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Day 4: Speaking and Serving

Live Out Your Calling · With One Another · May 16, 2026

Scripture
If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. — 1 Peter 4:11 (NIV)
1 Peter 4:11

Peter breaks gifts into two categories: speaking and serving. If you speak, speak as if God is speaking through you. If you serve, serve with the strength God provides. The goal in both is the same: that God may be praised through Jesus Christ. Not that you would be noticed. Not that you would get credit. That He would get the glory. That takes the pressure off. The results are His responsibility.

Prayer

Lord, let my words and my service bring glory to You. Help me serve in Your strength, not my own.

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