1. Your Kingdom Come Your Will Be Done…. Your Kingdom Come Your Will Be Done…. A Great Church is Mobilized for Ministry

2. Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)

3. Missions Maturity Ministry Magnify Membership

5. Our next Welcome Class will be held: Saturday, January 26 th (9:30 – 11:30 a.m.) Sunday, February 10 th (6:00 – 8:00 p.m.)

6. Spiritual Maturity

7. A Spiritually Mature Person is a consistent worshipper is sensitive to sin is sensitive to people is a Peacemaker not a Trouble- maker

8. Ministry

9. “The beauty of Christianity is that believers have been redeemed for a reason, converted to a cause, and saved to serve” “The beauty of Christianity is that believers have been redeemed for a reason, converted to a cause, and saved to serve”

10. Christ came to do God’s work John 5:17 My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working. John 5:17 My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.

11. Believers are created for God’s work Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

12. Believers are needed for God’s work Romans 12:4,5 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. Romans 12:4,5 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

13. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.

14. Every piece is needed...

15. Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 1 Corinthians 12:14-20

16. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.

17. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

18. 18 But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

19. The body of Christ has many members Not all members have the same function Every function is crucial to the operation of the body The body of Christ has many members Not all members have the same function Every function is crucial to the operation of the body

20. An Attitude of Service

21. …the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Matthew 20:28 Modeled by Jesus

22. Colossians 3:23-25 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

23. Galatians 5:13 …serve one another in love.

24. Aptitude Every Christian is to be equipped for ministry Aptitude Every Christian is to be equipped for ministry

25. 1 Corinthians 14:12 …try to excel in gifts that build up the church.

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27. S piritual gifts H eart A bilities P ersonality E xperience

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29. 1 Corinthians 12:7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

30. 1 Peter 4:10 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.

31. Spiritual gifts How do I know what my gifts are? 1. Discover your spiritual gifts 2.Start experimenting with different ministries

32. Heart Why you say the things you do Matthew 12:34 - For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

33. 1 Timothy 3:1 If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task.

34. Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

35. Abilities the natural talents you were born with

36. 1 Corinthians 4:11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.

37. Personality We need all kinds of personalities to balance the church and give it flavor.

38. Ways that you have been uniquely molded through the opportunities and trials of life Experiences

39. 1 Timothy 1:13-14 - Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

40. Experiences: Educational Vocational Spiritual Ministry Painful Educational Vocational Spiritual Ministry Painful

41. “I just don’t have any abilities to offer.” 1.People need some process of skill identification. 2.People need a process to help them match their abilities with the right ministry. 1.People need some process of skill identification. 2.People need a process to help them match their abilities with the right ministry.

42. Four Consecutive Wednesdays Beginning February 6 th 7:00 – 8:30