While most Christians rightly point to a lack of attendees, financial resources or society’s increased immorality as reasons for the decline of church influence; how would one’s perspective change if one were to judge those contained within its own walls? For instance, is it reasonable for a church to expect to be a light unto this world when many of its members do not know of and do not believe that God has given them any spiritual gifts? Will not the church continue to remain on the fringes of society and be perceived as one “voice” amongst many as long as her words remain unaccompanied by the demonstration of the Spirit’s power (1 Corinthians 2:4)? With only one in five people attending church in North America and 65 to 94 percent of teens leaving church because they never established a personal relationship with God, one would think that every single Christian would want to know and use their spiritual gifts to plant seeds of righteousness before these people perish! This sermon is going to focus on how to overcome the reasons why Christians choose to ignore their gifting by examining five simple steps to get them to use their spiritual gifts: overcoming fear by faith, acquiring some passion, be willing to feel some pain, acknowledging one’s limits and working together within the body of Christ.