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God has given you certain gifts, but the gifts don't come fully developed, so you develop them.

With the last days approaching, today Pastor Greg Laurie urges us to discover our spiritual gifts

and put them to good use for God's kingdom.

Why don't you take a little step of faith and see what the Lord will do.

You don't know what God has in store for you.

We want to find our place in the church.

We want to be faithful serving the Lord until Christ comes again.

This is the day when the Lord stopped following.

What if you had a son who really liked to work on cars?

So you bought him a nice tool set, but months later, there it was in the original box still shrink-wrapped.

Where you gave a pall of a paint, canvases and brushes to your daughter who liked to paint.

But they went untouched, disappointing.

That maybe how God feels with the spiritual gifts he makes available to you and me.

Today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us put those gifts to good use.

This is the day when life begins.

What if every Christian was just like you?

You know, would services be attended faithfully?

Would pews be empty or full?

What if everyone prayed like you prayed?

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