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Good morning everyone. It's nice to see you again . Go find a nice spot. Welcome also to all guests. I see a lamps. That means immediately that I won't be seeing you anymore. Um, welcome to all guests as well. I see a few new faces. It's nice that you are here. It's as if

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you've been here before and I did n't see you, my apologies. Um, but if you are here for the first time, you are welcome. We hope you feel at home. Ehm if you want some translation for the service, there is translation in the back which has already been done. Thanks. That's great. Um, so welcome to this service. We are going to

start today with a moment to be still. We have had a very busy week. Me, too. All sorts of things have happened. Our schedules have been full . This morning I rushed through the rain to get here on time. It makes some of us a bit despondent and listless. Let us now take a moment to also

become still and fix our hearts on God . So let us take a moment to still our hearts and invite him.

Heavenly Father, Almighty Creator. Lord, thank You that we may be together here today, Lord, in freedom and in the openness, so that everyone may know that we are here. Lord, we want to thank You that You are with us. That You go with us , Lord. And we lay our busy hearts, busy thoughts. The body that

might feel, uh, stressed or has carried a lot this past week. time. We leave it to you. Help us to relax him, to quiet ourselves and listen to your voice. Lord, go with us in this way. Be with us. Preserve us, and let it be that we may praise Your name with all our heart and soul

. And that You are here, Lord. We welcome You. We know that You are with us . Father, thank You for Your grace and thank You that we may praise You for who You are. Amen. I thought you were going to make some announcements or something, but that, uh, wasn't on the schedule.

No. Well, shall we stand together? We are going to uh begin with uh Lord, I praise [music] Your great name. I want to give you my whole heart, for you walked the path that brought me salvation and life.

[music] Dra a big name. I am the big [music] name. I may give you. I want to give you my heart . [music] You have walked the road. For you have walked the path. And I await [music] a life [sings] life. Uden here of the throne to be. From the loft to the cross. Inflict

pain upon me. From the cross to the grave. [music][sings] Risen from the grave again. Lord, I praise the great name. Lord, praise the great [music] name. Lord, I praise the [sings] great name. Lord, I praise the great [music] name. I want to [sings] give you my heart. I want to give you [music] from my heart.

For You have gone the way. You have walked the road. Ring brought for a moment. You descend from the throne to be music . From the St to the cross [sings] toward From the cross to the grave. To rise again from the grave. Lord, I praise the great name. Take down. Hunen [sings]

down of a throne to be. From the stable to the cross you bore my pain. [sings] From the cross to the grave. Risen from the grave again. [sings] Lord, I praise a great name. Lord, I [sing] praise the great name.

Oh, come now and yeel. Give thanks to the [music][sings] Lord in a year for the rock of our Lord. Before his face [music] brings joy [sings] him with the game. For the Lord [music] is a great [sings] God and the king of all that knows. For the [sings] Lord is [music] a great God and the king

of [sings] everything that we now and juvel bring [sings][music] thanks to the Lord and rejoice for the rock of our Lord. Also before His afterlife [music][sings] bring rejoicing it to a [music] For the Lord is a [sings] great God. And the king [music] has of all things. For the [sings] Lord is a great

God [music] and the king of all that knows. [sings] For the Lord is a great God and the King of all that lives [sings] For the Lord is a great [sings] God and the king of [music] all that.

Seeing before the Lord eternal [sings] Geert [music] will never change. Unskinable, squeezable, good word [music] out [sings] whole sand. Yes, your word from the sand. Heaven [sings] rejoices [music] your church bears witness. God is your faithfulness, Lord. From century to century we [sing] century we confess [music] . God is your faithfulness. Oh Lord.

Oh God, is Your faithfulness. Oh Lord, [music] everything changes. You remain [sing] the same. Kingdom and equality. What [music] promises You, You will also [sing] . Your faithfulness is [music] forever. We always trust you [sings] . Heaven hunts, your know testifies. God is your faithfulness, Lord. [music] From tote we confess. God is Your faithfulness [sings]

Lord. Oh God, is Your faithfulness. Lord [music] from generation to generation. [music][sings] You never left us in the sea. Yesterday and [sings] night always the same. [music] For He is and He [sings] is coming. The [music] heaven cheers your [sings] church . God [music] is your faithfulness, Lord. From whole to whole we confess. Great is

Your faithfulness. [sings] Oh the heavens rejoice the heavens [music] rejoice. Your church bears witness. Great is Your faithfulness, Lord. From century to century we confess [music]. God is Your faithfulness [sings] already, Lord. How faithful is your God? Oh. [sings]

And the children's song has something to do with a biblical festival that took place that weekend. And ET is going to tell you a bit more about that. Well, it is a very nice children's song. This used to be one of my favorite children's songs. It is very good that you are already taking a seat.

Top. That is really very good. You figured that out , didn't you? No, this is really a great song that we are going to put on and go with him when [music] Jesus returns. And um, so there is also a uh Bible verse. What I am telling you now, God has kept hidden from [music] until now. We as

believers will not all die, but will all receive a new body in one [musical] blink of an eye at the moment the last trumpet [musical] sounds. Yes, the mighty sound of the trumpet [music] will be heard. And then the dead will be brought to life with an imperishable, difficult word, isn't it, a body. [music] And we too

shall receive a new body. But anyway , it is of course useful that we know what a basuin sounds like. Otherwise, we cannot recognize it [music] when we hear it in the air. So I have found someone who is going to blow the trumpet . [music] Are you curious? Warning. It might sound

a bit harsh. D is very good. You might want to cover your ears for a moment if you can't stand loud noise. But here he comes, don't worry. Me, too. Come . Applause of encouragement. Woohoo!

