Dec 18 2025 … Gifted By God …

Dec 18 2025 …  Gifted By God … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics, from Chris Tomlin and Chris Lane singing Gifts From God … sharing about being gifted by God to serve Him for HIS glory.

Highlight Passage: … Exodus 31:6b … [NLT] …  

6b …  I have given special skill to all the gifted craftsmen so they can make all the things I have commanded you to make …  

… God gives special gifts for selected servants to carry out His call to serve the Lord in building His Tabernacle. 

Highlight Passage in Context:  Exodus 31:1-7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s gives gifts to His children to be use for God’s glory.

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Reference Passage: … Mathew 7:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches, in His sermon on the mount, about Christians being gifted to serve the Lord.

Reference Passage:…  Romans 12:6-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches truth about God giving His chosen ones special gifts to be used for God’s glory.

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 12:7-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul also exhorts/encourages fellow Christians to use the gifts God imparts to them (us) to serve and glorify God.

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 2:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul shows fellow Christians that they (we) are His workers, chosen and gifted to serve for His purposes and His glory.

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 4:10-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Peter calls fellow Christians to use the gifts God has imparted to His beloved to serve the Lord for God’s glory.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Kirsten Holmberg …  USE THS LINK      …  told of the universally recognized musical giftedness of composer Ludwig van Beethoven, being tested by studying his DNA when compared with over 14,000 others.  However, the scientific testing revealed that Beethoven’s ability for rhythm was very low in the genetic testing.  

Obviously, we recognize Beethoven’s giftedness; so, there are elements, … i.e., gifts from God, … that allow some to serve the Lord in special ways, … which, when applied, glorify God.   And we, who have been so gifted to serve God, need to use our gifts, … whatever they are, … to serve our Lord in special ways … for His glory.   I have been gifted to teach and to encourage others; so I’m going to do my best to use those gifts for God’s glory today.   What are your gifts; and how will you use them today?   

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for my giftedness to teach and to encourage  others. May I use them for Your glory.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … May we all use the gifts You have given us for Your glory … today and tomorrow.   … Amen

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