Closed Eyes, Open Hands - Pastor Tim Reyes

Pastor Tim continues our series on spiritual gifts. They aren't meant to be collected and displayed but given freely to build the body of Christ and fulfill God's purposes through us.

• Fruits of the Spirit are for everyone to cultivate, while gifts are given, seasonal, and imparted
• The prerequisite for receiving spiritual gifts is humility—acknowledging our need for God
• Many believers devalue their gifts or don't recognize they have them
• Exhortation is a verb that combines faith and action
• Stephen's story demonstrates how the gift of exhortation operates with both truth and grace
• Our posture for receiving should be "closed eyes and open hands"—combining trust with expectation
• Spiritual gifts assess our motives when they land in our lives
• Sometimes what we want isn't what we need in our current season
• Every gift of God is empowered by love and expressed through faith