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Title: Spiritual Gifts: Ministries (Part 1) | Discover Your Ministry Episode Summary: Over the past few weeks, we've explored what the Bible teaches about the 7 basic Spiritual Gifts. But just knowing your spiritual gift isn't enough—you have to use it for God's glory and intent through ministry! In this message, we begin a 3-part study on discovering your ministry by looking closely at Colossians 4:7-10. Join us as we examine the unique, behind-the-scenes ministries of Tychicus, Onesimus, Aristarchus, and Mark, and learn how God wants to use your unique gifts in His church today.

• Key Takeaways:

  • Your spiritual gift never changes, but your ministries and locations may change.

  • Tychicus models the ministry of encouragement.

  • Onesimus demonstrates a true servant's heart.

  • Aristarchus shows us the power of a mercy giver.

  • Mark reminds us that God offers restoration even when we stumble or get discouraged.

Don't forget to take our Spiritual Gifts Survey at the back of the auditorium to help discover how God has wired you to serve!

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Building on our study of Spiritual Gifts, how do we actually put them into action? In this message, we begin a new series on Discovering Your Ministry by looking at Colossians 4:7-10. Through the personal examples of those working alongside the Apostle Paul, we see how different gifts manifest in everyday service to grow the body of Christ.

 

Key Highlights:

Tychicus (The Encourager): Demonstrating the gift of encouragement by stimulating faith, encouraging others to do what is good, and helping meet daily needs (Colossians 4:7-8).

 

Onesimus (The Servant): Showing a heart of service by taking a genuine interest in the welfare of others and seeking to serve Christ by serving those around them (Colossians 4:9).

 

Aristarchus (The Mercy Giver): Embodying compassion by supporting, comforting, and standing with those in distress and extreme poverty (Colossians 4:10).

 

Mark / John Mark (The Evangelist): Proving that even when we stumble, get discouraged, or face setbacks, God offers restoration, redemption, and a renewed call to ministry (Colossians 4:10).

 

Your spiritual gift never changes, but God uses different ministries and seasons to work through you. Whether you are seeking to step into your calling or feeling discouraged and needing restoration, God has a unique place for you in His church!

 

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Each of us forms one body in Christ, yet God has given us distinct gifts according to His grace. Today, we continue our series on Spiritual Gifts by focusing on two essential motivations within the church: Leadership and Mercy.

Using the biblical examples of Nehemiah and the Apostle John, we break down what these gifts look like in practice, their characteristics, how they can be misused, and how Jesus ultimately modeled both for us.

Key Scriptures:

• Romans 12:4–8

• 1 Corinthians 12:1 & 1 Peter 4:10

• Nehemiah 1–4

• 1 John 4, 3 John, John 11 & 13

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In this episode, we continue our series "God Is Up To Something!" by diving into the transition from the earthly ministry of Jesus to the birth of the early church. We explore why Jesus told His disciples it was actually to their advantage that He leave so that the Holy Spirit could come.

What We Cover:

• The Promise of Power: Understanding Acts 1:8 and how the Holy Spirit empowers believers to be witnesses from their local neighborhoods to the ends of the earth.
• The Spirit’s Identity: How the Holy Spirit is God in Spirit form, fulfilling Jesus' promise to be with us always.
• Practical Help: A look at the five ways the Spirit assists us today: in prayer, as a guide, in witnessing, as a comfort, and as the sustainer of life. 
• The Spirit’s Work in the World: Exploring the "legal" work of the Spirit in convicting the world regarding sin, righteousness, and judgment.

 

The same power that launched the early church is available to you today. Join us as we learn how to walk in the leading of the Holy Spirit and fulfill our unique calling in this generation.

The best way you can support our ministry is by sharing this podcast with your friends and family!

 

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In this episode, we continue our series "God Is Up To Something!" by diving into the transition from the earthly ministry of Jesus to the birth of the early church. We explore why Jesus told His disciples it was actually to their advantage that He leave so that the Holy Spirit could come.

 

What We Cover:

• The Promise of Power: Understanding Acts 1:8 and how the Holy Spirit empowers believers to be witnesses from their local neighborhoods to the ends of the earth.

