Skipped a day...

If you're a follower of my blog I apologize for my absence yesterday. I just felt like I needed a break.

Today I had a client (color/style), did a little shopping with my husband, and filed our taxes.

So I've got 2 days worth of reading for tonight, are you ready???


Thoughts on today:

PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
Yesterday: We serve God by serving others.
God determines your greatness by how many people you serve, not how many people serve you.
God shaped you for service, not for self-centeredness.
Real servants make themselves available to serve. Real servants do what's needed, even when it's inconvenient. Being a servant means giving up the right to control your schedule and allowing God to interrupt it whenever he needs to.
We miss many occasions for serving because we lack sensitivity and spontaneity.
You can begin by looking for small tasks that no one else wants to do. Do these little things as if they were great things, because God is watching.
Servants don't make excuses, procrastinate, or wait for better circumstances. God expects you to do what you can, with what you have, wherever you are. Less-than-perfect service is always better than the best intention.
You will never arrive at the state in life where you're too important to help with menial tasks. God will never exempt you from the mundane.
Servants finish their tasks, fulfill their responsibilities, keep their promises, and complete their commitments.
You can retire from your career, but you will never retire form serving God.
Servants don't promote or call attention to themselves. Self-promotion and servanthood don't mix.
The most significant service is often the service that is unseen.
Today: Service starts in your mind.
Servants think more about others than about themselves. It's only when we forget ourselves that we do the things that deserve to be remembered. The quality of self-forgetfulness, like faithfulness, is extremely rare.
Servants think like stewards, not owners.
To become a real servant you are going to have to settle the issue of money in your life. When Jesus is your Master, money serves you, but if money is your master, you become its slave. Wealth is certainly not a sin, but failing to us it for God's glory is.
Servants think about their work, not what others are doing. Real servants don't complain of unfairness, don't have pity-parties, and don't resent those not serving.
Servants base their identity in Christ.
If you're going to be a servant, you must settle your identity in Christ. When you base your worth and identity on your relationship to Christ, you are freed from the expectations of others, and that allows you to really serve them best.
Servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not an obligation.

BIBLE IN A YEAR
Yesterday's passages: Job 40:6-24, 41, 42, Psalm 29
God asks Job, "What can I say?" (Job 40:6-24)
God's power shown in creatures. (Job 41)
Job's confession. God displeased with Job's friends. God restores Job's fortunes. (Job 42)
The voice of the Lord in the storm. (Psalm 29)
Today's passages: Exodus 1, 2, 3, 4
Israel multiplies in Egypt. (Exodus 1)
The birth of Moses. Moses escapes to Midian. (Exodus 2)
The burning bush. The mission of Moses. (Exodus 3)
Moses given powers. Aaron to be Moses' mouthpiece. (Exodus 4)