March 24, 2025 • 18 mins
Discovering your unique place of service in God's kingdom isn't just fulfilling—it's essential. In this heartfelt conversation, we unpack what it really means to "find your groove" in ministry and break down the barriers that keep many believers on the sidelines.
What if ministry isn't just for professional church leaders? We challenge the common misconception that service requires special credentials, exploring how scripture reveals that every believer has been equipped with specific gifts meant to be used. Through compelling examples like Onesiphorus, Dorcas, and Barnabas—ordinary people whose faithful service made extraordinary impact—we demonstrate how diverse ministry can look.
The body of Christ functions best when each member embraces their unique role. Whether it's writing encouragement cards, organizing support for new mothers, or simply being present with someone in need, your contribution matters. We provide practical steps to discover your ministry sweet spot: prayer for guidance, honest self-reflection on what brings you joy, seeking input from those who know you well, and the courage to try something new.
Ready to move from spectator to participant in God's work? This episode offers the biblical foundation and practical wisdom you need to step confidently into service that feels natural and fulfilling. Your groove is waiting to be found—and the kingdom needs what only you can bring.
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Josh (00:07):
Welcome to Made for Good, the podcast where we explore how
to live out our purpose throughgood works, guided by biblical
truth.
Hey, I'm Josh
Mark (00:15):
and I'm Mark.
Today's episode is all aboutfinding your groove, and what
we're talking about here isdiscovering how God has gifted
you for personal ministry andhow you can serve him in a way
that feels natural, it feelsfulfilling and it feels
encouraging to you.
(00:35):
We believe the Bible teachesthat every believer has a unique
role in the body of Christ.
We'll talk about that a littlelater in our episode.
Today, part of our journey isfiguring out where we fit in.
So, Josh, let me ask you aquestion why do you think people
struggle to know where they fitin, to find out where they fit
(01:01):
in in ministry?
Josh (01:02):
You know, one of the things that Jesus said is he
asked a question, he answered aquestion with a question.
Yeah, can I ask you a question?
Okay, could it be that somepeople don't know what ministry
means?
Mark (01:12):
Okay, so let's that's good .
Let's define ministry.
It's a very complicated term.
That means service,
okay,
so one word
yeah,
service.
It means to serve.
Now that's my understanding ofwhat the word ministry is.
Sometimes we get a littleuncomfortable talking about
(01:34):
ministry, but Paul encouragedTimothy to fulfill his ministry,
so it's a biblical term clearlyacceptable for us to use.
Josh (01:44):
So I want to go back to your initial question where you
said why do people struggle withwhere they belong?
Well, it could be because,going back to, you mentioned
that ministry means service, butsome just assume that ministry
means being a preacher or ateacher or leading to some big
initiative.
But in reality ministry can besimple.
It's about using the giftsGod's given us in everyday life
(02:09):
and sometimes people just don'trecognize how their talents can
be used for the kingdom of God.
Mark (02:15):
Well, exactly, I'll say that this is not really an
optional thing.
There's an evidence element tothis that's conveyed in John 15,
58, an evidence of our faith.
Let's take a look at that verse.
This is to my father's glorythat you bear much fruit,
(02:37):
showing yourselves to be mydisciples.
So the evidence of being adisciple is that you're bearing
fruit.
God is calling us to bear fruitand this ties our actions to
God's glory.
So if we want to glorify God,as we've said in almost every
(02:58):
episode, the Bible calls us todo something, not just to know
something or understandsomething, but to take action.
So God is calling us to befruitful.
You have to take whatevertalents, resources he's given us
and use it to serve others.
So today we're going to talkabout how to discover where you
(03:21):
best fit in in the role ofservice or ministry, over where
you best fit in in the role ofservice or ministry, and how to
step into that role with someconfidence, to step out and let
your light shine before others.
Josh (03:35):
Which we can transition right into our Bible basis today
, where we're going to befocusing in 1 Peter 4.10, where
it says each one should usewhatever gift he has received to
serve others faithfully,administering God's grace in its
various forms.
That means ministry looksdifferent for everyone, as we've
talked about, and some peopleserve through hospitality,
(03:56):
others through encouragement,teaching or acts of kindness.
