2. Serving Together in Diversity
February 1, 2009

3. Serving Together with Diversity Romans 12:4-8 & 1 Peter 4:10-11
Leader: Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,
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4. Leader: We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.
ALL: …so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
Leader: We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.
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5. ALL: Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.
Leader: If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith, as one speaking the very words of God.
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6. ALL: If it is serving, let him serve, with the strength God provides;
Leader: …if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage;
ALL: if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously;
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7. ALL: …if it is leadership, let him govern diligently;
Leader: …if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
ALL: Let us use our gifts so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen.
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8. Introduction
One Body with Many Members, Each Belonging to All the Others
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11. Introduction
One Body with Many Members, Each Belonging to All the Others
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12. Introduction The Church—The DISPLAY CASE of Jesus
Together we are the present Incarnation of Christ
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13. The GIFTS—Different Forms of GRACE
Use Gifts to SERVE Others & Display FULLNESS of Grace
SPEAKING Gifts: Prophesying & Teaching
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14. The GIFTS—Different Forms of GRACE
Use Gifts to SERVE Others & Display FULLNESS of Grace
SPEAKING Gifts: Prophesying & Teaching
Serving
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15. The GIFTS—Different Forms of GRACE
Serving: Answers Conference 2009
Book table attendants
Greeters
Potluck Supper
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16. The GIFTS—Different Forms of GRACE
Use Gifts to SERVE Others & Display FULLNESS of Grace
SPEAKING Gifts: Prophesying & Teaching
Serving
Giving
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17. The GIFTS—Different Forms of GRACE
Giving
Leadership
Encouragement/Exhortation
Mercy/Compassion
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18. The Church—The DISPLAY CASE of Jesus
Encouraging
Teaching
Service
Giving
Mercy
Leadership
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19. The Church—The DISPLAY CASE of Jesus
Teaching
Service
Encouraging
Giving
Mercy
Leadership
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20. The GOAL— The GLORY of Christ
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21. Conclusion: I AM What I AM By the GRACE of God;
I SERVE as I SERVE by the STRENGTH of God;
I DO What I DO for the GLORY of God
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