My servant Caleb thinks differently and follows me completely.

Numbers 14:24 (NCV)

Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself.

Philippians. 2:5 (MSG)

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Point to Ponder: To be a servant I must think like a

servant.

Verse to Remember: “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 2:5 (NIV)

Question to Consider: Am I usually more concerned

about being served or finding ways to serve others?

Whoever wants to be great must become a servant.”

Mark 10:43 (MSG)

Y ou can tell what they are by what they do.

Matthew 7:16 (CEV)

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Point to Ponder: I serve God by serving others.

Verse to Remember: “If you give even a cup of cold

water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.” Matthew 10:42 (NLT)

Question to Consider: Which of the six characteristics of real servants offers the greatest challenge to me?

Since we find ourselves fashioned into all these excellently formed and marvelously functioning parts in Christ’s body, let’s just go ahead and be what we were made to be.

Romans 12:5 (MSG)

What you are is God’s gift to you; what you do with yourself is your gift to God.

Danish proverb

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Point to Ponder: God deserves my best.

Verse to Remember: “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”

2 Timothy 2:15 (NIV)

Question to Consider: How can I make the best use of what God has given me?

You shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother’s womb.

Psalm 139:13 (MSG)

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Point to Ponder: Nobody else can be me.

Verse to Remember: “God has given each of you some special abilities; be sure to use them to help each other, passing on to others God’s many kinds of blessings.”

1 Peter 4:10 (LB)

Question to Consider: What God-given ability or

personal experience can I offer to my church?

Your hands shaped me and made me.

Job 10:8 (NIV)

The people I have shaped for myself will broadcast my praises.

Isaiah 43:21 (NJB)

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Point to Ponder: I was shaped for serving God.

Verse to Remember: “God works through different men in different ways, but it is the same God who achieves his purposes through them all.”

1 Corinthians 12:6 (Ph)

Question to Consider: In what way can I see myself

passionately serving others and loving it?

It is God himself who has made us what we are and given us new lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago he planned that we should spend these lives in helping others.

Ephesians 2:10 (LB)

I glorified you on earth by completing down to the last detail what you assigned me to do.

John 17:4 (MSG)

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Point to Ponder: Service is not optional.

Verse to Remember: “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)

Question to Consider: What is holding me back from

accepting God’s call to serve him?

Everything on earth has its own time

and its own season.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 (CEV)

I am sure that God who began the good work

within you will keep right on helping you grow

in his grace until his task within you is finally

finished on that day when Jesus Christ returns.

Philippians. 1:6 (LB)

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Point to Ponder: There are no shortcuts to maturity.

Verse to Remember: “God began doing a good work in you, and I am sure he will continue it until it is finished when Jesus Christ comes again.”

Philippians 1:6 (NCV)

Question to Consider: In what area of my spiritual

growth do I need to be more patient and persistent?

Run from anything that gives you the evil thoughts . . . but stay close to anything that makes you want to do right.

2 Timothy 2:22 (LB)

Remember that the temptations that come into your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can’t stand up against it. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you will not give in to it.

1 Corinthians 10:13 (NLT)

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Point to Ponder: There is always a way out.

Verse to Remember: “God is faithful. He will keep the

temptation from becoming so strong that you can’t stand up against it. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you will not give in to it.”

1 Corinthians 10:13b (NLT)

Question to Consider: Who could I ask to be a spiritual partner to help me defeat a persistent temptation by praying for me?

Happy is the man who doesn’t give in and do wrong when he is tempted, for afterwards he will get as his reward the crown of life that God has promised those who love him.

James 1:12 (LB)

My temptations have been my masters in divinity ~ Martin Luther

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Point to Ponder: Every temptation is an opportunity to do good.

Verse to Remember: God blesses the people who

patiently endure testing. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

James 1:12 (NLT)

Question to Consider: What Christlike character quality can I develop by defeating the most common

temptation I face?

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

2 Corinthians 4:17 (NIV)

It is the fire of suffering that brings forth the gold of godliness ~ Madame Guyon

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Point to Ponder: There is a purpose behind every

problem.

Verse to Remember: “And we know that in all things

God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 (NIV)

Question to Consider: What problem in my life has

caused the greatest growth in me?