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When treated like a servant . . .

Posted on December 16, 2018 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

The bottom line is that I don’t need to be validated by others when I am a servant of Jesus Christ, because Jesus gives me the ultimate status as a child of God.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: attitude, servant, slave

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