Service Reflection Paper

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Introduction
Service is the desire to give myself to others in the expression of the God given fruit of Jesus. A desire to help, care, and share the love of God with others by seeing each individual as important and worthy of love. Jesus the Son of Man came to serve not be served and to give His life as a ransom for many (Matt 20:28). Jesus gave for the protection and nurture of others.

Summarise your original understanding of the discipline before the course started
My understanding of the Spiritual Discipline of Service was to attend church weekly contributing as a member of the One Body in Christ. I would share this by welcoming guests, collecting the tithes and offerings, counting the members and the money, preparing of communion elements, general cleaning and being …show more content…

I know that he was wrong. I have persisted in my faith walk and serve the fellowship by continuing to respect leadership and the cause of the church by remaining teachable (Bible College, being mentored, following leaders requests and instructions) to the best of my ability. My heart is to build the Kingdom of God by sharing, caring, giving and receiving, being and doing, learning and teaching about God.

A group experience
In 2006 my wife and I went on a mission trip to Kenya with 13 other church members with the plan to build a sister church. Upon arrival at the hotel we were asked for safety purposes not to leave because a tribal war had broken out. We chose to leave the hotel to complete our mission plus purchase food and clothing which were distributed to the refugees and the poor. We visited orphanages, assisted in setting up a financial loan system and a food bank. We did all this knowing our lives were at risk but we did this as a way of serving God.

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