God Has Wired Us to Serve God Saved Us to Serve God Commands Us to Serve God had Equipped Us to Serve

WIRED WITH STYLE How God Uses Different Personalities to Serve

Spiritual Gifts Tell Us “What” Style/Personality Tells Us “How”

LIONS – CREATORS OF VISION AND MOMENTUM Wired with Style

Paul “No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,

Paul I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.” (Philippians 3:13–14, NLT)

OTTERS – MOTIVATORS OF PASSION AND EXPRESSION Wired with Style

David “Then King David was told, “The L ORD has blessed Obed-edom’s household and everything he has because of the Ark of God.”

David So David went there and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obed- edom to the City of David with a great celebration.

David After the men who were carrying the Ark of the L ORD had gone six steps, David sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.

David And David danced before the L ORD with all his might, wearing a priestly garment.

David So David and all the people of Israel brought up the Ark of the L ORD with shouts of joy and the blowing of rams’ horns.

David But as the Ark of the L ORD entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window.

David When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the L ORD, she was filled with contempt for him.

David They brought the Ark of the L ORD and set it in its place inside the special tent David had prepared for it. And David sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings to the L ORD.

David When he had finished his sacrifices, David blessed the people in the name of the L ORD of Heaven’s Armies.

David Then he gave to every Israelite man and woman in the crowd a loaf of bread, a cake of dates, and a cake of raisins. Then all the people returned to their homes.” (2 Samuel 6:12–19, NLT)

GOLDEN RETRIEVERS – PROVIDERS OF BALANCE AND RELATIONSHIP Wired with a Style

Ruth “But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live.

Ruth Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried.

Ruth May the L ORD punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!” When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more.” (Ruth 1:16–18, NLT)

BEAVERS – DETAILERS WHO HELP US GET IT RIGHT Wired with a Style

James “But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.” (James 1:22, NLT)

James “If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.

James Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.” (James 1:26–27, NLT)