Gifted Inspirations
An Inspirational Treasury of Writings To Transform Your Thinking About Your Gift
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You Are Gifted To Be a Gift
Your skills and abilities, your unique personhood are God's precious gifts to you. Gifts are also God's call to you. You acknowledge acceptance by putting them into service.
Gifts: Everyone has one or more gifts or abilities they display either knowingly or unknowingly. In spite of who you are, good or bad, black or white, we all have gifts, talents, attributes and acquired skills.
God gives us specific gifts and uses them as the primary avenue with which to bless others. Any gift that’s left unopened or is disregarded is useless.
The miracle comes when, rather than hoarding it, we share it with others, so that they may see and feel evidence of God’s amazing love. How little it takes to demonstrate the presence and power of God through our gifts.
What Would Happen If…
Stop right now--and imagine for just a moment, that you are watching a movie and it is entitled All That God Might Have Done With My Life If I had Totally Surrendered To Him.
- Imagine seeing what He might have done with your financial resources--if you had trusted Him and been generous.
- Imagine what He might have done in your relationships--if you had trusted Him enough to be fully loving and caring.
- Imagine what He might have done with your ministry--if you had pursued spiritual growth and consistently kept your hunger and thirst for righteousness.
- Imagine the doors He would have opened in ministry --if you had only stayed in the will of God.
- Imagine the anointing on your life--if you had fasted and prayed like you should.
- Imagine what He might have done with your gifts--if you had used them to glorify Him.
In this movie, you see the person you could have become but did not. You see lives you could have touched, but did not, because you never followed your calling. You didn’t allow your abilities to be cultivated and deployed, because you never totally surrendered to God. You never fully opened up the gift God gave you--to win souls for Christ.
Now, I know that this movie will never exist or hit the billboard charts. But just imagine that now the movie is over. What is your response? Having seen what might have been, are you ready to line up with the will of God for your life? Are you ready to minimize the gap between what will be and what might have been?
Think about it for just a moment. What has the Lord given to you that you need to invest in the kingdom of God? Yes, He’s given you power. Yes, he’s give you strength, but He has also given you A GIFT.
Each of God’s children has been given a gift, chosen by the Master, because none of us gets to choose our gifts. In the same way we can’t choose our genetic makeup, our families or our genders, we can’t choose our gifts.
Everybody receives a gift. And it is important that we recognize what God has gifted us with--and what He intends for us to do with that gift.
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About the Book
Why are you here? Why were you born? Perhaps you’re surprised by such a question. Maybe you’re not sure you have a purpose. Author and speaker Barbara Bryant has exciting news for you: You are important! You were born for a purpose, to glorify God with your gifts. You are an essential part of God’s long-range plan to demonstrate the love of Christ to a lost and dying world, and His kingdom will suffer without your contribution.
In this day and age, it’s easy to feel like a tiny dot on a gigantic planet or an anonymous number in a massive database. Everywhere we look, things are rushed, and few people take time to care anymore. However, in Gifted Inspirations, you will find that God cares and He needs your gifts. He designed you for a purpose and takes great delight in you.
Taken from the pages of Barbara Bryant’s monthly e-newsletter, the passionate and empathetic insights will encourage and bless you, revealing your very reason to live. This book is perfect for those who are struggling with feelings of inadequacy and desire to be God’s instrument to encourage faith and joy in the lives of others.
It is not enough to have a gift. You need to know how to use your gift to help others in your own special way. Gifted Inspirations shows you how to do just that!
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About the Author
Barbara Bryant, is known for her dynamic expository teaching. As a speaker, minister, writer, youth mentor, and founder of the Gifted to Be a Gift Foundation, she is committed to reaching the world with the hope of Jesus Christ. Focused and grounded in the Word of God, Barbara Bryant is a refreshing change of pace in a self-centered society. Whether speaking at a rural church or a city auditorium, she has one purpose, to share the love of Jesus. She is also the author of Compensated Suffering.