Romans 12:3

Praise the Lord. Thank you Brad. Thank you guys preciate you helping me out and singing in front of me and and anointing the service already in in the beginning with you have your Bibles with you, which I pray that you do Romans chapter 12 is where I want you to return with me to Romans chapter 12 will start there and verse 3 and so why you find Romans chapter 12 verse 3 Would you lie stand for the reading of the word of God just about the 5 versus there? I think or so start their first three chapter 12 of Romans found that same in all right through the grace given unto me to every man that is among. You not to think of himself more highly than you ought to think but to think soberly according as God has dealt to every man The Measure of Faith, whereas we have many members in one body and all members have not the same office or function. So we being many are one body in Christ and everyone and everyone members one of another Having them gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us whether prophecy lettuce prophesy according to the proportions of Faith or Ministry. Let us wait on our ministry or he's teaching on teaching or he's on X rotation. He that giveth let him do it with Simplicity. He's ruthless with diligence. He that shows Mercy with cheerfulness. r70 father I pray God that you watch over and goddess and I praise your name God for the for the good singing in Lord the wonderful prayer request in the prayer we've had already but we ask God did you notice the night? These are some important words of important pieces scripture. What a wonderful piece of scripture. What a wonderful chapter Lord God. I pray that you will bless us Lord God. We thank you for the word of God rightly dividing the truth Lord God and I pray tonight Lord God we might glean from it and just walk away with better Christians and we were when we walked in Lord, we thank you and we ask all this in the Name of Christ Jesus. We pray. Amen. You may be seated. Well, praise. The Lord is one of my favorite pieces of scriptures chapter 12 verse 1 and 2. So but I didn't want to go there. I wanted to make sure I got into this latter portion. This is a great. I just think of myself as if I were talented enough, which I'm If I'm telling enough, I'd love to be able to quote the scripture. This. This whole chapter. This is whole entire chapter. I like it enough that I can put some of it but they're not all of it but we start there and there's three and I and I think this is so important because it hinges on everything else. It's what makes this entire thing possible you read with me and you saw all those gifts all those function all those offices if you will, but if you don't get this all those are basically useless and so, you know, you've heard love right love is an action. If you know you can you can do all these wonderful things you can say you can have knowledge, but you don't show love with and it's all futile. So we see here that this piece of scripture and verse 3 6 4 through the grace given it to me. He says I've received this same Grace your seat receiving. He said I've received the same Grace to every man. That is among you I want to give that one in This wisdom. If you don't report this word of God to the Romans into the Wellington to the Crusaders, he says he says he's on you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think and I'm going to have one of my daughters here because I know she can testify to this I quoted this to some people that I visited this morning in and they they agreed with me, but at first blush I often times get a little people kind of thinking maybe I might be just a touch me nor or almost hard on them. But when they were young, I told my daughter's early on I would tell them girls. There's a lot of pretty girls out there.

