Monday, July 11, 2011

Spiritual Gifts

A lot of my pastor friends have been talking about the Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts this summer. Strangely I haven't gotten overloaded on it but have actually enjoyed it immensely. My buddy Andy wrote about Spiritual Gifts and invited people to take a survey over at his blog. I had never before taken a spiritual gift inventory but was interested so I took it. If you'd like to take a spiritual gifts survey click here. You'll be amazed at how easy this test makes it to realize the parts of your personality that are there because they are gifts from God. The UMC Website has a section on spiritual gifts that includes film and media that displays your spiritual gifts. My three gifts were these:

Mercy / Compassion (Serving Gift) - The special gift whereby the Spirit enables certain Christians to feel exceptional empathy and compassion for those who are suffering (physically, mentally, or emotionally) so as to feel genuine sympathy for their misery, speaking words of compassion, but more so caring for them with acts of love that help alleviate their distress.  The UMC mentions Attitcus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird as being an excellent film example of compassion and mercy. Guess that's why I love the book so much.


Knowledge (Speaking Gift) - The special gift whereby the Spirit enables certain Christians to understand in an exceptional way the great truths of God's Word and to make them relevant to specific situations in the church. Also, the desire to seek out and learn as much about the Bible as possible through gathering much information and the analysis of that data


Helps / Serving (Serving Gift) - The gift that enables a believer to work gladly behind the scenes in order that God's work is fulfilled. The special ability God gives to some to serve the church in a supporting roll or to invest their talents in the life and ministry of other members of the body enabling them to increase their effectiveness.


I feel these gifts are incredibly accurate. I hope that my friends would agree they see these spiritual gifts in me. What are your spiritual gifts?

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