God Has Wired Us to ServeGod Saved Us to Serve

God Commands Us to ServeGod had Equipped Us to Serve

WIRED WITH STYLEHow God Uses Different Personalities to Serve

Spiritual Gifts Tell Us “What”Style/Personality Tells Us “How”

LIONS – CREATORS OF VISION AND MOMENTUM

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Paul

“No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,

Paul

I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.”

(Philippians 3:13–14, NLT)

OTTERS – MOTIVATORS OF PASSION AND EXPRESSION

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David

“Then King David was told, “The LORD has blessed Obed-edom’s household and everything he has because of the Ark of God.”

David

So David went there and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the City of David with a great celebration.

David

After the men who were carrying the Ark of the LORD had gone six steps, David sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.

David

And David danced before the LORD with all his might, wearing a priestly garment.

David

So David and all the people of Israel brought up the Ark of the LORD with shouts of joy and the blowing of rams’ horns.

David

But as the Ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window.

David

When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she was filled with contempt for him.

David

They brought the Ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the special tent David had prepared for it. And David sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.

David

When he had finished his sacrifices, David blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

David

Then he gave to every Israelite man and woman in the crowd a loaf of bread, a cake of dates, and a cake of raisins. Then all the people returned to their homes.” (2 Samuel 6:12–19, NLT)

GOLDEN RETRIEVERS – PROVIDERS OF BALANCE AND RELATIONSHIP

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Ruth

“But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live.

Ruth

Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried.

Ruth

May the LORD punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!” When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more.” (Ruth 1:16–18, NLT)

BEAVERS – DETAILERS WHO HELP US GET IT RIGHT

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James

“But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.” (James 1:22, NLT)

James

“If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.

James

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.” (James 1:26–27, NLT)