Woohoo! And Even, did you want to blow into it too? No. Okay, so uh just stay seated [music] and you'll hear when we stand up . Right, [music] we will [sings] go along with him. Bag. Now you may sit down. You're drunk now when you [music] come. Do n't keep grieving. [sings] Don't give up

. [music] Zinken humming. That doesn't help you anymore anyway. It will happen. Then the Lord comes. Mr. [music] with mega soon when Jesus comes back [music] we will [sings] rise up and with mega when Jesus [sings] comes. Stay [music] not sitting not by package sinking down [sings] happen. That doesn't help you anymore anyway. will

happen. [music] Then comes the Lord, the Lord. Just this once, then . We will get up and go with him. [sings] Later when Jesus comes back. We will [sings][music] get up and go with him. When Jesus comes. When Jesus comes.

I am going to pray for the children. Yes, Lord, what a uh beautiful song, Lord, that we may wait for You that is to come to You, Lord. That You are coming, Lord, and that You are going to give us a new home, Lord. I pray, Lord, that we may, yes, the children

too, long for that at a young age, Lord. That they perhaps do not yet fully understand, Lord. But that You will indeed work that in their hearts, Lord. That they develop a longing for You, to know You. To live close to You, Lord. And ultimately, to simply look forward, Lord, to Your coming. Lord, Lord

. Lord, I pray Your blessing over this morning for the children's clubs. Lord, please fill the conduit with Your Holy Spirit. Lord, that every child may feel safe and happy. That there may be joy, Lord. And that they may taste your love in Jesus' name. Amen. Do you want to bring the

elephant along? Elephant.

I'm just looking at my songs [music] for a bit and uh just yeah, I had to think of something this week and I thought: "Am I going to share it or am I not going to share it?" But I'm just going to share it. I, uh, we have been having a lot of sleepless [music]

nights lately. Son really sleeps, uh, wakes up very often. And um, I had a night where I was just so, uh, irritated actually that he kept waking up , that I really thought: "Sion, come on, go to sleep." And every time I put him down, he started crying again. And then I picked it up again.

He was quiet again immediately. And then I put him down again and then he started crying again [music] and then I picked him up again and then he was quiet again. And uh one morning um I also wanted to put him to his bed [music] and get him to sleep. And he just kept on crying. And well, I was

absolutely exhausted. So I started crying too and I thought: "Just go to sleep, please." And [music] just that irritation came back up again: "Oh, I just want you to sleep for a bit and can I just quietly drink a cup of tea on the couch or something?" or uh well um and I

suddenly got into the mind that I just got emotional about it and I noticed that I got a thought of God who really never thinks when I come to him like oh Floor come on are you back again oh Floor come on [music] uh can't you just figure it out yourself or um yeah me but I thought I

just got such just such an image that God never turns his back on us actually that he never thinks what's with that again or is there you again or um that he gets irritated by that actually. Um [music] and that just made me softer towards Zion again, like oh you know I'm coming but I just want to

hold you and I want to comfort you. And [music] I think that God also wants to be our Father in such a way that He wants to hold us [music] and wants to comfort us and wants to have us close to us. And yes, I just noticed that I also just got a longing of, I actually just want to be

held by God all the time . And then I can sometimes feel guilty if I've just had a busy day because of something. And then I think: "Oh right, I haven't chatted with God for a while, or I have n't read the Bible a few [music] times to, well, meet you in it."

And well, I just picked out songs and I just hope that yeah, that it's just a [music] um that it may also that also be your prayer that we may just be [music] close to God and that we may meet God this morning. And maybe you have also had a busy week or a

difficult week. Are you also tired because of certain things? Or yes, are things perhaps difficult to deal with? God is always there for us to hold us . I think they will receive us with open arms. Yesterday I read in the Bible that [music] um I can't really tell you exactly how it says, but that how can a

mother who forgets his sucking [music] eh infant did n't say infant. And God will absolutely not forget you. So He is always there for [music] us. And I just find it a very beautiful thought that God is simply always standing there ready to receive me, but also to receive you. And yes, I just

hope that this morning, uh, this moment is the time [music] of worship, that the songs we sing, that we may really go to Him in our hearts, in our thoughts. That we may look at him. [music] not being concerned with what uh what your neighbor is doing or yeah, that you think: "Oh yeah, uh what

[music] time is it?" Well, that we may really just look at God and just enjoy. That we [music] may be close to Him. We are going to sing: Open the eyes of my heart. And um yes, that is my prayer that our hearts may be open . and that we may look at him [music]

. I want to see you. And uh yes, I'm just going to play a little bit first, and yes, I'm just inviting you to uh perhaps express that desire [music] in your heart, or any other desire you have this morning for the Lord. เฮ

Open the [sings] eyes of my heart Lord open [sings] the eyes of my heart I want to see you. I want to see you. Open [sings] the eyes of my heart [music] open the [sings] eyes of my heart. I want to see you. I [sings] want to see you [music] to see you.

[sings] [music] in of your glory [music] for [sings] your power and love as we sing holy [music][sings] holy holy open [music][sings] the eyes of my heart open [sings] the eyes of my heart I want [music] to see you. I want to see [music] you. Open the eyes. Open the [sings] eyes of my heart.

