The Spiritual Gifts

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The Spiritual Gifts
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The Spiritual Gifts

• You cannot be the person God wants you to be, if
  you do not know what your spiritual gifts are,
  and use them!

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The Spiritual Gifts

• Asking Jesus into your life results in two
  things
• The Holy Spirit enters into you.
• You are given a gift(s) as a result.

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The Spiritual Gifts

• Myths concerning the spiritual gifts
• 1. For the super-spiritual people ?
• NO everyone. 1 Corinthians 127
• 2. To make me more spiritual / holy?
• NO for the good of the church.

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The Spiritual Gifts

• Three Significant Passages
• Romans 12
• 1 Corinthians 12
• Ephesians 4

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• A spiritual gift is a special attribute given by
  the Holy Spirit to each member of the Body of
  Christ, according to Gods grace, for use within
  the context of the Body.

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The Spiritual Gifts

• Miraculous
• Speaking tongues, healing, miracles and
  interpretation of tongues
• Non-miraculous
• Prophecy, teaching, knowledge, wisdom,
  exhortation, faith, discernment, helps, serving,
  administration, leading, giving, mercy, celibacy,
  martyrdom.
• ? And more

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The Spiritual Gifts

• Your Gifting is linked to your calling!
• Desire
• Discover
• Develop them

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The Spiritual Gifts

• Ways to Discover Your Gifting
• Have awareness off what they are explore the
  Scriptures suggested in the previous slides.
• Experiment with them and evaluate your
  effectiveness
• Examine your feelings, nature and personality
  (they are linked to your calling)
• Consult and get the advice of others
• Use a test (or questionnaire) to help point you

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• Ways to Develop Your Gifting
• Speak to those who might have the gifts you
  believe you have
• Use available opportunities in the greater church
  context
• Where they dont exist, create them
• Read and research

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The Spiritual Gifts

• You cannot be the person God wants you to be, if
  you do not know what your spiritual gifts are,
  and use them!

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The Spiritual Gifts

• Thank God for his Spirit that lives in you
• Thank God that he has given you one or more gifts
• Tell God that you really desire to use them
• Tell God that you want to develop and use them to
  build His Kingdom
• Ask God for guidance as you set about this
  process