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Discover Your Spiritual Gifts!
As you take this Spiritual Gifts Discovery Tool, spend a few moments in prayer, asking God, the Holy Spirit, to bless your assessment of your gifts.
In the New Testament there are “gift lists” in which the words “gift” or “gifts” are used:
- Romans 12:3-8
- 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, 27-30
- Ephesians 4:7-13
- 1 Peter 4:7-11.
Elsewhere the Bible speaks of talents and skills such as carpentry, music, craftsmanship, etc. Spiritual gifts, however, are the ministries the Spirit has gifted us to accomplish. They are special abilities given to Christians for the sake of building up the Body of Christ and extending His mission on earth. (Brief definition or description of each gift)
Not every Christian has every spiritual gift. Most Christians have just a few spiritual gifts, and they may even change over time as we mature and as God leads us into new ministries and tasks. The needs of the church and our own maturity as Christians are strong determinants of our spiritual gifts.
Galatians 5:22-23 gives us the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The Spirit grows all nine of these fruit in every Christian. These fruit are the attitudes with which we use our gifts. Think of the gifts as activities and the fruit as attitudes.
Spiritual gifts are normally divided into four areas: people gifts, speaking gifts, serving gifts, and sign gifts. Gifts in all four areas are listed in the New Testament and still very much operative in the church today. Now let’s see which ones are yours.
Please set aside a few minutes to take the inventory. After you submit your answers, your results will be shown to you. Blessings!
“Having then gifts differing according to the grace
that is given to us.”
Romans 12:6