What I'm trying to get at isthere's no one-size-fits-all
approach
Mark (04:05):
So you're saying that we all need to work together.
Yeah,
that sounds similar to Ephesians 4.
Let's take a look at thereVerse 15 and 16.
It says, rather, speaking thetruth in love, we are to grow up
in every way into him.
Who's the into Christ, fromwhom the whole body, joined and
(04:26):
held together by every jointwith which it is equipped, when
each part is working properly,makes the body grow so that it
builds itself up in love.
There's so many concepts inthis verse, but this is about
everyone fulfilling their rolein the body of Christ.
(04:48):
So you know, the arm doesn'tfulfill the role of the ankle.
We've got our roles.
We've part of the body isworking.
So, in other words, the church,the body of Christ, really
(05:10):
thrives when everybody isactively serving.
They aren't all doing the samething.
They're stepping into multipleroles, and that enables the body
to function as God intended.
Josh (05:24):
The Bible gives us some incredible examples of people
who found their unique roles inministry and between the two of
us.
We've thought about three andwe're going to discuss those
three together.
Onesiphorus he wasn't apreacher or apostle, but his
ministry of encouragement wasessential.
Paul wrote about him in 2Timothy 1, verses 16 through 17,
(05:44):
where the Bible says the Lordgrant mercy to the household of
Onnesius, for he often refreshedme and was not ashamed of my
chains.
But when he was in wrong hesought me out very diligently
and found me.
Mark (05:58):
You know, the Bible drops these names that we don't know
very much about.
They kind of come on the sceneand they're gone.
But these are what I would callordinary Christians, but in a
large way they are extraordinarybecause of what they did while
(06:19):
they were on the scene, so tospeak, in Scripture.
When you look at this person,Onesiphorus, and the actions
that he took, do you think thathe cared about Paul?
Was there compassion about Pauland where he was, he was not
ashamed of his chains.
He often so.
This was not a one-time thing.
(06:40):
He often refreshed him and thatcould be, hey, bringing some
things that he needed.
It could have beenencouragement.
I think it probably wasencouragement.
But when Paul was in Rome inprison, he traveled there and
it's not like you just had anaddress, you had a GPS, you
(07:02):
plugged it in.
He had to go find where Paulwas, and he did, and he met the
needs of Paul.
It's just it was an ordinaryperson doing an extraordinary
thing and the Holy Spirit choseto reveal this little essential
(07:23):
morsel of service in 2 Timothy,where Paul says the Lord, grant
mercy to the household ofOnesiphorus.
It's an example for us in thatwe can do these types of things,
without a lot of fanfare,without a lot of credentials.
He saw a need of credentials.
(07:44):
He saw a need and he just wentand fulfilled it.
Josh (07:55):
I love when you just said God uses ordinary people to do
extraordinary things and goingfurther in these examples.
This gives us confidence thatGod can use me and you.
He can use all of us.
Like Dorcas in Acts 9, we canread about her.
She was known for acts ofcharity.
In Acts 9.
We can read about her.
She was known for acts ofcharity using her skills to
bless others.
Verse 36 says now there was inJoppa a disciple named Tabitha,
which translated means Dorcas.
(08:16):
She was full of good works andacts of charity.
And what I love about this andI'd like to hear your thoughts
on it too when she passed thetown just talked about what all
she did and like how awesome isthat, how effective she was in
using well, she found her grooveright and she was using that.
But what people said about herafter she was gone?
Mark (08:38):
So who decides what's put on your gravestone after you're
gone?
A lot of times it's your family, it's the people who know you,
people who are close to you.
How great would it be that ifyou lived a life where the best
thing that they could put onyour tombstone is he was full of
good works and acts of charity,is that a life lived in the
(09:02):
service of God or what?
I think that another examplethat we could look at is
Barnabas, the very definition ofencouragement.
In fact, his name means son ofencouragement.
Barnabas is not likeOnesiphorus I've mentioned only
(09:23):
a few times.
This is a person who's mentionedmany times for many different
things in the Bible.
He's mentioned early on in theBible, in Acts 4, verse 36 and
37.
