{"id":3641,"date":"2015-09-25T10:15:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T14:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/?p=3641"},"modified":"2015-09-25T10:19:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T14:19:19","slug":"a-servants-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/2015\/09\/25\/a-servants-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"A Servant’s Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

“…whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”\u00a0 Mark 10:43-45<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

While reading the above verses this morning, the words to the song below came to my mind. Although serving others may not be the first thing that comes to our mind when we think of becoming more Christ-like, it is definitely not a characteristic that we can ignore. Having a servant’s heart is living for others…an attitude that is very contrary to our “me first” thinking. We are, by nature, a very selfish people but\u00a0the Lord can\u00a0create a servant’s heart in any of us if we so desire!\u00a0It is when we find ourselves thinking more of those around us and less of ourselves, that we are on the way to becoming a servant like Jesus…<\/p>\n

Make me a servant like you, dear Lord,
\nLiving for others each day
\nHumble and meek,
\nHelping the weak,
\nLoving in all that I say.<\/p>\n

Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart<\/strong>
\n Here’s my life, take every part.<\/strong>
\n Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart.<\/strong>
\n Help me draw so close to You<\/strong>
\n That Your love comes shining through<\/strong>
\n Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart,<\/strong>
\n Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Make me a witness like You, dear Lord,
\nShowing the love of the cross,
\nSharing Your Word till all have heard,
\nServing whatever the cost.<\/p>\n

Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart<\/strong>
\n Here’s my life, take every part.<\/strong>
\n Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart.<\/strong>
\n Help me draw so close to You<\/strong>
\n That Your love comes shining through<\/strong>
\n Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart,<\/strong>
\n Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Ron Hamilton)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“…whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”\u00a0 Mark 10:43-45 While reading the above verses this morning, the words to the song below came to my mind. Although serving others may not be the first thing that comes to our mind when we think of becoming more Christ-like, it is definitely not a characteristic that we can ignore. Having a servant’s heart is living for others…an attitude that is very contrary to our “me first” thinking. We are, by nature, a very selfish people but\u00a0the Lord can\u00a0create a servant’s heart in any of us if we so desire!\u00a0It is when we find ourselves thinking more of those around us and less of ourselves, that we are on the way to becoming a servant like Jesus… Make me a servant like you, dear Lord, Living for others each day Humble and meek, Helping the weak, Loving in all that I say. Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart Here’s my life, take every part. Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart. Help me draw so close to You That Your love comes shining through Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart, Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart. Make me a witness like You, dear Lord, Showing the love of the cross, Sharing Your Word till all have heard, Serving whatever the cost. Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart Here’s my life, take every part. Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart. Help me draw so close to You That Your love comes shining through Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart, Give me, Lord, a servant’s heart. (Ron Hamilton)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20,65,21,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humility","category-relationships","category-serving","category-song"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o6C2-WJ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3641"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3644,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641\/revisions\/3644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}