Called to Care – Day 8

₃And because of God's gracious gift to me I say to every one of you: do not think of yourself more highly than you should. Instead, be modest in your thinking, and judge yourself according to the amount of faith that God has given you. ₄We have many parts in the one body, and all these parts have different functions. ₅In the same way, though we are many, we are one body in union with Christ, and we are all joined to each other as different parts of one body. ₆So we are to use our different gifts in accordance with the grace that God has given us. If our gift is to speak God's message, we should do it according to the faith that we have; ₇if it is to serve, we should serve; if it is to teach, we should teach; ₈if it is to encourage others, we should do so. Whoever shares with others should do it generously; whoever has authority should work hard; whoever shows kindness to others should do it cheerfully.

₆For this reason I remind you to keep alive the gift that God gave you when I laid my hands on you. ₇For the Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid; instead, his Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-control.