It describes how he sold thefield to help support the early
church and then later, afterPaul's conversion, he traveled
(09:47):
to Tarsus, paul's hometown, andsought him out again, sought him
out and found him and broughthim into the work there in
Antioch.
And so Paul encouraged,encouraged the early church.
In his generosity.
He encouraged Paul.
He was, he was a, maybe in aways a peacemaker.
(10:08):
We're going to have an episodeabout peacemaking because Paul
was not at peace with the churchearly on, uh, before he his
conversion, and it needed to bein a way vouched for and and
Paul and Barnabas did that forPaul.
Josh (10:23):
Our reality check for finding our groove to me is just
this where do I start?
And a lot of us, it's just notknown where to start, right, and
so I think it's because peoplewait for big opportunities
instead of just open their eyesto see where they're at.
And then the other part of thisis just feeling unqualified.
We talked about notunderstanding what ministry
(10:46):
means.
We could think that ourminister or anyone else is
highly gifted.
That falls on them and not onus, because we're unqualified.
Mark (10:59):
Well, here's the truth.
God has qualified all of us,he's equipped us.
Let's take a look over inEphesians 4.
We're going to look at verse 11and 12.
Now you talked about, you know,those who are, you know, in the
ministry, putting quotes aroundthat you want to talk about
(11:20):
ministry.
You've got the apostles inverse 11 of Ephesians 4, and he
gave the apostles, the prophets,the evangelists, the shepherds
or elders or bishops they're theleaders of the church and
teachers.
He gave all of them.
Why?
Why?
For the grand titles that theyhad.
(11:43):
No, their mission was to equipthe saints that's you and me,
that's everyone for the work ofministry this does.
This is not describing theministry of the apostles or the
ministry of the prophets, or theministry of the evangelists or
preachers, or even the teachers.
(12:05):
It's talking about the work ofministry for the saints, ie
everyone, and the goal there isbuilding up the body of Christ,
as we've already talked about inEphesians 4, 15 to 16.
Josh (12:20):
I love that, because it just means that we don't have to
figure it all out.
We just need to be willing tostep forward and try.
Mark (12:26):
So your mission this week is to find your groove.
So the first step in that is,as it always should be in every
new venture we undertake, is topray for guidance.
Ask God to reveal where hewants to use you in the kingdom.
To reveal where he wants to useyou in the kingdom, you know.
(12:47):
Take a moment, Think about whatyou naturally enjoy doing.
What are you good at?
I don't know, Josh.
Nobody's really going to ask meto lead singing because maybe
they understand that wouldn't bethe best use of my talent, or
lack thereof.
So it takes a little bit ofeffort to look at yourself
(13:09):
objectively and try to identifyyour gifts.
But I think it's also what doyou enjoy doing?
You're not.
You maybe could at something,but if it's really not
fulfilling or it's really notsomething that you enjoy doing,
you're not going to be as likelyto do it.
Josh (13:25):
You know, what's interesting is when people
around you see it.
They know what your groove isand you don't even see it.
If I'm being honest, I was inmy mid-20s I'm kind of
embarrassed to say it where Isat across from someone and they
told me what my thing was, andthat was empowering because then
you could just go and do it.
So a part of this is to go talkto someone.
If you're listening, you'rethinking I hear you guys, I want
to go do more.
(13:46):
I want to know what my grooveis, but I don't know what it is.
Mark (13:56):
And we're saying is maybe go ask someone that you respect
and love and ask them what doyou think?
My groove is yeah, and ifyou're really young, maybe talk
to your parents or talk tosomeone at church.
For the rest of us, we couldtalk to maybe an elder or a
preacher or one of our mentors,somebody who knows you well.
It is also good to just to trysome things.
We had a situation in one ofour classes where we will talk
(14:21):
about it in a future episode,but we kind of focused on little
things, just little things thatyou can do.
One of those was one of thechallenges was just write a card
to somebody at church.
You know, we make theannouncement so-and-so is sick,
so-and-so is going to have asurgery, it's going through, you
(14:43):
know, chemo treatment forcancer.
