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I Choose Today to be Christ’s Hands: Servanthood Part 2

Molinda Hern April 30, 2024

As I was making my husband’s breakfast and packing his lunch this morning, the Holy Spirit reminded me that along with being a servant, I needed to have the attitude of a servant. This attitude meant I served without having the expectation of anything (even a thank you) in return. I was packing his lunch, not out of obligation or an expectation of gratitude or returned actions, but out of love for my husband. Jesus said it best when He was teaching on the Sermon on the Mount, saying ”I tell you, love your enemies. Help and give without expecting a return. You’ll never—I promise—regret it. Live out this God-created identity the way our Father lives toward us, generously and graciously, even when we’re at our worst. Our Father is kind; you be kind.“ Luke‬ ‭6‬:‭35‬-‭36‬ ‭MSG‬‬ “Help and give without expecting a return…;” this is a difficult statement, isn’t it. Our human (selfish) nature is to do the opposite. When we do something nice or serve someone, at the very least, we expect a “thank you,” right? How many times have you and I have said, “well the least they can do is say thank you…” But that is

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I Choose Today to be Christ’s Hands and Feet: Servanthood

Molinda Hern April 27, 2024

There is a saying in Christian circles about being, or wanting to be, Christ’s hands and feet. We mention this in conversations, in prayer, and even to ourselves. But what does it really mean to be Christ’s hands and feet? What did He do with His hands? Where did His feet take Him. Over the next few blogs, we are going to explore what Jesus actually did with His hands and feet, and how we can follow His example. Today we are going to examine what He did with His hands, explained in His own words, ”…Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew‬ ‭20‬:‭26‬, ‭28‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Think about it, Jesus came down from His is royal place in heaven to serve. He used His hands to serve others in so many ways: washing the feet of His disciples, healing, feeding thousands. He used His hands to bless and serve others. This past week, our small group traveled to North Carolina to be Christ’s hands and serve those who “go into

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I Choose Today to be Renewed

Molinda Hern April 25, 2024

I am encouraged by a friend today. When she was feeling emotionally and spiritually weak, she chose to fight against that by praying God’s Word over her situations. That is what we are supposed to do. That is what Jesus did. Jesus spoke the truth of God’s Word when met with His own physical weakness in the wilderness. Satan tried to use His weakness to get Him to sin. That is what the devil does, uses our weaknesses (emotional, physical, or spiritual) to get us to sin. My friend did what Jesus did. She spoke the Word of Truth over her problems, over being overwhelmed, over her struggles. What happened after Jesus spoke the Word against the devil? Satan left Him, then angels came to comfort and fed Him. God is our source of comfort, just like David expresses in the 23rd Psalms, “He lets me rest in green meadows; He leads me beside peaceful streams. He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.” He gives strength; restores our souls. “Thank You, Lord, for renewing our strength and restoring our souls. Thank You for the comfort as we walk through stresses of this

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I Choose Today to be a Mirror

Molinda Hern April 23, 2024

My hope and prayer is that my actions reflect God’s goodness to those who see me. I desire to represent God to those in my sphere of influence (even to those I interact with at the store, Starbucks, those I pass along in the street). I want them to see my face reflecting God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit by seeing the God-Head’s countenance on my face, in my smile, through my eyes. How do I do this? How can I know and reflect Jesus? John 1:1 tells us how, “In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Jesus is the Word. Knowing Jesus is knowing the Word of God! How awesome is that! Like any relationships, it grows with time and intentionality. For example, when I first met my husband, we spent all our free time together, getting to know each other, our likes, dislikes, tendencies, mannerisms, personalities. As the years have passed, we have intentionally made time for one another, take interest in what the other values and deems important, and we have grown together. Lasting relationships, like marriage, take spending time together, take intentionality, takes commitment, takes love.

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I Choose Today to Embrace New Beginnings

Molinda Hern April 20, 2024

Does it sometimes feel like the hardest thing to do is start a project; a new path of a career or schooling; a step toward a dream, a goal, or a new phase of your life? The first step seems almost insurmountable because of the enormity of the tasks needed to finish or reach the goals you have set? Let me tell you a secret, God loves small beginnings. Zachariah 4:10 describes how God feels about stepping out in faith toward the adventure/calling for His people, “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.”  The Lord rejoices when He sees we are at the starting line of His plan being worked through His children. Even when those beginnings are small like setting a plumb line or setting up a website. My husband and I recently completed the process of finishing our very large basement area. It was my job to take lead in installing our flooring. I had to resource the floor which took time to get the best quality for the best price. That took time, but the work to actually install the floor

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