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FAITHFUL LIFE

57: How to Avoid Selfishness When Serving Those You Love

FAITHFUL LIFE

Matt and Lisa Jacobson

Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Christianity

4.8744 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Biblical servanthood is about laying down your life for others. Is serving on your own terms really serving, at all? Selfless giving or selfish giving . . . Which one occurs in your marriage and home?

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone. This is the Faithful Life podcast. I'm at Jacobson of Faithful Man.com.

0:13.0

And I'm Lisa Jacobson of Club31women.com. We're so glad you're here with us.

0:17.5

At Faithful Life, we explore what it means to be a biblical Christian in today's

0:21.9

world in our marriage, parenting, church, and culture. It's real, raw, and relevant. So let's get

0:29.2

started. Hello everyone.

0:46.3

Yes, hello, friends.

0:47.1

Hey, welcome back.

0:47.8

We hope you had a great weekend together.

0:50.0

And today, we are going to talk about a great topic.

0:53.0

We're going to be talking about the subject of servanthood.

0:56.8

Are you a servant?

0:58.2

Do you have a servant's heart?

0:59.8

Do I have a servant's heart?

1:01.1

We know Lisa has a servant's heart, so we don't even have to ask her.

1:04.5

Thank you, Ben.

1:05.2

You know, for the serious believer, being a servant needs to be a big theme in our thinking.

1:09.8

It's central to every important, healthy

1:12.6

relationship that you have, whether it's your spouse, whether it's with your kids, whether it's

1:16.3

with the other people within the church that you're walking with. It's central to what it means

1:21.9

to be a Christian. The scriptures speak about servanthood an awful lot. And of course, Jesus Christ

1:27.1

is our example as a servant.

1:29.7

He came as a servant. You know, I think we often think of ourselves as a servant. I know that I

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