Transcript “FITLY FRAMED” Session #6 Making A Difference This series was written by the General Home Missions Director, Rev.

“FITLY FRAMED”
Session #6
Making A
Difference
This series was written by the
General Home Missions Director,
Rev. Carlton L. Coon, Sr.
BIBLE PERSPECTIVE
 “Now
therefore ye are no more strangers
and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with
the saints, and of the household of God;
{20} And are built upon the foundation of
the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
himself being the chief corner stone; {21}
In whom all the building fitly framed
together groweth unto an holy temple in
the Lord: {22} In whom ye also are
builded together for an habitation of God
through the Spirit.” Ephesians 2:19-22
REVIEW OF PAST LESSONS
Fitly Framed’s goal: to help you be
fruitful and fulfilled in a meaningful place
of service.
  Fitly Framed’s process of discovery,
consultation, and service
  Why we are to serve: to glorify God and
edify others.
  How we are to serve: according to our
passion, motivational gifts, and
temperament
  We have talked about finding your
passion and finding a place for it to be
utilized.
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REVIEW OF PAST LESSONS
 Motivational
gifts answer the “what”
question.
 What do we do with our motivational
gifts:
1. Use them to benefit others.
2. We are not to neglect our gift.
3. Our gift colors all that we see.
4. Each gift is of equal value.
 What we are is God’s gift to us. What
we make of our lives is our gift to God.
DISCOVERY
1.
2.
Self-understanding - Knowing,
understanding, and exercising our
motivational gifts start with selfunderstanding. The objective of the
motivational gift profile that you
completed several weeks ago was to
start you in the direction of
understanding your personal gifts.
After self understanding we look for
affirmation of our motivational gifts
from the body of Christ.
THREE GENERAL CAUTIONS
1. The first caution is projection. When
a person projects his/her motivational
gifts on others, that person is saying,
“Do as I do.” When we have a
particular motivation gift, it is easy
for us to expect others to serve as
effectively as we do. We need to be
careful to avoid projecting our
motivational gifts on to others and
expecting everybody to be like us.
THREE GENERAL CAUTIONS
2. Second cautionary note is elevation.
Elevation is saying, “I have a more
important motivational gift than
you.” That is a real temptation to
hold our motivational gifts up as
more helpful to the body than other
motivational gifts. We want to be
treated as special. We may be
tempted to magnify the importance of
our motivational gift and discount
others.
THREE GENERAL CAUTIONS
3. Third: Rejection. Motivational gift
rejection says, “I don’t have a
motivational gift.” We deny the truth
and do not accept God’s motivational
gift. We hinder His work in the world.
He has carefully selected which
motivational gift He wanted each of us
to have.
 When we project, elevate, or reject, we
do not glorify God or edify others.
DEFINING MOTIVATIONAL GIFTS
 Prophets
--clearly perceive the will of
God.
 Server--lives to serve others. A good
word for this person is “doer.”
 Teacher--lives to communicate truth. A
teacher loves to research.
 Exhorter--loves to encourage others to
live in victory. These are extremely
positive people who can equally well be
called “encouragers.”
DEFINING MOTIVATIONAL GIFTS
 Giver--one
who loves to give time,
talent, energy, and means to help
others and advance the Gospel.
 Administrator--loves organizing,
leading, and directing. Other words facilitator or leader.
 Mercy Person--shows love and care to
those in need. Another word is
compassion person.
MOTIVATIONAL GIFT PROFILE
 The
Motivational Gifts Profile and the
Individual Passion eevaluation will
help you clarify where you should
serve and what you should do when
you serve.
 Let’s take them again now.
DISCOVERING AREAS OF MINISTRY
 The
two situations found on your
student handout link passion and
motivational gifts and give examples
of possible areas of ministry for each
combination.
HUDDLE GROUPS OF 3 OR 4
 Further
clarify your motivational gifts by
sharing with your group:
1. Your area of passion & your primary
motivational gift and why you think you
have it.
2. Caution you think you have to be aware
of when using this gift.
 Listen to others in your group as they
share their motivational gifts and gain a
better understanding of the motivational
gifts of others. Help them clarify areas of
ministry that they can use their gifting.
LINKING MOTIVATIONAL GIFTS TO
PASSION
 What
questions does your
passions answer??
Where should I serve?
 What question does your
motivational gift answer?
What should I do when I serve?