My Personal Statement Matthew 28

So much of society seems to live his/her life on a sort of self-serving autopilot mode. Rarely does one stop to think how or why he/she is making certain decisions or how these decisions can affect his/her life in the future. Often times, it is not until one has a “string of bad luck” or something tragic happens in one’s life, when he/she will turn to Jesus for help “getting them through this problem” only to return to one’s self-centered ways once his/her life has returned to normal. Living life with a Christian worldview is not something that one can take off a shelf and use when needed and allow it to collect dust on that shelf the rest of the time. This paper will discuss the many parts that make

For all seventeen years of my life, I have grown up in a Christian home and attended a Seventh Day Adventist church and school. I believe that growing up in a Christian environment has provided me with the foundation of my spiritual life. I 've been taught fundamental aspects and ideas of Christianity and have studied most of the common stories and messages of the Bible. However, even though I am equipped with these study materials and spiritual strengths, I believe that my relationship with God is shaky and not as strong as it has the potential to be. Even though I can proudly acknowledge that there is a God, I often don 't feel His presence and sometimes doubt His existence. I always find myself questioning my spiritual life and relationship with God. If I 've grown up in a Christian environment all of my life, why do I not have a strong relationship with Him? Why is my faith so weak? I believe that the answers to these questions can be found by acknowledging my spiritual weaknesses and using my spiritual strengths to improve them. I believe that acting on some of my spiritual weaknesses, such as an insufficient amount of time devoted to God, unfocused time with spent with Him, and biblical unintelligence, can help me to improve my spiritual life and walk with God.

We all brother and sisters pray to our great parents for made us educated and found suck big position among society and families but it is because of my mom ideas and decisions and my dad huge support.

As believers we should be striving to serve other people through the work we are called to do in the world. Timothy Keller says in chapter 4 of his book "Every Good Endeavor”. " How does God give a city security? Isn't it through the lawmakers, police officers, and those working in government and politics? So God cares for our civic needs through the work of others, whom he calls to that work”. What Timothy Keller is stating here is that God calls us as believers to work in our jobs for the benefits of others.

Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount on a hillside near Capernaum. This “sermon” probably covered several days of preaching. In it, Jesus proclaimed his attitude toward the law. Position, authority, and money are not important in his kingdom – what matters is faithful obedience from the heart. The Sermon on the Mount challenged the proud and legalistic religious leaders of the day. It called them back to the messages of the Old Testament prophets who, like Jesus, taught that heartfelt obedience is more important than legalistic observance. With Jesus’ announcement that the kingdom was near. People were naturally asking, “How do I qualify to be in God’s kingdom?” Jesus said that God’s kingdom is organized differently from worldly kingdoms. In the kingdom of heaven, wealth and power and authority are unimportant. Kingdom people seek different blessings and benefits, and they have different attitudes.

"Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others as faithful steward of God's grace in its various forms"

This passage also continues to urge me on in my formation and thus continue to seek to love others as Christ’s love them through the vocation to the

Christian servants are people who serve others while under the direct influence of God and knowing first-hand that the works they perform are for a greater purpose. They accomplish this by having Jesus as the greatest example of how to put others first and being a servant unto others. The Bible has many examples of not only Jesus portraying acts of servanthood, but those included Paul, Peter, Abraham, Moses, and many others. The entire faith of Christianity is built on the Gospel and thus spreading the word of God through helping people. Non-Christian servants are similarly the same except they serve people of a higher power but without the influence of God. As a Christian servant, I firmly believe that God has given me a specific calling to help people, which is something I try to fulfill with everything I

I started my journey working for an adult behavioral program at our local hospital. I worked there for 5 years with amazing people. I now work for a substance abuse facility as support staff that treats not only the substance abuse but the mental health of the clients as well. I have seen the love and caring that the counselors have for their clients. They have helped me understand the problems that the clients are going through. I have become aware of the link between addiction and mental health. These amazing ladies have inspired me to want to help and hopefully bring my faith in GOD as basis for my career in counseling. I feel led in this direction, GOD has put me in this position to witness and help people through his love and mercy. I have traveled many roads

He came to serve others, that people may be saved. Jesus “obeyed” God the Father and was a “Servant” of the people (in context). In addition, humankind are “images of God,” therefore imitators of His “likeness” (doers and obedient to the Word, like Jesus Christ). To imitate implies closeness in example, appearance, pattern, servile emulation. Servile is an adjective that means slave or servant; humbly yielding or submissive. To serve Obedience is an instance of willingness to obey; submission or submissiveness; the giving in to the orders or instructions of one in authority or control (Webster’s New Dictionary 1988,

The two-fold commandment of love translates into working for the common good; working for the common good is service.

service, but we serve the same Lord.God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.

Above all, Jesus came to serve He was the ultimate gap person. In addition, Jesus was a servant leader He led with a servant’s heart. Throughout the gospels, we find examples of Jesus standing in the gap. For instance, Jesus stood in the gap for healing; He stood in the gap for the woman caught in adultery and Jesus stood in the gap and raised Lazarus from the dead. Most importantly, Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice when he died for our sins to give us the opportunity for eternal life. The bible says, “whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a

Jesus: “Your attitude must be like My own, for I did not come to be served, but to serve...” Matthew 20:28

My father's protectiveness and selflessness generated at a young age for him. He is the ninth of twelve children, and often told us stories of how he had to look after, and practically raise his three younger siblings after my grandfather had passed. He made certain they completed their chores around my grandmother's farm, maintained good hygiene practices, and kept up with their schoolwork. School was extremely important to my father, because he knew an education was the only way he could be successful.