Northgate Community Church

A Few Things to Consider

Do you have any or all of these gifts? How can you or have you grown in them?

Think of a few people you believe have each of these gifts. Can you call this out in them? (let them know that you see this gift exercised well in their life). If someone calls out a gift in you, how does it make you feel?

A Few Things to Process

• Do you have any or all of these gifts? How can you or have you grown in them?

 

• Think of a few people you believe have each of these gifts. Can you call this out in them? (let them know that you see this gift exercised well in their life).  If someone calls out a gift in you, how does it make you feel?

Do you have any or all of these gifts? How can you or have you grown in them?

Think of a few people you believe have each of these gifts. Can you call this out in them? (let them know that you see this gift exercised well in their life).  If someone calls out a gift in you, how does it make you feel?

A Few Things

What do you think the list is? How restrictively or liberally do you interpret the spiritual gifts list and why? 9? 17? 20? 30? 50?

Do you think Jesus could still be adding new gifts in our new context, or is the list closed? Remember the definition of Spiritual Gifts...

"A special ability(ies) given by the Holy Spirit intentionally to you, for the building up of the body and the expansion of the kingdom."

ONE THING...

Discerning and Developing Our Spiritual Gifts

 

I mean I realize I just listed nine things above. But do the next one. Wherever you are in the process, do the next thing.

If you have 100% certainty about your gifts, ask Jesus how to utilize them more effectively, exercise them more, where opportunities may present themselves.

Three things...

1). Do you think you have greater clarity of your gift(s) are or the "Position/body part" you are, and explain?

2). If you've done any work with your spiritual gifts, share a little about how you have grown in it through your time of practicing it.

3). How do you feel about your spiritual gift(s)? Do you love them, resent them, has your view changed since you identified them?

Three Things.  

1). What is your experience/familiarity with spiritual gifts? Are you an old-seasoned-pro, or a rookie?

2). Do you know what gifts you think you have? If so share with someone. If you don't know them, do you have a way to identify them with confidence in the next few weeks? (of course with help). 

3). What are 1-3 questions you have about spiritual gifts that Miles, and perhaps a few others, could take time to answer in the following weeks?

Individual: Reflect, journal, pray

Think back on your life and process your "fourteen days at sea story." How did God provide? Did you see it at the time? What good came from his protection?

Discussion: Call, facetime, zoom

Share ways you see the Inward, Outward, Upward & Forward relationships illustrated through Acts. (This was the previous sermon series if that language isn't familiar to you.)

Action: Comment Below

Share in the comments below how this study of Acts impacted you. Perhaps a specific story that resonated and how? Where the life of the early church seems hyper-relevant today? How it spoke to your current circumstances?

Individual: Reflect, journal, pray

What can we learn about our time of sheltering in place by reading Paul's testimony through these chapters? What attitude adjustments do you need to make? Which of your attitudes, so far, do you need to celebrate?

Discussion: Call, facetime, zoom

Discuss with someone how you've been challenged and especially how you've grown through your time on "house arrest." I know we're normally framing things more positively, but its too good of a metaphor not to call it what it is!

Action

How do you develop the peace and steadfastness, of Paul when things are completely turned upside down? Where does your joy, contentment, peace come from, esp. in times like these?