Don’t you want to lead a gifted life, where you know God is in control and that you’re using all your gifts and talents to the good of the kingdom and for your own great blessing? There is a way to make that happen. I call this process “Guidance, Gifts and Goals.” Guidance Seek guidance from God. God doesn’t usually send down road signs (although He can!). Finding His will is more often a matter of being in relationship with Him. That happens through prayer, Bible study, meditation, worship. The more we do these things, the more allied we are with the Holy Spirit. Journal the process. You can often…

Helping people to identify their spiritual gifts is wonderful, but sometimes they don’t know where to go from there. Give them solid suggestions on possible avenues for operating their spiritual gifts. Whether your church is large, small or in-between, below are some ideas on where an individual’s spiritual gifts might fit within the life of the church. Administration Building and maintaining the church’s structure to encourage vital ministries. From the Greek work kubernesis, it refers to a ship’s pilot, guiding the ship expertly along its course. You can also think of it as divinely-inspired project management. Church retreat Children’s ministry Library Most committees Office volunteer Special projects Usher Website Vacation…

There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:4) Natural talents are gifts that are born with us. They include such things as artistic, musical and mathematical talents, or talents for public speaking, dancing, construction, or athletics. Skills such as these will always come more naturally to those who are talented, though they are possible for people who lack inborn talent in a certain area to develop some basic skills in that area. Spiritual gifts are sets of supernatural skills that God gives Christians for the sake of witnessing in the world, and strengthening each other and the church as the Body of Christ. Natural talents…