[music] Lord open the eyes [sings] of my heart. I want to [music] see you. I [sings] want to see you. [music] See [sings] you live [music] up shining in the glory [music] for [sings] your power and love as we [music] sing holy holy holy to see you [sings][music] high up [music] shine in the glory of your glory

for [sings][music] your power and love as we see holy holy [sings] holy holy holy holy [sings] holy holy [music] holy holy [sings] Holy, [music] holy, I want to see you. Holy, [sings] holy, [music] holy, you are holy, holy, holy, holy , [sings] holy, holy. I want to see [music][sings] you. Holy, holy, [sings] holy, holy. [music]

You are holy, holy, holy, [music] holy, holy, holy. that I shall see you [music][sings] high [music] [sings] shining [music] in the of your glory out [music][sings] your power and love as we sing holy holy [music] holy to see [sings] you life shining in [sings] the of your glory out [sings] power and love

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Jesus [music] [ sings] have my heart my will my Jesus [sings] have my [music] this is my dream my world joy [music] I joy I my Jesus [music] to you I [sings] bring my [music] my lips my living sacrifice as one reborn your life is your will is Jesus

[sings] have it all Jesus have [music] it all to you glory praise [sings][music] of all the Jesus have it [sings] all [music] Jesus have it all [sings] and majesty and all Jesus have Jesus joy [music] [music][sings

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Jesus [music] [sings] have your [sings][music] Glory [sings] [music] Jesus [music] have it on [sings] Jesus have it on [music] you [sings] belong to the glory of [music] Jesus have it all [sings] [music] Jesus have it all bless and [music][sings] majesty all Jesus have [sings][music] it all Jesus have it all you belong to glory

[music][sings] praise of all Jesus have it [sings] [music] Jesus have Maesty [sings] Jesus [music] [sings] [ music] [music][sings] [sings ] [sings]

Yes. [sings] [music] Never let me [music] [sings] go. [sings]

He say that I'm your friend. You are [sings] my desire. No [sings] else nothing [sings] else take place to feel [sings] the of your help me [sings] find way Lord bring me back to

[music] [sings] I want [sings][music] all need all I [music][sings] want help me [sings][music] know you

[sings] [sings] All I [music] need [sings] all help [sings] me know you Lord Lord

, I give You [sings] my heart. I give You my [music] soul. I live only [sings] for [music] You. Lead the way I walk. A moment that I exist [sings] Lord [music] through your me. This is my desire. This is my desire. [Music] praises You, Lord. With all my heart I worship You.

All that sings within me longs for You. Everything I want to find is in You.

Lord, I give You my heart. Give Yourself my soul. I live only [sings][music] for You. Lead the way I walk. [sings] The moment that I exist. [music] Lord, do Thy will [sings] in me. Lord, I give You my heart. I give You my soul. I live only [music][sings] for You. Watch the way I walk. [music]

Every moment that I exist, Lord, do Your will. [music] Do as you please. Put Your will in me. Do as you please. Put your will in me. Do [music] your will. Do Thy will, Lord. Put Your will in me. Do as you please. Do your will in [music] me. Do as you please. Put your will in me. Do as

you please. Lord, do Your [music] will in me. Gentleman. I give You my [sings] heart. I give You my soul. [sings][music] I live only for You. Lead the way that [sings] I walk. Every moment [music] that I exist. Lord, put Yourself back in me.

Thank you for the cross, Lord. Thank you for [singing] very much for me. You [music] dry [sing] my guilt and pain. Now I am rich. Your love [sings] was my beauty. [music] Thank you for your [singing] offen. Fastened to the cross, [sings] . [music] You give me a fulcrum of love. You live in me and embrace me [sings]

sun where is after [music] sitting on [sings] the throne. bless [sings] celebrate for [music] you always bear the head [sings] the crows [music] [sings] here [music] from God [sings] [music] heaven gave us her [sings] G worthy is the land. [music][sings] How dignified is the long. [music] If we still sing, the Lamb is worthy.

Worthy is the lamb. sitting [sings] on the throne. Blessing [sings] celebrating forever you wear the highest [music] crown. You are highly [sings] exalted Lord [music] Jesus son [sings] of God heaven [sings][music] gave us her greatest shadow [sings] is the land. [music] Worthy is the praise. How [sings] lovely is it, how [sings] is it, how

worthy is Amen.

During this worship, I am drawn to the text from Isaiah 61. It is one of the texts that are, um, very important for my life , but I want to include it now as well, because that is the Lord we serve. For that is Jesus, the Spirit of God. Rest upon him. And he has come to

bring good news to the meek. He has sent me. He sent Jesus to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim release for the captives and release for those who were bound . He has come to comfort all who mourn , to dispose of all who mourn of Zion . And shall be given a

jewel instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, a praiseworthy spirit instead of a troubled spirit. That we may be called oaks of righteousness. A planting by the Lord. And that is the God before whom we may kneel. The one who looks after us. that bee is to which we may come again and again, and to which we may kneel

and say: "Lord, we do not know." And I actually want to take time, just like last time, a time of prayer. We are doing things a little differently right now, but to truly pause. To praise God for who He is. But also to offer, to pray for the sick in the congregation. Lord, we are thinking of Veronica, of Mirte,

of Samuel, of Hans and Marianne and Matthijs. And there are so many of them that we, whom I don't all know by name, but you do. also for the missionaries and for our congregation itself. So I would like to ask if you would all actually like to stand up . And then we do it in a way that

is a blessing to me every single time, because I have heard it so often, and especially in so many different languages. But let's all just pray out loud . Let us reach out our hands to God. And all at the same time, God does hear us. Let us all pray at the same time about what is on our hearts

