Recognizing your F.R.A.M.E. will help you serve and grow!

Fire (or passion) “Take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4

“It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.” Romans 15:20

“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me – the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.” Acts 20:24

What do I think about, dream about?

Recognizing my spiritual gifts “I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.” 1 Corinthians 7:7

“And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.” 2 Timothy 1:11

Equip → Spiritual Gifts www.summitchurch.org http://buildingchurch.net/g2s-i.htm Equip → Spiritual Gifts

Abilities “Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.” 2 Corinthians 3:5

Born → Talents + Abilities Born again → Spiritual gifts The Package Born → Talents + Abilities Born again → Spiritual gifts

What natural talents and skills has God given me?

technology repairing recruiting teaching cooking artistic writing

decorating summarizing mechanical editing sports planning listening

speaking advertising gardening computers music

Make-up

“For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.” Galatians 1:13-14

My God-given Personality www.summitchurch.org Equip → My God-given Personality → Personality Profile

Personality Profiles: Choleric – Powerful Melancholy – Perfectionist Sanguine – Personable Phlegmatic - Peacemaker My personality is ___________________

Personality Characteristics

Holy Spirit, please minimize my weaknesses and maximize my strengths!

Experiences

“But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. ‘Look,’ he said, ‘I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.’

At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.” Acts 7:55-58

“Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.” Galatians 1:18

“Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.” 2 Corinthians 12:7b

Your Ministry Package: Fire or passion Recognize your spiritual gifts Abilities Make-up – Personality Experiences