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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hello, thank you for listening to your Daily

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Speaker 1: Bible Verse, the podcast that examines one verse each day

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Speaker 1: to learn more about God and his will for us.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Jennifer Doetzler, and after this short word

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Speaker 1: from our sponsor, will dive into today's Bible verse, Mark

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Speaker 1: chapter ten, verses forty three through forty five. Today's Bible

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Speaker 1: Verse is Mark chapter ten, versus forty three through forty five.

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Speaker 1: It says, but among you it will be different. Whoever

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Speaker 1: wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,

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Speaker 1: and whoever wants to be first among you must be

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Speaker 1: the slave of everyone else. For even the son of

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Speaker 1: Man came not to be served, but to serve others,

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Speaker 1: and to give his life as a ransom for many.

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Speaker 1: When I first began leading, I didn't feel like I

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Speaker 1: was made to be out front. My voice wasn't always

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Speaker 1: the loudest voice. I didn't love being the center of attention,

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Speaker 1: and honestly, my personality and temperament are much softer, kind

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Speaker 1: and quiet. I remember watching other leaders, the ones who

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Speaker 1: seemed confident, commanding, and quick with their words, and I

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Speaker 1: remember thinking, that's what leadership must look like. And because

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Speaker 1: I didn't look like that. I always quietly wondered if

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Speaker 1: I was even qualified to lead it all. I assumed

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Speaker 1: leadership meant having the strongest presence in the room, having

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Speaker 1: the quickest answers, and the most authority. And I just

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Speaker 1: didn't feel like I was built that way. But over

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Speaker 1: time I began to notice something that the Lord began

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Speaker 1: to show me. The people who felt safest with me

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Speaker 1: weren't drawn to my loud voice. They were drawn to

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Speaker 1: how I listened. They didn't need someone to impress them,

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Speaker 1: They needed someone to see them, to sit with them,

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Speaker 1: and to share hope with them, hope that was lasting,

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Speaker 1: hope that they could see. And that's when I realized

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Speaker 1: that maybe leadership wasn't about being the loudest in the room.

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Speaker 1: Maybe it was about being the most present. And that realization,

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Speaker 1: that revelation changed the way I read Today's Bible verse.

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Speaker 1: Today's Bible verse in Mark chapter ten says, but among you,

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Speaker 1: it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader

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Speaker 1: among you must be your servant. And if we're honest,

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Speaker 1: some of us carry a quiet tension when it comes

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Speaker 1: to leadership. Some of us feel the pressure to prove

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Speaker 1: ourselves and some of us even feel overlooked or just

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Speaker 1: tired of the systems that re word loudness over love.

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Speaker 1: As I look around today, I see a false myth

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Speaker 1: that connects dominance with leadership. But when we look at Jesus,

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Speaker 1: we don't see that. Jesus doesn't begin with who's right.

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Speaker 1: He begins with who is hurting, who is suffering, who

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Speaker 1: is being overlooked. Looking back at Mark chapter ten, the disciples,

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Speaker 1: they were arguing about who will be first, who will

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Speaker 1: have the most power, who will have the most authority

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Speaker 1: in the Kingdom of God. James and John they want status,

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Speaker 1: and the others are angry. The room is tense, and

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Speaker 1: right in the middle of their ambition and argument, Jesus

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Speaker 1: reframes all of it. Jesus says, whoever wants to be

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Speaker 1: great must be a servant. He turns it all upside down,

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Speaker 1: just like Jesus does. He says, the son of Man

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Speaker 1: didn't come to be served, but to give his life

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Speaker 1: as a ransom. Another translation says it this way. You've

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Speaker 1: observed how godless rulers throw their weight around, how quickly

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Speaker 1: power goes to their heads. It's not going to be

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Speaker 1: that way with you. Whoever wants to be great must

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Speaker 1: become a servant. Whoever wants to be first, must be

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Speaker 1: your slave. That is what the son of Man has done.

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Speaker 1: He came to serve, not to be served, and to

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Speaker 1: give his life away from many who are held hostage.

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Speaker 1: You see, it's never about domination. It's about surrender and

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Speaker 1: self sacrifice. It's not about being cutthroat. It's about inspiring

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Speaker 1: love that only comes from the Lord. It's about self sacrifice,

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Speaker 1: not self gain. Over and over in Scripture, we see

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Speaker 1: Jesus stand with the marginalized, stands with the loss, the hurt,

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Speaker 1: the broken. His heart is for the fatherless, the widow,

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Speaker 1: the orphan. And as I look at this passage, I

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Speaker 1: see Jesus teaching us that following him is not about winning.

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Speaker 1: It's not about being right. It's about presence. It's about proximity,

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Speaker 1: being close to the places we sometimes rather avoid. And

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Speaker 1: as I reflect on this, I'm reminded that we won't

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Speaker 1: find Jesus where things look perfect. We'll find him where

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Speaker 1: people are honest, where we're honest about our pain and

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Speaker 1: our hearts and our experiences. The world needs more people

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Speaker 1: who will lead like Jesus, and it starts with people

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Speaker 1: like you and people like me. Every day we have

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Speaker 1: the opportunity to leave others better than we found them

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Speaker 1: and to lead them to lasting hope that is found

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Speaker 1: only in Jesus. This week, I want to encourage you

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Speaker 1: to pray about where God might be inviting you to

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Speaker 1: lead with love, in the lives of those around you,

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Speaker 1: in the lives of those at your work, at your school,

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Speaker 1: in the store, maybe at home, wherever you are. To

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Speaker 1: pray and ask God where He's inviting you to lead

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Speaker 1: Like Jesus, let's pray. Lord, thank you for this powerful

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Speaker 1: reminder today. Thank you God for this life changing wisdom.

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Speaker 1: Would you be our strength today as we live out

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Speaker 1: this truth? Holy Spirit, guide us, show us how to

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Speaker 1: use our thoughts, our words, our actions in every moment.

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Speaker 1: And Jesus, may you be glorified as we continue to

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Speaker 1: be transformed by your word. We give this all to

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Speaker 1: you in your mighty name. We pray Amn