Scripture

1 Corinthians 12

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Observation

What is the purpose of all spiritual gifts (7)? What physical analogy does Paul use to explain how individual believers fit into the church?

Application

Am I using my spiritual gift to produce what is beneficial for the church body? Do I participate in unity with the rest of the body?

Prayer

Pray today’s Scripture back to God:
Dear Father, Give me a heart that desires to see You glorified and the church edified. Help me to remember that there is one body, and I am an individual member of it, placed to carry out my role in Your work. In Jesus’ name, Amen!

Pray to BLESS!
One good way to pray for people is to use the acronym BLESS to pray for God’s blessing on every area of their lives:

• B – BODY (physical health)
• L – Labor (their job or school)
• E – Emotions (emotional health as well as guarding against letting emotions rule)
• S – Social (relationships with family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, church, etc)
• S – Spiritual (remaining true to God and growing in Him)

Spend some time praying for the following people and ministries:

• Ken & Twilla Eden (Mattea, Joseph, Joshua, Sophia, Jonathan)
• Gil & Lois Estes
• Gary Friend
• Scott & Kristi Guinn (Josiah)

Missionaries:

• J & G Simon, missionaries to Austria

CLF:

• Ask that we would be a church that is devoted to true fellowship: Pray that we would be encouraged from being united with Christ, comforted by His love, bonded with His Spirit, tender and compassionate with one another. Pray that we would be like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Ask that we would do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider one another better than ourselves, looking not only to our own interests, but also to the interests of each other. Pray that we would all have the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus.

Community: Pray for our state leaders…

• Governor & his advisers
• Judges
• state senators and representatives
• that they would all be faithful in carrying out their duties justly
• that they would submit themselves to God

MEMORY VERSE OF THE WEEK:
Now it is God who strengthens us, with you, in Christ and has anointed us. He has also sealed us and given us the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts. – 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 (HCSB)