1. Important Words to End the Year
Servant

2. How would you respond if Jesus washed your feet?

3. At the root of our faith lies the truth that Almighty God humbled Himself to serve and die for us
God wants us to resemble His Son and not a member
Do we gather together looking to serve?
Imagine gathering with a group trying to out serve one another

4. What is the church producing?

5. Philippians 2:5-8

6. Perfect Model of Service
What kind of mind did Christ have toward us?
That same attitude should be with us
Not an attitude of selfish ambition, conceit, or only looking after ourselves

7. Jesus existed in the form of God
He didn’t think of His high position as something to be grasped
He willingly emptied Himself of His reputation
He gave up some of His glory to serve others

8. How did He do this?
He took on the form of a bondservant (slave)
Jesus didn’t come pretending to serve
He took the form of a bondservant
He became one of us and dwelt among us

9. Some are willing to follow Christ if it doesn’t cost them
How can we think or act differently when we think of the depths of Christ’s service toward us
Jesus served mankind by meeting the greatest need through His obedience of death
Do we get this?

10. Practices of people who look toward serving others
Those who look toward serving are outgoing in a sense
We are relational people
Jesus was constantly serving in homes, neighborhoods, and breaking cultural boundaries to build relationships

11. Could we have the mind in Christ and serve someone outside our familiar circle?
Maybe reach out to learn
“People don’t care how much you know until they see how much you care”

12. Serve with a purpose We become treasure seekers
We dig to discover the story and gifts that lie beneath the surface
Jesus asked challenging questions to get people to see Him for more
This requires us to going beyond small talk

13. Serve others with our resources
Help serve others with resources
Most of us are on the receiving end of someone’s resource
These people who helped us could of said no
Jesus could have stayed in heaven

14. Pray for opportunities to help serve someone and open the door with that person for Jesus
People are more willing to hear us if we are eager to serve

15. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus