Rule of Life Service 02: How Do I Serve? - Part 01 (featuring Jonathan Tremaine Thomas)
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Oct 14, 2025 Joining the conversation is Jonathan Tremaine Thomas, an activist and pastor known for founding Civil Righteousness to promote racial justice. He dives deep into how serving in hidden ways can shape our motivations and experiences. Jonathan discusses the significance of Jesus' model for service, emphasizing transformation through love rather than pride. He shares insights on the contrast between worldly power and kingdom service, offering practical advice for incorporating hidden service into family life and everyday interactions. This thought-provoking dialogue encourages a service-centered lifestyle.
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Hiddenness Protects True Reward
- Service deepens only by doing the practice, not by waiting for perfect motives.
- Jesus prescribes hiddenness in service to protect against counterfeit rewards and ego-driven praise.
Invite The Spirit Before Serving
- Invite the Spirit before serving and confess that your motives are impure.
- Ask God to grant moments of genuine self-forgetting during your service time.
Serve Both Hiddenly And At Home
- Service in both hidden and familiar places trains a single way of being everywhere.
- The ultimate reward of such formation is joy found in forgetting oneself.