There's a lot of need out there, and so we asked our class to
write a note and a person cameup to us almost with tears in
his eyes and said I've neverwritten a note to anybody.
And it was not a confession.
It was like I'm glad that youchallenged me to do this because
(15:05):
they benefited from doing it,and so you may find, I think, if
that person did not feel goodor enjoy doing it, they wouldn't
have come and told us about it.
I bet that person's writtenmore notes.
So just trying something againthat maybe you haven't done
before.
It doesn't have to be big, startsmall, but be intentional and
(15:29):
and look at it from aperspective of can I do this on
a regular basis?
You know, look for things thatare a part of my service.
Look for things that are goingto show I'm bearing fruit, I'm
doing good, I'm at work in thekingdom.
God is using me to encourageothers.
(15:49):
When you look at you know, Josh, what are the qualifications
for being an encourager?
That's not really a positionlike an elder or deacon, defined
, you know, in scripture, withvery detailed qualifications.
What are the qualifications forbeing an encourager?
Josh (16:06):
I think back to one of the first episodes we have.
We talked about Jesus.
He felt compassion and he actedon it Okay.
Mark (16:12):
So you're saying that you need to Feel it and act.
Feel it and act, got it.
So these steps of prayer,reflection, trying some things,
and then even talking to otherswho know you well and say ask
them, what do you think I shoulddo Right, what are the things,
(16:36):
the strengths that you see in methat maybe I don't see myself?
And these are the first stepsof kind of finding your groove
in the kingdom.
This could be something like.
I'll just give a couple of quickexamples you know the ladies at
church who come and surround anew mom-to-be.
(16:58):
You know to give advice to, youknow to equip them with the
things that they need to be aparent, organizing showers,
celebrating the life that isinside that young mom, that's a
groove.
(17:18):
I mean, if your thing is thatwe have a lady at our church,
her groove is making sure thatthose who have suffered some
loss in their family get flowers, and so we as individuals make
sure that that person has thefunds on a regular basis and she
(17:39):
takes it.
That's her groove.
We know that she's got it,she's embraced it, she enjoys it
and it's powerful.
It is very powerful, exactly.
Josh (17:49):
Well, as always, we assume that a lot of you are driving
and some of you may be on a walk, and so you didn't write these
things down.
So just know that your missionthis week will be posted on
social media.
Mark (18:01):
That's it for today's episode of Made for Good.
If this conversation encouragedyou or challenged you on how
you fit in and what your role inthe body of Christ is, be sure
to subscribe so you don't missthe next one.
Josh (18:13):
And we hope you found this helpful and if you did consider
sharing it with a friend.
Until next time, go out, findyour groove and remember you
were made for this.
Welcome to Made for Good, the podcast where we explore how
to live out our purpose throughgood works, guided by biblical
truth.
Hey, I'm Josh
Mark (00:15):
and I'm Mark.
Today's episode is all aboutfinding your groove, and what
we're talking about here isdiscovering how God has gifted
you for personal ministry andhow you can serve him in a way
that feels natural, it feelsfulfilling and it feels
encouraging to you.
(00:35):
We believe the Bible teachesthat every believer has a unique
role in the body of Christ.
We'll talk about that a littlelater in our episode.
Today, part of our journey isfiguring out where we fit in.
So, Josh, let me ask you aquestion why do you think people
struggle to know where they fitin, to find out where they fit
(01:01):
in in ministry?
Josh (01:02):
You know, one of the things that Jesus said is he
asked a question, he answered aquestion with a question.
Yeah, can I ask you a question?
Okay, could it be that somepeople don't know what ministry
means?
Mark (01:12):
Okay, so let's that's good .
Let's define ministry.
It's a very complicated term.
That means service,
okay,
so one word
yeah,
service.
It means to serve.
Now that's my understanding ofwhat the word ministry is.
Sometimes we get a littleuncomfortable talking about
(01:34):
ministry, but Paul encouragedTimothy to fulfill his ministry,
so it's a biblical term clearlyacceptable for us to use.
Josh (01:44):
So I want to go back to your initial question where you
said why do people struggle withwhere they belong?
