(Ephesians 4:13 NLT) This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.

(Ephesians 4:7 NIV) But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.

(Ephesians 4:11-16 NIV) So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 

12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

(Acts 2:17-18 NIV) “‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

1.   Every Believer Is Called To Be A Minister.

(1 Peter 2:9 NIV) But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

(Ephesians 2:10 NIV) For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

2.   Every Gift Is Unique And Important.

(Romans 12:6 NIV) We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. 

3.   Your Gifts Reveal Who You Really Are.

(Romans 12:2 NIV) Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. 

We don’t look down on anyone. 

(Romans 12:3-6 NIV) Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.6 We have different gifts…

1)  Discover your gifts.

(Ephesians 1:11-12 NIV) In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12 in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.

(Colossians 1:16 NIV) For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible…all things have been created through him and for him.

(Psalm 139:13-14 NIV) For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

2)  Use your gifts.

(1 Corinthians 12:27 NIV) Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.