Open Mic: Ryan Ison

Published: Sept. 7, 2008, 5:40 p.m.

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\\u201cGod is more concerned about who we are becoming\\u2026\\u201d -Anonymous

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\\u201cBe transformed by the renewing of your mind\\u2026.\\u201d Romans 12:2 NKJV

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1. Christ Modeled a Servant\\u2019s Heart To Us

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\\u201cThen James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying, \\u201cTeacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.\\u201d\\xa0 And He said to them, \\u201cWhat do you want Me to do for you?\\u201d\\xa0 They said to Him, \\u201cGrant us that we may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left, in Your glory.\\u201d\\xa0 But Jesus said to them, \\u201cYou do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?\\u201d\\xa0 They said to Him, \\u201cWe are able.\\u201d \\u201c\\u2026So Jesus said to them, \\u201cYou will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared.\\u201d\\xa0 And when the ten heard it, they began to be greatly displeased with James and John. But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, \\u201cYou know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.\\u201d Mark 10:35-42(NKJV)

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2. We Should Also Follow Christ\\u2019s Example

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\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Serving our Family and Friends

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\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Serving our co-workers, neighbors, classmates, etc.

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\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Serving our community

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\\u201cIf anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.\\u201d 1 Peter 4:11\\xa0 NKJV

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\\u201cThink of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn\'t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn\'t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death\\u2014and the worst kind of death at that\\u2014a crucifixion.\\u201d Philippians 2:5-8 MSG

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