. Magnifying God for who He is. For the love He gives. for the desire that we can bring. So let's take our time with that, and I'll wrap up in a moment. But let's all start together . Here God, Father, thank You, Lord, that You are there. We are indeed thankful that You care for us and that You are

with us, that You,

Father God, thank You, Lord, that You are our God. That we may praise You for Your love, for Your faithfulness. Thank you that we may bring all our sick to You, Lord. Just like the four friends let them fall through the roof. Lay at Your feet, Lord, for You heal. Lord, will You bring deliverance,

bring healing. Will You give peace and rest , Lord, to those who are sick and eh deal with troubles and misery. Lord, please be with the missionaries who are always extra busy today on Sunday. Lord, will You encourage them and also protect them. Lord, above all, I want to pray, Lord, for this congregation.

Lord, will You be present today with Your spirit during the worship, just as You were this morning, Lord, so strongly that we may hear Your word . That we may know that You speak to our hearts. Help us to open our hearts to who You are. that we may continue to receive your love

. Lord, thank You that You are there and that You never, ever let go of what Your hand has begun. Lord, thank You also for all the people who are here for the first time . Lord, You know what they are going through. You know what they go through. You know what effort and struggle there is. But perhaps

also what joy there is. Lord, thank You that they may be happy. And thank you for wearing them. Thank you also to all the church members here, Lord. Lord, give them Your peace that surpasses all understanding. Lord, I want to pray for Bedwin, also when he may share the word shortly; will You

give him Your words, Lord. May we look forward with longing to what You have to say to us. Lord, open our hearts in Jesus' name. Amen. Sit comfortably.

Thank you. Good morning. Can you hear me? Yeah, I think I'm, uh, I'm on. Serve. That was the subject I was given for this morning's service . and serve. If I just look at it now, what does serving actually mean? Hey, when I look at the dictionary, I just wrote it down in my own words.

That means serving a purpose. People- oriented. It is practical, it is concrete. To serve also means to be at someone's service. Focused on a relationship, focused on fidelity. And it also means serving God. Essentially summarizing everything above that towards God. And what I actually wondered, when I look at myself, would I actually

want to be in someone's service? I actually don't find that attractive. I don't really like being subordinate to anyone. But Jesus says in Matthew 10:45: "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve." As I was, um, working on this theme over the past week or the past two weeks

, a song came to mind from the very first moment . It is a somewhat older song. His song from Awakening 268. He kept coming back to this somehow the whole time . Uh, the first verse actually says the following. He came to us quite simply, the Son of God, as a Son of Man.

He served us as a servant and laid down his life. The chorus says: "Behold our God, the King's servant. He laid down his life , his example calls to serve every day, carried by his love and strength. Um, before I begin and we perhaps move on a bit, it might also be good for the guests who are here,

for the people who might know me a little less, uh, who I am. But yes, Bert Wijnhohoofd, together with Sandrina, we have been going to the church here for a good, uh, nearly 10 years now, uh, and uh, we are allowed to be so active here and occasionally, uh, also bring the word. Uh, furthermore, in

daily life, I work as a financial director at an international trading company and am also active on the local board of the ChristenUnie here in Harddewijk. Uh, then you have a bit of an idea, maybe a picture of who is standing before you? Is that really such a servant? Or do you perhaps understand now why I have so much

trouble with that? Um, and that contradiction appealed to me so much in this theme in the piece, uh, that we are talking about this morning. It has that duality. A sort of because it is difficult. And on the other hand, we also know that it is our goal. That God has asked us to serve.

And I actually want to take you along on that quest . Um, back then, uh, by now, I think about a year ago, uh, Maike, Stefan, and I uh sat together to see, hey, for the coming year we can set a kind of central theme. Which sub-themes are we going to lay down here?

For that, we used as a kind of foundation uh, the book uh, The Way by John Mark Komer. And that book consists of a kind of three-part structure. And uh, that three-part structure actually consists of John Mark Komer saying: "Our faith, following the way of Jesus, means that you want to be with Jesus, that you want to be like Jesus

, that you want to live like Jesus." And uh, if you look at this three-part structure, in this piece this morning is mainly about looking at Jesus. What can we learn from his life and how can we apply that in our own lives? I will come back to that with an example from

myself. Um, and the most obvious The obvious choice for this theme is, of course, John 13: the washing of the feet. If serving is set out anywhere in the Bible with the example of what, is there no better example than what. But perhaps precisely because of that revival song that came into my head from the beginning

