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Embrace your talents, gifts, and creativity as offerings to God! Compare your abilities, enjoy the process, and be a faithful servant. Discover the joy of creating and sharing in your master's happiness. Give your best to God in all aspects of your life. Explore the true essence of talent, gifts, and creativity through biblical examples and key concepts. Watch as God transforms your offerings into something beautiful and new.
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Give God Everything 1 Chronicles 29 King David’s prayer: Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us!
Matthew 25:14-30 • Compare your abilities relative to each other. • It’s not about the end product, but the process. • Be the servant with 2 talents. • Enjoy the gifts that God has given you.
ThE Joy of Creating “Well done, good and faithful servant! …I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share in your master’s happiness.” Matthew 25: 21, 23 “Creativeness in the world is, as it were, the eighth day of creation.” Nikolai Berdyaev
Talents, gifts & creativity • Fill out your questions for next week – can send them in, too! • Talent – born with it. Gifts – given when you receive the Holy Spirit. Creativity – we all got a little, some got a lot! • Give God ALL your talent – watch Him make all things new.
An offering: genesis 4 • Key word – “accept” (vv.4-5) sha’a “look with favor upon” • Key Idea: It is not enough to give God something – we need to give God our best, our everything.
Talent • David: songwriter • Solomon: wisdom • Joseph: organization • Peter: preaching • Paul: church planting • Nehemiah: leadership • Titus: leadership • John: gentle love • James: truth speaking • Give God ALL your talent!