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Read Thru the Word 2024 | Today's Lesson

November 21, 2024

Today's Lesson is

Scripture:

1 CORINTHIANS 11:2-13:13

The Gift Of Helps

Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church: first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift of leadership, those who speak in unknown languages.

1 Corinthians 12:28

My Takeaways

Something Old

So, you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts
1 Corinthians 12:31a

Lord, help me to desire the most helpful gifts.

Something New

“It strikes me that they were not persons who had any official standing, but that they were only moved by the natural impulse and the divine life within them to do anything and everything which would assist either teacher, pastor, or deacon in the work of the Lord. They are the sort of brethren who are useful anywhere, who can always stop a gap, and who are only too glad when they find that they can make themselves serviceable to the church of God in any capacity whatsoever.” - Charles Spurgeon

Spurgeon also describes the qualities of someone who is effective in the gift of helps:

A tender heart to really care.
A quick eye to see the need.
A quick foot to get to the needy.
A loving face to cheer them and bless them.
A firm foot so you will not fall yourself.
A strong hand to grip the needy with.
A bent back to reach the man.

“Dear, very dear to us, must ever be the hand that helped us out of the depth of the mire where there was no standing; and while we ascribe all the glory to the God of grace, we cannot but love most affectionately the instrument he sent to be the means of our deliverance.” - Charles Spurgeon