Focus on God so he can reveal the spiritual gifts he has for you and show you how he wants you to use them for his glory.

work best as you actively engage other people. If you are more reserved by nature, your personality will complement your giftedness. Second, spiritual gifts are not the same as natural talents. You can be a very talented architect, salesperson, or manager, but those are not spiritual gifts. Leslie B. Flynn explains, “Talents have to do with techniq

I have seen that people discover their gifts as they minister to others. The more you serve God in ministry, the more clearly you will see your gifts.

In order to help you better understand your personality, we will consider two things: How you relate to others: Your Kingdom Purpose is all about people, so it is important to discover how you relate to others. How you respond to opportunities: You will encounter many serving opportunities throughout your life, so understanding how you react to var

She could either return to her comfortable life or hear the cries of the suffering and let her heart be engaged. “I made a conscious decision to open my heart to the pain,” she said. “When I did, God broke my heart. He shattered it in a million pieces, and I cried for days.” She cried in shame because the AIDS pandemic had been building for two dec

In his essay, “The Weight of Glory,” C. S. Lewis writes: “It would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is mean

In 1 Corinthians 12:7, Paul says, “A spiritual gift is given to each of us as a means of helping the entire church” (NLT).

Os Guinness, in his book The Call, talks about the role of giftedness. Os says, “The purpose of giftedness is stewardship and service, not selfishness.”3

In her book, Discovering Your Divine Assignment, Robin Chaddock asks, “Have you ever had someone say to you ‘Thank you so much’ and your response was ‘But I didn’t do anything’? . . . People will be healed by God through you just being and doing what God meant you to be and do, not by all the things you think you should be and do to benefit the wor