Don't think that you're the prettiest girl out there and now Nick thinks that I know that and their mother thinks that I know that but I would tell them girls. There's a lot of pretty girls out there. You're not as pretty as what you think you are is that mean is that at first blush? That's kind of strong in it. You're not as pretty as what you think you are. But I was trying to until in part in them some wisdom of balanced being well balanced in the same phrase. I would say girls you're not as pretty as what you might think you are. But in the same token, you're not nearly as ugly as what you might think you are friend one day, you might leave the house having spent an hour on your makeup and putting on it and all the beauty that you ladies do take me about two minutes. And it shows on it, but some of you are beautiful you come out and gets just amazing how beautiful you are and my girls would walk out and they would just look amazing beautiful girls and they may think that they've arrived in in in and I look like what the magazine says, I should look like in and all that is in right when they walk in the door. Somebody might say something about their hair their genes that are shoes our house there eyeshadow looks worse than it did yesterday and all of a sudden their opinion about themselves being so cute would fall into the steps and now they don't think they're cute at all. I would like to think that we need to be somewhere in the middle. We're not nearly as cute as we think we are smart or talented or good looking or whatever. It might be that you think you are. You're probably not a war, but can I tell you also you're not nearly as bad as what you think you are. You're not a loser you're not you're not a demon. You're not a misfit. You're not a deplorable. You're not somebody that people hate. Don't hate you. Love you. How do you say so he says don't think of yourself more another words. What is that? He's trying to impart into them before he talked about anything else humility. He's trying to speak and so into them humility about this. He don't want you to be weak. He wants you to be meek. He don't want you to be a a Taskmaster nor does he want you to be a slave? I think somewhere in the middle might be? Okay. So I believe is that would be a great approach some people get one day and then the next day you can't even find them. They're hit away under the covers mad or sad about something. That means nothing to the grand scheme of things. And so we find here is very beginning. It says to think of himself more highly not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think but to think soberly I know that you might know he says to to think rationally and in think of himself the way he ought to and so he says in self-control into intolerance in self-control and so I see here he says that and then all of a sudden he jumps into something out. I will I want to spend a little time Courtney as God has dealt to every man or woman right to every man and woman The Measure of Faith now, I understand that some of you probably are aware that that you know, To have a mustard seed of faith and sometimes it might be even more you might have an acre enough faith. I don't know you might have a large amount of Faith, but do you know you as sure as you have faith in God he has faith in you and he is giving you a Measure of Faith. He has imported into you some face. Now, you may say what kind of faith and how much faith that the truth is in and it is it's different for a lot of us. Now you can't be saved without faith in Jesus Christ. We know that we understand that but he's talking about the things of God and some some gifts and some functions inside the house of God. He's giving you a measure of ab sensibility faith in in in talents and Gifts his giving you these things which I believe that every man woman boy and girl has been given A Measure of Faith been given given and I believe right here. He says a Measure of Faith No some I believe will have various different types in this different amounts in different strengths and different weaknesses and difference in all of us mother suggest if you were going to title this message, it might be diversity on the outside. But Unity on the inside. We can look and act and talk and walk and have various different types of gift. but it means that is diversity and thank God for it. Thank God that we have a various different types of genders and skin color and all kinds of things of that nature maybe that we are very diverse on the outside, but I believe on the inside we need to have some core values and principles that hold us together. Hold us together and not fraction us and not separate us. We must have a measure of faith. We must use the space that Christ gave us him. We must use that faith in Jesus Christ and ask him to save our souls and forgive us of our sins. We must have a core value and four principles that we hold so close to her heart because if we don't we'll be all over the map like we are on the outside. On the outside that perfectly fine and wonderful. But on the inside that's not on the inside. We must hold close to the principles that we've been taught out of the word of God. Are you will find on the outside you act out your act wrong you lacked ways that you would not be proud of if you are unscrupulous on the inside if you're loose and unchecked and untempered on the inside mark my word pretty soon. You'll be acting out and doing things on the outside that you should never be doing. So because I realize you think about things first before you do them. So we see here that this was this Measure of Faith and then he jumped right into 4 5 and 6 vs 4 5 and 6. He talks about this for as we have many members in one body and all members have not the same office or the same function of lymph same a gift. So we all of us you and I So all this beam mini and there's even many here under the sound of my voice consider. How many guess we have in this room much less in this town vs. This state versus this nation O mine says so big so we being many are one body in Christ in every one member one of them another having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us. See this. May you make an May confuse the scripture with the Bible calling Jesus the head of the head of the church. The head we're talkin. Harry says one body. This is the church you having many different gifts inside the church or inside the body of the church many of none of this illustration been given many times as we know it. It's talks about other eye in them in the hand and the foot and all those kind of things and I understand that, you know, I'm but it says as long as I have breath that there are those in this this voice that have various different types of gift and you're good at certain things, but you shouldn't try to be everything. all the time For truly, you're not probably going to run into very many people that have all these gifts and you're probably not that person. You may have thought that you're good at everything, but probably you're stretched so thin that you're good at nothing.