, um, I was actually drawn to another Bible passage that deals much more with what is the underlying principle, what lies beneath serving? What lies beneath that washing of the feet? And I want to read that Bible passage with you in a moment . That is Philippians 2 verses 5 through 11. The

revised State Translation places the hymn of praise to Christ above this section. And that is actually what it is. They assume that this is actually a song that was already being sung in the early church, these verses. And that is Paul citing a well-known song here for the Christians back then. And um, and another little bit as an

introduction that we need to pause at for a moment is that for this Bible passage in Philippians 2—so for the hymn of praise—there is a completely different text, and that also to come back to. And that is that Paul actually says that we must consider others more excellent than ourselves. Philippi, it was a city, a Roman

colony, um, in Greece. So it met all the criteria of Roman times. It had a clear urban structure. There were many ranks. Roman society was built on honor. A very clear system of citizenship. What was the lower class? What was the middle class? What were the slaves? And precisely who is at the top? Whom must you

honor? Whom must you serve? and assume the form of a servant. That you therefore had to present yourself differently than the rank you held in that society at that moment. Very often seen as a provocation. I would now like to read the Bible passage with you. Philippians 2 from verse 5 to 8, or um, from

verse 5 to 11. And I will do it from the New Bible Translation. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus. He who was in the form of God made no claim to be equal with God, but did distanced himself from his position and took on the form of a servant. He became like

men. And when men appeared, he humbled himself, and became obedient even to death, even death on the cross. Therefore God highly exalted him and bestowed upon him the name that is above every name . That at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue shall confess

Jesus Christ to the glory of the Father. And um, in this Bible passage, there are actually four themes to be extracted that I actually want to get to with you first . You can go to the next slide now. Um, those four themes are actually—I’ve translated it a bit in old-fashioned Bible words. A

slightly easier-to- remember translation might follow later. The mind of God, self-emptying, obedience to God, and exaltation. The mind. That is literally what is stated in verse 5. Let the mind that Jesus Christ had be in you. If we look at what Paul is perhaps not saying here, he is not saying that we must do what Jesus did. That we

must imitate him. That we too must take off our outer garment. Must take our bowl and wash other feet . What he says here is that we must have the same focus as Jesus. And that goes much deeper. So that does not mean that we have to perform something, but it means that our

being, ourselves, must be focused on that. And that actually begins with: where is your heart focused? What are you occupied with? Behold, our God, the King's servant. He laid down his life; his example calls us to serve every day, sustained by his love and power. And in this refrain, which we may sing

several times, just as I have sung very often in my life, at the end there is something that is quite important. Sustained by his love and power. And that is actually the engine. That reflects that focus. We must be focused on his love, on his power. That is what we must live out. Uh, Tieterik

Bonheuver, who writes in his book, um, *Navolging*, um, actually elaborates on this. He distinguishes between cheap grace and expensive grace. And cheap grace is the forgiveness of sin. It is grace that actually more or less justifies the act. It is forgiveness, so we move on. It is grace as a kind of remission that you do nothing with.

But precious grace is grace that calls you. It is not about the act. It is about you. So it costs you everything. It costs you your life. For it cost Jesus his life too. And why is that so important—to perhaps understand that difference a little bit—I am using Bonheuver's words now to learn this—is because when you

look at serving, at ourselves, our heart-centeredness, you can make yourself heard in two ways. Should I do more, and should I do even more ? Then you are busy with your task, with your execution. And Bonheuver says: "The cheap part of being a Christian, that is religion." But um, uh, it actually needs to go further. You

should look precisely at what you are looking at. Why are you doing that? Why do you want to live? Because Jesus did that for us. And then you also discover that grace is not without obligation. That grace has cost a great deal. And then you arrive at the next point. the emptying. I have very deliberately used a very

old-fashioned word here that does not come from the new Bible translation, but does come from the MBG translation of 1951 with which I grew up. In that text, it says, um, that Jesus emptied himself. And that is actually the rendering of the Greek word that appears there in the original text . That is kenosis. That is emptying.

MG translation is going to read the text in a moment; they have presented it a bit more functionally. He stepped away from his position and assumed the form of the servant. It does not state that he ceased to be God . He had a choice himself. He made the choice himself to die

. Jesus revealed nothing here about who he was. He used his divinity. He showed who he was. And that is the surprising thing God does. And that is also what it looks like when we have to get closer to him. He lays it off on his own. That is being . And then we actually come to the very

well-known scripture passage from John 13 verses 3 to 5. And I would like to read that with you. Jesus, who knew that the Father had given him all power and that he had come from God and would return to God, stood up during that meal. He took off his outer garment, wrapped a linen cloth

around himself, and put a large amount of water in a washbasin. And he began to wash the feet of his disciples and dried them with the cloth that he had wrapped around himself. If we lay down this text, or perhaps place it alongside the text of Philippians, then here too you see Jesus, who knew

exactly what he was. He knew that he was the Son of God. He also knew that he was going to die where things were heading. And he lost. He put on his outer garment and tied the linen cloth around himself. actually the cloth, the task that a slave normally uses. Um, often during preparation I look up a number of

sermons, pick out a number of books, and read them. You have already heard that I used Bonneheuven, among others. Um, I came across a sermon by Reverend Baving on the internet, and um, he actually wrote quite visibly about the tail that played out there during that last meal. Um, and in that sermon it said as follows:

"The bowl was ready. The host had thought of everything. There was just no slave to do it. What did you do then?" Then the least of the company did it. And what happened to all those followers of Jesus? At least no one felt like it . No one wanted to wash their feet.

