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Daily Fountain 2017 - 111117 - Use Your Spiritual Gifts Well

Saturday November 11 Bible Reading:     Eph. 4: 7 - 16 Topic:                  Use Your Spiritual Gifts Well One of the greatest dangers the Church has had to grapple with is the misunderstanding and misuse of spiritual gifts. Rather than use the gifts to emphasize oneness in the Church, many Christians use them to sow the seed of discord. One person thinks that their gift is better and greater than their neighbour's simply because they appear more flamboyant. We do this because we fail to realize that God is the Giver of these gifts; no one has all the gifts and God values all gifts equally and every believer has at least one gift with which to positively contribute to build the Body of Christ - the Church. Unfortunately there is abundant abuse of gifts within the Church. some believe their gifts are superior to everyone else's and in their...

Daily Fountain 2017 - Growth Through Fellowship

Tuesday June 6 Bible Reading:      Acts 2: 25 - 41 Topic:          Growth Through Fellowship About 3000 people gave their lives to Christ when Peter preached the Good News about Christ on the day of Pentecost in Jerusalem. These new Christians were united with the other believers taught by the Apostles and included in the prayer meetings and fellowship. New believers in Christ need to be in groups where they can learn God's Word, pray and mature in the faith. Those who come to Jesus newly should seek out other believers for fellowship, prayer and teaching. That is the way for them to grown What are you doing in your little corner to encourage people to come to Christ or to ensure that new converts do not get discouraged? Are you holding tight to what God has given to you instead of using it to build up His Church? Many youths have left for "greener pa...