And so consequently we see here that we're all fitted into the body and he said that the body so we are all heat. Yes. He is the head of the church, but he's talking about Archer. He's talking about you and me inside the body of the house of God being partying in in partying and doing different types of jobs. I understand that we are important to the body of Christ, but we're talking about jobs literal gifts and functions and offices in the house of the god in the kingdom of God. And so he tells us that we are of one mind one body. I understand that you might look at any illustration to even our own bodies. There's a lot of different things going on in our own play important. Are you have ever played the doctor in TV? I don't know, but I do know the value of a heart. in the lungs and I do know the value of the liver and the eyes. And mind the hands. I don't know but I know there's a bicycle in my my garage that has one smoke. It does it has a front wheel in the back wheel there different. It has a seat and has handlebars as French. There's not as many moving Parts is there in your own body, but trust me. I'm sure glad that it has a seat. I'm real tickled that it has. pedals on it and I'm pretty proud that it has two wheels instead of one. I'm pretty proud of that it is when you put it all together they call the thing a bicycle. And when they put all of us together, they call us at church. And so he says today in this scripture still being many. We are one body in Christ not we're not he's not talking about him being the head. Of course. He talked about the body of the Church of God here and everyone Member One of another were all intermingled doing are different jobs now stick says having them gifts. Functions offices differing according to the grace that is given to us differing. Meaning you have different gifts probably than the person that is sitting next to you. Probably if they're your husband or wife, that's probably a very ordinary because oftentimes we choose somebody different of Opposites Attract. They say I'm so in a row here, you may be completely different than the person next to you. That is such what makes it such a beautiful thing because each and everyone of us accomplish their gift now. You do understand if the lungs was trying to do what the heart and the Heart tried to do what the liver it wouldn't work in Norwood any other scenario and it's important for in the body of the church the believing of the house of God reason why a lot of the times they're so much Discord in often something a lot of churches. Hopefully not in our church because there's so many people trying to do so many other people's jobs. Show me people think that they need to do this and they need to do that when that's really not your gift. It really not what God has called you to do now each and every one of you probably know what comes natural to you. What is probably your gift now? There may be a few of you that in here that are still soon what my gift is it wouldn't take me long to you and figure out what your gift is because it's just probably not as obvious to you as it is to us. And I would say to you that sir. If you would search it up just a little bit God would reveal you to you what the gift that you have in there they are and so consequently. He said there are differing guess there's so many different type of gift thousands in the house of God. Thousands of different types of variations of gifts in the house of God and so you may say I don't know what my gift is remember he is giving you a measure of faith that gift that you have he's giving you the Holy Spirit a Measure of Faith to accomplish the gift that God has given you you may say that I'm not any good at it. Don't say that because you're saying that God is not good. Don't say that because you're saying that God didn't understand what he was doing when he gave you that gift. He wouldn't have gave you that gift. If you didn't think you could do it. He wouldn't give you the measure of faith in the ability to see it done to accomplish it or in our church and then every Church in every body of Believers, there is and must be men and women that are in various different stages of completion. Starting doing and finishing their jobs. There must be people that are involved in the house of God doing different things for different people at different times. And so he says in differing and Gifts. He said that this I believe he said that because they might have been people Vine all for the top position or the paid position or the most notable position or the one that's going to give him more pass on the back or the one that people will say boy, he did a great job or she did a great job then when realistically the first shall be last and the last shall be first and sometimes we get that all gimped up. And even a little jobs and even a little small things need to be done or else the devil's in the details and they will often times not get done and it'll be a fiasco if we don't tend to the small things where we can get to the big things. We see here that end in them and six that was kind of a park at 6 a.m. And then there's six having them GIF different according to the grace that is given unto us he give them to us now. He goes on and tells a bunch of things actually seven different things, right the different types of gifts that you and I might have some I don't know if anybody has thousands of different gifts, but I guarantee you have more than what you think you do. So he in verse 6 be if you will seek the last portion of 6 verse 6 weather weather. What do you mean possibly maybe maybe you maybe you don't whether it is that you have this one or the next one whether it is this one maybe but approach it. If you do have it. He says whether the sea lettuce prophesy according to the proportions of Faith proportion a mathematical equation portion, you know, like half quarter 75% 50% it's a mathematical equation that that some of us have he said before Shinto Faith to another word you you have this this a Measure of Faith and I don't know that you can have 100% fat. I don't I don't believe that you can maybe somebody can but I don't think so. I do believe you have more than zero two. So I don't know exactly where you're at. And I do believe as we grow when we develop and we own our healer gift in our function as we get better at it as weak as we put it into action as we use it daily. And is it begins to be a part of our life and and just we wake up we eat we breathe we do everything we do in within the hour of our gift. It's always says Weatherby processing down some of you might probably think that the prophecy is all about foreseeing the future predictions. And yes there is that 1st Corinthians chapter 4 verse 3 14 verse 3 says that is actually excitation and an inspiring men and women with the things of God what the word of God. It's actually speaking Holiness and righteousness the words of God inspiring people telling the truth of God has the word of God speaks it. He says the weather it's prophecy do that. I might as well read it. I didn't hold it all and I don't know if I believe it is and chapter 14. I didn't market. So give me just a second says but he that prophesy of speaking into men to edification and exhortation and comfort you want to impart something you're going to give them. Can you do it with with some kind of of of love and exhortation in it and inspire people to do better helping them? He says not only did he said prophecy. Let us promise. I didn't go down and you read it right with me. It says verse 7 says or Ministry. Let us wait on her Ministry. We don't have Ministry Ministry. What what what is exactly means Ministry can be some performing. Types of sherbet Hood meanest servant now this is I believe in ways that many people probably think I'm not sure if there's not enough Fanfare that's just not enough Glory that's just not enough boys, but I'm just tell you right now but one of the most important parts of our church Ministries and is his funeral dinners.