And Jesus shows here by putting on his cloak, by taking off his cloak, by putting on the cloth, Jesus identifies himself with the slave. And Peter gives a very honest response. He does not want to wash his feet, but he does not want Jesus to wash his feet either. And I think that is actually quite a natural

attitude for us if we had been sitting there together. That was not the distinction between Christians and non-Christians. They were all people who followed Jesus. And no one in those three years that they walked with Jesus had understood this, grasped this. And Barvinks, the second point he makes in that sermon is that the disciples

were indeed clean, but their feet had become dust-covered again. Literally and mentally. So even if we must follow Jesus, we must come back to the Most again every day. We should not wash ourselves completely, as Peter suggests. No, but we do need to brush the dust off our feet. Humility. is. Um, and I think you see that too in the

example of John 13: not acting as if you are worthless. It does not mean that being humble is humiliating yourself, or laying everything aside. It actually means that following the example of Jesus is using your power. That which you can do, that which you have received from God, for the service of that other person. So not at

your own service, but at the service of that other person. And through which you could actually perhaps say that the washbasin here, in this very spot, became the throne of Jesus just before the end, when he was about to die. And the song I quoted begins with He Came to Us. Quite ordinary

. And that very ordinary, that is actually what it conveys. This begins with our facade of perhaps what you want to be, perhaps because you hold a certain position, or perhaps simply being a Christian. You have to lay that down. It is about you as a person. And then we arrive at the next point

. obedient unto death. The second verse of the revival song says: "And in the garden of pain he chose already his lamb to be torn apart by fear and sorrow. But still he said: 'Your will be done.'" Verse 8 states from the Bible passage: "He humbled himself and became obedient even to death." "

Death on the cross." Is that actually that humiliation is very active? He did it himself. Jesus. He didn't run away from that point. He chose it himself. Even though—and that song says this beautifully when he was sitting there in the garden—he was indeed torn apart by fear and sorrow. The human reaction was

perhaps precisely to run away. He didn't do it. He chose that path voluntarily. And that is actually the moment when you can say that actually obedience, but also service, is not fate. You do n't just enter somewhere as a "at least." It is a choice to do it. It is a choice to use what you can for that

other person. Um, and uh, Bonheuver, who says that again—actually, when Christ calls someone, he calls you to die. That is that obedience. That is also that emptying from the previous point. It is focusing on Jesus. Jesus must work completely through you in that. And perhaps that sounds heavy, but I think it is indeed true that

grace and discipleship belong very close to each other. Perhaps they are even the same. And I notice that. You too. That you have to come close to yourself. But the fact that Jesus and Paul also, um, put in verse 8, says that death to death on the cross, and that too was for how those people in

Philippi who lived there in that Roman colony in Greece. Something else, because death by crucifixion was a punishment that was not available to all ranks in the Roman Empire . It was the punishment for a slave. They received this punishment. And in this case, um, it was therefore again a kind of contradiction in the

culture in which it was, not the society in which you live. Redeeming the word of Christ goes against that, and the verse says: "Do you see the wounds so deep? The hand that created earth and heaven. Forgave the hand that struck him. The man who bore our sins. The hand that created earth and heaven.

The hand that struck him. That is the same hand. The same hand that made the light. Put those stars in one place. And the hand that hangs there in this case and gives this case. For do that, he said on the cross. Lord, forgive them. They don't know what they are doing. He had clearly

chosen that path. And then we come to Matthew 10 verse 45. Why did that happen? Why did Jesus have to do that? For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as praise for many. So he perished as ransom, as a ransom for many. For

Jesus, service was never a gesture. It was a prize. It was his life. John actually says it like this at the beginning of the foot washing. He loved his own to the utmost. And there lies the foundation of everything I actually want to say about serving this morning . We do not serve because we

have earned anything at all, but we serve because Jesus paid the price for it on the cross for us. He made that choice for us. We must follow that. And then comes the final point of this verse. The increase. I included my leaflet as well. The application. Later, I want to try to

make something practical from my own life as well. Verse 9 of Philippians 2 says: "Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed upon him the name that is above every name." Verse 9 begins with a word that is central, that it encompasses, as it were. That word is therefore. So because God gave his life

, God exalted him. not as a kind of consolation prize. If you have given so much, then exalt yourself, but only because he has made that choice. And I think we need to pay close attention here to who Jesus exalted. If it is not Jesus himself, it is God. God exalts him. And I think this is difficult for us,

or at least something we need to realize very well. For if you serve and no one sees it, then perhaps it is the place where you need to learn that elevation is not your job. Exaltation is God's work. What is promised to us. And the way up is a way down. And it is clearly

not a strategy. It is primarily about becoming humble in order to ultimately become better. But it is a choice we have to make. And at the beginning I quoted verse 3 of Philippians 2: Considering others better than yourself. The Greek word here for what is translated as 'eights' in Dutch is Hegomai. And the word means

something like leading the way, taking the lead. Could we also help clarify it? In the Epistle to the Hebrews, the same word is used in the passage concerning the leaders of the congregation. So this also means something of service to us . So it actually means that Jesus calls us when we put others higher than

ourselves. So that means we have to lead the way . And um, and that is exactly what a piece means. What if Kruun says in the book * Beziend leidinggeven* : "Leading, walking ahead is serving. No one commands from above. He walks ahead of the people he wants to take along. Um, in the booklet *Bezielend leiding

geven*, Als Kruum had a line from Benedict. Perhaps for the background. Um, Kruun is a uh, by now he is somewhere in his 90s, is a uh, is a monk uh of the BT1 order in uh in Germany. Um, he has written several management books. uh, for people who want to do something there. And

he is a cellarer there. And a cellarer, perhaps that is why it appeals to me so much; that is the man in the monastery who uh has economic leadership, who handles the money in the stocks. It seems a bit like my job. Uh, and uh, and Benedict writes about, so that cellarer, who is economically

responsible uh, is responsible in the monastery, that he must have your never-ending care for money, the stocks, that everything goes fairly. No, for the sick, for children, guests, and the poor. And he must be fully aware that he will never, ever have to give an account for it. He must guard his own soul.

