{"id":958,"date":"2015-10-07T15:11:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T15:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=958"},"modified":"2015-10-07T19:53:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T19:53:15","slug":"servants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=958","title":{"rendered":"Servants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439845943505_2072\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/05-03-15-010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-554\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/05-03-15-010-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"05-03-15 010\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/05-03-15-010-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/05-03-15-010-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Me:\u00a0 What are you doing today Prodigal?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prodigal:\u00a0 I am helping my friend fix their plumbing at their house.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Me:\u00a0 That is very nice of you to serve your friend that way.\u00a0 Chuck Swindoll has some ways to remind servants how to continue that I would like to share.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Servanthood implies diligence, faithfulness, loyalty, and humility. Servants don&#8217;t compete . . . or grandstand . . . or polish their image . . . or grab the limelight. They know their job, they admit their limitations, they do what they do quietly and consistently.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439845943505_2061\">\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439845943505_2064\"><strong>Servants cannot control anyone or everything, and they shouldn&#8217;t try.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439845943505_2065\"><strong>Servants cannot change or &#8220;fix&#8221; people.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439845943505_2060\"><strong>Servants cannot meet most folks&#8217; expectations.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439845943505_2066\"><strong>Servants cannot concern themselves with who gets the credit.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439845943505_2067\"><strong>Servants cannot minister in the flesh or all alone.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a reminder\u00a0for me today.\u00a0 How many times do I need to be reminded of what a servant really is.\u00a0 I can become too prideful too quickly.\u00a0 I can get bogged down with the plan instead of looking and praising who came up with the plan.\u00a0 God thank you for your love and faithfulness to me!<\/p>\n<p>Help me be your servant and help me do it your way!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2 Corinthians 4:5<\/p>\n<p>For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus&#8217; sake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n<p>www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Me:\u00a0 What are you doing today Prodigal? &nbsp; Prodigal:\u00a0 I am helping my friend fix their plumbing at their house. &nbsp; Me:\u00a0 That is very nice of you to serve your friend that way.\u00a0 Chuck Swindoll has some ways to remind servants how to continue that I would like to share. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=958\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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