Spiritual Gifts

[Bluerose31]

How do you know what your spiritual gifts are? If you'd feel comfortable, please share your spiritual gifts.

 

[RC1970]

Before you are concerned with the Gifts, be sure you are fully engaged in the Fruits. As a Christian you should manifest each of the Fruits of the Spirit.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” ~ Galatians 5:22

 

[Winken]

Singing. Ministering. Counseling.

 

[Solomons Porch]

How do you know what your spiritual gifts are? If you'd feel comfortable, please share your spiritual gifts.

They will manifest and it is not within your own fleshly ability to cause any of it to happen, it just happens and is given to you freely, but with trust and protecting the anointing of it. It's like having an undeserved present straight from the Lord.

 

[DavidaAC]

How do you know what your spiritual gifts are? If you'd feel comfortable, please share your spiritual gifts.

From my experience, spiritual gifts just start to show after you're saved, along with the fruit of the Spirit. Mine are discernment, ministering, mercy, and giving.

 

[frienden thalord]

Whatever the Lord gives he will give.
But it is never for personal glory or recognition
Every time one is used, I have noticed it just came and that it was used for the sake of the other.
an example you can get a word of knowledge about one , something only they know
but its not like a spirit of divination to be used whenever.
this is different. it only has occurred three times in eight years
and each time I just instantly knew a specific thing about a person
when it was said , they would be shocked and it was always for evangelizing.
always. I believe that may have been word of knowledge
But the gift when it happened I never felt self exalted like wow , it was
not like that at all, it was like the whole focus was on the other person to bring them to Christ.
spiritual discernment that one occurs by his grace more often.
But this has nothing to do with me, I am nothing.
HE just gives what is needed , when its needed.
Davida, hello..........I noticed you mouse changed colors.
yall be blessed and praise the LORD.

 

[frienden thalord]

a spirit of divination YOU don't want. new age and others have it .

 

[sunshineforJesus]

I took a spiritual gifts test and mine are Mercy,Exhortation,and gifts of service, I love being
involved in ministrys serving the Lord. I am also a compassionate person.

 

[Bluerose31]

I think one of mine is mercy

 

[PKFox]

Faith is my primary spiritual gift because of how strongly I believe in God and put my trust in Him. As for other gifts, I enjoy serving and helping others, and I like helping others understand the Word, but I'm not that great at reaching out to people (particularly non-Christians) to teach them about Jesus.

 

[Beautyinsteadofashes]

How do you know what your spiritual gifts are? If you'd feel comfortable, please share your spiritual gifts.

Im not sure how to tell what might be a spiritual gift. But recently someone told me that when we use such gifts we will feel true joy in doing so.
My advice would be to find what you live doing. What gives you a feeling of satisfaction, a high you can't explain

 

[tturt]

If you hear a friend has lost their job, what is your immediate response? Encourage them, be sympathetic, contribute financially, buy some groceries, want to teach them how to prepare for their next job, etc. Sometimes the response to this question helps point out the area we're to serve.

 

[WebersHome]

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If I were permitted to select a spiritual gift for myself, it would be the ability to give wise advice as per 1Cor 12:8.

For example: by means of the wisdom that God gave him, Solomon knew just what to do in the case of two women disputing the possession of a child (1Kgs 3:16-28). Had it been left up to me; I would have been baffled.

I've been pretty much on the scale of a Forrest Gumpster all my life. The gift of wisdom would be a welcome relief.

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[Andrew4jesus]

How do you know what your spiritual gifts are? If you'd feel comfortable, please share your spiritual gifts.

I have " the sight of Christ" I see the living & I see their sins and I love them still.

 

[Biblicist]

As with any thread that asks about what we often refer to as being "spiritual gifts", the first thing that needs to be asked is what each person thinks a "spiritual gift" is. What many people equate with "spiritual gifts" are quite often only natural talents or learned abilities which even a non-Christian can exhibit.

 

[Beautyinsteadofashes]

What are so

As with any thread that asks about what we often refer to as being "spiritual gifts", the first thing that needs to be asked is what each person thinks a "spiritual gift" is. What many people equate with "spiritual gifts" are quite often only natural talents or learned abilities which even a non-Christian can exhibit.[/QUOTE

 

[Beautyinsteadofashes]

What are so

As with any thread that asks about what we often refer to as being "spiritual gifts", the first thing that needs to be asked is what each person thinks a "spiritual gift" is. What many people equate with "spiritual gifts" are quite often only natural talents or learned abilities which even a non-Christian can exhibit.

