How to discover, develop and deploy spiritual gifts for kingdom impact
Spiritual Gifts Experience Assessment
- Prophecy – The divine enablement to proclaim God’s truth with power adn clarity in a timely and culturally sensitive fashion for correction, repentance, or edification. ABility to reveal God’s Word accurately.
People with this gift ask: What went wrong? What caused this? - Service – The divine enablement to attach spiritual value to the accomplishment of physical tasks within the body of Christ. Ability to demonstrate love by meeting practical needs that releases other Christians for direct spiritual ministry.
People with this gift ask: What can I do to help? - Teaching – The divine enablement to understand and give detailed explanation of biblical truth. Ability to search out and validate truth that has been presented.
People with this gift ask: What is truth? Where did you get that? - Exhortation – The divine enablement to come alongside another in need of encouragement to reassure, strengthen, affirm, and challenge those who are discouraged or wavering in their faith. Ability to stimulate the faith of others.
People with this gift ask: What must be done to fix this? How can we move to wholeness? - Giving – The divine enablement to earn money, manage it well, and wisely contribute to the work of the Lord with cheerfulness and liberality. Ability to entrust personal assets to others for the furtherance of their ministry.
People with this gift ask: What can I give to meet the need? - Leadership – The divine enablement to see what needs to be done, set goals, and attract, lead, and motivate people to accomplish the work of the ministry. Ability to coordinate the activities of others for the achievement of common goals.
People with this gift ask: Where’s the goal? - Mercy – The divine enablement to minister cheerfully and appropriately to people who are suffering or undeserving and to spare them from punishment or consequences justly deserved. Ability to identify with and comfort those who are in distress.
People with this gift ask: How can I make them feel better?
