What’s In Your Hand
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1 Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’ ”
2 So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”
3 And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand),
5 “that they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
6 Furthermore the Lord said to him, “Now put your hand in your bosom.” And he put his hand in his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, like snow.
7 And He said, “Put your hand in your bosom again.” So he put his hand in his bosom again, and drew it out of his bosom, and behold, it was restored like his other flesh.
8 “Then it will be, if they do not believe you, nor heed the message of the first sign, that they may believe the message of the latter sign.
9 And it shall be, if they do not believe even these two signs, or listen to your voice, that you shall take water from the river and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take from the river will become blood on the dry land.”
Act according to what God provides
Act according to what God provides
God does not ask you to do more than you are able. He does not ask you to give more than what you have. He does not ask for more time than you can give. He does not ask
A. Possessions
A. Possessions
20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’
21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
22 He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’
23 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
What possessions do you have? _________________________________________________________________________________________
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How are you using them for God? _______________________________________________________________________________________
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38 So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail.
39 David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.” So David took them off.
40 Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.
Are you trying to use things you are not accustomed to? __________________________________________________
Where do you need to improve? ________________________________________________________________________________________
B. Knowledge
B. Knowledge
47 And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.
What is God’s will for you (spouse, single, parent, friend, worker, sibling, in the family of God, witness, etc.)? ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Are you acting according to His will in every area of life? _______________________
Where do you need to improve? _________________________________________________________________________________________
C. Ability
C. Ability
10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
What gifts and or abilities do you have? __________________________________________________________________________________
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As a church, what gifts and or abilities do we have? __________________________________________________________________________________
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6 Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us. For nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by few.”
29 Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judea.
12 For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.
How are you using them for God? _______________________________________________________________________________________
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Where do you need to improve? ________________________________________________________________________________________
What areas are you lacking in? __________________________________________________________________________________________
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What steps are you going to take to maximize you service to God?
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