Motivational Spiritual Gifts
Do you feel you are truly living the life you were created to live? A few years back I discovered that I had received a gift that I needed to unwrap and so I did.
I can tell you now that I know I am living the life that I was created to live and I am so grateful and love each and every day. It truly is a fabulous thing!!! The feeling of having a purpose and being gifted to serve others is one of the greatest experiences you can know. I want you to have that kind of life too! A life where you wake up every day and love what you do and love who you are!
One of the greatest compliments I have ever received was when a dear friend of mine, Michelle, said "I want what Rhonda's got." She wasn't talking about anything material, she wanted peace and joy and love in her life.
In Romans 12:3-8 we learn that as Christians, in Christ, we are given one (or more) of seven motivational gifts. Just as our body has different parts with different functions that all work together towards the same goal, Christians are gifted with different gifts so that we all can work together towards the same goal.
Why would I have Spiritual Gifts on a Marriage Restoration website? By knowing your spiritual gift, you can determine your purpose here on earth. Once you know your purpose, you can then test and approve what God’s will is, his good, pleasing and perfect will. Living out your purpose, has much to do with whether life is fulfilling or frustrating, fun or frantic.
Prophecy - The person who speaks God's will, or who foretells future events, is called a prophet/prophetess because he or she is speaking God's message. A true prophet is one hundred percent accurate. Their prophecy is absolutely without error, down to the minutest detail. Anyone who claims 70%, 80%, or 90% accuracy is not a prophet of God.
God is the Author of all true prophecy. In understanding Biblical prophecy, we must understand that God's message through prophecy to man is not bound by our limitations of time. Prophecy is history told in advance, the prophet often describe future events in the past tense, as if they had already occurred. A prophet could also describe future events as describing a picture. He/She is not bound by ones understanding of time, and events might not be in strict chronological order. The prophecy might be more critical than the order of events, and some prophecy are conditional.
Serving – To do service. The gift of service is a combination gift; helps and ministering, two expressions of the same gift. People with this gift enjoy manual projects. They are not kings. They do not even want to be kings. They are happy working behind the scenes. They are “king-makers.”
Teaching – The teacher is one who communicates knowledge, guides, makes known or relays facts. The person with the gift of teaching is not the person we often think of as a teacher in the Sunday school class. The teacher is the scholar, the person who learns and teaches with more depth than the average Sunday school teacher. The teacher usually becomes a teacher of teachers, having the desire to go to great depths to research a project or topic.
There are two areas for which teachers live: learning and teaching (or writing if teaching through the written medium). Teachers would rather gain knowledge than to eat, sleep, or just about anything else.
Exhorting – The exhorter is a “how to” person. Everything he or she teaches revolves around telling people “how to do it.” Although the gift of exhortation has a different motivation than the gift of teaching, it is still a teaching gift. Exhorters often make the best counselors, because they are willing to spend time with people and give them practical steps to solve their problems. They also can see the big picture – from problem to solution. Exhorters are people of practical application, yet very result oriented. Everything they do must be done on a very practical basis. They are not very interested in theology or doctrine, but in the practical aspects of the Scriptures in order to teach people how to solve problems and make the necessary changes to be a more mature Christian. (Of course, they wish to be doctrinally sound, but that is not their emphasis.) They have a strong belief that God’s Word has the answer for every problem.
Administrating- Leading, ruling, organizing, governing, and administering are words that come from different translations of the Scriptures for Leader. Leaders/Administrators are “take charge” people who jump in and start giving orders when no one is in charge (sometimes when someone else is in charge). They put a plan on paper and start delegating responsibility. The committee or group reports back to them and they work the whole scheme of the program together. If a program or event is scheduled, they almost instantly have a plan to carry it out. When followed, the plan usually makes the event more effective. Administrators usually have one of two leadership styles. One organizes things, events or programs. The other organizes people and emphasizes personal relationships and leadership responsibilities.
Giver – To give over, to share, to give to, to impart. The important thing here is not to spiritualize and explain away this gift. Some say that this gift refers to giving of yourself and your time, that it doesn’t really mean giving money or material resources. On the contrary, givers honestly feel that the best way they can give of themselves is to give of their material gain for the work of God. They feel that since God gave them the ability to make money, they should use it to give back to God and His work. Everyone should tithe, but the giver goes far beyond the tithe.
Mercy – To feel sympathy with or for others. People with this gift are comforters who enter into the grief or happiness of others, having the ability to show empathy. To show empathy goes beyond sympathy. Sympathy feels for others, empathy feels with others. Empathizers emotionally go through what the victim goes through. They minister to the sick, the poor, the retarded, the prisoners, the blind, the aged, the homely, etc. They are willing to deal with people, and minister to these people who have needs that most other people feel very uncomfortable working with. Mercy-showers seem to always say the right thing at the right time. They are the ones people call first when they hurt because something bad happens or when they feel great because of some good thing happening to them. When there is a death, mercy-showers are the first to be at the house holding someone’s hand or fixing a meal.
Do you want to wake up every day and love what you do and love who you are? It is important to discover your spiritual gift and plan your purpose. Couldn't you get excited for a life that is fulfilling and fun?
It is just as important to understand the other 6 spiritual gifts that you are not given in order to understand the actions of other people in your life.
If you need help determining your spiritual gift or your purpose here on earth, you’ve come to the right place. I can help you get on track serving in God’s kingdom.
Send me an email at Rhonda@RhondaNeely.com or go to the Contact Page and fill in the form.
You have only listed one of the gift of the Spirit, the others listed are awesome gifts also. Don't limit what God has in store for you. 1 Cor 12:11 The Holy Spirit is the one who decided who receives which gift(s). Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith, Miracles, Healing,Prophecy, Distinguishing between spirits, Speaking in Tongues & Discernment of Tongues.
God Bless,
Steve
Hi Steve! I have all 7 motivational spiritual gifts and during a website reconstruction 6 of them wouldn’t show. Thanks to you, I was made aware of the issue and now the page has been corrected.
Blessings,
Rhonda
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