BEFORE YOU START…Spend time in prayer asking God’s Spirit to guide you.Thoughtfully read through each Gift Description that follows. Following each Gift Description, you are asked, “Do any of these describe you?” As you read over the five specific questions, consider...
…Each of us has a set of mental tools that we have become comfortable using and thus reach for in the everyday business of living. Although we all have access to the same basic tools in our psychological toolbox, each of us is more comfortable with and thus prefers a particular tool (or...
“You can’t be anything you want to be, but you can be a whole lot more of who you are” --Curt Liesveld, Seminar Leader & Consultant FIVE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT SKILLS Adapted from Rick WarrenSKILL = a Developed Talent or Ability 1. MYTH: People are...
This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives, is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see. - Corrie Ten Boom And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according...
What is your heart’s desire? The Bible uses the term “desires” to describe the bundle of motivations that you have—your passions, hopes, longings, dreams, ambitions, and affections—the things you care about, the things you love to do. All these comprise your...
In the winter of 2022, we launched a series called “DESIGNed for a Purpose.” If we are to love others and be a blessing to our city, we need to know how God has uniquely designed us for service. DESIGN is an acronym: Desires + Experiences + Skills + Individuality + Gifts =...