We had great church service today and I want to share that with you today... We been learning on this for last couple the weeks... DISCOVER YOUR SHAPE FIND YOUR PLACE UNDERSTANDING YOUR ABILITIES 1.Each of us has some -GOD -GIVEN ABILITIES. God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well''-Romans 12:6a(NTL,1st Ed.) The average persone has between
500-700 different abilities. 2 Our unique abilities
help us to be who He
created us to be.. ''I have filled him (Bezalel)with the Spirit of Godand have given him the skill,ability,and knowledge to do all kinds of work.''~
Exodu 31:3(NCV) The Uniqueness of a Duck,Rabbit,Squirrela dn Eagle...The Uniqueness of You... 3 Understanding our abilities
point us in the
directions He wants us to go with our
lives.. ''(God) will equip you will all you need for doing His will.'' ~
Hebrews 13:21b(NLT.1st Ed) WHAT I AM ABLE TO DO IS WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO DO....... USING YOUR ABILITIES My abilities are to be used to.... 1.
Honor God. ''.....whatever you do,do it all for the glory of God.
''1Corinthians 10:31b(NIV) All of yor abilities are
Important... 2.
Serve Others. 'God has given each of you some special abilities:be sure to use them to help each other,passing on to others God's many kind of blessings.''
~1Peter 4:10 (TLB) #1-Build your life on your
strengths so that your
weeknesses become irrelevant.. #2-
Team up with people who are good at what you're not that good at (and vice-versa) 3.Be an
example to
others. ''Put these abilities to work; throw yourself into your tasks so that everything may notice your improvement and progress.''~
1Timothy 4:15(TLB) God wants people to notice your good work.... 4.
Build up the
Church. ''Why is it that he gives us these special abilities to do certain thingsbest? It is that God's people will be equipped to do better work for him, building up the Church,the body of Christ, to a position of strenght and maturity.''~
Ephesians 4:12(TLB) God expects each of us to use our
Abilities to help New Life grow and mature....... If you don't
use them, you
lose them.... ''Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents.''~Matthew 25:28(NIV)
UNLOCKING YOUR ABILITIES Please read this verses ~Romans 12:1-8 (NLT,1st Ed.) LOCK#1-Estimate LOCK#2-
Declicate LOCK#3-
Cultivate God has made an enormous investment in you.... ...He expects a return on that investments. ''When the master comes and finds the servant doing his work,the servant will be blessed.''
~Luke 12:43(NCV) WHAT's NEXT??????? I am ready to unlock my abilities for God's honor starting today.... I will look at the things I am good at and make a list of these abilities(ESTIMATE) I will begin to give these abilities back to God for his service(DEDICATE) I will improve, develop and sharpen me abilities as a demonstration of my love for Jesus (CULTIVATE).... Other _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ This was a great service and I hope I encourage some of you Joseph Briggs
For next couple days I will be talking about my 26 brothers and sisters...My first brother I will share about is Luke. He is my 2nd youngest brother...Luke came from Ukraine about 6 years ago....He was not able to walk or to talk and look at him now...Luke is 9 and he is so cute....He wants to be a doctor and I know he will be. He is so smart. He has had alot of surgeries and he went thru alot but look at him now.... 