And that part, I want to emphasize for a moment. He must guard his own soul. That also means that serving is not eating yourself up. Whoever does not set boundaries might not last long, but it actually holds very much to the core of this morning's message. What are we focused on? Is our heart properly focused on God?

Because then we can serve, and otherwise, it becomes mere execution. You might be heading back towards that cheap grace instead of that focus on yourself. Focus on God. And um, Kruun actually complements that rule of Benedict. And in doing so, he actually elaborates on what that means. Benedict says: "Yes, you must care

for the sick, for children, for guests, and for the poor." Kurun says in this regard that leading ultimately means that you love people. That their well-being is close to your heart, and that they do their work wholeheartedly and must be able to develop themselves in it. If we are going to apply this rule applying, I come back again,

there are four again, so I end up with four pieces. What does that mean in the church? It means that leadership in the congregation is a service. So no power over your work, your position, your possessions. What you are allowed to do there is a means to help that other person grow, to be there

for that other person. Not to benefit yourself . And in your family, that is where it perhaps becomes the worst, the most real, the clearest. Actually, no one is watching there. There is no audience. How do you do that? When you look at yourself, when you look at the rule for a guide, do

we dare to look at our own soul ? Do we perhaps dare to set boundaries, but do we also dare to be focused on God? This morning, I had written down two examples here of, well, how you actually should n't do it? Because I have two examples and I put above them: "I have to

choose one." I think I do have time to do both of them. Um, so I warn you, these are examples of how not to do it. So these are the mistakes I make. The first one was literally the Last week. Part of my team is still on vacation. Um, we sent someone on a training course to help them grow. That person was away for a few

days too. And then finance consisted of just one person, and that was me. So suddenly I had to deal with banks. Suddenly I had to start booking invoices and so on, because everything had to keep running. And I found it all so inefficient. Didn't we set up the system this way? Hey, we need to train the system. It has to be this way so

we lose extra mouse clicks. Now I do understand why we do n't always beat around the bush. When the first ones came back from vacation, we always catch up for a bit. We always have a little time for each other. And then—I already had my spiel ready, mind you. I wanted to see, man, how are

we going to set up that system differently now? Because really, it can be done with far fewer mouse clicks. And as I got into that conversation— maybe those who know me will know how I go into such a conversation bouncing off the walls. Um, halfway through that conversation I thought, Job Bin. This is, um, not really what you

're working on for Sunday, is it? This is Not helping others to get better. This is basically saying, "Hey, from above, now you guys are going to do this. I’ve seen this. No, I have to do it differently now. I have to sit down with them. I have to help them pick me up. I have to help

train them so they can see it for themselves. Maybe I need to have a conversation with them first. Why did n't you figure it out yourselves? Why did you come up with a status quo where this takes so much time?" I think that is serving. Not giving up your position. Not pretending that

someone else did it, but using your knowledge, your pieces, and what I’ve done these past few days to help that other person get better. To let that other person grow, and not, in this case, saying: "Well, now I understand why we can't figure this out." Another example is from a while ago, but every now

and then there is some pressure . Also, to make a payment at a certain moment that doesn't quite follow the rules, doesn't follow the procedure. And then there is always one person who gets to pull the trigger, and that is me. And this was the payment for our Spanish branch. There It didn't interest her otherwise, but there

was a lot of pressure. The payment had to go out quickly. Everything was ready, but it was n't working. Spanish banks don't speak English very well, and vice versa. So that always causes friction. I was frustrated. The pressure was piling up. And my team member who was supposed to execute it, he did it.

The first time went wrong, the second time went wrong, and the third time it seemed like it was going to go wrong too. And then I basically snapped at her, saying, "Hey, I told you you had to do it this way. Why are n't you doing it now?" And then I had a team member

standing opposite him. Yes, she shouldn't have done what I said. Undoubtedly. But what I did was not help her execute the payment properly. The pressure I was given, the pressure being exerted on me to push this through as quickly as possible despite the circumstances, manifested itself as frustration towards her. So that is not who he is.

That is not causing him suffering.

If we go back to the song, we want to become like him. We bear each other's burdens . Who is Humble and small? He will be the greatest among us. Behold our God. The King's servant, he has laid down his life; his example calls us to serve every day, sustained by his love and strength.

If we perhaps just look at those four points, perhaps at the examples I have chosen to actually demonstrate it. Yes, you may say something about it, but very often I really don't do it right. And all those people at work—maybe I am the only Christian they encounter that week—and yet they behave like

that too. What does that mean for us? We want to become like Him. We bear the burdens of others. Do we really want that? Or do we think, when we reflect on serving and focus on God, that, uh, it is already fine, but come on, I already do so much. I am empty, I am already tired, my schedule

is full. That won't work at all. I think that we then need to go back to God. That perhaps we need to remember what Benedict said about that. That we need to guard our soul. Perhaps that means that we need to take it easy, that we need to say no for once. say, which is certainly not selfishness.

