{"id":1018,"date":"2024-10-21T15:07:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T14:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2024-10-21T15:07:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T14:07:41","slug":"to-serve-not-to-be-served","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2024\/10\/21\/to-serve-not-to-be-served\/","title":{"rendered":"To Serve, Not To Be Served"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today\u2019s sermon was given by our priest in charge the Rev Nick Mwandia on the nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. 6th October 2024.<audio src=\"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/061024.mp3\"><\/audio><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/201024.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Download Mp3\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/201024.mp3\">HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sermon starts at 2:25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<font color=\"red\">Reading: Mark 10 v 35-45\n<br><br>\nThe Request of James and John<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>35<\/b><\/font>\n Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. \u201cTeacher,\u201d they said,\n\u201cwe want you to do for us whatever we ask.\u201d\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>36<\/b><\/font>\n \u201cWhat do you want me to do for you?\u201d he asked.\n<br><br>\n <font color=\"blue\"><b>37<\/b><\/font>\n They replied, \u201cLet one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.\u201d\n<br><br>\n <font color=\"blue\"><b>38<\/b><\/font>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t know what you are asking,\u201d Jesus said. \u201cCan you drink the cup I drink\nor be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?\u201d\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>39<\/b><\/font>\n \u201cWe can,\u201d they answered.\nJesus said to them, \u201cYou will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I\nam baptized with, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>40<\/b><\/font> but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places\nbelong to those for whom they have been prepared.\u201d\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>41<\/b><\/font>\n When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and\nJohn. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>42<\/b><\/font> Jesus called them together and said, \u201cYou know that those who are\nregarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise\nauthority over them. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>43<\/b><\/font> Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great\namong you must be your servant, \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>44<\/b><\/font> and whoever wants to be first must be slave of\nall. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>45<\/b><\/font> For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give\nhis life as a ransom for many.\u201d\n<br><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s sermon was given by our priest in charge the Rev Nick Mwandia on the nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. 6th October 2024. Download Mp3\u00a0HERE! Sermon starts at 2:25 Reading: Mark 10 v 35-45 The Request of James and John 35 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2024\/10\/21\/to-serve-not-to-be-served\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1020,"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}