Finding Your Place

TALKING TO GOD

Thank God for the gifts He’s given you. Pray that you will use them to help others.

DIVING IN

Take turns guessing how many muscles you have in your body. Try counting your muscles and come up with a total number.

GOING DEEPER

The human body has more than 600 muscles! Some muscles are large and some are tiny, but they all work together to help you get things done. As they work together, you grow stronger.

That’s how God’s family works too. You need others. Ephesians 4:15-16 says “Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.” Just as each muscle has a unique function in the body, so each one of us has a unique place in the body of Christ. Paul writes: “The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ” (1 Corinthians 12:12). You have special gifts and abilities you can use to support others and help the body of Christ grow.

TALKING TO EACH OTHER

• What are some things you do well?
• How are you using your gifts and abilities to help others?