We are learning to be biblically minded about spiritual gifts.

That's at least that's the goal.

That's the direction we're trying to achieve.

I want to learn how to think biblically about spiritual gifts. The question I have for you though as we step into

this topic in Romans 12 starting in verse 6 is, are you today like in your life this week this month just recently are you using

your specific giftings to help the believers in your life that's that's the question I want you to

ponder and just like think kind of take a moment don't feel like you have to have a gut reaction

Take a moment to ponder this and go let me just kind of examine because you might think no and then think about it more be like no no yeah I am here. I see it. You might think yes and then think more about it go no no I am here I see it you might think yes and then think more about

it go no not really so so let yourself sort of soak it in are you using your

gifts to help the believers in your life because you should be and I don't say this by way of heaping guilt upon you.

I say it rather by creating hopefully an expectation of what's normal as a Christian

biblically is that I just naturally use my gifts to serve the body.

So we're going to study the gifts.

We'll talk about teaching, exhortation, service, mercy, giving, we'll talk about several different gifts.

Specifically, what are they?

Kind of unpack the ideas a little bit, help you identify if you have, either

occasionally or regularly have some of these gifts.

But let me give you an analogy first that I think will help

set the stage for us now some of you guys are into sports so forgive me if I do this

sports analogy wrong but if you were the coach of a team let's say that you were coaching a team, you would probably try, I imagine, to maximize the usefulness of the individuals of your team by putting them in positions that did two things.

One, you want the position to match their skill and ability.

If they're fast, they'll be in a certain position.

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