Hi, and welcome to Jesus Over Everything, a short practical podcast that mixes encouragement,

the Bible, how-toes, and fantastic interviews for the listener on the go. I'm Lisa Whittle,

and I welcome you to just a few minutes with me, which I trust and pray will be time well spent.

Let me ask you a question. What comes to mind when I say the word service? Is it mopping floors,

taking people food, volunteering somewhere? Can it be things that are bigger than that? Or is it

just only a small act of kindness that qualifies? These are things I want to get into today on Joe,

talking about serving people. Week three of our Jesus Over Everything study together

on Thursdays around here. Let's go ahead and dive on in.

I would dare say that for most of us, the thought of serving people involves some type of

somewhat humbling activity, right?

Maybe something we don't necessarily want to do, or maybe we want to do it. Either way,

it's not what society naturally preaches. Now, society may like the idea of benevolence. I think

it does, but it's a concept that sounds better than what it actually is I think when it

goes to practicing it's not always or even typically the preferred way that's

being known and appreciated it seems some kind of spotlight it's getting more

followers and people to love and appreciate us that's what we're drawn to as

humans and in society that's what society preaches a lot of the time,

even ever so subtly. But the Bible makes it clear what our stance as believers needs to be.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

Love your neighbor as yourself, Mark 12, 30, and 31. We love ourselves a lot.

Even when we say, I don't like myself, that's still a focus on ourself. And if you boil it down,

doing what we want when we want and choosing what we want says different than I don't really

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