Women Exploring the Bible

Do I have a Servant’s heart?

Please answer these questions truthfully and with prayerful consideration. God wants to teach you something.  That is why you are here.

1.             I have given my life to Jesus.

                a) Absolutely!

                b) Mostly

                c) I think I did

                d) No

Without Faith it is impossible to please God… Hebrews 11:6

2.             I feel I am most serving God when I am:

                a) doing work for the church. (teaching, clean-up, participating in outreach ministries or fund raisers etc…)

                b) taking care of my family and loved ones

                c) Tithing and giving to charities

                d) Helping little ol’ ladies across the street (ie. People I don’t know)

3.             When I serve God I:

                a) sort of expect a “pay-off” (blessing, a warm fuzzy feeling, acknowledgment , cash)

                b) really, honestly don’t expect a thing.

4.             God can call me to service:

                a) As long as it is not in conflict with my schedule.

                b) Anytime

                c) On the weekends.

                d) Almost any holiday.

5.             One reason I don’t serve is:

                a) I’m not good enough

                b) it’s not my spiritual gift.

                c) I don’t want people to “need” me.

                d) Not everyone is called to serve.

6.             Sometimes I feel:

                a) the task is really beneath me

                b) the task is too much for me

                c) God needs me to do the “bigger” tasks

                d) God needs me to just do the “little things”.

7.             I will serve:

                a) As long as its fun

                b) Till I get discouraged

                c) and you can count on me to finish the job

                d) as long as I like everyone and they like me.

8.             I serve to:

                a) impress God

                b) impress others

                c) show how humble I am

                d) unseen, whenever possible.

9.             I find myself:

                a) wondering who needs help

                b) hoping nobody needs my help

                c) getting used by people

10.          When people treat me like a servant (taken for granted, bossed around, treated as an inferior) I:

                a) get defensive

                b) defame that person to someone else.

                c) think about how Jesus suffered – and realize I am sharing in his suffering – Wow moment.

                d) try to never put myself around that person again.

WHAT  I  LEARNED ABOUT ME:

I Wonder by Ruth Harms Calkin

You know, Lord, how I serve You

With great emotional fervor

In the limelight.

You know how eagerly I speak for You

At the women’s club.

You know how I effervesce when I promote

A fellowship group.

You know my genuine enthusiasm

At a Bible study.

But how would I react, I wonder

If you pointed to a basin of water

And asked me to wash the calloused feet

Of a bent and wrinkled old woman

Day after day

Month after month

In a room where nobody saw

And nobody knew.

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