Mutual
encouragement and gifts; a study of the extent,
nature,and function of spiritual service which will
result in sanctification
( Growth in Godly character ).
Also see REVIVAL AND
RENEWAL, AN AWAKENED PEOPLE,
A CHRISTIAN LIFE STYLE
OUTLINE
A. WHO ARE THE MINISTERS
?DIAKONIA
1. "Each One"
a. Service: I Peter
4:10-11
b. Ephesians
4:11-16; Compare Acts 8:1-4
c. Ministry: II
Corinthians 4:1
d. Task: Acts 20:24
e. Office of Deacon:
I Timothy 3:8-12
f. A Short Circuit
B. HOW TO REACH YOUR
POTENTIAL:  Romans 1:8-12
1. Give
spiritual gifts: Romans 1:11
a. Give: Romans 1:11
b. Gift = Charisma from Charis = Grace -
Romans 6:23, I Peter 4:10
c. Spiritual: From
the Holy Spirit - Galatians 5:22, Romans 12:3-8
2. Encourage Personally
a. Desire to be with
them
b. Mutually
encourage: "Comfort together", SUMPARAKALEW
c.
"Comforter"; "Counselor" = PARAKLETOS -
John 14:16, 26; 15:26, 16:7
d. Three-fold
repetition: Romans 1:12
- "Yours and
mine"
- "Mutually
encourage"
- "One
another"
3. The Means Of Grace: A
Commitment To Service
a. "To make
strong" - Romans 1:11,
I Thessalonians 3:2-3, 10-13; 4:1
b. A process:
"Sanctification"
c. Identify the
need: Galatians 6:1-6
d. Pray specifics:
James 5:16-20
e. Serve humbly -
Ephesians 5:15-21,
II Timothy 3:14-17
C. WHAT ARE YOUR GIFTS?
Are You Using Them To
ENCOURAGE?
List The Ways You Do That.
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