Awesome Night at flipside!!! (11/9)

Last night was a great night at flipside. A lot of new faces, some old faces that haven’t been in a while, and a great crowd of students!!! For those of you that missed you missed a “unique” night at flipside. A handful of students rededicated their lives to God and all of flipside was given insight into the “gift” that God has blessed them with. Here is a recap on last nights message as we hit on week 3 of the “Ghost” series (Be sure to scroll down to get a recap on the other weeks):

  • One of the main things we have been stressing is that Holy Spirit is a gift that God has blessed us with.
  • One of the cool things about the Holy Spirit is that He is a gift within a gift.
  • That gift gives us a supernatural ability to do God’s work on earth.
  • These “spiritual gifts” help us to accomplish what God wants us to accomplish.
  • Read 1 Corinthians 12:1, 4-6
  • So, within all of us that are Christ-followers, we have these gifts within us that help us.
  • The question would be…. What do these gifts help us to do?
  • Read 1 Corinthians 12:7
  • We all have this “gift” within us that we are not to be the only ones that benefit from it but others are to benefit from it as well
  • As a Christian you should have that desire to help other just like Christ did while He was on this earth
  • There is something that you need to understand as you discover that “spiritual gift” that God has blessed you with.
  • You really need to see what these Spiritual Gifts are not…
  • #1- They are not natural talents
  • #2- They are not just given to the Elite Few
  • #3- They are not just given to those that are “Spiritually Mature”
  • #4- They are not the “Fruits of the Spirit” (read Galatians 5:22 & 23)
  • #5-  They are not something to fear
  • So, what are some of the spiritual gifts….
  • Read Romans 12:6-8 & 1 Peter 4: 10 & 11
  • God has gifted us to do well and help other people and the best part is that when we use our gifts, it brings glory to Jesus Christ
  • Why wouldn’t you want to use the gift that God has blessed you?
  • This is what we did last night, we gave every flipsider a test to take to give them insight on the gift that God has blessed them with (here is the web address for that site…  http://www.teensundayschool.com/tinymce/filemanager/files/activity/spiritualgiftsanalysis.pdf . Print it out and take it)
  • Know that you have some insight here are somethings you need to do:
  • #1- Study what the Bible has to say about your gift
  • #2- Ask God to continue to show you your gift
  • #3- Examine what you enjoy and do well
  • #4- Do what the Holy Spirit leads you to
  • Now, since you have some insight…. You are responsible to use the gift that God has blessed you with.
  • I encourage you to get with me on how you can use your gift

For more insight on your gift, email me at leo@praisefamily.org and I will send you what I went over last night. Don’t miss next week as we hit on “Being filled with the Spirit.” Come expecting God to do something in your life!!!

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