TAKE THE 1 ST STEP…

ACTIVITY 3. SELF-REFLECTION.
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OBJECTIVES:
During the sessions, students should be able
to:
• Appreciate all the gifts they have
received
• Develop skills to enhance their gift;
and
• Use their gifts responsibly not just for
their personal satisfaction
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LIST DOWN ALL THOSE YOU CONSIDER
AS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSIONS.
1. Arranged these prized possessions according to
their importance in your life.
2. Discuss amongst yourselves the reasons why
you consider these as your prized possessions.
3. Take note of those similar prized possessions
and those who were mentioned only once.
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BRING TO LIGHT:
1. What have you discovered in your
sharing?
2. What are the similarities and differences
in your sharing? What are the common
prized possession as shared by your
group?
3. How did you feel?
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BRING TO LIGHT:
4. Among those discussed, what were
different? Those possessions which were
only mentioned once?
5. How do these gifts from God support
you to live comfortable life for yourself
and for your loved ones?
6. What did you realize from this activity?
7. What insight did you gain?
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• You were created

with a purpose.
• What do you think
is your purpose?
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• You are given as a gift to

you brothers and sisters.
• How can you be a gift
to them?
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• God has given each believer a
combination of opportunities
and fits that is perfectly suited
to his or her situation in life.
• How can you use your
situation as a blessing to
others?
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• Every Christian is really a

minister with a unique
contribution to make the
body of Christ.
• What is your ministry?
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• The central thrust of your

ministry depends on the
spiritual gifts you have
received.
• How do you use your
gifts?
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• Gifts are God’s spiritual

equipment for effective
service an edification of the
body.
• How can you improve your
gifts?
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• The possessor is only the

instrument and not the
receiver of the glory (J.
Oswald Sanders).
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• Gifts were given “so that in

all things God may be
glorified through Jesus
Christ” (1 Pet. 4:11).
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Some of the Gifts

Service (Rom. 12:7) - the ability to identify
and care for the physical needs of the body
through a variety of means.
• How can you use your God-given gifts as
a service to others?
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Some of the Gifts

Giving (Rom. 12:8) – the ability to contribute
material resources with generosity and cheerfulness
for the benefit of others and the glory of God.
Christians with this spiritual gift need not be wealthy.
• How can you use your God-given gifts to
those who are needy?
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Gifts are God’s spiritual equipment for effective

service an edification of the body. They are not
bestowed for the self-aggrandizement of the recipient
, or as an evidence of a special endowment of the
Spirit, but for the profit and edification of the Body of
Christ. The possessor is only the instrument and not
the receiver of the glory (J. Oswald Sanders). Gifts
were given “so that in all things God may be glorified
through Jesus Christ” (1 Pet. 4:11).
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You were created with a purpose. You are given as a

gift to you brothers and sisters. God has given each
believer a combination of opportunities and fits that is
perfectly suited to his or her situation in life. Every
Christian is really a minister with a unique
contribution to make the body of Christ. The central
thrust of your ministry depends on the spiritual gifts
you have received.
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TRY THIS
Search for one liners from the internet o celebrate
your being a son or gift of God. Print them on strips
of paper or various shapes of paper (heart, rectangle,
square, circle, etc.). Distribute this to people around
you.
Example of a one liner:
God has dreams for my life. Bo Sanchez