Well, it could be because,going back to, you mentioned
that ministry means service, butsome just assume that ministry
means being a preacher or ateacher or leading to some big
initiative.
But in reality ministry can besimple.
It's about using the giftsGod's given us in everyday life
(02:09):
and sometimes people just don'trecognize how their talents can
be used for the kingdom of God.
Mark (02:15):
Well, exactly, I'll say that this is not really an
optional thing.
There's an evidence element tothis that's conveyed in John 15,
58, an evidence of our faith.
Let's take a look at that verse.
This is to my father's glorythat you bear much fruit,
(02:37):
showing yourselves to be mydisciples.
So the evidence of being adisciple is that you're bearing
fruit.
God is calling us to bear fruitand this ties our actions to
God's glory.
So if we want to glorify God,as we've said in almost every
(02:58):
episode, the Bible calls us todo something, not just to know
something or understandsomething, but to take action.
So God is calling us to befruitful.
You have to take whatevertalents, resources he's given us
and use it to serve others.
So today we're going to talkabout how to discover where you
(03:21):
best fit in in the role ofservice or ministry, over where
you best fit in in the role ofservice or ministry, and how to
step into that role with someconfidence, to step out and let
your light shine before others.
Josh (03:35):
Which we can transition right into our Bible basis today
, where we're going to befocusing in 1 Peter 4.10, where
it says each one should usewhatever gift he has received to
serve others faithfully,administering God's grace in its
various forms.
That means ministry looksdifferent for everyone, as we've
talked about, and some peopleserve through hospitality,
(03:56):
others through encouragement,teaching or acts of kindness.
What I'm trying to get at isthere's no one-size-fits-all
approach
Mark (04:05):
So you're saying that we all need to work together.
Yeah,
that sounds similar to Ephesians 4.
Let's take a look at thereVerse 15 and 16.
It says, rather, speaking thetruth in love, we are to grow up
in every way into him.
Who's the into Christ, fromwhom the whole body, joined and
(04:26):
held together by every jointwith which it is equipped, when
each part is working properly,makes the body grow so that it
builds itself up in love.
There's so many concepts inthis verse, but this is about
everyone fulfilling their rolein the body of Christ.
(04:48):
So you know, the arm doesn'tfulfill the role of the ankle.
We've got our roles.
We've part of the body isworking.
So, in other words, the church,the body of Christ, really
(05:10):
thrives when everybody isactively serving.
They aren't all doing the samething.
They're stepping into multipleroles, and that enables the body
to function as God intended.
Josh (05:24):
The Bible gives us some incredible examples of people
who found their unique roles inministry and between the two of
us.
We've thought about three andwe're going to discuss those
three together.
Onesiphorus he wasn't apreacher or apostle, but his
ministry of encouragement wasessential.
Paul wrote about him in 2Timothy 1, verses 16 through 17,
(05:44):
where the Bible says the Lordgrant mercy to the household of
Onnesius, for he often refreshedme and was not ashamed of my
chains.
But when he was in wrong hesought me out very diligently
and found me.
Mark (05:58):
You know, the Bible drops these names that we don't know
very much about.
They kind of come on the sceneand they're gone.
But these are what I would callordinary Christians, but in a
large way they are extraordinarybecause of what they did while
(06:19):
they were on the scene, so tospeak, in Scripture.
When you look at this person,Onesiphorus, and the actions
that he took, do you think thathe cared about Paul?
Was there compassion about Pauland where he was, he was not
ashamed of his chains.
He often so.
This was not a one-time thing.
(06:40):
He often refreshed him and thatcould be, hey, bringing some
things that he needed.
It could have beenencouragement.
I think it probably wasencouragement.
But when Paul was in Rome inprison, he traveled there and
it's not like you just had anaddress, you had a GPS, you
(07:02):
plugged it in.
He had to go find where Paulwas, and he did, and he met the
needs of Paul.
It's just it was an ordinaryperson doing an extraordinary
thing and the Holy Spirit choseto reveal this little essential
(07:23):
morsel of service in 2 Timothy,where Paul says the Lord, grant
mercy to the household ofOnesiphorus.
It's an example for us in thatwe can do these types of things,
without a lot of fanfare,without a lot of credentials.
