All Christians have been given spiritual gifts, why?
"to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up." Ephesians 4:12
Spiritual gifts are different than a talent or skill....
Spiritual Gift - a talent that God gives you to work our His will; a supernatural ability given by grace, empowering believers for service & displaying the presence of God in our lives
Talent - natural or inate ability due to physical, psychological, or emotional make-up
Skill - a learned action or an application of our spiritual gifts
In our diversity of giftedness, we must be unified to bring glory to Christ. Here's an example of how gifts can be diverse, but honor God and make His work complete...
Let's say a woman in the community is bed ridden for a month & her Christian neighbors reach our to her using their spiritual gifts. Although this example doesn't include all gifts, it might look something like this:
The perceiver would pray & intercede for her.
The server would take a meal, clean the house, & run errands for her.
The teacher would research the illness & find a book for her.
The exhorter would share scripture to encourage her, send cards, & comment on her strength.
The giver would help pay her bills, bring food, & give reports to other friends.
The administrator would organize others to bring food & care.
The one with compassion would pray for physical needs, hug & hold, be a shoulder to cry on.
- Sign up to take Scott & Kelley Shirley a meal with the arrival of Baby Christian. Log on to www.takethemameal.com, last name Shirley, password is the same as before. For questions contact Lisa scottandlisat@msn.com.
- Operation Go, community service projects, will take place on Sundays, July 11th, 18th, & 25th. Our class will participate in Operation Go on July 25th. Email Lisa scottandlisat@msn.com with your ideas. To participate on other dates, sign up in the Gathering Space.
- Angela's Baby Shower is on July 22nd 6:30pm @ Kelly Moates' house. We will have salty & sweet snacks - Salty: Lisa, Kris, & Julie, Sweet- Emily, Leah, & Amy Elmore, Drinks - Kelly & Brenda
- Family Night @ the Birmingham Barons is Wed, July 28th. Tickets can be purchased at the church, $5 ticket admits 5 people!
- Preschool & Children's Night Out is July 30th. Register for Parents Night Out (click the link) by July 25th.
Prayer Requests
- William & Elizabeth - William's mother, Peggy Lewis, is having surgery on Monday.
- Julie & Brady - Julie's dad is having back trouble with steroid injections planned for this Friday, 7/16. Also, pray for Julie's brother & his wife as they are starting the adoption process.
