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Selflessness

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Introduction
  • Philippians 2:3-8 - You’ll never find a more selfless person than Jesus!
    • First, the hard part: diagnosing selfishness in myself.
    • Proverbs 21:2
      • Take a look at your budget.
      • Matthew 6:19-21
        • Take a look at your calendar.
        • Psalms 90:1-12
        • Where is your time being spent?
        • Am I almost exclusively focused on me?
          • Imagine how your spiritual résumé would look.
          • Acts 9:36 - Dorcas had a great spiritual résumé!
          • Galatians 6:1-2
            • Surround yourself with selfless people.
            • Proverbs 13:20
            • For better or worse, we rub off on each other.
            • Proverbs 22:24-25
            • Proverbs 27:17
            • Mark 6:34
            • When you spend time with spiritually mature people, it influences your world view.
            • John 1:29; 3:29-30 - Would John have been a good person to hang out with?
            • John 12:1-9 - Counter-example: the Pharisees.
            • If you want to become selfless, learn from the masters.
            • Philippians 3:17
              • Get busy serving others.
              • Luke 9:1-2, 22-24, 28-31, 44, 46 - Jesus sent them to serve others.
              • Mark 3:17 - Jesus had a nickname for James and John!
              • I John 1:9-10 - Is this the same John?!
              • I John 4:7-8, 11
              • III John 1:4
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