not for gaining control of others or for serving our own interests. His call to childlike humility and a servantlike heart (John 13:1–17) establishes the spirit and style by which the authority of the believer is to be exercised as an agent of God’s kingdom power. (See Matt. 19:14; Mark 10:14, 15; Luke 18:16, 17.)6 In retaining our childlikeness in the kingdom, we must also recognize that throughout our lives we also retain our role as children of our parents. While the way that role is lived out