Spiritual Gifts

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Spiritual Gifts

• What They Are?
• What They Are Not?
• What Do They Look Like?
• What Are My Gifts?
• What Do I do With Them?

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What are Spiritual Gifts?

• Spiritual Gifts are divine endowments given by
  God to be used in meaningful service which builds
  up the Body of Christ.
• We learn about Spiritual Gifts mainly in
• 1 Corinthians 12-14
• Romans 12
• Ephesians 4

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What they are Not

• Spiritual gifts are not the same thing as
  natural talent, or learned ability.
• Many people have natural talents and
• learned abilities, and they may be used in the
  service of God and His Church.
• But, only believers have Spiritual Gifts, since
  they have the Spirit and it is in the presence of
  the Spirit that gifts are given

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What do they look like?

• There are several lists of Spiritual Gifts.
• Some differentiate between types of gifts.
  What is essential to remember is that all are
  important to the functioning of the Body.

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• As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
  The eye cannot say to the hand, I dont need
  you!
• -- 1 Corinthians 12-20-21a
• . . . so that there should be no division in
  the body, but that its parts should have equal
  concern for each other. If one part suffers,
  every part suffers with it if one part is
  honored, every part rejoices with it.
• -- 1 Corinthians 12 25-26

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What Do They Look Like?

• Administration/Guidance
• Apostleship
• Celibacy
• Craftsmanship/Artisan
• Discernment/Distinguishing Spirits
• Encouragement
• Evangelism
• Exhortation
• Faith
• Giving

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• Healing
• Helps/Service
• Hospitality
• Intercession/Prayer
• Knowledge
• Leadership
• Mercy/Compassion
• Miracles
• Music

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• Pastoring/Shepherding
• Poverty (Voluntary)
• Prophesy
• Teaching
• Tongues (Interpretation)
• Tongues (Speaking)
• Wisdom
• Writing

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• Administration the special ability to steer
• the Body toward the accomplishment of God-given
  goals and directives by planning, organizing, and
  supervising others.
• Apostle the divine ability to start and
  oversee the development of new churches or
  ministry structures.
• Celibacy the special ability to voluntarily
  remain single without regret and with the ability
  to maintain control over sexual impulses so as to
  serve the Lord without distraction.

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• Craftsmanship the divine enablement to
  creatively design and/or construct items to be
  used for ministry or the divine enablement to
  communicate Gods truth through a variety of art
  forms.
• Discernment the divine enablement to
  distinguish between truth and error, to discern
  spirits, differentiating between good and evil,
• right and wrong.

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• Encouragement the special ability to offer
• comfort, words of encouragement, hope, and
  reassurance to discouraged, weak, or troubled
  Christians in such a way that they are consoled.
• Evangelism the divine enablement to effectively
  communicate the gospel to unbelievers so they
  respond in faith and move toward discipleship.

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• Exhortation the divine enablement to present
  truth so as to strengthen or urge to action those
  who are discouraged or wavering in their faith.
• Faith the divine enablement to act on Gods
  promises with confidence and unwavering belief in
  Gods ability to fulfill His purposes.

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• Giving the divine enablement to contribute
  money and resources to the work of the Lord with
  cheerfulness and liberality.
• Healing - the divine enablement to be Gods
  means for restoring people to wholeness.

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• Helps/Serving the divine enablement to
  accomplish practical and necessary tasks which
  free-up, support, and meet the needs of others.
• Hospitality the divine enablement to care for
  people by providing fellowship, food, and shelter.

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• Intercession/Prayer the divine enablement to
  consistently pray on behalf of and for others,
  seeing frequent and specific results.
• Knowledge the divine enablement to bring truth
  to the Body through a revelation or Biblical
  insight.

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• Leadership the divine enablement to cast
  vision, motivate, and direct people to
  harmoniously accomplish the purposes of God.
• Mercy/Compassion the divine enablement to
  cheerfully and practically help those who are
  suffering or are in need by putting compassion
  into action.

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• Miracles the special ability to serve as a
  human intermediary through whom God performs
  special acts of supernatural power.
• Missionary the special ability God gives to
  some to minister whatever other spiritual gifts
  they have in another culture.

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• Music the gift that gives a believer the
  capacity to present personal witness and
  inspiration to others through instrumental
  music, singing, or dancing.
• Pastor/Shepherd the divine enablement to
  nurture, care for, and guide people toward
  on-going spiritual maturity and becoming like
  Christ.

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• Poverty (Voluntary) the special ability to
• God gives to some to purposely live
  impoverished lifestyles to serve and aid others
  with their material resources.
• Prophet/Prophecy the divine enablement to
  reveal truth and proclaim it in a timely and
  relevant manner for understanding, correction,
  repentance, or edification.

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• Teaching/Teacher the divine enablement to
  understand, clearly explain, or apply the Word of
  God causing greater Christ-likeness in the lives
  of listeners.
• Tongues (Interpreting) the special ability God
  gives to some to translate the message of one who
  speaks in tongues.

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• Tongues (Speaking) the special ability God
  gives to speak prayer or praise in a language
  they have never learned or to communicate a
  message from God to His people.
• Wisdom the special ability to know the mind of
  the Holy Spirit in such a way as to receive
  insight into how knowledge may best be applied to
  specific needs arising in the Body of Christ.

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• Writing the special God-given ability to
  formulate thoughts and ideas into meaningful
  written forms so that the reader will find
  courage, guidance, knowledge, or edification
  through the words.

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What Are My Gifts?

• The Spiritual Gift Test consists of 140
  statements. You respond by entering a number for
  each on the Analysis Sheet.
• Depending upon how you feel about each
  statement, enter a number from 1 to 10, where 1
  means the statement does not describe you at all
  and 10 means it describes you perfectly. The
  test should take about an hour to complete.

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• As you take the test, enter a response (1 to 10
  indicating how well the statement describes you)
  in the pre-numbered boxes. Continue this for
  each column of the test.
• Respond to each statement quickly with your
  first feeling. Dont be modest. Do not unfold
  the Analysis Sheet until you have finished the
  questions. Then follow the directions on Page 8.

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What Do I Do With My Gifts?

• Find the group (numbered 1-28) and spend some
  time developing a list of opportunities to use
  your gift(s) at Saint Peters. Do not only think
  of existing opportunities, but be creative in
  developing new ministries, as well.
• Have a member of the group write down
• the results of your discussion.

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Whats Next?

• Fill out one of the report forms listing your
  gifts.
• Volunteer for one of the ministry opportunities
  at St. Peters, or propose
• a new ministry.
• Communicate with those who have a similar gift to
  share ideas for ministry.

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• The End
• (or is it The Beginning?)