The document discusses how Christians are all parts of the body of Christ. While parts have different functions, all are necessary for the healthy functioning of the whole body. No part should feel superior or inferior, as each has a valuable role to play and depends on the others. To be part of Christ is to serve his body, the church, using the gifts God has given each believer.

1. 1 Corinthians 12:12-14
The body is a unit, though it is made up of
many parts; and though all its parts are
many, they form one body. So it is with
Christ. For we were all baptized by one
Spirit into one body—whether Jews or
Greeks, slave or free—and we were all
given the one Spirit to drink. Now the body
is not made up of one part but many.
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2. 1 Corinthians 12:15-16
If the foot should say, “Because I am not a
hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would
not for that reason cease to be part of the
body. And if the ear should say, “Because I
am not an eye, I do not belong to the
body,” it would not for that reason cease to
be a part of the body.
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3. 1 Corinthians 12:17-20
If the whole body were an eye, where
would the sense of hearing be? If the
whole body were an ear, where would the
sense of smell be? But in fact God has
arranged the parts in the body, every one
of them, just as He wanted them to be. If
they were all one part, where would the
body be? As it is, there are many parts, but
one body.
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4. 1 Corinthians 12:21-23
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t
need you!” And the head cannot say to the
feet, “I don’t need you!” On the contrary,
those parts of the body that seem to be
weaker are indispensable, and the parts
that we think are less honorable we treat
with special honor. And the parts that are
unpresentable are treated with special
modesty,
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5. 1 Corinthians 12:24-26
while our presentable parts need no special
treatment. But God has combined the
members of the body and has given greater
honor to the parts that lacked it, so that
there should be no division in the body, but
that its parts should have equal concern for
each other. If one part suffers, every part
suffers with it; if one part is honored, every
part rejoices with it.
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6. 1 Corinthians 12:27-28
Now you are the body of Christ, and each
of you is a part of it. And in the church God
has appointed first of all apostles, second
prophets, third teachers, then workers of
miracles, also those having gifts of healing,
those able to help others, those with gifts
of administration, and those speaking in
different kinds of tongues.
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7. 1 Corinthians 12:29-31
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all
teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all
have gifts of healing? Do all speak in
tongues? Do all interpret? But eagerly
desire the greater gifts. And now I will
show you the most excellent way.
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8. Overall HEALTH is
determined by how well
each PART does its PART
Walking the walk goes beyond our
PERSONAL conversion and PRIVATE life with
Jesus to our RELATIONSHIP to His body, the
church.
When you get DISEASE in your body, you
TREAT the disease; not walk away from the
body.

9. As part of the BODY
you have a ROLE.
You have value for who you are, not for who
you COMPARE to someone else.
Next steps include discovering WHO God
created you to be and HOW He has called
you to serve.

10. As part of the body
not only does the
body NEED you, but
you NEED the body.
Sometimes we don’t realize what we are
MISSING until we FIND it.
Moving from first steps to next steps is
realizing you are a part of the body and to
SEEK to do your part.

11. The body can only
operate as well as all
the parts work
TOGETHER for the
good of the WHOLE
If you are in Christ, the question is not
whether or not you are a part of His body;
only whether or not you are a HEALTHY part.

12. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Reflect on being a part of the body of
Christ
( ) Evaluate how God can use me
( ) Meditate on how being a part of a body
of Christ helps all to grow
( ) Become a covenant member of Network
( ) Other________________________