The Gift of Helps (Serving)
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Articles and resources to assist you in growing your top spiritual gifts as revealed by the Spiritual Gifts Inventory, based on the study, Serving from the Heart.

How to Teach with Authority
By Shane RaynorThere was something about the way Jesus taught that was different from the way other teachers did it at the time. In the Gospel of Mark, when Jesus went to the synagogue in… read more

Serving with Our Talents and Resources
By Carol CartmillEvery person is born with natural talents, whether for athletics, music, arithmetic, mechanics, or something else altogether. Talents are those abilities that seem to “come… read more

Lead Serve Love: Inspiration for Leaders
By Gregory LangIn John 13:1-17, we read of Jesus, Son of God and Savior of the world, kneeling down on the very last night of his life to wash the dust from the feet of his disciples. What does… read more

Forty Days of Fruitful Living
Based on Five Practices of Fruitful Living, Forty Days of Fruitful Living guides the individual or small group through daily readings designed to inspire and encourage. Perfect…

Second fiddle
By Drew J. Gunnells Jr.Luke 3:7-18
I read sometime ago that Leonard Bernstein, director of the Philharmonic Orchestra for many years, was once asked what was the hardest instrument in the orchestra to… read more


Dinner Delivery
By Lynn BeachA few years ago our men’s group wanted to do something special on Thanksgiving. They figured that they could cook up a meal and take it out to people they knew whose… read more

The Art of the Coffee Hour
By Donna SchaperIncarnationalists, like me, love the way the holy occupies the ordinary. We are most excited at Christmas time when God becomes human, the holy becomes fleshy, eternity becomes… read more


Half the Church
By Carolyn Custis JamesA Q&A with Carolyn Custis James about women in the Bible, leadership, marriage, and her new book, Half the Church: Recapturing God’s Global Vision for Women.
As the… read more

You Are Already Praying
By Cathy H. GeorgeIn its ancient, monastic form, prayer was what a monk or nun did in chapel—and when they set out from chapel, their prayer continued in the office, study, field, classroom… read more

Journey 101: Serving God Participant Guide
Understand the biblical context for service that will enable you to share your time and spiritual gifts with others. Journey 101 Serving God is one component of Journey 101:…
