Your Gifts Are for Other People - Daily Hope with Rick Warren - May 26, 2025

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Your Gifts Are for Other People
By Rick Warren

“God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.” 1 Peter 4:10 (NLT)

The Bible says in 1 Peter 4:10, “God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another” (NLT). When you use your abilities to help others, God is glorified.

God wired you to make a contribution with your life. He did not give you your talents and abilities for your own benefit. They are for the benefit of other people—and their talents are for your benefit. 

I am so grateful for people who are talented in areas that I’m not. For instance, I’m grateful for accountants. Because I stink at accounting! I’m grateful for people who know how to do taxes. 

I’m grateful for people who have mechanical abilities. I couldn’t fix a carburetor if I had to. I wouldn’t even know where it is!

Everybody has different talents.

God has given me some talents. One of my talents is taking the Word of God and making it clear for other people to understand. When I use that ability, you get blessed. My talent is for you. It’s to help you. 

But here’s the point: You’ve got talents too. Are you using them to bless others? Are you using them to help others?

When you don’t use the talents God has given you, other people get cheated. The way you bring glory to God is by using your talents. “Use them well to serve one another.” God is glorified when you use your abilities to serve others.

You are blessed to be a blessing. God blesses you so that you can bless the people around you. Make it your goal each day to live for God’s kingdom, by his power and for his glory—not thinking about yourself but thinking about the people around you.

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