Or perhaps that means that we first need to return to God and focus on Him again. And another point, you saw that clearly at work. Uh, that does n't always work. It doesn't work. It is difficult. Yes, I understand that, and I do it myself too. Wrongly often enough. But still, the essence of serving is

using what you have received from God in the service of another. And perhaps if you don't do it wrong, just like me, or clearly put a colleague under too much pressure , what you certainly must do afterwards is not feel too big for your britches. And you do have to talk to each other and

say that you didn't do it right . And now I come to the end, to the conclusion. You may go to the next slide. Actually, we can summarize these four points in four words or Philippians 2. The first word is the heart. What is our heart focused on? What are we occupied with? Is our

attitude truly with God? And the second word is the sink. Are we willing to share our position, our things that we have, that God has done for that to put at the service of another? And regarding the cross, we are willing to obey to the utmost, also considering the price he paid. And then you see Jesus' throne.

That is why God has exalted him. The way of service still sees the way up, rather than the other way around. I actually want to ask if we can be silent for just one moment. Just quietly come to ourselves. Maybe close your eyes for a moment. And think back to a passage from John 13.

Because you enter there. You see that the table is set. A basin of water for washing feet stands there. And, um, only that slave isn't there. And do we dare to take that basin? And above all, think about what we feel too good for? What do we feel too good for at this moment

? Take that place. Think about it . Now we are going to insert a small moment of silence and take it with us, perhaps in a very short prayer, but perhaps make it much more practical. Put it in your agenda for the coming weeks to do something with it. Let us be silent for a moment.

We want to become like Him. We bear one another's burdens. Who is humble and small? He shall be the greatest among us. Behold our God, the King's servant. He laid down his life, his example calls to serve every day, sustained by his love and strength. Amen.

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Yes, thank you, Bertin. Can I uh bring something for next week when I uh get to speak about the next topic? We are at the uh end of this shift and actually I first have a uh, at least Nathan has an announcement for uh September 26, 27, uh. Nathan, where are you? There. Sorry,

overlooked you. Come forward. Um, he is making another announcement, and after that, we will conclude the service with a blessing. Good morning everyone. Uh, can I put that on? Oh, that's perfectly fine. Meanwhile, the collection. Um, the start weekend is in two weeks and uh I'll in a moment uh we made a table again together with uh Jan van

der Vecht. He is not here today, so I am speaking on his behalf as well. Um 26 uh 27 is again uh uh so um the uh neighbors' weekend. Um, so we have all kinds of activities as well. I have, uh, those lists that I'm laying out in a moment, and there are some,

uh, stars next to them. And the question is whether you guys still want to look into that, or if you can be present at one of those activities and help out. Um, there are already some names on the list, but uh yeah, so we still need some names. Um, so that is Saturday, uh, the 26th of September.

You actually see various subjects listed there. And so they are also on this card where you can sign up. Um, so on Sunday, September 27, there is also a special service for that. Um, so then you also see Alpha Experience, a movie, and eat pancakes afterwards. And for that too, we uh still need people to uh

bake extra pancakes. So we've already kind of said, well, if everyone could make some pancakes, that would be really nice. But it's always nice when they can make a number of, uh, really a lot for everyone, uh, who are there at the time. Um, and finally, actually immediately following that weekend start, there is also the

Alfa Romeo start weekend. Um, so there are some flyers lying around as well. So, uh, do you know anyone in your circle, or pray for it, uh, for the Alpha, uh, to sign up for Alpha? Um, that uh intro is on Monday evening, you see. Uh, and uh, we are also looking for a lady there who wants to help out. So,

uh, should you feel called upon to do so , that can also be written down on the form. Uh, let's see. Do I have everything then? And then it starts... Oh yes, and we still need Alfa one or two more times... just while the Alfa is running... for people who want to cook for

about 10 people. So, one or two times, uh, on a Monday evening, basically, whether cooking can be done . And finally, uh, starting Thursday, September 1st, uh, starting uh, roots for adults. And that is new. That is the first time that is being played . We might already know Roots from Youth United, that it is

played for young people. Uh, but that is for adults for the first time now. We have both a, uh, men's group and a women's group there. Uh, Jan and I will lead the men's group, and so we also have, uh, a duo of women who are going to do that. So the question for that as well. Would you please put that in

prayer, but also if you know people around you who, for example, have already done Alpha as adults and are thinking: "Hey, I would actually like a follow-up, then Roots is actually a really nice connection. As a congregation, we have actually covered those themes quite a lot here already. So, it would be really

nice to look around in your community as well—who could benefit from that ?" Because right now it is only for young people, but it would be really nice if, uh, yes, if their parents, for example, could also follow roots. So, um, that's all for the announcements. I'm going to put them down on the

table and, uh, it would be nice if you could just stop by and see where you, uh, can be of any help. Thank you. And I know we are very good pancake makers, so grab them and go bake them. The QR code is on it for the collector. If you haven't been able to put anything in your pocket because you don't

have any coins with you, or uh, papers or notes, please take some along too . Um, I would like to ask if you would stand for the blessing of this service. We are going to receive the blessing of the Lord God . The blessing of God, our Father, is with us wherever we go. He will protect us,

preserve us. He lays His name over us. The grace of Christ, the Lord, His truth is our light. To learn his love more and more, to live focused on him. He will guide us through His Spirit. With strength, he will stand beside us. Rejoice through peace and hope. Thus He sends us in His name. Shalom. Shalom.

Yahweh is His name. He will be there and go with us. Amen. Welcome. Feel free to come and have another cup of coffee if you're new. We have delicious coffee and also very tasty cookies. So he gets it. Um and uh, nice that you were there. Thank you.

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