I can tell you a benzo and I do a lot of funerals. I can't tell you how many times that the family gets more Comfort Inn at the funeral dinners when they go to these these they don't see right. I mean some of you never see your family. Unless at the wedding or funeral. And when you see your family. Pants, sometimes it's difficult. Whether it be tough or whether be emotionally draining. You're under a lot of pressure and what better way to relax and let your emotions down just a little bit from the height. then a cup of tea and Anna Hammond potato salad

and I've seen these ladies I've seen you. I seen you feel glasses and sweep the floors and and I'm just telling you right now that's Ministry. amazing Ministry whether you write cards to those people that are missing or hurting or in whatever condition. You're probably got in a card. From from Lori or maybe somebody else you got in the collecting Ministry. I know Pastor in his ministry. I like to think it is but so is a lot of other things wait upon your ministry that God speak to do when you give you peace about your ministry and your portion your part your gift your function. Your office is still important. He says that it's a gift and I believe that he said he gave you a Measure of Faith. So what is your ministry today? And I wanted to stop pretty soon and ask you are you doing you Ministry? Are you complaining to the place where I don't have a spot? I don't have a place. I don't have a office. I don't have a function. I don't have o why not cuz there's thousands of places to get plugged in. So he says not just prophecies not just Ministry. Let us wait upon our ministry or Peaches on teaching. He said there's a proportion there's a portion there's there's an amount of people that are gifted at practice and there's amount of people that are gifted at Ministry North are serving giving giving of yourself being a servant to others. It's more blessed to give than to receive but then there's some people that were just really talented at explaining doctrinal things explaining the word of God teaching ethics and values and principles teaching modesty teaching clarity. These things realistically we're at an all-time low of men and women that will say I'll teach it. Y'all teach it. not just our church, but church is across time that this is my business to kind of be involved in other denominations and other churches and and other ministers and then inflation in the number one thing they find that that is lacking is teachers Faithful men and women of God. Yes. I know that it takes a fullness and it tastes loyalty in it takes a Measure of Faith. But do you know that God has given you that intelligence? You're pretty smart cookie. You're you're pretty. You're pretty Sally. Everybody knows your Savvy. Everybody knows that you're you're quick-witted in your quick on things and your your your town.

