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Series: All In!
Tony Thomas
Romans 12:1-8
I grew up in a large family but my parents entertained lots of guests, my maternal-grandmother lived with us, and we regularly took in strays. One of Mom's favorite expressions was, ''Just add a little more water to the soup.''
I think the church in Jerusalem probably ate a lot of soup. It began at Pentecost with the spiritual birth of 3,000 converts, and it quickly grew to over 5,000 men. But, the church did not have an individual pastor because the Twelve provided shared-oversight of the church.
If we aim to fulfill the Great Commission, there are two requirements we ought to keep in mind. First, we need think differently. One pastor cannot oversee the size of our ministry, so we need to learn to accept ministry from each other. Second, we need a greater level of involvement. The church isn't a spectator sport where we gather to watch a performance; we are participants who minister to each other's needs.
This is an essential principle in today's word! We've never had more dysfunctional families, we've never faced more expectations, but we can only grow to the extent that each of us is willing to use our spiritual gifts to benefit the church.
Listen to what Paul writes in Romans 12:
4 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function.
5 In Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.
We're starting a new, short series called All In! We've had our first staff changes in years and we are in the process of reorganizing. We're trying to figure out the current level of involvement so we know what ministries we can provide. I hope that each of us will seriously consider what we can do so that our church can say that we're, ''All In!''
I. What Is a Spiritual Gift?
Paul reminded the believers in Rome that they had, ''... ...
Series: All In!
Tony Thomas
Romans 12:1-8
I grew up in a large family but my parents entertained lots of guests, my maternal-grandmother lived with us, and we regularly took in strays. One of Mom's favorite expressions was, ''Just add a little more water to the soup.''
I think the church in Jerusalem probably ate a lot of soup. It began at Pentecost with the spiritual birth of 3,000 converts, and it quickly grew to over 5,000 men. But, the church did not have an individual pastor because the Twelve provided shared-oversight of the church.
If we aim to fulfill the Great Commission, there are two requirements we ought to keep in mind. First, we need think differently. One pastor cannot oversee the size of our ministry, so we need to learn to accept ministry from each other. Second, we need a greater level of involvement. The church isn't a spectator sport where we gather to watch a performance; we are participants who minister to each other's needs.
This is an essential principle in today's word! We've never had more dysfunctional families, we've never faced more expectations, but we can only grow to the extent that each of us is willing to use our spiritual gifts to benefit the church.
Listen to what Paul writes in Romans 12:
4 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function.
5 In Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.
We're starting a new, short series called All In! We've had our first staff changes in years and we are in the process of reorganizing. We're trying to figure out the current level of involvement so we know what ministries we can provide. I hope that each of us will seriously consider what we can do so that our church can say that we're, ''All In!''
I. What Is a Spiritual Gift?
Paul reminded the believers in Rome that they had, ''... ...
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