For this study on the gifts of God I pulled from my reference material Life Principle Notes from Charles Stanley’s In Touch Ministries titled “Living in the Power of the Holy Spirit”. You can go to their website and copy what I’m using if you want a more in depth review of these gifts. While every Christian may have abilities in several of these areas God has given each of us the ability to excel in at least one of these seven areas. That means the plans God has for us will utilize our special gift to fulfill God’s plan. If you know your gift you have a clue to what God has planned for you. Our goal then is to first identify our special gift and then find ways to develop it so we’re useful to God while we’re still here on earth.
Jer 29:11 – For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
1 Pet 4:10 – As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1 Jn 4:1 – Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God.