   

• The Spirit’s Identity: How the Holy Spirit is God in Spirit form, fulfilling Jesus' promise to be with us always.

   

• Practical Help: A look at the five ways the Spirit assists us today: in prayer, as a guide, in witnessing, as a comfort, and as the sustainer of life.

   

• The Spirit’s Work in the World: Exploring the "legal" work of the Spirit in convicting the world regarding sin, righteousness, and judgment.

   

The same power that launched the early church is available to you today. Join us as we learn how to walk in the leading of the Holy Spirit and fulfill our unique calling in this generation.

Feeling like life is a whirlwind? The early disciples felt the same way in Acts 1. The answer isn't a new plan; it’s a new perspective. God is up to something! Stop trying to be His consultant and start living in His Kingdom today. #Acts #WhatNow #KingdomLiving

 

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Easter is the ultimate reminder that change doesn't mean "the end." Because Jesus is alive, our hope is renewed and our future is bright. David Scott concludes our series with a powerful look at the Resurrection, proving that with a living Christ, every ending is just a new beginning.

 

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What keeps a church standing when the faces on stage change? It isn’t a personality—it’s a Foundation. This week, Mr. Dave walks us through why our church remains "firmly planted" because it is built on the only Cornerstone that matters: Jesus Christ.

 

Text: Ephesians 2:19–22; 1 Corinthians 3:11

 

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In the wake of leadership change, it’s easy to feel uncertain about the future. In this first installment of our "Unchanging Christ" series, David Scott explores the comforting truth of Psalm 23 and John 10: The Good Shepherd is still leading, still protecting, and still present.

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Throughout my formal ‘preacher’ education, I was privileged to take all sorts of classes; biblical studies, histories of various churches and groups, and, especially interesting, were the classes that dealt with the ethical situations one might encounter in the ministry.  These helped this young minister greatly, of course, but my classes did not prepare me for everything.

           

About 15 years into my ministry, I was called into the hospital Emergency Room; one of my members, a man named Wilbur,  had had a massive stroke, and it was obvious he was not long for this world.  His wife was there, and we talked for some time.  Finally, it was about time for me to leave, and I asked his wife, Imo, if we could pray together.  She said, “Of course,” and I asked her, “Imo, how would you like for me to pray?”  We both knew the grim reality of Wilbur’s situation.  She pondered for a few seconds, and finally she grabbed my hand, and said, “Could you pray that God would take him soon?  He’s gone, so there’s no point in asking for anything else.”  I was relieved, of course, but a little taken aback, because no one had ever asked that of me before.  We prayed as she requested; I gave her a brief hug and went home for the evening.  I got a call from her just a couple of hours later, and she informed me that her husband of over 70 years had gone to be with Jesus.

           

I’ve thought of that conversation often over the years.  I am often asked to pray that God will heal or protect one in a crisis; I have also heard people insist on prayers for a miracle, because “it’s never too late.” I understand the hope people may have when they face the loss of a loved one. Still, I appreciated Imo’s realistic view of the situation.  She had not lost hope, but she did realize that Wilbur’s life was over.  We prayed that evening in hope: not the hope of physical healing, but the hope grounded in the resurrection of Jesus.  In Christ, Wilbur’s death was a release from the burden of a broken body.  In Christ, his death was an acceptance of God’s care for her husband.  And, in Christ, we moved on in the hope that we would be united with him sometime far in the future, as the old song says, “In the sweet by and by.”  God spoke to me that night and reminded me to accept in my heart what I knew in my head: God was always working and could bring a work of comfort and grace, even in the most difficult of times. 

           

God often speaks to us, through his written Word, and through the words of preachers and teachers.  And, just as powerfully, he can speak through the experiences of our lives, as we trust in him, and hear the truth of God’s love and grace.

     

Throughout the scriptures, we hear these kinds of things if we listen; we must only hear His Word.  So, Paul teaches the young pastor Timothy, “I solemnly exhort you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom 2 preach the Word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine. Still, wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires.  II Timothy 4:1-3

 

God speaks; we must always listen.   Be still, and pay attention!

 

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