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God as Gift-Giver: Operating Your Spiritual Gifts
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:4) Natural talents are gifts that are born with us. They include such things as artistic, musical and mathematical talents, or talents for public speaking, dancing, construction, or athletics. Skills such as these will always come more naturally to those who are talented, though they are possible for people who lack inborn talent in a certain area to develop some basic skills in that area. Spiritual gifts are sets of supernatural skills that God gives Christians for the sake of witnessing in the world, and strengthening each other and the church as the Body of Christ. Natural talents…
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Building Character: Fruits of the Spirit
Week 2 of a 3-week series. Starts with “All Things Under His Feet.” As we heard last week from Mark Galli who wrote Jesus Mean and Wild: “This aspect of holiness has two dimensions: the shaping of our character to be set apart in godliness and the shaping of our calling so that our lives will be set apart for God’s purposes. In short, to be holy is to dedicate all that we are and all that we do to God.” Today we’ll be talking about how God shapes our character, and we’ll be reading verses about the fruit of the spirit and harvesting eternal life and righteousness. Next week…
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All Things Under His Feet
“This aspect of holiness has two dimensions: the shaping of our character to be set apart in godliness and the shaping of our calling so that our lives will be set apart for God’s purposes. In short, to be holy is to dedicate all that we are and all that we do to God.” (Mark Galli, Jesus Mean and Wild) The Foundation In his thought-provoking book, Galli lists the two dimensions of the holy life: character and calling. Always remember at our salvation does not DEPEND on our works. The grace of Jesus Christ saves us. “He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to…