Ministry Profile: How Your Walk with God Fits

Your life is like a puzzle. The pieces fit together to make a whole. When you combine your spiritual gifts, personality, passions, and experience you will discover a picture which shows you how you can best serve the Lord with maximum effectiveness. ----YOUR MINISTRY PROFILE !

ministry profiles - spiritual gifts, personality, heart passions, experience, walk with God

Walk with God:
Motivates You
For Ministry

Essential to the proper outworking of your ministry profile is a growing, close walk with God. Spiritual gifts, personality, heart passions, and experience blend together to yield a greater effectiveness in serving God, but they will only take you so far if they are not under the constant refining work of the Spirit of God.

Scripture on How Your Walk Helps You in Ministry

Learn more about how your walk fits into your ministry profile in the book, Finding Your Best Fit in Ministry.

What areas of your walk with God need further equipping?

Click on the topics below to take you to recommended books and internet resources that may be of help to you in your walk with God. While seeking to choose sites and books that are doctrinally sound, the Ministry Tools Resource Center makes no claim to total endorsement of any listing. Many of the links will take you off the MinTools.com site and onto other sites, many with which we are an affiliate.

       Balancing Life
       Becoming a Christian
       Bible study
       Faith
       Fasting
       Following God
       General
       Grace
       Letting Go of the Past
       Prayer
       Spirit-Filled Living
       Spiritual Disciplines
       Spiritual Warfare
       Stewardship
       Witnessing
       Worship

