us to do this each day. __Keila Ochoa

**Dear Lord, I know that You did not come to be served, but to serve.
Sometimes I fail to think of others, but I want to be like you. Please give me a
heart like Yours. _______________________________________________________________________________
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*******************************Today's Bible Reading __ Luke 22:24-27*****************************
24 Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which
of them should be considered the greatest. 25 And He said
to them, "The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over
them, and those who exercise authority over them are
called "benefactors.' 26 But not so among you; on the contrary,
he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and
he who governs as he who serves. 27 For who is greater, he who
sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the
table? yet I am among you as the One who serves."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Verse 24 says that the disciples argued
about who was the greatest. This was an ongoing dispute
because on two earlier occasions they had displayed their
desire to be first. They fought while returning to Capernaum
(MATT. 18:1-5; MARK 9:33-37; LUKE 9:46-48)j and again on one of their trips
into Jerusalem (MATT 20:17-28. MARK 10:32-45) Now here, just hours
before Jesus was crucified, while the disciples were observing one
of their most sacred feasts, the Passover meal, they quarreled
over who was the greatest (LUKE 22:14-24). Rebuking them, Jesus
said that true greatness is determined not by hierarchical
authority (v.25) but by service and humility (v.26).