INTRODUCE: What good happened this week that surprised you? How does this represent God’s hand on your life?

READ: Exodus 31:1-11; Ephesians 4:7; 1 Peter 4:10; 1 Corinthians 12:7; Romans 12:4-5

WATCH SERMON

DISCUSSION
1. In this series how did you hone in on and answer any of these questions: How do you know what your spiritual gift is? How do you strengthen your gifts? Is there ever a day when you can lose your gift?
2. Exodus 31: 3-4 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge, and with all kinds of skills— to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts.
a. Reflect on someone you know who demonstrates this and share about this person and their impact on you.
b. Have you ever asked God to be filled with the Holy Spirit? What was your experience?
3. What relationship do you identify where you receive the gifts another has for you? How do you react/respond to this gift?

4.If you asked, “What gift do you have for me?” how would that impact your interactions with others?

5.What is your internal response – honestly – to the idea that you are a “Sacrament” channel of the grace of God?

6.What is the purpose of beauty? What do you consider beautiful that reminds you of God?

PONDER: Who or what area comes to mind where you want to offer/use your gift this week? What do you need from God to do this?

PRAY:
Lord, thank you for gifting/gracing us. Please take the thoughts, ideas shared and experienced through this series, and breathe your life on each grace, each gift, that we may look more like you and this world impacted by each of us.

SHARE & PRAY:
Share one thing you need prayer for today…
Take time to pray for one person at a time
Invite the Holy Spirit to guide your time
Listen to the Lord for guidance in how to pray for one another