Are you applying those talents? to the word of God in teaching I know that you know how to work with your hands and you can build a motor from here to Air and you can so you can do jams and you can do that and you can do this and that and you can do things man. If you put your mind to it. There's really not much you can accomplish if you put your mind to it. How would it be would it be fair me to say you're stupid you're never going to do that. You can't do it. You're not talented enough. Sorry don't even try matter fact don't even show up. And there's a lot better people than you.

I to the contrary. There's nobody better than you. Nobody more important than you God is giving you a Measure of Faith a measure of ability to do what you do. I'm not telling you you're going to be the best at it. I didn't require you to have 100% Faith. He said to be christ-like to be pressed like mine, and he he didn't want you to be perfect. But only to try to strive to be perfect. I didn't ask you to be the greatest teacher but he did say that there are some of you there's some of you that are supposed to teach. How old do we need teachers or do we need men and women of God that will teach to the smallest of little kids are taught. Did you know my story when I taught started teaching start a long time ago when I was in sixth grade. My pastor asked me when I got out of sixth grade out of vacation bible school. I was no longer eligible to go to Vacation Bible School and I showed up. Anyhow, I just lordering I guess just hanging out. And Pastor said hey Russell his name still alive 1992 years old or something like that. And then he told me he told me I have all his ministry. You've been ministering for well over seventy something years 75 years. He asked me to to bury him. Quite an honor quite an honor. He told me he said them when I was in sixth grade. He said well, you can go to Vacation Bible School. Would you like to help me Teach? Yes, I would. Started in that kind of capacity and when I was 19, I got married at nineteen. I know match that it was to Glen no match said it was you guys are awfully young we were but 19 years old. I remember saying Yvonne and in and Linda Linda Jack Brenda Jacobs said you kids want to help us in in teaching what? 19 years old. No, I don't want to teach your son is going to said no, it's really easy. It's for the two and three year olds. I think I got that two and three year olds. I mean, I'm not sure but I think I've got this really my job was She was going to teach and I was going to pass out the Ritz crackers.

He that teacher let him teach you have a Measure of Faith. You have a measure of ability to be able to do that. You may think you don't but you know good and well right now you're pretty Sharp.

You're talented you're gifted you can do it. and you know you can because God said you could don't let the devil tell you can give me news on Donnie. He was going from teaching on t g. He said eight or or maybe that you didn't have teaching and maybe you hate you don't have those servanthood Me Maybe you are this man or woman he that it exhorteth or on a sortation. Now, I like to run in and get a few of those people know if you're going to be an exhorter. You need to be somebody that has a positive attitude. Happy-go-lucky a little Joy a little spring in your step for if you're going to be an exhorter. Someone that encourage someone you might want to be encouraged yourself. Happy yourself, probably if you're the person that is always the cup half empty. Maybe this is not your dick. Maybe something else has your gift but I believe there are some of you that kind of feel like me. I look at people and I know it might be a cliche but it certainly opens a lot of doors. People are always I'm not sure they really want to know but how many people have asked you to say, how you doing? Do you sure you want to know? Are you sure you really really want to know because if you ask me, I'm just about to tell you matter fact. I'm doing wonderful best day of my life better than I deserve and they'll like what and I'm like, yeah because Jesus say myself. I'm a wretched sinner, but praise God, I don't get hell I get haven't and what I'm able to give them in and they're in there like just asking how you doing. Not sure I really want to know all that. Well, I'm kind of I like to think that I'm a A+ an outgoing and upbeat type of person. I like to be, the life of the party. I don't shut up. I never stop talking. I'm always happy to tell another joke. I'm always the one in school that they said I bet you won't do this. And I would say oh, really? I can't tell you how many times that I heard. You're Rhonda's brother. Gray, why don't you act like your sister? Because I'm not my sister and I was the one that would get in trouble because I always wanted to be the life of the party. You put me in an apartment right now. You know, what who's also like that my wife. She's always upbeat. She is I mean sing runs in Dungeon is happy and eat it and loud and it didn't she just busy. And that and I'm that way maybe you are too. Maybe you're an exhorter that you go into a room and you lift the environment. You lift people's me. Just tell you something one of the things I'm not very good at a lot of things but what people have told me that I am good at and maybe you just if you don't agree with it, please don't say I know I know she will but other than Chloe, please don't hurt my feelings right now. But some people tell me they love my bedside manners. I'll go I'll go to the hospital's I'll go to jail. I'll go to places in and I try to encourage how to lift them up and try to not that bad to be. Alright promise you here's what we're going to do here is how we do this my strength in him and I love them and I speak life into him. I breathe life into Mike. I want them to know that it's going to be. Alright. God is faithful. He is Holy and he is high and lifted up and he loves you.

