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Response to God
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Give your body as an offering to God
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Do not follow the world in selfish living
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Be transformed &#8212; be renewing your mind
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Response to Self
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Do not think too highly of yourself
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Think with sober judgment
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Response to the Body of Christ
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There is one body
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We are to recognize oneness &#8212; each one belongs to the other
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We are to acknowledge the different members
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Each member serves the body
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The matter of spiritual gifts &#8212; graces
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The abuses
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The proper use
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Prophesying &#8212; declaration of God"s Truth
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Serving
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Teaching
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Exhortation
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Giving
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Leadership &#8212; management
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Mercy
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The Exercise of Your Spiritual Gifts
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Use what you have
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Do what you enjoy
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Do what is obvious
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Think simply and humbly
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Begin now, do not wait for perfection
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Count on God"s power and authority
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Do not worry about naming your gifts
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Rejoice over the gifts of others
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Seek and accept the counsel of the other members
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Do it all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
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Conclusions
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The Holy Spirit is the giver and the administrator of gifts
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He is sovereign
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Brings gifted people to the local Church
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Church should be built around people, not programs
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Each member to serve with humility in God-given place and way
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No believer can have fullness of joy without exercising gifts
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No Church can have the fullness of power and influence without the exercise of spiritual gifts &#8212; graces
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The purpose &#8212; <a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('Eph',4,'1-');">Eph 4</a>
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Strong local Churches are the only hope for a righteous nation
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