Are you living out the gifts God gave you, or are you trying to fit into someone else's expectations of what a Christian should be?

What does it really mean to discover your God-given purpose? And how does understanding our unique gifts change the way we experience and participate in the Church?

In this episode of **More to Church**, Brandt Johnson sits down with Christian life coach and speaker Courtney Loui for an honest conversation about spiritual gifts, Christian purpose, biblical community, and what it means to function as the Body of Christ.

Drawing from Ephesians 4 and Paul's teaching about the Body of Christ, we explore why God never intended every believer to serve in the same way, fill the same roles, or operate within the same limitations.

Too often, traditional church culture creates expectations that everyone should teach, lead, speak publicly, volunteer, or fit into a predetermined ministry role. But what if we've misunderstood the purpose of spiritual gifts altogether?

**In this conversation, we explore:**

- How to recognize and develop your unique God-given gifts.
- Why you don't have to be good at everything to serve God effectively.
- What Ephesians 4 teaches us about equipping and building up the Church.
- How personality differences and individual limitations can strengthen Christian community.
- Why unity doesn't mean uniformity.
- The dangers of forcing people into traditional church roles.
- How the Church can function more like a body and less like an organization.
- Why serving God isn't limited to what happens on Sunday morning.
- How to discover your calling in the ordinary moments of everyday life.

We also discuss something important: **You don't have to wait until life is perfect to start living out your purpose.** You may already be using the gifts God gave you without even recognizing them.

Whether you've struggled to find your place in traditional church settings, wondered how your gifts fit into the bigger picture, or simply want to understand what biblical community was meant to look like, this conversation is for you.

### CONNECT WITH COURTNEY LOUI

Courtney offers Christian life coaching, speaking, and resources to help women better understand how God uniquely designed and equipped them.

Explore her Embrace Your Potential Playbook and learn more about discovering your God-given gifts:

Gift: Embrace Your Potential Playbook
https://coffeechatsandyogamats.thrivecart.com/potential/

God-Given Gifts Chat:
https://coffeechatsandyogamats.com/giftchat

Cortney’s contact: hello@coffeechatsandyogamats.com

### MORE TO CHURCH

What if church was never supposed to be about a building, a Sunday service, or a select group of people doing all the work?

More to Church is about rediscovering the biblical vision of the Church as a people — a community of believers equipped to serve, encourage, challenge, and build one another up.

If you're interested in exploring a more organic, biblical understanding of the Church, questioning traditional assumptions, and rediscovering what it means to follow Jesus together, you're in the right place.

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