FULLY ALIVE: Honored to Serve
Acts 6:1-7
EVERYONE IS CALLED TO SERVE
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“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” —Ephesians 2:10
EVERYONE IS EQUIPPED TO SERVE
“God has given each of you a gift from his great
of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God . Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.” —1 Peter 4:10-11
“A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don’t ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have special gifts. Where we use them and how determines whether we actually complete something.”—Max DePree
RESULT OF THIS HEALTHY CHURCH IS GROWTH
“Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and
up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.” —Ephesians 4:11-13