In the body of Christ we are all blessed with different sets of gifts from our Heavenly Father. These gifts fit together with each other and work together to reflect Jesus accomplish God's will on earth. We can talk all day about the different gifts we have and how wonderful they are, but are you doing your part when it comes to those gifts?
Your gifts were never meant to bring glory to yourself, but rather to glorify your Father who is in Heaven. They are the deposits He has given you to do the work He has set before you. They are your tools, so to speak. The most important thing to do with your gifts is to use them! Do not let those them sit dormant inside you. Use them within the context of the body of Christ to bring others into the knowledge of Jesus. Do your part by fanning into flame your gifts so that they may be useful! God gives us the little spark we need, but it is our job to act on it. It is the church's duty to start a wildfire in this world for Jesus Christ!
1 Timothy 1:6-7 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. (ESV)
1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace (ESV)
Romans 12:3-8 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. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 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. (ESV)
Your gifts were never meant to bring glory to yourself, but rather to glorify your Father who is in Heaven. They are the deposits He has given you to do the work He has set before you. They are your tools, so to speak. The most important thing to do with your gifts is to use them! Do not let those them sit dormant inside you. Use them within the context of the body of Christ to bring others into the knowledge of Jesus. Do your part by fanning into flame your gifts so that they may be useful! God gives us the little spark we need, but it is our job to act on it. It is the church's duty to start a wildfire in this world for Jesus Christ!
1 Timothy 1:6-7 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. (ESV)
1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace (ESV)
Romans 12:3-8 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. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 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. (ESV)
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