Walk the Walk
Devotional Series

BALANCING LIFE
Books A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives by Richard A. Swenson Freedom from Tyranny of the Urgent by Charles E. Hummel From Clutter to Clarity: Simplifying from the Inside Out by Nancy Twigg Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives by Richard A. Swenson Ordering Your Private World by Gordon MacDonald To Top		Internet Resources Four benefits of putting margin in your life
BECOMING A CHRISTIAN
Books More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell New Evidence That Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel To Top		Internet Resources Steps to Peace With God The Bridge to Life The Four Spiritual Laws The Jesus Film
BIBLE STUDY - Click here for resources on Bible Study & Reading.
FAITH
Books, DVD's Faith & Doubt by John Ortberg Five Things God Uses to Grow Your Faith, DVD Study Fresh Faith: What Happens When Real Faith Ignites God's People by Jim Cymbala The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel Why Faith Makes Sense: Reasons You Can Believe God Is Real by Will Davis To Top		Internet Resources Everyday Ways To Build Your Faith Pursuing a God-centered Faith
FASTING
Books A Hunger for God: Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer by John Piper Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough by Elmer L. Towns To Top		Internet Resources Fasting: The Misunderstood Discipline
FOLLOWING GOD
Books Following Christ: Experiencing Life The Way It Was Meant to Be by Joseph M. Stowell Just Like Jesus by Max Lucado What Matters Most: Four Absolute Necessities in Following Christ by Tony Evans To Top		Internet Resources The Wheel
GENERAL
Books Walk the Walk Devotional Series by Ministry Tools Resource Center A Handbook for Christian Maturity 10 Basic Steps Series by Bill Bright Experiencing God by Henry T. Blackaby Knowing God by J. I. Packer The Owner's Manual for Christians by Charles R. Swindoll To Top		Internet Resources WALK with God: Acrostic of Four Essential Characteristics Ten Basic Steps Toward Christian Maturity
GRACE
Books Captured By Grace: No One is Beyond the Reach of a Loving God by David Jeremiah Grace Walk by Steve McVey In the Grip of Grace by Max Lucado The Grace and Truth Paradox by Randy Alcorn Transforming Grace by Jerry Bridges What's So Amazing About Grace by Philip Yancey To Top		Internet Resources Carried By Grace
LETTING GO OF THE PAST
Books 12 Steps: A Spiritual Journey by Friends in Recovery (workbook) Changes That Heal by Dr. Henry Cloud Making Peace With Your Past by H. Norman Wright Reframe Your Life Audiobook on CD Pain into Purpose by Stephen Arterburn Telling Yourself the Truth by William Backus The Search For Significance by Robert S. McGee Turn Your Life Around: Break Free from Your Past to a New and Better You by Dr. Tim Clinton (Out of print but may find it used on Amazon.com) To Top
PRAYER - Click here for resources on prayer.
SPIRIT-FILLED LIVING
Books Spirit-Controlled Temperament by Tim F. LaHaye The New Spirit-Controlled Woman by Beverly LaHaye The Wonderful Spirit Filled Life by Charles F. Stanley To Top		Internet Resources Have You Made the Wonderful Discovery of the Spirit-Filled Life? How You Can Be Filled with the Holy Spirit: The Wonderful News of the Spirit-Filled Life How You Can Walk in the Spirit: Experiencing the Adventure The Christian and the Holy Spirit
SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES
Books Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard J. Foster Habits of a Child's Heart: Raising Your Kids with the Spiritual Disciplines by Valerie E. Hess & Marti Watson Garlett, Ph.D. Simplify Your Spiritual Life: Spiritual Disciplines for the Overwhelmed by Donald S. Whitney So You Want to Be Like Christ? Eight Essentials to Get You There by Charles Swindoll Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald S. Whitney The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People by John Ortberg The Spirit of the Disciplines : Understanding How God Changes Lives by Dallas Willard To Top		Internet Resources Spiritual Disciplines from 9 to 5 The Center for Biblical Spirituality
SPIRITUAL WARFARE
Books Guide to Spiritual Warfare by E.M. Bounds Praying God's Word: Breaking Free from Spiritual Strongholds by Beth Moore Standing Strong: How to Resist the Enemy of Your Soul by John MacArthur The Adversary by Mark I. Bubek The Bondage Breaker by Neil T. Anderson When the Enemy Strikes by Charles F. Stanley To Top		Internet Resources Is This Really Warfare? Satan Hates You And Has A Terrible Plan For Your Life Weapons That Work
STEWARDSHIP
Books Fields of Gold by Andy Stanley Free and Clear: God's Roadmap to Debt-Free Living by Howard Dayton Giving and Tithing: Includes Serving and Stewardship by Larry Burkett Giving: Unlocking the Heart of Good Stewardship, Pursuing Spiritual Transformation by John Ortberg, Laurie Pederson, Judson Poling Money Possessions and Eternity, Revised and Updated by Randy Alcorn The Generosity Factor by Ken Blanchard & S. Truett Cathy The New Master Your Money: A Step-by-Step Plan for Gaining and Enjoying Financial Freedom by Ron Blue The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn The World's Easiest Guide to Finances by Larry Burkett Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey Your Money Counts : The Biblical Guide to Earning, Spending, Saving, Investing, Giving, and Getting Out of Debt by Howard Dayton To Top		Internet Resources 10 Financial Principles That Are Biblical Crown Financial Ministries God and Money Life's Pressures: Debt Rejoicing in His Abundance, Sharing His Resources Seeking God's Kingdom Seven Principles of Finance for the Believer Curriculum & Bible Studies Discovering God's Way of Handling Money How to Manage Your Money: An In-Depth Bible Study On Personal Finances by Larry Burkett Money Map Coach Training Course - CD by Crown Financial Ministries Road to Financial Freedom Curriculum Series Kit by Crown Financial Ministries The ABC's of Handling Money God's Way by Howard Dayton, Beverly Dayton - for ages 5 to 7 The Secret of Handling Money God's Way by Howard Dayton, Beverly Dayton - for ages 8 to 12 Understanding Financial Stewardship by Charles Stanley
WITNESSING - Click here for resources on witnessing / outreach. WORSHIP - Click here for resources on worship.

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Ministry Profile: How Your Walk with God Fits

Walk with God:Motivates YouFor Ministry

What areas of your walk with God need further equipping?

Walk with God:
Motivates You
For Ministry