This morning in HSM I challenged us to look hard at the words of Christ in Mark 10 where He defined greatness as having a servant's heart. We discovered together from God's Word that a real servant ACTS humbly, immediately, & spontaneously. So together we venture into this week...March 15-21 committed to 5 ACTS of kindness from a heart motivated to make Jesus famous! We'll leave this post up this week for you to share what you did and how you saw it impact others! GO & SERVE!"...whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." - Jesus Christ
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Yesterday at HSM had a tremendous effect on my son. He's always willingly done his chores around the house, but since yesterday, he's taken it a step further--gone beyond the chore and made it a service for his family. Praise the LORD
Well today so far I've had the chance to impact 2 people through random ACTs! Aidan and I did some grocery shopping and purposed to help a couple with their groceries and returning their cart. they were thankful and I think it lifted their spirits.
Then this afternoon I was able to help my neighbor briefly changing a light bulb that required standing on a ladder. He thanked me and offered to pay me (for changing a light bulb, seriously)...I didn't take the money and told Him to be blessed by God's provision for him today!
On Sunday afternoon, I decided that I needed to say hello to my neighbors. They're a sweet old couple that are getting on in years. They weren't home, so instead I left them a note saying that I just wanted to drop by and say hello and that I missed them.
Then, today - I got a knock on my door. It was my neighbors' daughter. She said that she had been staying with her parents for the last few months and watching them. When I tried visiting them yesterday, they were actually at the hospital for a personal emergency. The daughter said that the note meant a lot when they returned from the hospital after the day they had.
What a cool reminder that you can serve someone just by encouraging them...
My mom has been somewhat down and out w/ my brother leaving...so I bought her some tulips Sunday afternoon. I left them up in her room w/ a note of encouragement. She liked them quite a bit, and was thankful :)
My dad has a good friend in the Bahamas. To have a cell phone out there is very expensive. He recently was able to get an internet connection to his home. With that he got a skype account so he could communicate with friends and family for free. My dad isn't exactly computer fluent, so I set him up with his own skype account so he would be able to keep in touch with his friend more often.
my sister never ever lets me wear her shirts or anything of hers. but she wore a tobymac shirt that i bought with my own money. she came upstairs and i let her borrow my earrings that matched the shirt without any hassel
i picked up my sister from basketball but i had to miss what i wanted to do to do.
i've been talking to this girl that gets made fun of a lot. idk if thats really serving but im being a friend to her
my sister never ever lets me wear her shirts or anything of hers. but she wore a tobymac shirt that i bought with my own money. she came upstairs and i let her borrow my earrings that matched the shirt without any hassel
i picked up my sister from basketball but i had to miss what i wanted to do to do.
i've been talking to this girl that gets made fun of a lot. idk if thats really serving but im being a friend to her
I helped around the house by doing things that i normally just watch others do, like unloading the dishwasher, cleaning the dishes, etc. I tried to do them as secretively as possible, but dishes are pretty loud so it didn't work so well! lol
hey whats up guys this is joel and a girl that no one realy pays much attetion to added me on myspace and most people just dont reply to her msgs but i started talking to her online and she is a cool person but she still dosnt talk at school lol
another thing is a 7th grader that was one of the kids that was in a day camp i helped at over the summer aksed if if she should go to a party that mite have drugs and all that poop lol but the catch was all her friends were goig and would have been mad if she didnt go so i told her not to go and she didnt i am soooooooo proud of her
I helped a freind with a drug problem.
I fixed my neighbors car for free.
I worked extra time so my manager didnt have to find another replacement employee when one of my coworker called in sick.
I loaned a freind some money.
I helped a freind through a bad breakup.
since it was OGT week, i got up early and cleaned the house for my mom.
i kept my room clean so my paretns didn't have to nag me.
i told my mom she looked nice
i told my friend i was praying for her.
I told my friend I was praying for her family, seeing how her uncle's funeral was Monday.
I held the door open for someone with crutches at school.(I normally would, anyways)
I bought my friend food at lunch Tuesday.
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