God gives proportionate gifts to fulfill His plans for us, as Jesus illustrated in the parable of the three servants. Matthew 25:14 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone. …
What do you think of when you think of treasure? If you could have a great treasure, what would it be? We find that Jesus is worthy of our treasure. One of my favorite stories of treasure in the Bible is about the Kingdom of Heaven being a treasure. Matthew 13:44The Kingdom of Heaven is …
We desperately need each other. The Lord made me very aware of this during the recent events. During this same time, you may have had a similar experience. When people became isolated, they could not be in contact with many people. Living a more secluded life, you could not use your gifts as much or …
God gives gifts because He loves us and has a plan for our lives to use them to help others. In addition, the Lord is a master builder. He gives us unique skills and gifts to work with Him to accomplish His will. To think the Lord gives us gifts so we can help Him …
Being satisfied with your gifts is helpful for any person and is the Lord’s desire. As people, it is easy to become jealous because of someone who has a gift or talent you wish you had. Our enemy, satan, is always at work trying to tempt people to make them feel dissatisfied. Thus, he wants …
Unity in diversity is one of the greatest keys in the body of Christ moving forward to build God’s Kingdom. On my first mission trip to Mexico, our church worked with Youth With A Mission to bring together people’s talents and abilities to build a home for needy families. Different people had gifts of food …
Is church about the team or the individual? We live in a country that prizes rugged individualism. Herbert Hoover coined this term and referred to individuals as self-reliant and independent from control. This originally referred to politics, but this thought has infiltrated the church.[1] The church at Corinth had multiple divisions, competition, and jealousy. Paul …
When Paul wrote 1 Corinthians, he was pastoring from afar. Today, we would consider Paul to be a traveling church planter. He had lived in Corinth for eighteen months to establish the church there and then moved on to start other churches. A few years later, Paul received news that the church in Corinth had …
Solomon saw that God had given us gifts to enjoy in this life. Ecclesiastes 3: 12 So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can. 13 And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God. [1] Earlier, …
What will I do with what God gives me? Every believer wrestles with this at some time. Our lives are an ongoing battle of building our kingdom or building God’s kingdom. We know that we should be building God’s Kingdom in our hearts but putting that into practice is not easy. God has gifted each …