Growing and Flowing Together - Janet, get your purse! Session 3

What does it mean to truly flow together as a body of believers, each carrying gifts we did not earn but were given by grace? This message takes us deep into 1 Corinthians 12, where Paul reminds us that the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one of us, not just a select few, and that it is given for the common good. We explore what it looks like when those gifts are left dormant, sitting unpacked like software we never bothered to learn, and what becomes possible when we choose to step up, catch the light, and let what God placed in us actually show up for others. The image of a sparkling stream is striking here. A sparkle happens when one part of the water rises, catches the light, and then recedes again. That rhythm of rising and stepping back, of knowing when it is our moment and when it belongs to someone else, is at the heart of what it means to flow together in the Spirit. We are not called to a faith that is merely theological on paper. We are called to a living, breathing, manifesting walk with a God who is Spirit, and who designed us to worship and connect with him in spirit and in truth.