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How Effective you are is not up to God, but up to You!

Proverbs 9:11–12 AV

11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Proverbs 9:11–12 CSB

11 For by me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. 12 If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”

Proverbs 4:7 AV

7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 4:7 CSB

7 Wisdom is supreme—so get wisdom. And whatever else you get, get understanding.

Proverbs 4:7 GW

7 The beginning of wisdom is to acquire wisdom. Acquire understanding with all that you have.

Ecclesiastes 10:10 NKJV

10 If the ax is dull, And one does not sharpen the edge, Then he must use more strength; But wisdom brings success.

Wisdom & Understanding

Proverbs 4:7 NLT

7 Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do! And whatever else you do, develop good judgment.

Tap into divine Wisdom!

James 1:5–6 AV

5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

James 1:5–6 GW

5 If any of you needs wisdom to know what you should do, you should ask God, and he will give it to you. God is generous to everyone and doesn’t find fault with them. 6 When you ask for something, don’t have any doubts. A person who has doubts is like a wave that is blown by the wind and tossed by the sea.

2 Corinthians 12:9 AV

9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 12:9 CSB

9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.

Weakness = inability

Incapacity - callousness

1 Corinthians 15:10 AV

10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1 Corinthians 15:10 GW

10 But God’s kindnessmade me what I am, and that kindness was not wasted on me. Instead, I worked harder than all the others. It was not I who did it, but God’s kindness was with me.

Ephesians 2:10 NKJV

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

YOUR DESTINY, WHICH GOD PREPARED FOR YOU, IS BEYOND YOUR NATURAL ABILITY!

Isaiah 48:11 NKJV

11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; For how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.

You & I will have to depend on HIS grace to fulfill our calling!

GRACE- GREEK word Charis

CHARISMA: A specific endowment of GRACE that empowers an individual with a special ability. ~John Bevere

1 Corinthians 15:10 AV

10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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Ephesians 2:8–10 NKJV

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Romans 12:3–6 NKJV

3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. 4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith;

Happy and blessed is the person who knows

their gifts and operates in them.

Miserable and stressed is the person

who tries to operate in someone esle’s gifts.