· Which is healthier for your soul – to serve or to be served?
· Romans 12:3-6a - 3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.
· Knowing Jesus makes your purpose come alive.
· Jesus will make your life better and he will make you better at life.
· Know yourself
· You will never discover your purpose unless you think about it.
· Accept yourself and your giftedness.
· Build on islands of health and strength – Peter Drucker.
· Your spiritual gifts comes from God
· Faith expands your gift.
· Heavenly Father, grow my faith.
· Your spiritual gifts help the church body function.
· Failure to use your spiritual gifts doesn’t just impact you; it impacts others in the body.
· 6bIf your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith
· 7 if it is serving, then serve;
· A servant sees what needs to be done and does it.
· if it is teaching, then teach;
· 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement;
· If it is giving, then give generously;
· If it is to lead, do it diligently;
· If it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully
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Starter Question: Share the story of someone you know who clearly has a spiritual gift and uses it for God.
Going Deeper:
1. Read Romans 12:3-6a
2. In your opinion, why do people have a hard time thinking correctly about themselves? Do you think people struggle more with thinking too highly of themselves, or thinking too little of themselves?
3. If our spiritual gifts are maximized by faith, how do we grow our faith?
4. Read Romans 12:6b-8
5. Seven gifts are named here. Which two gifts do you think might be yours?
6. Which gift do you not have that you wish you had? Why?
7. As a group select two of the seven gifts. Then imagine what a church would be like if no one in that church shared those gifts? What does that say about the importance of your spiritual gifts?
