SERMON NOTES for Sunday 2 Feb 2025 – SHAPE (Personality)

Psalm 139:13-14 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made”

Personality: Understanding How God Made Me 

– God made each of us unique, and He loves variety!  

– Personality tests can help us understand ourselves and others.  

Recommended Test: DISC – see ivychurch.org/SHAPE 

Other Personality Tools you may have heard of?   

– The Big Five  

– Myers-Briggs (e.g., Extrovert vs. Introvert)  

– These tools provide insights but don’t define you—God does!  

Lessons from Cain and Abel (Genesis 4)

– Cain and Abel both gave offerings to God.  

– Abel gave his F________ and B___________ with faith and love.  

– Cain gave “some” of what he had produced (different attitude).  

Key Takeaways: 

– Abel loved to G__________ and his offering was accepted because HOW he gave, not WHAT he gave. 

– Cain lived to G______   and his jealousy and bitterness led to anger, but God warned him:  “Sin is crouching at your door…you must rule over it” (Genesis 4:7).  

Generosity Is Not a P_______________________ 

– It’s a decision and action reflecting an attitude of gratitude.  

What God Really Wants From Me Today: 

Mark 12:30 – “You must love the Lord your God with all your HEART, all your SOUL, all your MIND, and all your STRENGTH.”  

– Only YOU can love God in the way He uniquely designed you to.  

On FIRSTFRUITS SUNDAY: REFLECT: 

– Will I live to GET or to love to GIVE?  

– God gave His best—His Son—for us. Today, offer the best of yourself back to Him.  

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