We are continuing at The Community Fellowship our study of "Get Fired Up to Serve God: a spiritual gifts study" tonight and will be looking deeper at the ways God has touched the church so we will impact and encourage others.
1 Peter 4:10 NLT --- God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.
Let me give you some of the stuff that has really given me some insight the past two weeks in this study. It has to do with understand the difference between gifts of leadership and administration as well as the gifts of service and helps. I have used a book by David Francis to help with this study. Here are those insights:
the differences between leadership and administration ...
VISION
leaders recieve and communicate and the vision; administrators are the first to hear and understand the vision
leaders see big picture of God's vision; administrators understand the details and clarifies
a leader is an architect; an administrator is a contractor
DECISIONS
leaders use their intuition; administrators use the facts
RELATIONSHIPS
leaders are comfortable in a large setting; administrators are better one on one or in small groups
the differences in Service and Helps gifts ...
INSTRUCTIONS
service jumps in and gets done; helps waits for instruction
RESOURCES
service will go get the resources; helps waits until they have resources
MOTIVATION
service is motivated to complete the project; helps wants to please a person
RELATIONSHIPS
service is more short-term and project oriented; helps is more long-term and people are of primary importance.
Understanding these differences may clarify the place God has for you and me in His church and in His grand scheme of things. His way is best and helps each of us understand that it takes everyone for the church to work that it is supposed to work!
1 Corinthians 12:4-7 (NLT) --- There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us. A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.
1 Peter 4:10 NLT --- God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.
Let me give you some of the stuff that has really given me some insight the past two weeks in this study. It has to do with understand the difference between gifts of leadership and administration as well as the gifts of service and helps. I have used a book by David Francis to help with this study. Here are those insights:
the differences between leadership and administration ...
VISION
leaders recieve and communicate and the vision; administrators are the first to hear and understand the vision
leaders see big picture of God's vision; administrators understand the details and clarifies
a leader is an architect; an administrator is a contractor
DECISIONS
leaders use their intuition; administrators use the facts
RELATIONSHIPS
leaders are comfortable in a large setting; administrators are better one on one or in small groups
the differences in Service and Helps gifts ...
INSTRUCTIONS
service jumps in and gets done; helps waits for instruction
RESOURCES
service will go get the resources; helps waits until they have resources
MOTIVATION
service is motivated to complete the project; helps wants to please a person
RELATIONSHIPS
service is more short-term and project oriented; helps is more long-term and people are of primary importance.
Understanding these differences may clarify the place God has for you and me in His church and in His grand scheme of things. His way is best and helps each of us understand that it takes everyone for the church to work that it is supposed to work!
1 Corinthians 12:4-7 (NLT) --- There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us. A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.
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