In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus...
...he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant...
Philippians 2:5, 7 NIV
Ok so Jesus made himself nothing...became a servant...but here I'm called to do the same!
In my relationships I should do the same.
Give up my authority. Become a servant.
In my home, flat, workplace, study place, marriage, family...
And somehow by doing that we will see more of Jesus...an inkling of what He gave up for us...
#lovepeople
#beaservant
#jesusatthecentre
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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