Just lift some people,. Just do it now! Lift some people, lift the environment, lift the Connect Group, the church. Just lift! Numbers 13:30 NLT But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!” Rom 12:3-8 NIV For by the grace given me I say to every …
Making complicated truths easy to understand #3 The Teaching Gift
Break it down, and present it in bite-size pieces until they get it for themselves 2 Timothy 3:16 NIV All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness Rom 12:3-8 NIV 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 …
Making a difference with others #2 The Serving Gift
Rom 12:3-8 NIV 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 …
Seeing a few steps ahead #1 The Prophetic Gift
Rom 12:6-8 NIV We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your[a] faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; 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,[b] do it diligently; …
How are we wired ? – 1. Finding your 7 motivations
7 Motivational Gifts of Rom 12: 7 truths about God-given gifts Rom 12:3-8 NIV 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 …
Creation 2 : #4 God’s Joy in Crafting Eve – The True Wonder – Woman ( God as an Accomplished Artist )
Ephesians 1:4-5 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love (agape) (5) he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure (things that pleases/makes happy/satisfies) and will (personal will). Given the same image of God, and same task as Adam – to care for God’s …
Creation 2 #3: The Joy of Creating a ‘Real-Heart’ Relationship with Adam ( God as a Good Shepherd )
Creation 2 #3: The Joy of Creating a ‘Real-Heart’ Relationship with Adam ( God as a Good Shepherd ) {{footer}}
Creation 2 #2: The Joy of Preparing a ‘Paradise’ (in Garden of Eden) for Adam (God as a Loving Gardener)
Ephesians 1:4-5 NIV For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love (agape) (5) he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will (things that pleases/makes happy/satisfies) and will (personal will). Genesis 1:1 NIV In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. …
Creation 2 #1: The Joy of Forming Adam (God’s Joy as a Master Potter)
Genesis 2:4-7 NIV This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. (5) Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, …
4 Things won’t work #3 What to do when nasty people become influencers?
4 Things won’t work #3 What to do when nasty people become influencers? {{footer}}