[NFBF-Melbourne] Weekend Devotion: (Sun., July 19, 2020) FW: To Know Your Destiny, First Recognize Your Gifts

Sun Jul 19 04:03:54 UTC 2020

Hello Everyone!  Praise the Lord!  This is the day that the Lord has made, and we shall rejoice and be glad in it.  Each day, God allows us to rejoice and be glad.  So let us take advantage of the day that God made, it is the Lord’s Day! He created us to praise and worship Him, and He has given us many gifts and  talents to do just that.  After all, God gives us all unique gifts so we can live fully for Him.   A talent is something that we are instinctually born with that gives us unique skills and abilities.  It is not a learned behavior although it can be strengthened and practiced .  The Bible tells us that we are born with our gifts and talents , and God wants us to use them accordingly.  We were all created with a purpose in life, so let us fulfill our destiny, whatever that destiny may be.  We are all different, but have a specific reason for being on this earth.  Just like our bodies, each part serves a particular purpose; the hands cannot do what the feet are designed for, and the elbows cannot do what the knees were designed to do; however, if connected and jointly fit together, the body can do marvelous things.  Likewise, let us not compete with one another but come together and create a symphony!!!

Lord, thank you for creating us with a purpose and let us go forth and conquer!

God bless,

Dr. Joyce Taylor, VP, MSCC

Communities of Faith Committee Member

Be encouraged by Pastor Warren’s message below

From: Daily Hope with Rick Warren <connect at newsletter.purposedriven.com> 
Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2020 5:05 AM
To: Joyce Taylor <dr.joycetaylor56 at gmail.com>
Subject: To Know Your Destiny, First Recognize Your Gifts 

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By Rick Warren — July 18, 2020

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“Each one, as a good manager of God’s different gifts, must use for the good of others the special gift he has received from God.”

1 Peter 4:10 (GNT)

Do you know what God created you for? Do you know what your destiny is? There are several things you need to do in order to fulfill your destiny that we’ll go through over the next few days using illustrations from the book of Esther.

The first thing you must do is recognize the gifts God has given you to use. These include the things you can’t control—your parents, nationality, race, language. They also include your SHAPE—your spiritual gifts, heart, abilities, personality, and experiences. These are the things that make you uniquely you.

Now, you are not responsible for the gifts God didn’t give you. In other words, if you are not artistically gifted, you are not expected to paint pictures like Rembrandt. But you are responsible for the ones he did give you.

When you get to heaven, God isn’t going to compare you with anyone else, but he will compare you with yourself. What did you do with what you were given? What could you have done if you had trusted God a little bit more? Romans 14:12 says, “Each of us will give an account of ourselves to God” (NIV).

God gave Esther a SHAPE uniquely designed to help her fulfill her destiny. As a result, “Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her . . . she won [the king’s] favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen” (Esther 2:15, 17 NIV).

God gave Esther gifts for a purpose. He has also given you gifts for a purpose. And just like Esther, you have a responsibility to be a good steward of those gifts. They are not just for your benefit. God gave them to you for the benefit of others.

When you discover your gifts and determine to use them for good, God can use you, just like he used Esther, for his purposes on Earth.

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*	Make a list of the gifts God has given you—don’t forget to include your SHAPE and the things you can’t control. Ask yourself, “What has God given me to use for good?”
*	What is one way you can use your gifts for good this week?
*	Why is there freedom in doing what God created you to uniquely do?

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