We often don’t think of leadership as a gift, but Paul makes clear that it is. Certain people within the local church are gifted to lead people from where they are to where they should be and could be. These folks are good under pressure, are geared for progress, and are a gift to the church. They work well with others in order to accomplish great things through people. Are you a leader? If so, get busy. Leaders lead, and when they do, everybody is the better for it.

Even though we are all called to serve, there are some who have the gift of serving. Those who have this gift have an eye, heart, and hand to meet practical needs. They love to help, aid in a variety of ways, and do what needs to be done. The New Testament invites every believer to serve others, and in doing so invites them to a better way of living.

The greatest measure of our faith is how we love one another.

Encouragers are coalition builders. They are optimistic, motivating, and help others experience progress. The local church has been given this gift to help us become the people God created us to be. However, like all gifts, this gift can either be used well or be misused.

God gives to every believer a gift. That gift exists for the good of others. We can’t be all that we need to be and should be without the gifts of others. The Gift of the Prophet will help us be better versions of ourselves because of these gifts in the church.

Whether or not you believe it, you are fearfully, wonderfully, specifically, and strategically made by God. You are who you are because of God’s creativity and imagination. God hardwired you with a sweet spot, a zone that you were intended to live in and live from. When we find our sweet spot or our giftedness, life comes alive and we find meaning in living. In our sweet spot we find passion, motivation, and excitement for living. God made us to do something unique, and all we have to do is discover who God made us to be and go be that.

God can do extraordinary things with ordinary people. We have heard this as a statement, but few live as though it is true about themselves.

The church at Ephesus was doing all the right things, but they had lost their passion for Jesus.

Having a better life can begin today. No matter what happened yesterday or what is happening today, there is always a hope of a better life starting right now. Better life begins with a choice. You may not have realized that it is your decision, but it is. God has given us a choice to make between a lesser life and the better life He promised to us. Why would we settle for less than God has promised to give? There’s one thing that we allow to stand between us and the better life Jesus promised to us: sin.