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To What Extent are “Purity and Integrity” Important to Your Mental Health and Spiritual Life? (Part One)

Guest post by: Tony Calvano

Article Overview: Potential Takeaway: Identify Tools & Resources to More Fully: 1) Love & be Loved; and 2) Serve & be Blessed Before getting into the topic of personal purity & integrity, I want to get into one of its benefits – having the heart of a servant who continually engages in acts of kindness. Thanks for reading!

To What Extent are “Purity and Integrity” Important to Your Mental Health and Spiritual Life? (Part One)

Definition of Service: To exert one's self continuously for the benefit of another

Impact Quote: John 13:17: "Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them."

Una Palabra de Impacto: Juan 13:17 (Reina-Valera 1995) "Si sabéis estas cosas, bienaventurados sois si las hacéis."

Extended Reading Opportunity: John 13:1-20, Juan 13:1-20

Takeaway: To what extent is the above quote meaningful to you? How can it help kickstart "acts of service / kindness?"

I submit to you my "Top 10 Ideas about Servanthood." I challenge you to:

1) Choose two that are meaningful to you (and why),

2) Write them down,

3) Share them with someone; and 4) Contact me with more ideas!

10. Service implies neither lots of ego nor being self-involved

9. Practicing servanthood is like working a muscle - cultivate it! It's also like a gift you receive (perhaps a talent to sing, dance, act, write and draw) - master your craft, practice your passion and stir up the gift within you!

8. The more you serve, the more natural it feels!

7. To profess love to; to minister to - Poner tu amor como un suéter (put on love - like a sweater!)

6. To serve the Creator in obedience and worship

5. To find where the needs are and then fill that need

4. To help someone's spiritual thirst be more satisfied

3. To promote perfect & unconditional love in your life

2. To discharge the requirements of your role as a faith-based person

1. To be used favorably by the Creator

What two resonated / rang true with YOU?

Be sure to write it, share it and proclaim it!

Think about how you can put one into action this week!

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