Sermon Tone Analysis

Opening:

Who am I to God?

For the month of October, we shall find from the Bible the answers to this question

At the onset of this series entitled “iShape”, here are…

10 Things that will describe who you are to God

God’s Masterpiece ()

A Friend of God ()

God’s Chosen ()

A Child of God ()

You were Bought for a Price ()

A New Creation ()

Can Never be Condemned ()

A Citizen of Heaven ()

An Ambassador of Christ ()

A Temple of the Holy Spirit ()

Did you ever wished you were someone else?

When you’re surfing your social media

When you’re browsing those magazines you grabbed while you’re in a cashier’s lane

When you watch your favorite celebrities on TV

Story about our trip to China (New Year 2011)

Great Wall of China (16 million Unique snowflakes)

Hongkong (fake products)

Don’t compare God created you Jesus died for you The Spirit lives in you Stop pretending!

Be what God made you to be! Tell your neighbor, “You are original!”

Tell your other neighbor, “There’s no one like You! To wish to be someone else is an insult to God, your creator That’s why abortion is wrong!

Discontent leads to paralysis Paralysis leads to low-self steam / Lack of Confidence Lack of confidence leads to Paralysis It’s a vicious cycle where you may be stuck!

You gotta get out of it To get out of it, you must know your SHAPE Everyone has their unique (one in a mankind) SHAPE

Don’t copy.

Don’t compare

God created you

Jesus died for you

The Spirit lives in you

Stop pretending!

Be what God made you to be!

Tell your neighbor, “You are original!”

Tell your other neighbor, “There’s no one like You!

To wish to be someone else is an insult to God, your creator

That’s why abortion is wrong!

Discontent leads to paralysis

Paralysis leads to low-self steam / Lack of Confidence

Lack of confidence leads to Paralysis

It’s a vicious cycle where you may be stuck forever!

You gotta get out of it

To get out of it, you must know your SHAPE

Everyone has their unique , one in a mankind SHAPE

Are you in shape?

The acrostic SHAPE represents:

Spiritual Gift

Heart (Passion)

Abilities

Personality

Experiences

For the next 5 weeks we will explore these 5 things that describes who we truly are to God

Today let’s talk about Spiritual Gifts

When God created us, we know that He had a unique purpose for each of us

In different translations of the Bible, the words formed & shaped are used interchangeably

the one who formed me in my mother’s womb to be his servant,

who commissioned me to bring Israel back to him.

The Lord has honored me,

But they have the same Hebrew word which is יצר, pronounced as “yat-sa-o”, which means, to create, to be formed, to fashion, to shape

and my God has given me strength.

In different translations of the Bible, the words formed & shaped are used interchangeably But they have the same Hebrew word which is יצר, pronounced as “yat-sa-o”, which means, to create, to be formed, to fashion, to shape

In Architecture, Functions follows form (but for humans it is the total opposite)

5 Steps to Knowing your SHAPE

A. Accept yourself for who you are

B. Believe that God Shaped you out of His love

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C. Confidence will put your “shape” into action

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D. Discover, Dedicate, Develop and Deploy your Spiritual Gifts

Gift of forgiveness (Sign up Bonus)

Gift of eternal life

Gifts of the Holy Spirit

When you were born you have set of gifts (baby showers)

When you were born again you acquire spiritual gifts

Spiritual gifts Produce is spiritual results

A lot of christians:

don’t know that they have spiritual gifts

know that they are gifted, but they are not sure about their gifts

thought that they are gifted, when they are actually not (Dangerous!)

are totally unaware, un-informed, un-educated about the spiritual gifts

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Story: Dessert Spilled at a Dinner Table

Well that’s what happens when you’re not careful - Gift of Edification

It’s okey… - Gift of Mercy

Here!

Let me clean it up! - Gift of Serving

Now, the reason why it fell over is because its heavy on one side - Gift of Teaching

Don’t worry, I’m going to go buy another dessert, i’ll be right back - Gift of Giving

Debbie, you go get the mop, Joycelyn, go and buy another dessert, Vivian, come help me clean this up - Gift of Administration

Our Spiritual Gifts will come out “very naturally”

If it’s not natural, it’s not your gift

E. Examine, Evaluate, Experiment your Spiritual Gifts

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You cannot steer a parked car

I remember when I was young, I seat behind the wheel of my father’s parked car

We have to use our gifts

How would you feel if the person uses the gifts you give?

Each of us are gifted for a purpose

In the latter part of you will see that the purpose is to form the church

Agape needs every God’s gifts He gave to each of us