1. The Value of a Gift

3. Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her

4. The Value of a Gift Ephesians 4:8,11-12 When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men….. and He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ

5. The Value of a Gift 1.Leaders are gifts, from Jesus, to the church to help us

6. The Value of a Gift Psalm 92:13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

7. The Value of a Gift 1.Leaders are gifts, from Jesus, to the church to help us 2.Being planted in the church is a key part of God’s plan for you

8. The Value of a Gift How do you value a gift? It depends on how you see the giver

9. The Value of a Gift 1.Leaders are gifts, from Jesus, to the church to help us 2.Being planted in the church is a key part of God’s plan for you 3.Value your leaders because you value the giver

10. The Value of a Gift How do you value a gift? It depends on how you see the giver It depends on how you see the gift

11. The Value of a Gift John 4:9-10 How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."

12. The Value of a Gift John 4:19-20 I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship V29 – could this be the Christ V42 – this is the saviour of the world

13. The Value of a Gift Mark 6:1-2 Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him. And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, "Where did this Man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to Him, that such mighty works are performed by His hands!

14. The Value of a Gift Mark 6:3..is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?" So they were offended at Him.

15. The Value of a Gift Mark 6:4-5 But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honour except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house." Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them

16. The Value of a Gift Remember 1.Leaders are gifts, from Jesus, to the church to help us 2.Being planted in the church is a key part of God’s plan for you 3.Value your leaders because you value the giver 4.Value your leaders to receive more from them