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Romans 12:3-4 (NASB) <\/p>\n 1. To help you understand God’s will for your life<\/strong><\/p>\n Romans 12:2 (NASB)\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.<\/p>\n Ephesians 5:17 (NASB) 2. To help you understand how the Holy Spirit works through your life<\/strong><\/p>\n 3. To help you know what God has “NOT “called you to do<\/strong><\/p>\n 4. To relieve you from serving God out of “DUTY”<\/strong><\/p>\n 5. To fulfill your deeper \/ inner spiritual need<\/strong><\/p>\n 6. To build “UNITY” within the Body of Christ<\/strong><\/p>\n 7. To add spiritual self-acceptance in your journey (a purpose-driven life)<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “A spiritually – gifted oriented church family starts with its people, finds out exactly what their needs are; and designs all programs, teaching, and preaching to meet these needs. This is being people-centered … rather than program centered.”\u00a0<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Romans 12:5-8 (NASB) <\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1 Corinthians 12:1-4 (NASB) <\/p>\n 1. The Holy Spirit is the AUTHOR \/ SOURCE of these gifts – vs. 11<\/strong><\/p>\n Corinthians 12:11 (NASB) <\/p>\n 2. There is not a hierarchy in the arena\/distribution\u00a0of spiritual gifts – vs.\u00a015-18<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Corinthians 12:15-18 (NASB) <\/strong> <\/p>\n 3. When we use our spiritual gifts, the Body of Christ profits – vs. 7,12,25-27\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Corinthians 12:7 (NASB) <\/strong>7 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.<\/p>\n 1 Corinthians 12:12 (NASB) 1 Corinthians 12:25-27 (NASB) <\/p>\n Ephesians 4:11-16 (NASB) Message by Dr. David Drake The Christian And Spiritual Gifts Romans 12 \/ Ephesians 5:17 Romans 12:3-4 (NASB) 3 \u00a0For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more … Continue reading
\n<\/strong>3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
\n4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function,<\/p>\n* 7 Reasons why every Christian should know his \/ her spiritual gift<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong>17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.\u00a0
\n<\/span><\/p>\n* 5 Important truths to remember surrounding Spiritual Gifts<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n5 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
\n6 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Since 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;
\n7 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching;
\n8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.<\/p>\n\n
* 3 Fundamentals to focus on when realizing the impact of spiritual gifts in our lives and churches<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong>1 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware.
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the mute idols, however you were led.
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
\n4 <\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.
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\n15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part<\/i> of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part<\/i> of the body.
\n16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part<\/i> of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part<\/i> of the body.
\n17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
\n18 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>12 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For even as the body is one and yet<\/i> has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>25 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0so that there may be no division in the body, but that<\/i> the members may have the same care for one another.
\n26 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one<\/i> member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.\u00a027 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Now you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it.<\/p>\n
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\n11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And He gave some as<\/i> apostles, and some as<\/i> prophets, and some as<\/i> evangelists, and some as<\/i> pastors and teachers,
\n12 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;
\n13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.
\n14 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
\n15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects<\/i> into Him who is the head, even<\/i> Christ,
\n16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"