The most effective motivation is for people to have a clear understanding of their spiritual gifts and to understand the call that God has placed on their lives. Think of the power of these words of Jesus when people personally apply them: “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” Jesus —John 16:8, 16 What motivates people to serve? The book