Core Truth: Whether we realize it or not, every believer is called to some sort of Christian ministry and if we allow Him to, God will use everything we’ve been through from the moment of our birth until now – whether good or bad – as the “matrix” or means of shaping our lives for maximum service and usefulness to Him and of greatest blessing to others.
Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-13, 2;10 (AMP)
And His gifts to the church were varied and He Himself appointed some as apostles [special messengers], some as prophets [who speak a new message from God to the people], some as evangelists [who spread the good news of salvation], and some as pastors and teachers [to shepherd and guide and instruct], and He did this to fully equip and perfect the saints for works of service, to build up the body of Christ [the church]; until we all reach oneness in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God [growing spiritually] to become a mature believer, reaching to the measure of the fullness of Christ…For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared for us beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].