He saw a need of credentials.
(07:44):
He saw a need and he just wentand fulfilled it.
Josh (07:55):
I love when you just said God uses ordinary people to do
extraordinary things and goingfurther in these examples.
This gives us confidence thatGod can use me and you.
He can use all of us.
Like Dorcas in Acts 9, we canread about her.
She was known for acts ofcharity.
In Acts 9.
We can read about her.
She was known for acts ofcharity using her skills to
bless others.
Verse 36 says now there was inJoppa a disciple named Tabitha,
which translated means Dorcas.
(08:16):
She was full of good works andacts of charity.
And what I love about this andI'd like to hear your thoughts
on it too when she passed thetown just talked about what all
she did and like how awesome isthat, how effective she was in
using well, she found her grooveright and she was using that.
But what people said about herafter she was gone?
Mark (08:38):
So who decides what's put on your gravestone after you're
gone?
A lot of times it's your family, it's the people who know you,
people who are close to you.
How great would it be that ifyou lived a life where the best
thing that they could put onyour tombstone is he was full of
good works and acts of charity,is that a life lived in the
(09:02):
service of God or what?
I think that another examplethat we could look at is
Barnabas, the very definition ofencouragement.
In fact, his name means son ofencouragement.
Barnabas is not likeOnesiphorus I've mentioned only
(09:23):
a few times.
This is a person who's mentionedmany times for many different
things in the Bible.
He's mentioned early on in theBible, in Acts 4, verse 36 and
37.
It describes how he sold thefield to help support the early
church and then later, afterPaul's conversion, he traveled
(09:47):
to Tarsus, paul's hometown, andsought him out again, sought him
out and found him and broughthim into the work there in
Antioch.
And so Paul encouraged,encouraged the early church.
In his generosity.
He encouraged Paul.
He was, he was a, maybe in aways a peacemaker.
(10:08):
We're going to have an episodeabout peacemaking because Paul
was not at peace with the churchearly on, uh, before he his
conversion, and it needed to bein a way vouched for and and
Paul and Barnabas did that forPaul.
Josh (10:23):
Our reality check for finding our groove to me is just
this where do I start?
And a lot of us, it's just notknown where to start, right, and
so I think it's because peoplewait for big opportunities
instead of just open their eyesto see where they're at.
And then the other part of thisis just feeling unqualified.
We talked about notunderstanding what ministry
(10:46):
means.
We could think that ourminister or anyone else is
highly gifted.
That falls on them and not onus, because we're unqualified.
Mark (10:59):
Well, here's the truth.
God has qualified all of us,he's equipped us.
Let's take a look over inEphesians 4.
We're going to look at verse 11and 12.
Now you talked about, you know,those who are, you know, in the
ministry, putting quotes aroundthat you want to talk about
(11:20):
ministry.
You've got the apostles inverse 11 of Ephesians 4, and he
gave the apostles, the prophets,the evangelists, the shepherds
or elders or bishops they're theleaders of the church and
teachers.
He gave all of them.
Why?
Why?
For the grand titles that theyhad.
(11:43):
No, their mission was to equipthe saints that's you and me,
that's everyone for the work ofministry this does.
This is not describing theministry of the apostles or the
ministry of the prophets, or theministry of the evangelists or
preachers, or even the teachers.
(12:05):
It's talking about the work ofministry for the saints, ie
everyone, and the goal there isbuilding up the body of Christ,
as we've already talked about inEphesians 4, 15 to 16.
Josh (12:20):
I love that, because it just means that we don't have to
figure it all out.
We just need to be willing tostep forward and try.
Mark (12:26):
So your mission this week is to find your groove.
So the first step in that is,as it always should be in every
new venture we undertake, is topray for guidance.
Ask God to reveal where hewants to use you in the kingdom.
To reveal where he wants to useyou in the kingdom, you know.
(12:47):
Take a moment, Think about whatyou naturally enjoy doing.
What are you good at?
I don't know, Josh.
Nobody's really going to ask meto lead singing because maybe
they understand that wouldn't bethe best use of my talent, or
lack thereof.
