Our Spiritual Toolbox

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My husband always says if a person has the right tools, they can do any project well. As Christians, we have several tools in our spiritual toolbox:

 The Bible—Basic to all projects are the instructions. The Bible is our manual for living the Christian life. All that we need to know as Christians is found in this one book.

All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living, so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

 Prayer—Power tools must connect to a power source. Prayer is our connection to our spiritual power source—the Holy Spirit of God.

Do all this in prayer, asking for God's help.
Pray on every occasion, as the Spirit leads.

Ephesians 6:18

 Fellow Christians—Each tool in a toolbox wields a special purpose. In the same manner, each of us has God-given skills and purposes. We need one another’s spiritual gifts in order to fulfill God’s purposes for the church and for our lives.

In the same way, though we are many, we are one body in union with Christ, and we are all joined to each other as different parts of one body. So we are to use our different gifts in accordance with the grace that God has given us.

Romans 12:5-6

What’s in your spiritual toolbox?

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