For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
(Romans 12.3 NRSV)
Paul challenges the Romans, "I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think." Paul compares the church to the human body. The human body has many parts. The body functions best when all the parts forget themselves and work together.

So it is with the church. Everyone has been given a gift and when persons share their gifts the community of faith is strengthened. Then the church is able to reach out to the community outside--the community for which Christ died.

Dear God, help me to use my gifts to strengthen your church and community of faith. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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