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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: body of Christ
IN TOUCH DAILY: NOVEMBER 14
Employ Your Spiritual Gift 1 Peter 4:7-11 Spiritual gifts fall into two basic categories: speaking and serving. Neither is more important than the other because both are demonstrations of God’s grace to the church. However, if members are not using … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: NOVEMBER 13
The Gift of Prophecy Romans 12:3-8 Spiritual gifts are a tremendous blessing from God. They are given to enable believers to serve for the good of the church, which is the body of Christ. But we are warned not to … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: SEPTEMBER 17
Salvation Gifts 1 Peter 1:3-5 Gifts are an expression of love, yet sometimes we take them for granted. This is certainly true when it comes to salvation. Perhaps the reason is that we’ve forgotten how amazing this gift is … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: AUGUST 5
The Holy Spirit’s Gifts 1 Corinthians 12:1-31 Look into any healthy church, and you will find believers who are actively serving the Lord as well as some who are not. But Christ’s church was never meant to resemble a sporting … Continue reading
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Tagged accomplish, actively serving, apathy, believers, benefit, body of Christ, charles stanley, Christ, Christ's Church, christians, church, common good, divinely empowered abilities, gifts, God, healthy church, Holy Spirit, human strength, ill-equipped, in touch, inadequate, insufficient, limitations, lord, no excuse, participants, provided, responsibility, serve, service, service to God, serving, serving the Lord, spectators, spiritual gifts, sporting event, talent, unified, uninvolved, work of Christ
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IN TOUCH DAILY: MAY 26
Don’t Neglect Your Spiritual Gift 1 Timothy 4:12-16 Every Christian is given a spiritual gift with which to serve and build up the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:7). Sadly, though, many believers neglect theirs. Timothy actually had some good … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 11
No Christian and, indeed, no historian could accept the epigram which defines religion as “what a man does with his solitude.” It was one of the Wesleys, I think, who said that the New Testament knows nothing of solitary religion. … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: MARCH 21
God Says You Are Capable “It is he who saved us and chose us for his holy work not because we deserved it but because that was his plan long before the world began — to show his love and … Continue reading
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Tagged abilities, bible, body of Christ, capable, Christ, christians, church, daily hope, experiences, gifted, gifts, God, heart, help others, helping others, holy work, important, kindness, love, minister, ministering, ministry, pastor, personality, rick warren, saved, serve, shaped, spiritual gifts, talents
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DAILY HOPE: JANUARY 25
When We Work Together, We Maximize Our Impact “I tell you the truth, anything you did for even the least of my people here, you also did for me” (Matthew 25:40 NCV). Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 says, “Two people are better than … Continue reading
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Tagged body of Christ, church, daily hope, failure, impact, Jesus, life, ministry, resources, rick warren, serve together, serving, serving with others, truth, work together
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