Maybe you are somebody has got a good attitude about things and happy about things and joyous about things. We need you. In the house of God we need you in the kingdom of God is all there's enough naysayers out there. How to burn a wet mule I'm just telling you there's a lot of people out there that if you say boy, it's a beautiful day. It's not day. Is past noon it's already evening. And that's that and it's that and their discoveries. I better hurry. I'm sorry. I need we need the house of God needs an exit order needs a Wayne book out. I had preached three messages. And Wayne book at told me I know I'm going along now that they're leaving. Read messages. He walked up to me and he said well, I think you're ready. I said ready ready for what? He said. I think you're ready to take the church done Wellington. I said have preached three times. He said but you can do it I believe in you.

And I took it and I preach the three little pigs and that's what happened. He encouraged me to do it and I shouldn't have done it. Department Of All Dogs Go To Heaven

he that in verse 8. He that giveth let him do it with Simplicity. Oh my goodness. It is says it inhibit that shares his Earthly possessions the some of you may not be quick. I promise. I need to get this some of you may not have the teaching of the preaching of the singing or you would talented about money. Probably not as many as you like to be but some of you and do pretty good with money. You may not have much but you have a little and you wasted your Frugal you're you're good at it. You're you're talented at taking care of what God has given you it might be $10, but you ain't wasting it. You ain't going to the casino. You ain't wasting it. You were going to hold on to you going to bless your going to order you to pay your ties on it. You're going to be blessed financially. You're a good student. So you give of your Earthly possessions you give until sometimes it hurts and sometimes it so your last dollar but you know that you saw a person on the street the other day, you know that they needed. Yes, you know, they needed something they needed help and you open up your wallet. And might not have even been enough, but it's all you had. Oh you had and you gave it any Hound you knew that God would honor you later? It didn't it wasn't it was what you didn't need somebody to clap and say oh you did such a great job at doing that. But you gave out of the abundance of your heart and your wallet C. Need you to For truly you can Pat him on the back and say okay. Hope be filled and going your way now. They need a bowl of soup. I need some help. I need a place to lay their head. I need a place to stay. I'm one cared enough to give me so yeah, there are those that can and do. Is that you? Can you be sure you can I can't do that Pastor only have a such-and-such money. I don't have enough to Harley to live on myself. Sir, ma'am. Maybe it's that very attitude is the reason why you don't have much to live on. Maybe it's that very thing that if you would say it's more blessed to give than to receive. I'm going to give that God would honor you in the lateral run. He says pretty quickly. He says and Owen Simplicity. I want to make that point don't do it with prejudice and in judicial be liberal just don't have prejudged motives about it do it because God has called you to do it. I'm better move on Donna. He says he that ruleth with diligence rule as well. That's leadership. Some of you are good leaders. You're you're a good leader here. You're in a thority you command attention. You have the ability to organize things. You're not just you're not just a good hard worker, but you're actually some money that can delegate stuff and get things done. Europe Europe strong at what you do you you know how to get things done people follow you you're a leader not a follower you are able to do things and get them off the ground and have it in an accomplished things. Why because you are good at ruling. You're a good leader. You got leadership qualities. How many may say that's not me when with somebody? It's more people want you think it's just more people than what you think don't apply themselves. More people want than you think and do things far more and far greater than what they could ever thought possible because we know that the scripture says you have a Measure of Faith. You have a measure you might not be the greatest later. You may not be the president. You may not be the CEO. You may not even be the pasture but God knows you are a leader and you can leave things. Well, he that leadeth he that ruleth there may not be many of them here. But we need some leaders in our country. One of our things that we are starving to death that is men and women of God that will lead. You know why we have such a vacuum of talented and quality men in in women in Washington is cuz quality men and women of God in Wellington don't want to stand up what in the world would they do in Washington? Cuz it's a desperate shortage of men and women that will lead in the things of God and Lasting lot leaves just says he that show with Mercy with cheerfulness. Oh my Mercy Grace, he that shows Mercy. Is it the same performing kindness you you they don't deserve it, but you're going to give them Mercy. They're not your they're not your best friend, but you still show them Mercy. You see them on the street and they've already been mad at you and they've said some negative things about you they did this or they did that and you know that you still show Mercy. You're still cancion cheerful happy you're not begrudging them. You don't cuss at them because they cussed at you. You don't kick it them. You don't curse them because they have cursed you. You love them whether they deserve it or not because the principal is you and I don't deserve it. Either that God loved us Christ on the cross for us. See we need more people that have a gift or a function or office in the church. have mercy I don't know which one of these 7 did you think that you had or maybe you had all seven? If you have all seven, would you leave the church cuz you'll take my job.

