
1 Now, dear brothers and sisters, regarding your question about the special abilities (gifts) the Spirit gives us. I don’t want you to misunderstand this… 4 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all.
1 Corinthians 12:1,4
• God is a
A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.
1 Corinthians 12:7
God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.
1 Peter 4:10
• A spiritual gift is given to
12 The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ… 18 Our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. 19 How strange a body would be if it had only one part! 20 Yes, there are many parts, but only one body. 21 The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.” 22 In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary.
1 Corinthians 12:12,18-22
8 To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. 9 The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing. 10 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. 11 It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.
1 Corinthians 12:8-11
We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.
Romans 12:6a
Types of Gifts
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How to Discover Your Gifts
• Seek the
15 “If you love me, obey my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. 17 He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.”
John 14:15-17
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- Take a Spiritual Gift Test. (App on your phone).)
- Ask someone close to you to take it for you as well.
• Give it
6 In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. 7 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. 8 If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.
Romans 12:6-8