Placed with a Purpose
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Spiritual Gifts Within the Body
Spiritual Gifts Within the Body
The Spiritual nature of God given gifts
4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
Practical Gifts/Talents
Practical Gifts/Talents
Practical nature of God given gifts
3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
Use your Gift
Use your Gift
Reasons we don’t
false humility
fear of rejection
too busy- if we are too busy for the things of God, we are too busy
The ultimate purpose of the gifts given: return for glory to God
10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: 11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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HTSWL
Bubble up vs. Top down programming
“Where is God calling you to serve?” at home, extended family, workplace, church
The two greatest days in a man’s life: the day he is born and the day he figures out why.
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Discovery
What Gifts has Jesus given to you?
How do you see the world?
What do you notice is missing? What needs are present?
Where should you express those gifts?
What kind of ministry fits your calling? Does God want to do something new through you?
We have the privilege of working alongside our Father, in His kingdom, for His purpose.
