Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Serving in Your Passion
i.
Where shall I use my gift?
ii.
Where do I feel most motivated to serve?
iii.
Where do I sense a calling toward or an attraction for?
The Charismatic Gifts
i.
1 Cor 12:4, 8-11, The gifts that look like us.[2]
ii.
A balance of gifts managed by the Holy Spirit in each church.
iii.
These are for the common good.
iv.
Also see Rom. 12:6-8, The conservative corner.
v.
What is our measuring rod? When they look like us or do the
things we want to see them do?
vi.
Dont look for a church that looks like you![3]
Netas Gift
The Danger of Comparing Gifts
Our own creative energies start to dry up.[4]
Animal school, page 64
Everybody is a 10 somewhere.
Watching it All Come Together
What does it mean to preach the gospel?
Study Guide
Each Christian has at least one spiritual gift. Look up the following
scriptures. What does each one tell us about the gifts?
i.
1 Cor. 12:1
ii.
Rom. 12:6-8
iii.
1 Cor. 4, 8-11
iv.
Eph. 4:7-12
Why do you think the issue over spiritual gifts has divided the church
so much?
What is your understanding of how the gifts should operate together in
any one church? Should they be segregated? Why or why not?
What are your spiritual gifts? List them as best you can tell.
With your gifts in mind, what possible ministries would you fit well in?
If you could do any ministry at all in the church that would make it like
Christmas everyday for you, which one would that be?
Bibliography
Cordeiro, Wayne. Doing Church as a Team. Rev. and expanded ed.
Ventura, Calif.: Regal Books, 2004.
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