The Importance Of Spiritual Gifts

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This book is written to help people, specifically followers of Christ, to find their place in the church. The fact of the matter is that every believer was created for a purpose and every believer has a certain role in the body of Christ. If a believer is missing or not fulfilling their role, the body lacks and hurts. Just as our human bodies are handicapped when we are missing a finger or have poor vision, so is the case of the church when a believer isn’t serving. The other thing that the author talks about is when a believer is serving in an area not suitable for his/her gifts. That, too, can hurt the church because that person is not where God intended them to be in the body. Everyone has specific spiritual gifts and spiritual gifts are
It is negligence to not know them or to not seek to know what they are. Spiritual gifts are not the same as natural talents, the fruits of the Spirit, spiritual disciplines, or ministry positions. Spiritual gifts are what God has given me after my confession of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and they are for the benefit of the body of Christ. I learned that my spiritual gifts are intercession, the ability to pray on behalf of others and for them, while seeing frequent results. My second one was encouragement, this means that I like to encourage or strengthen those who are questioning their faith or maybe just need a bit of a boost to get back on the path God has called them too. My third gift was helps. Helps causes me to serve in a way that accomplishes tasks so that others are freed up to do other things and it also enables me to help meet the needs of others. I was shocked that intercession was number one, but at the same time, it’s no surprise at all because I find myself constantly in prayer for others and their
People aren’t serving because they don’t know their servant profile, but even once they know, they still don’t apply that knowledge into serving the body. In that case, it 's more a heart issue.
What you are going to apply: Now that I know my gifts, personal style, and passion, I must walk obediently with God. I must find the area of service within the body that best suits my gifts, my personal style, and my passion. To God it is not the amount of work we do for Him or for the body, but rather the condition of heart as we serve. We must reflect the love of Christ to those we serve. It is so easy for a task driven person like myself to forget to love others. Loving others is one of the commandments Jesus stressed the most. If God was worried about tasks, He could create robots to do that work. Robots cannot love, creation can.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I am not 100 percent sure if there is a specific area for a person with intercession, encouragement, and helps as their top three gifts. But I know that those gifts can be used in various avenues like kid’s ministry, prayer team, etc. I know that my calling is to make disciples of Jesus Christ and being obedient to His Holy Spirit. This book has really helped me to learn about myself. When we are serving the alignment with our gifts, we are serving the way God has intended for us to serve and we find our place amongst the

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