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God has designed you with a unique SHAPE.  This enables you to serve God in ways no other person can.  Below are a list of Spiritual Gifts.  Please prayerfully review the list and think about which ones you believe God has given you.

PREACHING ("Prophecy")1 Cor. 14:3 - The ability to publicly communicate God's Word in an inspired way that convinces unbeliever and both challenges and comforts believers. The ability to persuasively declare God's Will.

EVANGELISM Acts 8:26-40 - The ability to communicate the Good News of Jesus Christ to unbelievers in a positive, non-threatening way. The ability to sense opportunities to share Christ and lead people to respond with faith.

MISSIONS 1 Cor. 9:19-23, Acts 13:2-3 - The ability to adapt to a different culture to reach unbelievers and help believers from that culture.

APOSTLE Romans 15:20 - The ability to start new churches and oversee their development.

TEACHING Eph. 4:12-13 - The ability to educate God's people by clearly explaining and applying the Bible in a way that causes them to learn. The ability to equip and train other believers for ministry.

ENCOURAGEMENT ("Exhortation") Acts 14:22 - The ability to motivate God's people to apply and act on Biblical principles, especially when they are discouraged or wavering in their faith. The ability to bring out the best in others and challenge them to develop their potential.

WISDOM 1 Cor. 2:1, 6-16 - The ability to understand God's perspective on life situations and share those insights in a simple, understandable way. The ability to explain what to do and how to do it.

DISCERNMENT 1 John 4:1-6 - The ability to distinguish right from wrong, truth from error, and to give an immediate evaluation based on God's Word. The ability to discern whether the source of an experience is Satan, self, or God's Spirit.

KNOWLEDGE Daniel 1:17 - The ability to discover, collect, analyze, and organize information that is vital to individual believers or the entire church family. The ability to comprehend a large amount of information and provide it when needed for effective decision-making.

SERVICE Acts 6:1-7 - The ability to recognize needs in the church family, and take the initiative to provide practical assistance quickly, cheerfully, and without a need for recognition.

MERCY Luke 10:30-37 - The ability to detect hurt and empathize with those who are suffering in the church family. The ability to provide compassionate and cheerful support to those experiencing distress, crisis, or pain.

HOSPITALITY 1 Peter 4:9-10 - The ability to make others, especially strangers, feel warmly welcomed, accepted, and comfortable in the church family. The ability to coordinate factors that promote fellowship.

PASTORING ("Shepherding") 1 Peter 5:2-4 - The ability to care for the spiritual needs of a group of believers and equip them for ministry. The ability to nurture a small group in spiritual growth and assume responsibility for their welfare.

GIVING 2 Cor. 8:1-7 - The ability to generously contribute material resources and/or money beyond the 10% tithe so that the Body may grow and be strengthened. The ability to earn and manage money so it may be given to support the ministry of others.

MUSIC Psalm 150 - The ability to celebrate God's presence through music, either vocal or instrumental, and to led the church family in worship.

ARTS & CRAFTS Exodus 31:3-11 - The ability to build, maintain, or beautify the place of worship for God's glory. The ability to express worship through a variety of art forms.

INTERCESSION Col. 1:9-12 - The ability to pray for the needs of others in the church family over extended periods of time on a regular basis. The ability to persist in prayer and not be discouraged until the answer arrives.

HEALING James 5:14-16 - The ability to pray in faith specifically for people who need physical, emotional, or spiritual healing and see God answer. The ability to sense when God is prompting you to pray this kind of prayer.

MIRACLES Mark 11:23-24 - The ability to pray in faith specifically for God's supernatural intervention into an impossible situation and see God answer. The ability to sense when God is prompting you to pray this kind of prayer.

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