6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your[a] faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it...
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Favor
47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. (Acts 2:47 NIV) When we do a good job or something good for another, we find favor with them. In doing so we are not only...
Grumbling
14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”[a] Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky. (Philippians 2:14-15 NIV) It is not always easy to do what is...
Atrophy
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8 NIV) When we are given a task, expectation has been set that we will...
New Creation
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:!7 NIV) Getting rid of the old and bringing in the new, typically sounds really good to us. We want to be rid of our old selves and...