So it takes a little bit ofeffort to look at yourself
(13:09):
objectively and try to identifyyour gifts.
But I think it's also what doyou enjoy doing?
You're not.
You maybe could at something,but if it's really not
fulfilling or it's really notsomething that you enjoy doing,
you're not going to be as likelyto do it.
Josh (13:25):
You know, what's interesting is when people
around you see it.
They know what your groove isand you don't even see it.
If I'm being honest, I was inmy mid-20s I'm kind of
embarrassed to say it where Isat across from someone and they
told me what my thing was, andthat was empowering because then
you could just go and do it.
So a part of this is to go talkto someone.
If you're listening, you'rethinking I hear you guys, I want
to go do more.
(13:46):
I want to know what my grooveis, but I don't know what it is.
Mark (13:56):
And we're saying is maybe go ask someone that you respect
and love and ask them what doyou think?
My groove is yeah, and ifyou're really young, maybe talk
to your parents or talk tosomeone at church.
For the rest of us, we couldtalk to maybe an elder or a
preacher or one of our mentors,somebody who knows you well.
It is also good to just to trysome things.
We had a situation in one ofour classes where we will talk
(14:21):
about it in a future episode,but we kind of focused on little
things, just little things thatyou can do.
One of those was one of thechallenges was just write a card
to somebody at church.
You know, we make theannouncement so-and-so is sick,
so-and-so is going to have asurgery, it's going through, you
(14:43):
know, chemo treatment forcancer.
There's a lot of need out there, and so we asked our class to
write a note and a person cameup to us almost with tears in
his eyes and said I've neverwritten a note to anybody.
And it was not a confession.
It was like I'm glad that youchallenged me to do this because
(15:05):
they benefited from doing it,and so you may find, I think, if
that person did not feel goodor enjoy doing it, they wouldn't
have come and told us about it.
I bet that person's writtenmore notes.
So just trying something againthat maybe you haven't done
before.
It doesn't have to be big, startsmall, but be intentional and
(15:29):
and look at it from aperspective of can I do this on
a regular basis?
You know, look for things thatare a part of my service.
Look for things that are goingto show I'm bearing fruit, I'm
doing good, I'm at work in thekingdom.
God is using me to encourageothers.
(15:49):
When you look at you know, Josh, what are the qualifications
for being an encourager?
That's not really a positionlike an elder or deacon, defined
, you know, in scripture, withvery detailed qualifications.
What are the qualifications forbeing an encourager?
Josh (16:06):
I think back to one of the first episodes we have.
We talked about Jesus.
He felt compassion and he actedon it Okay.
Mark (16:12):
So you're saying that you need to Feel it and act.
Feel it and act, got it.
So these steps of prayer,reflection, trying some things,
and then even talking to otherswho know you well and say ask
them, what do you think I shoulddo Right, what are the things,
(16:36):
the strengths that you see in methat maybe I don't see myself?
And these are the first stepsof kind of finding your groove
in the kingdom.
This could be something like.
I'll just give a couple of quickexamples you know the ladies at
church who come and surround anew mom-to-be.
(16:58):
You know to give advice to, youknow to equip them with the
things that they need to be aparent, organizing showers,
celebrating the life that isinside that young mom, that's a
groove.
(17:18):
I mean, if your thing is thatwe have a lady at our church,
her groove is making sure thatthose who have suffered some
loss in their family get flowers, and so we as individuals make
sure that that person has thefunds on a regular basis and she
(17:39):
takes it.
That's her groove.
We know that she's got it,she's embraced it, she enjoys it
and it's powerful.
It is very powerful, exactly.
Josh (17:49):
Well, as always, we assume that a lot of you are driving
and some of you may be on a walk, and so you didn't write these
things down.
So just know that your missionthis week will be posted on
social media.
Mark (18:01):
That's it for today's episode of Made for Good.
If this conversation encouragedyou or challenged you on how
you fit in and what your role inthe body of Christ is, be sure
to subscribe so you don't missthe next one.
Josh (18:13):
And we hope you found this helpful and if you did consider
sharing it with a friend.
Until next time, go out, findyour groove and remember you
were made for this.
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