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A prayer to help you serve with right motives, from the living free everyday devotional.

For even the son of man came not to be served, but to serve others and to give his life as

a ransom for many.

Mark 1045.

Jesus came to Earth to serve others,

and he calls us to do the same.

How are you serving others? just as important why? Are any of these thoughts

familiar to you? If I don't help this person, no one will. I am the only one who

knows how to please this person. This is the last time I am going to help this person.

I am tired of being a doormat. I am going to stay around this person because I believe they will change.

If I continue to do my best, I believe things will get better.

I have to help this person because their poor choices are my fault.

I am a bad person if I don't do what this person wants of me.

Consider this. Servanthood is meant to be something we do voluntarily.

Sometimes however, we may feel we should do something for others because of pressure we feel from outside sources of intimidation or inner sources of guilt.

We may not even realize we are serving another person for reasons other than a sincere and healthy desire.

Here is a prayer we can pray in order to examine our motives and we can serve the way God would have a serve.

Father, I realize I have had some of these thoughts.

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