"I'm Shaped" Part II is a continuation of Part I. You should read Part I before you read Part II.
Rick Warren continues his presentation by sharing all the qualities that we have from God.
Spiritual Gifts
Heart
Abilities
Personality
Experience
(Warren, 236)
Spiritual Gifts
God has given everyone a Spiritual Gift(s). The gift(s) are present(s) that we did not earn or deserve. God has given us a gift(s) before we were born and it is our job to figure out what is our gift(s). "An unopened gift is worthless (Warren, 237)." There is a job for you on this earth that needs to be accomplished only by the special gift(s) that God has given to you.
Brice Point: Notice the way I wrote "gift(s)". I believe that a gift is given to everyone; however, some may have more than one gift. Which would indicate that God has given some more than one gifts. Do not become jealous of anybody else's gift(s). Appreciate what you have and use it to accomplish your task. When you focus on someone else gift(s), you become stagnant in your position while the other person is moving towards success.
One may ask: How can I discover my gifts?
Simply, you would have to pay attention to those moments where people "thank you" for that special act of concern, love,or compassion. When do people say "you helped me a lot, thanks for being there, I do not know of anybody else who can do it like you do." Have you ever recieve those words of affirmation that show love and appreciation. Think about it.
Heart
God has also given us a "Heart." Physically we all have a heart. We all have a heartbeat; however all of our heartbeats are different. However, I'm not here to talk about the physical heart, but the mental heart. "We need the physical heart to live but we need the mind to be successful ~ S.J Brice" What is your passion in life? God has given all of us a mind to think with. Someone once said, "Think, it isn't illegal yet." We all have the right to think for ourselves.
Where is our focus?
Your focus should be on your spiritual gifts.
Your focus should be on the mission that you have to accomplish before your life is over.
Your focus should be on Glorifying God and being a blessing to others.
Stay Tune ~ Peace
2 comments:
Great job! You remember what I told you.You are meant to be great and this is great. Thanks for the encouragement - i do struggle with my gifts and I am going to be more GRATEFUL GRATEFUL SO GRATEFUL.I really do believe i am blessed and that the Lord has great things in store for me now and in the future and i am going to be more thankful and useful. I love you and thanks again for the encouraging thoughts- continue to do big things GREATNESS!
I would like to ask for prayer if that is ok--- for my family and my self! thanks in advance
Im still trying to find my gift(s) so I can do wut I'm called for. Good job on this Blog!
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