You will take my job that I don't think I have seven.

I just a joke. I want you still stay around, you know, if you have all seven, please. I'm going to hire you fire Jason. Why are you? You got seven?

How many do you got in if one of the ones that you've already identified and located? Are you done? Remember don't not do the gift that God has called you to just to do somebody else's gift. New York yet Don't try to reinvent the wheel do what God has called you to do and you will be happy. Reason why some people are so confused bewildered and upset it is cuz they're got their nose in other people's business.

I've got there trying to clean other people's backyards when they need to stay and take care of their own Ministry and their own job in their own life. So today I asked you with no altar call cuz I know the kids are going to hate me and all the teachers are going to be. My question is to you tonight. With all these gifts that we can betray and have multiple gifts. I'm sure there are those people to have multiple Gifts, of course. Are you? Already identified your gift. Do you know what God has called you to do? You know what you're just kind of it's just kind of natural to use in your wheelhouse. It's it's what you do you're just didn't take any easy for you comes easy.

And if you've already identified them.

Without a show of hands. Are you doing them? Because God has would have you to do your gift. How many shoes gift cuz she'll do hers because she'll do hers. But I would ask you. There are those people that have gifts that need to do what God has called them to do cuz you can perform them all his belt and I'll ask close father. I thank you Jesus for these that are here today. I thank you God for the give me the opportunity. I'm sorry for going long, but Lord got to study all day for this and I knew that God that I'd have an opportunity to share my heart what God. Can you show me and you you help me Lord God and I hope maybe I have a couple of those gifts. Hope maybe I can be an encourager maybe a teacher. Maybe one that would prophesy the word of God and teach the word of God and help loading gun. Or I pray God that you bless this congregation. There are those that are under the sound of my voice that have a certain amount of gifts a certain amount of offices or functions in the body of Christ in this building in this church or God. We haven't been put here for no reason for last 3 weeks 3 weeks ago. It was an amazing flow of the holy spirit in and so many gave their heart to the Lord that week we had upwards of fifteen gave their heart to the Lord. And then the next week we had about that many of 10 or so. And then we had like 15 baptized amazing outpouring of the Holy Spirit and then just this past week. We didn't even have no preaching and in 5 or 10 give their heart to the Lord and more will be baptized. But Lord God sure as I'm standing here. That was nothing that just me Lord. I believe that it took a lot of people seeking the things of God and God you saw our faithfulness you saw us administering and and and doing our gifts taking part are gifs. Lord God I pray that you will bless us even more and even this very night and Godwin wheel Arrowhead are feeling we'll be thinking what can I do for God? What part do I play in the kingdom of God? We love you and we thank you, and we ask all this in the Name of Christ Jesus. We pray amen. Thank you for coming tonight. We appreciate your dismissed.