Embracing Spiritual Gifts for Church Unity and Service

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When you operate in your supernatural gifting, your church blossoms through your unique contributions. And you experience, as a side note, joy and feeling alive and feeling energized and feeling fulfilled. Because you are fulfilling. You're gifting according to the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. [00:04:11] (31 seconds)  #SupernaturalGiftsBringJoy

Gifts are not given for your personal edification or for your personal glorification. They are designed specifically to be used in harmony with other gifts for building up the church community and advancing God's kingdom. And because they are gifts, we can take no credit for them, right? They're part of a bigger picture and part of the plan of God to reflect the kingdom of God being exercised on earth among us. [00:10:51] (37 seconds)  #GiftsBuildTheChurch

The right time is always now. It's time to open and use your gifts now in the present. And you may need training or experience or resources to develop your gift. And that's okay. But each of us must ask ourselves the question, what am I using for others' benefit? What gets in the way of me using my gifts for others' benefit? You know, no one is uniquely capable of what you are uniquely capable of. And it comes in the context of the others around you. [00:28:47] (64 seconds)  #UseYourGiftsNow

Each member belongs to the others, according to 1 Corinthians 7. So your story becomes our story. And your gifts become our gifts. And the gifts of the Spirit are to unify us and empower believers to function together. Not in spite of, but because we recognize and appreciate different gifts and different roles. [00:32:50] (36 seconds)  #UnityThroughDiverseGifts

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