What are some examples of spiritual gifts

 

[Biblicist]

What are some examples of spiritual gifts

Hi, as this particular topic has been of great interest to me for a number of years, I realised maybe a couple of decades back that how the Christian community (or even communities) speaks of what we term as being "spiritual gifts" often has us running around circles, where we often do not know what someone else means when they use this particular term; even worse, we can easily presume that they mean something when in fact they might even mean something quite different.

The problem that exists with this particular term, which will be acknowledged by all the better commentaries, is that our English term "spiritual gifts" has no direct equivalent in the Greek text, which means that the term can mean whatever we want it to mean, or where it means what we think that it is supposed to mean.

Anyway, for what it's worth, my position is that there are only 9 Manifestations of the Spirit (aka, spiritual gifts) and they are found in 1 Cor 12:7-11. Paul also tells us that there are 8 Congregational Offices in 1 Cor 12:28;


9 Manifestations of the Spirit (1Cor 12:7-11) These nine are what we should deem to be "spiritual gifts":

1. Wisdom
2. Knowledge
3. Faith
4. Healings
5. Power (aka, miracles)
6. Prophecy
7. Discerning of spirit
8. Tongues
9. Interpretation of tongues

8 Congregational Offices (1 Cor 12:28)

1. Apostle (i.e., missionaries/church planters)
2. Prophets
3. Teachers
4. Powers
   
5. Healings
6. Administrations
7. Helps
8. Tongues

Things such as giving and caring are actually more aligned with being fruits of the Spirit which are distinct from the Manifestations of the Spirit (aka, spiritual gifts). The four Offices that I have marked in Bold are in my view natural talents/abilities and the other four are driven entirely by the Holy Spirit.

 

[Beautyinsteadofashes]

Hi, as this particular topic has been of great interest to me for a number of years, I realised maybe a couple of decades back that how the Christian community (or even communities) speaks of what we term as being "spiritual gifts" often has us running around circles, where we often do not know what someone else means when they use this particular term; even worse, we can easily presume that they mean something when in fact they might even mean something quite different.

The problem that exists with this particular term, which will be acknowledged by all the better commentaries, is that our English term "spiritual gifts" has no direct equivalent in the Greek text, which means that the term can mean whatever we want it to mean, or where it means what we think that it is supposed to mean.

Anyway, for what it's worth, my position is that there are only 9 Manifestations of the Spirit (aka, spiritual gifts) and they are found in 1 Cor 12:7-11. Paul also tells us that there are 8 Congregational Offices in 1 Cor 12:28;


9 Manifestations of the Spirit (1Cor 12:7-11) These nine are what we should deem to be "spiritual gifts":

1. Wisdom
2. Knowledge
3. Faith
4. Healings
5. Power (aka, miracles)
6. Prophecy
7. Discerning of spirit
8. Tongues
9. Interpretation of tongues

8 Congregational Offices (1 Cor 12:28)

1. Apostle (i.e., missionaries/church planters)
2. Prophets
3. Teachers
4. Powers
   
5. Healings
6. Administrations
7. Helps
8. Tongues

Things such as giving and caring are actually more aligned with being fruits of the Spirit which are distinct from the Manifestations of the Spirit (aka, spiritual gifts). The four Offices that I have marked in Bold are in my view natural talents/abilities and the other four are driven entirely by the Holy Spirit.

Thank you for your response. Now I just have to figure out which gift I have. I assume that we all have at least one

 

[JacquelineDeane55]

Hi, RC1970. You mentioned that we should display the fruits of the Spirit in our lives. I believe in the spirit world, but I don't seem to have any of the fruits. All I feel is emotional nothingness. Love and Joy are emotions, right? Then how come I don't feel them? How come sometimes I have no peace in my life? All these years I thought I was saved. Does this mean I am not saved?

I do pray to GOD to help me eradicate sin out of my life, but He still isn't helping me be a better person. He knows that I cannot do it on my own. Why doesn't He help me?