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For the next few weeks we'll be journeying together through 1 Corinthians in our worship service, and what better place to start than 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 and its reminder that there are MANY GIFTS, but ONE SPIRIT of GOD!

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be
uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led
 astray to idols that could not speak. Therefore I want you to understand that
 no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says ‘Let Jesus be cursed!’ and
no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties
of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is
 the same God who activates all of them in everyone.To each is given the
manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.To one is given through
 the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge
 according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another
gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another
prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of
tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one
and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.

What a blessing to serve a God who blesses us with such an abundance and diversity of gifts! 

And it begs the question: What gifts do you bring? In what ways has God uniquely and completely blessed you? And how can you use those gifts to serve God's purposes? We'll be exploring those questions as we sing, pray, and praise God together this coming Sunday at First Christian Church Scottsdale!