Mike Kohler on the Spiritual Gifts

Spiritual Gifts

1 Peter 4:10 NLT

God has given gifts to each of you from His great variety of spiritual gifts. Manage them well so that God’s generosity (grace) can flow through you.
Gifts- Special abilities given to believers through the grace of God

Most of you know what my spiritual gifting is and as I work on developing my gifts I am learning a lot. One of the things I am starting to do is reach out to other churches and ministries in the area. I went and met pastor Dave, who seems like a great guy. I liked him because he was bigger and balder then I was. If you want to see how God orchestrates things his study for the group that night was “Bringing our gifts together in the body”
exactly what we are talking about this month. I am going to try to get to meet the other pastors and leaders in our community because as we grow to 700 they will also grow. PVBC also has a vision and it is 700, Springfield can easily support 10 churches of 700.

Who knows what the 5 fold ministry gifts are? Apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor-shepherd, and teacher.

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Use the blender explain how each part is needed even plugged in which is our connection to the holy spirit
In the last few weeks God has been shifting things around. We have taken test and looked at what our spiritual gifts are. Our teachings for the month is how they work together with each other. And our body of believers is shifting and lining people up with their gifts to use them as God has intended. On a construction job you do not take a mason and have him do the wiring. He may have a knowledge of electrical but that is not where he is skilled at. A mistake in wiring can burn down a house. And it goes the other way if an electrician laid the blocks it is possible for the foundation to crumble. That is the same in the church and may be a reason why the church at large has had problems. If the person who is in charge who most likely in all churches is called the pastor and he is not gifted in that area then you may have a mason doing the wiring. The church needs all the gifts like a job site needs an electrician, mason, carpenter, plumber and so on to work in their trades. You take one of those out and the home does not get built correctly. If someone is trying to do all of it themselves the job may never get done or take years to complete. Each person has to take charge of their own responsibility. How many churches do we see the pastor is doing all things for all people. How many of those churches do we see people getting hurt or those who don’t understand their gifting just sit there and stay frustrated or jump from one church to the next with whoever has the next good idea. We need everyone working in their gifts to build this house. It is like a building inspector checking the house. If the mason is doing electrical the inspector is not going to give approval. If God sees the same is he going to give His approval or grace on a building that may be weak. God wants the mason to lay the block, it may look wrong to the other trades but he has the ability to use what God has blessed him with. And sometime a couple of bricks may fall out before the mason gets a good understanding on his work. Mistakes are where Father daddy teaches us.

A properly built home does not have future problems when the builders work together in their gifts. It will be a home that can last for generations without major problems. Sure there will be an occasional light bulb burn out or a plumbing leak, sometimes the furnace goes but when these things are maintained and repaired or even replaced the house keeps on going.

1 Are we using our gifts to the fullest abilities? And don’t be afraid to make mistakes, that is how we learn.
2. How much more will those around us be blessed if we are using our gifts?
3. How much more will we be blessed using our gifts?
4. What are the possibilities of a church body if we walk out fully by faith in the gifts the father has given us.

This was a very cool teaching! lee