Network Discovery Sessions

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NetworkDiscovery Sessions
The Right People In the Right Places For the
Right Reasons At the Right Time!
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Imagine a Church

• Session 1

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Networks Goal

• To help believers to be fruitful and fulfilled
  in a meaningful place of service.

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You, my brothers, were called to be free. But
do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful
nature, rather, serve one another in
love. Galatians 513
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• Serving is not optional
• its a matter of OBEDIENCE.

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Network will help you better understand

• Who God has made you to be
• When you make your unique contribution, you will
  make a Kingdom difference for eternity

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The Network Process

• Step One Discovery

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Course Overview

• Session 2The Purpose of Gifts
• Session 3The Discovery of Gifts
• Session 4The Power of Love and The
  Value of Personality
• Session 5The Influence of Passion
• Session 6The Promise of Ministry

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The Network Process

• Step One Discovery
• Step Two Coaching

• Step Three SERVICE

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Why Do We Serve Anyway?

• Glorify God
• Edify Others

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The Ten CommandmentsExodus 201-17

• 1. Dont have other gods
• 2. Dont worship idols
• 3. Dont take Gods name in vain
• 4. Remember the Sabbath

The focus of these four is GOD and how we are
to love him.
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The Ten CommandmentsExodus 201-17

• 5. Honor parents
• 6. Dont murder
• 7. Dont commit adultery
• 8. Dont steal
• 9. Dont be a false witness
• 10. Dont covet

The focus of these six is OTHERS and how we are
to love them.
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The Great CommandmentMatthew 2237- 40

• Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
  with all your soul and with all your mind. This
  is the first and greatest commandment. And the
  second is like it Love your neighbor as
  yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on
  these two commandments.

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Our serving glorifies God because it is a form
of worship.
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Our serving builds up or edifies others.
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The Major Test of Service

• When we serve, does it glorify God and edify
  others?

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How Were to Serve
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• There are
• No right or wrong gifts
• No right or wrong styles
• No right or wrong passions
• They are just different!

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• You can have
• Any Spiritual Gift, with
• Any Personal Style, with
• Any Ministry Passion!

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Servant ProfileSPIRITUAL GIFTS

• 1. Spiritual Gifts are God-given
• 2. There are no right or wrong Spiritual Gifts
• 3. Spiritual Gifts answers the WHAT question

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Spiritual Gifts are special abilities given by
the Holy Spirit and distributed to every
believer according to Gods design and grace
for the common good of the body of Christ.
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Spiritual Gifts are special abilities.
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Spiritual Gifts are given by the HOLY SPIRIT.
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Spiritual Gifts are distributed to every
believer according to Gods design and grace.
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Spiritual Gifts are for the COMMON GOOD of the
body of Christ.
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Your Spiritual Gift is not for you, it is given
to you for others.
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1 Corinthians 12

• Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit
  is given. (v. 7)
• He gives them to each one, just as he determines.
  (v. 11)
• God has arranged the parts in the body, every one
  of them, just as he wanted them to be. (v. 18)

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Uniqueness, Unity, and Diversity

• Our Spiritual Gifts are given by design and make
  us unique.

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• Diversity is not DIVISION

Unity is not conformity.
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• Unity is not achieved by being alike.

• Unity is achieved by having the same purpose.

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Summary
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