- Romans 1:1 Paul a bondservant of Jesus Christ.
- Phil 1:1 Paul and Timothy bondservants of Jesus Christ.
- Col 4:12 Epaphras who is one of you – a bondservant of Christ.
- James 1:1 James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus
- 1 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter a bondservant and Apostle of Jesus Christ…
- Jude 1:1 Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ
- Eph 6:6 don’t be men pleasers but be bondservants doing the will of God from the heart.
God’s Happy Slave
Getting Our Mind Right
2 Types of Believers
Genesis 42:36 JACOB
36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: ALL THESE THINGS ARE AGAINST ME.
Genesis 50:19-20 JOSEPH
19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good,
2 Timothy 1:8a
8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord…
2 Timothy 1:8b
…nor of me HIS prisoner…
Philippians 2:1-5
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Philippians 2:6-8
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a bondservant, and was made in the likeness of men:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
2 Timothy 1:8c
but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 9 who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,