Gods Amazing Gift Exchange

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Question What makes you Special?
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But, whos right? What is the truth?
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Basic Truth

• In life, we all want to want to be valued or
  loved.

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Biblical Truth

• You have intrinsic value and you are loved by
  God.

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Matthew 626-27

• Look at the birds of the air they do not sow or
  reap or store away in barns, and yet your
  heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more
  valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can
  add a single hour to his life?

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Sad Truth

• Satan wants to rob us of our value and distract
  us from Gods design.

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Spiritual Truth

• When we choose to accept our God given design and
  confess our sins, God indwells our soul with his
  holy spirit and guarantees our salvation.

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Greatest Truth

• If we, Gods children (the church), chose to use
  what Gods already given us and work together for
  the common good, the power of the church would go
  nuclear.

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Purpose Driven Churchby Rick Warren

• The designation active member in most churches
  means those who attend regularly and financially
  support the church. Not much more is expected.
  But God has a far greater expectation for every
  Christian. He expects every Christian to use his
  or her gifts and talents in ministry. If we can
  ever awaken and unleash the massive talent,
  resources, creativity, and energy lying dormant
  in the typical local church, Christianity will
  explode with growth at an unprecedented rate.

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What Do I Mean?How Does This Work?
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1 Corinthians 121-11
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Sometimes We, Gods People, Miss Gods Best for
Our Lives. Why? There Are at Least Two
Reasons

• Sometimes its ignorancethese are the times when
  were honestly in the dark. (vs.1)

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Romans 1013-15

• For "Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord
  will be saved. But how can they call on him to
  save them unless they believe in him? And how can
  they believe in him if they have never heard
  about him? And how can they hear about him unless
  someone tells them?
• And how will anyone go and tell them without
  being sent? That is what the Scriptures mean when
  they say, "How beautiful are the feet of those
  who bring good news!"

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Sometimes We, Gods People, Miss Gods Best for
Our Lives. Why? There Are at Least Two
Reasons

• Sometimes its ignorancethese are the times when
  were honestly in the dark. (vs.1)
• Sometimes its blatant sin We knowingly buy a
  lie and follow false gods (vs.2-3)

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Acts 2611

• Many a time I went from one synagogue to another
  to have them punished, and I tried to force them
  to blaspheme. In my obsession against them, I
  even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

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Question How then can I live so that I
experience Gods best for my life?
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Question How then can I live so that I
experience Gods best for my life?

• Seek the giver of all good things, not the gifts
  themselves.

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James 117

• Every good thing given and every perfect gift is
  from above, coming down from the Father of
  lights, with whom there is no variation or
  shifting shadow.

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Matthew 711

• If you sinful people know how to give good gifts
  to your children, how much more will your
  heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask
  him.

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Question How then can I live so that I
experience Gods best for my life?

• Seek the giver of all good things, not the gifts
  themselves.
• Embrace my God-given role and employ it for the
  common good.

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The Body by Charles Colson

• Modern Christianity, especially Evangelicals, see
  the Christian faith primarily, if not
  exclusively, as the gospel of Jesus and me.
  Christianity is simply a personal relationship
  with Jesus. Accept Christ into your life and you
  will be saved. This is true as far as it goes,
  but it falls woefully short... Christianity is
  much more than a private transaction with Jesus
  When we confess Christ, Gods response is to
  bring us into His Church we become part of His
  called-out people. When we become followers of
  Christ, we become members of His church- and our
  commitment to the church is indistinguishable
  from our commitment to Him... the church is so
  dear to our Lord that he purchased it with his
  blood.

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(oo) What He wants (oo) Baby, you got (oo) What
you need (oo) To do for God (oo) All Hes
askin (oo) Is for you to serve till you go
home (just a little bit) Hey baby (just a little
bit) till you go home (just a little bit) mister
(just a little bit)
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Aint gonna feel wrong When you serve Him Ain
gonna feel wrong (oo) youll have joy All Hes
askin (oo) Is for you to serve till you get
home (just a little bit) Baby (just a little bit)
till you get home (just a little bit) Yeah (just
a little bit)
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He dont want you to give him all of your
money All hes askin in return, honey Is for
you To use your gifts Til you get home (just a,
just a, just a, just a) Yeah baby (just a, just
a, just a, just a) Til you get home (just a
little bit) Yeah (just a little bit)
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Sometimes We, Gods People, Miss Gods Best for
Our Lives. Why? There Are at Least Two
Reasons

• Sometimes its ignorancethese are the times when
  were honestly in the dark. (vs.1)
• Sometimes its blatant sin We knowingly buy a
  lie and follow false gods (vs.2-3)
• Fall in love with who God has made you to be, not
  who others think you should be.

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