I want to serve others for Christ, I want to come close, to live out our church mission statement: Reaching through Relationships. But often, there's something in the way... looking a little closer, it looks like me!
In 2:5-6, Paul says he didn't come to them using flattery, hidden agenda, looking for praise or seeking to control. Like it or not, these things are there, they are real in our relating with others.
I do these things because of what I need, or think I need. For instance, in serving you, I will try hard because I hunger for praise, I need to be affirmed. I'm trying to meet my own need--maybe more than serving you? We're all a jumble of mixed motives to be sure, but putting my finger on distracting needs, that I'm trying to fill, is the starting point. Finding those needs met by God in Christ frees me to serve you and glorify God.
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Romans - Living in God's Great Work
The book of Roman's is perhaps the apostle's opus, Paul's great work about God's great work. God's great work through history is the restoration of humanity. Our series in the book of Romans will take us deeper into God's great work. As you follow the series, join the conversation by adding your comments below.
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2. Type you comments in the the Leave your Comment box.
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1 comment:
pastor bob & julie,
i put this comment on an earlier day, but i thought you might not go back to check, so here it is again, expanded a little.
i can't come to BPBC right now, but i get copies of your messages and listen to them. i'm always amazed at the insights you get out of very familiar stories, eg daniel or joshua & jericho, that you then apply to real, current life. thanks. i
1 thess series yet, but i'll be looking forward to hearing and applying them.
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