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Being Selfless Centered | Episode #339 | Encore Episode #010 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's Word with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and stories along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that he has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. In Lamentations
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three, verses twenty two and twenty three, we read,
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  Speaker 1: because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed,
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  Speaker 1: for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great is your faithfulness. Now, if you miss a portion
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  Speaker 1: of today's broadcast or would like to recommend it to
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  Speaker 1: a friend, you can hear this program anytime online at
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  Speaker 1: Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus, who existing
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  Speaker 2: in the form of God, did not consider equality with
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  Speaker 2: God as something to be used for his own advantage. Instead,
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  Speaker 2: he emptied himself by assuming the form of a slave,
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  Speaker 2: taking on the lafe rightness of men. And when he
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  Speaker 2: had come as a man in his external form, he
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  Speaker 2: humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,
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  Speaker 2: even to death on a cross. Philippians, Chapter two, verses
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  Speaker 2: five through eight. Being selfless centered, it is nearly impossible
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  Speaker 2: to remain self centered while serving the deep needs of
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  Speaker 2: another person. The apostle Paul states that we are to
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  Speaker 2: do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility
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  Speaker 2: consider others as more important than ourselves. Jesus set an
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  Speaker 2: example for us when he got up from the meal
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  Speaker 2: at the Last Supper and got down on his knees
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  Speaker 2: to wash the feet of his disciple. Since people wore
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  Speaker 2: sandals and even walked barefoot on dusty roads, they needed
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  Speaker 2: to clean their feet when they entered a house. Usually
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  Speaker 2: a servant would perform this dirty chore, but Jesus assigned
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  Speaker 2: the service to himself. Menial work was not beneath Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: and we are encouraged to follow jesus example. Make your
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  Speaker 2: own attitude that of Christ. Jesus, who existing in the
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  Speaker 2: form of God, did not consider equality with God something
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  Speaker 2: to be used for his own advantage. Instead, he emptied
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  Speaker 2: himself by assuming the form of a slave serving others.
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  Speaker 2: Begins with forgetting yourself with your own needs out of
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  Speaker 2: the way, followed Jesus example, and look for the other
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  Speaker 2: person's needs. Jesus said, so, if I, your Lord and teacher,
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  Speaker 2: have washed your feet, you should also wash one another's feet.
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  Speaker 2: That's in John chapter thirteen and verse fourteen.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word with Richard k. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: Richard's entire archive at Talknetwork Radio dot com. We would
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great Is Thy
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  Speaker 1: Faithfulness from the America's twenty five Favorite Hymns album unless otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by Homan Bible Publishers in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Additional resources used for Reflections on the Word with Richard
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  Speaker 1: Kay include Great Is Thy Faithfulness by Our Daily Bread
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again, here is Richard
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: Think about how many relationships God can transform if we
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  Speaker 2: simply emphasize the other person's needs over our own. Is
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  Speaker 2: there someone perhaps whose feet have been made dirty by
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  Speaker 2: this world and its cruelty? As we become selfless centered,
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  Speaker 2: God will provide countless opportunities to serve the needs of others,
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  Speaker 2: and in so doing, others will recognize Jesus' love and
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  Speaker 2: be drawn to him. So, if I, your lord and teacher,
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  Speaker 2: have washed your feet, you should also wash one another's feet.
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  Speaker 2: For I have given you an example that you also
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  Speaker 2: should do, just as I have done for you. John
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  Speaker 2: Chapter thirteen and verses fourteen to fifteen. And that is
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  Speaker 2: today's Reflection on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard k or Richard and the entire team. This is
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  Speaker 1: Chuck Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word.