Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Gifted to Give

You have gifts that have been given to you by God. They are in you! But just like seeds are made for sowing gifts are made for giving. If you don’t use them they will lay dormant, but if you will give what you’ve got it will began to grow. The gift is multiplied in the giving. The gift in you is not for you but given to you, to flow through you. It’s like you went shopping on God’s card and He’s given you gifts to give. And because He is unlimited, He is able to make you an awesome blessing to the degree that the whole world may be blessed by Gift of God that is in you. The ultimate Gift He has given is the Gift of His Spirit and His Spirit enables you to animate and operate the gifts that are in you. So the question is not "if" you have gifts, everyone does. The question is - what will you do with the Gift of God that is in you?
It’s no wonder the Lord said,
“It is more blessed to give than receive.”
It’s the way of His Kingdom,
And method of increase for those who believe.

Giving is sowing and sowing is growing.

The more that you give, the more that you grow,
Then the more you can sow, wherever ever you go!

The Gift will continue to multiply as long as you’re living,
And be a blessing, as long as you’re giving.

1 Peter 4:10
As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
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Eph 3:7
…I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.
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1 Cor 7:7
…each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.
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Eph 4:7-8
7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8 Therefore He says:

"When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men."
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1 Tim 4:14
14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you…
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2 Tim 1:6
6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you…
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2 Tim 1:6
6 That is why I would remind you to stir up (rekindle the embers of, fan the flame of, and keep burning) the [gracious] gift of God, [the inner fire] that is in you…
AMP

Rom 12:6
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them:
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Rom 12:6
6 In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well.
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Rom 12:6
6 let's just go ahead and be what we were made to be…
MES

Prov 18:16
6 A gift opens the way for the giver
and ushers him into the presence of the great.
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James 1:17
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

Rom 11:29-30
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
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2 Cor 9:10-15
10 Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, 11 while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God. 12 For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, 13 while, through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men, 14 and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
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Acts 2:38-39
38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call."
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Acts 10:45
45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.
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John 4:10
10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
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John 7:37-39
37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
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