Lord, knowing that you have good gifts that will carry us through every challenge we have as believers, reminds us how much we need you.
I’m tired of trying to do things in my own strength. It’s futile. Every aspect of my life says, “I need you more”
I need more of your power, I need more of your grace.
And I boldly say whatever it is you have for me, I want it.
And I don’t care what it takes to get it. Because I need you more.
More power, more hope, more faith for my family, for my church, and especially more for those who are lost and headed to hell. We don’t desire it for our glory- we desire for Hendersonville and the world.
We want more.
We need a miracle. We need willingness. And more than anything we need you.
Each follower of Christ has been created, designed and gifted to change the world.
You aren’t gifted to feel good about yourself.
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10
When God got ready to organize his church, he didn’t set up a dictatorship with the pastor at the head. He also didn’t set up a democracy where everybody had an equal say in everything. When God built the church, he set up a body with Christ as the head and each Christian as a part of the body.
Spiritual gifts enable ordinary people to do extraordinary things.
Just to be clear…
False statements about Spiritual Gifts
Spiritual gifts are what people in the church do inside a church building.
Once you discover your spiritual gift you can avoid responsibility by saying, “Well, that’s just not my spiritual gift!”
Spiritual gifts are about positions and titles.
Spiritual gifts and the fruit of the spirit are the same things really. (And that’s good because I don’t have the gift of patience.)
Everybody gets just one.
Four things you can do to discover your spiritual gifts:
1. Read about it.
2. Pray for insight.
3. Ask others.
4. Go try it.
#1 Prayer to pray: Lord give me wisdom and make us bold.