OWN IT – GIFTED TO SERVE Friday Visit this site:  https://gifts.churchgrowth.org/spiritual-gifts-survey/ Study: Since we are talking about spiritual gifts this week, take a moment to take this free spiritual gifts survey. After you take this test, write down your top 3 spiritual gifts in the blanks below. Consider how you could use these gifts to…

OWN IT – GIFTED TO SERVE Thursday Read: Matthew 20:20-28 “Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him. “What is it you want?” he asked.  She said “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the…

OWN IT – GIFTED TO SERVE Wednesday Read: 1 Peter 4:10-11 “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should…

OWN IT – GIFTED TO SERVE Tuesday Read: Romans 12:3 “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.”  (NIV Romans…

OWN IT – GIFTED TO SERVE Monday Read: Romans 12:6-8 “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement;…

Friday Read: Matthew 20:20-28 20 “Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him. 21 “What is it you want?” he asked. She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left…

Thursday Read: Luke 14:7-14 7 “When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: 8 “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do no take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. 9 If so, the host…

Wednesday Read: Luke 12:13-21 13″Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”” 14 “Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15 “Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not…

Tuesday Read: 1 Chronicles 29:12              “Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.  (NIV) Study: Sometimes it feels like we have nothing worthy to give the Lord. When we feel…

Monday Read: Psalm 24:1                “The earth is the Lords, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;”  (NIV) Study:  What we own and hold claim over, is not ours. This goes against everything our culture tells us. We want to own more and grow…