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| What is your gift? |
A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can
help each other. To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise
advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. The
same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit
gives the gift of healing. He gives one person the power to perform miracles,
and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to
discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still
another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while
another is given the ability to interpret what is being said. It is the one and
only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each
person should have. 1 Corinthians 12:7-11
Meditate. What spiritual gifts do you have and how do you
use them?
Have you ever done a Spiritual Gifts evaluation? It is a
questionnaire that fill out and your response to the suggested circumstances
reveals the spiritual gifts that you have. Here is one that you can download
and use from Lifeway.
It is not a test—just a response to traits, actions, characteristics. Everyone
has at least one and this will show you your top three gifts. Over the years it
can change—but usually not very much. A few years ago, our Small Group Bible
Study did such an evaluation and it was amazing that within our group of about
twelve people we had all the Spiritual Gifts. I hope you will try it.
The gifts are: Leadership, Administration, Teaching,
Knowledge Wisdom, Prophecy, Discernment, Exhortation, Shepherding, faith,
Evangelism, Apostleship, Service/Helps, Mercy, Giving, and Hospitality.
An explanation of the gifts can be read in another Lifeway
page about the Spiritual
Gifts. So, once you discover your spiritual gifts you can consider what in
what ministry you could use those gifts. Those like Teaching, Shepherding,
Service, and Giving are pretty obvious. For Evangelism you don’t have to hit
the road or fly around the world…just learn how you can tell others about Jesus
right where you live.
When you know your gifts and applicable ministries it is up
to you to decide if and when you want to devote yourself to that ministry. As
always, we have a “choice” when we have an opportunity to serve the Lord. Do you want
to do what the gifts the Holy Spirit has given you?
Verses of Salvation ~ For God saved us and called us to
live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was
his plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ
Jesus. And now he has made all of this plain to us by the appearing of Christ
Jesus, our Savior. He broke the power of death and illuminated the way to life
and immortality through the Good News. 2 Timothy 1:9-10
© 2023 Text, photos, and illustrations by Mickey M. Hunacek. All
rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT) unless
otherwise noted.
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House Foundation.
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