Please do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you. 1 Timothy 4:14 Do you know what your spiritual gifts are? Do you use them? Read 1 Timothy 4: 11-16. Paul reminded Timothy not to neglect his spiritual gifts. Scripture reveals that the Holy Spirit may give spiritual gifts as believers pray. Jesus prayed for and breathed on His disciples and imparted the new life of the Holy Spirit to them. In Samaria, the apostles prayed for new believers, laid hands on them, and the Holy Spirit filled them. In Ephesus,…
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Frogs And Butterflies
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice – the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:1-2 What area in your life would you like to see the transformation? How would this change impact your closest relationships?…
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Sharing Our Gifts with Others
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: 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. 1 Peter 4:10 God has gifted us with specific interests, talents, and abilities that he wants us to use to serve Him and others. We are all individuals that God created. He created each of us uniquely. There are things that no one else in the world can do quite…
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Grace Given To Us
Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; Romans 12:6 God offers so many things to HIs people. God gives us grace and through that he also gives us gifts to use. These gifts are called gifts of grace. We can choose to resist grace and these gifts of grace. These gifts are God-given desires and special abilities. They Holy Spirit equips us, individually, with these gifts to build up each other in the church. Also, they are to show God’s love to others. Every christian has at…