Part 3: Owner

THE CORE 5 – PART 3

“For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.”

Isaiah 43:19 (NLT)

Core Value #1: Bible

I will grow by reading and studying God’s Word.

Core Value #2: Community

Connect with others and join a group.

Core Value #3: Owner

I will be all in at Crestview by serving others. (on-screen only)

“It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.”

John 13:1-2 (NIV)

“So He got up from the meal, took off His outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around His waist. After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash His disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around Him.”

John 13:4-5 (NIV)

“He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him, ‘Lord, are you going to wash my feet?’ Jesus replied, ‘You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.’ ‘No,’ said Peter, ‘You shall never wash my feet…’”

John 13:6-8a (NIV)

“…Jesus answered, ‘Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.’ ‘Then, Lord,’ Simon Peter replied, ‘not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!’”

John 13:8b-9 (NIV)

“When He had finished washing their feet, He put on His clothes and returned to His place. ‘Do you understand what I have done for you?’ He asked them. ‘You call Me “Teacher” and “Lord,” and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.’”

John 13:12-15 (NIV)

• Put others first.

THREE THINGS SERVING DOES IN YOUR LIFE:

1. SERVING HELPS YOU SEE AND EXPERIENCE WHAT YOU’RE MADE FOR.

“A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.”

1 Corinthians 12:7 (NLT)

“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”

1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)

2. GOD CHANGES YOU WHEN YOU SERVE.

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.”

Philippians 2:3 (NIV)

“Who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made Himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.”

Philippians 2:6-7 (ESV)

3. YOU ARE THE PRESENCE OF JESUS WHEN YOU SERVE.

“Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Matthew 20:28 (NIV)

“The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I don’t need you!’ And the head cannot say to the feet, ‘I don’t need you!’”

1 Corinthians 12:21 (NIV)

• Are you an owner?

MY NEXT STEP TODAY IS TO:

• Go all in and be an Owner at Crestview:

  • I am already serving.

  • I am interested in serving.

  • I am not serving at this time.

• Visit the Serve table in the Commons.

• Commit my life to Jesus Christ and follow Him.

• Sign up to be baptized on the next Baptism Sunday – January 26.

Bible App Instructions:

1. Go to Plans on the Bible app. Search for NEXT STEPS: Serve. (7-day plan)

2. Tap “Start Plan.”

3. Find the plan under “Plans > My Plans.” Follow along with the devotional and verses each day.