Many thanks to Nan Pashon for leading worship and preaching this morning! I am sure that she added much to this manuscript. Many Gifts, One Spirit 1 Corinthians 12:4-13 First Presbyterian Church, Sterling, IL May 26, 2013 “I didn't need to understand the hypostatic unity of the Trinity; I just needed to turn my life over to whoever came up with redwood trees.” ― Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith 1 Corinthians 12:4-13 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of he
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