Developing a Servant's Heart
Overview
Developing a Servant's Heart will equip you to serve the people around you: family, co-workers, neighbors—the people that you interact with every day. You will find very practical suggestions and principles, drawn from the Bible. Train to become a servant, and in so doing, it will help you to become more like Christ. Ten lessons include, teaching and thought provoking application questions from Dr. Stanley.
Top Highlights
“The gospel is: Jesus Christ shed His blood on the cross of Calvary to purchase salvation for you and for me.” (source)
“Service is the doing of good works as God leads and directs through the power of the Holy Spirit. The works are there for us to do. Our responsibility is to obey God, even as Jesus obeyed the Father, and to serve Him with our all of our lives—every last grain, every last bit ‘poured out’ to Him and to others.” (source)
“God’s gift of salvation is offered freely to all who will receive it.” (source)
“The Bible is far more than a great piece of literature or a book of inspiration and spiritual truths. It is a very practical manual for daily living. In many ways, it is God’s ‘Service Manual’ for life. It tells us how to live a godly life, how to maintain loving relationships, and how to fulfill our reason for being on this earth. The Bible relates to every area of our lives. It clearly tells us how to use all of our resources—our gifts, time, talents, money, possessions, and skills—for God’s glory and His purposes, which are the foundation and motivation for all forms of ministry and servanthood.” (source)
“A person with a vision for the greater plans and purposes of God is a person who findings meaning and fulfillment in even the most mundane of tasks. For example, we are not to feed people simply to feed people. We are to feed the hungry so that with full stomachs, they might fully receive the gospel of Christ.” (source)
- Title: Developing a Servant’s Heart
- Author: Charles Stanley
- Edition: electronic ed.
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Print Publication Date: 1998
- Logos Release Date: 2006
- Pages: 113
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Servanthood › Religious--Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781418531751, 1418531758
- Resource ID: LLS:53.20.27
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:31:05Z
Charles Stanley (1932–2023) was often called “America’s Pastor.” He earned his bachelor of divinity at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and his master’s degree and doctorate at Luther Rice Seminary. His theological viewpoint was evangelical and dispensational in nature.
Stanley served as senior pastor of the First Baptist Church Atlanta from 1971-2020. He ws the founder and president of In Touch Ministries and had served two terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention. The radio and television broadcast In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley aired around the world in more than 50 languages and covered an array of topics—from finances to parenting.
Stanley was a New York Times bestselling author who had written more than 45 books, including The Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Bible, The Reason for My Hope, Walking Wisely: Real Guidance for Life’s Journey, and dozens more in The Charles Stanley Collection (46 vols.).