Servanthood: Losing Your Rights and Finding Joy

In this episode of Sermons of My Father, Landon Shaw revisits a 1989 sermon where his father, Lee Shaw, preached on servanthood at Common Ground Church. Drawing from Philippians 1 and 2 Corinthians 8, this message shows that true servanthood means surrendering rights, choosing unity, and finding joy in trials.Lee Shaw confronts disputes over worship styles, hymnals, and traditions, reminding believers that everything becomes common under Christ. He warns that avoiding accountability, like in the tragic Green family murders in Texas, leads to destruction.Landon reflects on his family’s own struggles with silence, the courage of his sister to speak truth, and the balance of give and take in marriage. He connects his father’s words to Leonard Ravenhill’s revivalist teaching and to psychology, showing why sacrifice sustains relationships and selfishness erodes them.