The document discusses the importance of hands and their various functions. It provides 7 fun facts about hands and their anatomy. It then explores the 5 main works of the hands: to signal, give, love, transfer, and do work. It emphasizes using one's hands to serve God and others to their fullest potential without pride or comparison.

1. HANDS ARE MADE
FOR WORKING
BY HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH NIFEMI

2. 7 FUN FACTS!
1. The end part of a person's arm beyond the wrist, including the palm, fingers,
and thumb.
2. 27 bones, 29 joints and at least 123 named ligaments in the human hand
3. You cannot get a tan on your palm and underside of your fingers
4. Unique – Finger ID
5. Your fingers/fingernails show your state of health
6. Our fingers are even more sensitive than the eyes
7. The vein on your ring finger is the vein of love.

3. Importance of Hands
Ecclesiastes 9:10 (NIV)
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your
might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are
going, there is neither working nor planning nor
knowledge nor wisdom.

4. 5 WORKS OF THE HAND
-Signal
-Transfer
-Give
-Love
-Do

5. SIGNAL
Signal with your hands and fingers
GESTURE: a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the
head, to express an idea or meaning
Fun Fact 4 - Unique – Finger ID
Matthew 5:16 - Let your light so shine before men, that. they may see
your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven

6. GIVE/HELP
Giving
Mark 12:41-44 - Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put
money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. 4Then one poor widow
came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. So He called His disciples to
Himself and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more
than all those who have given to the treasury; 44 for they all put in out of their
abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.”
Ananias and Sapphira – Acts 5: 1-11
Are we being honest to ourselves about how much we give?

7. GIVE/HELP
Exodus 17:11-12 As long as Moses held up his hands, the
Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands,
the Amalekites were winning. When Moses’ hands grew tired,
they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron
and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the
other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.

8. Love & Unity
Isaiah 54:5 - For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is
his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of
the whole earth he is called
Fun Fact 7 - The vein on your ring finger is the vein of love.
Are you single or married?
What/Who are you holding hands with?

9. TRANSFER/ TOUCH
Acts 8:17 - Then they began laying their hands on
them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 9: 21 - She said to herself, "If I only touch his
cloak, I will be healed.
Fun Fact No. 6 - Our fingers are even more
sensitive than the eyes

10. Parable of the Talents
Matthew 25: 14-30
24 Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said, ‘Master, I
knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and
gathering crops you didn’t cultivate. 25 I was afraid I would lose your
money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back.’ 26 “But
the master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy servant!

11. DO
Galatians 6: 4-5
Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have
been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don’t be impressed
with yourself. Don’t compare yourself with others. Each of you must
take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with
your own life.

12. WHO YOU ARE
Make a careful exploration of who you are
Who am I?
Who am I in Christ?
What was I created to be?
What gap was I created to fill?

13. YOUR WORK
Make a careful exploration of. …the work you have been given
What am I good at?
What am I bad at?
What am I passionate?
Where has God called me to?
What is my sphere of influence?

14. SINK YOURSELF
And then sink yourself into that
SINK: go down below the surface of
something, especially of a liquid; become
submerged

15. PRIDE
Don’t be impressed with yourself
Isaiah 2:8 -Their land has also been filled with idols; They worship the work of
their hands, That which their own fingers have made
Jeremiah 1: 16- I will speak My judgments against them for all the wickedness
of those who have abandoned (rejected) Me, offered sacrifices or burned
incense to other gods, and worshiped the [idolatrous] works of their own hands.
The Wickedness of Work-Worship

16. COMPARISON
Don’t compare yourself with others
1 Corinthians 12: 4-6
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit
distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service,
but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of
working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same
God at work.

17. CREATIVE BEST
Responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.
Bezalel
◦ Exodus 31: 2-6 “Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the
son of Hur, or the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill,
ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts – to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver
and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of
craftsmanship.”
◦ Genesis 1 - “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was
formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was
hovering over the waters. And God said ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”

18. 1st Peter 4:10
Just as each one of you has received a special gift [a
spiritual talent, an ability graciously given by God],
employ it in serving one another as [is appropriate for]
good stewards of God’s multi-faceted grace [faithfully
using the diverse, varied gifts and abilities granted to
Christians by God’s unmerited favor]