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The Gifts of the Spirit

What if you knew God sent you a package just for you and put it on your doorstep? Better than Amazon.

No porch pirate can take that gift from you

God gives freely of His spirit-unity (v.5)

-God visited temporarily in OT

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-We live in a privileged time

#breathe it in- (breath) -coffee analogy

-Jesus has come

2. Paul’s Reason for Writing

-Conduct in light of Jesus’s resurrection

-Life in Rome

3. The Gifts of the Spirit

-Spirit fell in Acts

-We see the gifts in scripture

-Barnabas-encourage

-Peter-preacher

-Jesus- ALL of them

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4. Can be misinterpreted-misused

-discern for ourselves in prayer and practice

-help discern for others in prayer and encouragement

-Use of gifts like a muscle -flabby

5. God has empowered you

-Pray for opportunities

-Prepare

-Practice