The Loft Link-Up ~ Spiritual Gifts

Today’s topic will offer us some insight into our very own selves. God created each of us with at least one spiritual gift.

In Romans 12:6, Paul tells us that we have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. He echoes this message in 1 Corinthians 7:7 when he says, “each of you has your own gift from God”.

In 1 Corinthians 12: 1-11 (ESV), Paul offers the classic passage on spiritual gifts. Let’s read it:

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.

You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.

Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit

and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;

and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.

To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

Do you know what spiritual gifting(s) God created within you? If not, here is a link to a quick spiritual gift assessment that you may download, print, and take so you can know your spiritual gift. There is also a link to a list of the spiritual gifts and a tool that you can use to discover where and how you might use your gift. It is only when we are operating out of our giftings that we can be most effective for the kingdom of Jesus.

SPIRITUAL GIFT ASSESSMENT TOOL

I would love for you to leave me a comment telling me what spiritual gift(s) God gave to you, and how you are using it to serve the kingdom.

If you have a blog post related to our topic of Spiritual gifts, please link it at the bottom of my post using our linky. Thanks for stopping in!

We are a topic driven link-up, which means that we link posts that pertain to the topic of the week. Posts that are not on topic will be deleted.

We will offer a month’s worth of topics each week so you can plan and prepare for a post that helps you enter into the conversation. Here are the topics for the next month:

May 18 ~ Spiritual gifts

May 25 ~ Pot Luck

June 1 ~ Summer Vacation

June 8 ~ Things that have Shaped My Faith

Just a reminder that the link-up goes live on Wednesday morning at 5am and will stay live until the following Monday at 5pm. If you link up at The Loft, please do not link-and-run. We want to create conversation and community, therefore, we ask that if you linkup one post, please visit two others. There are some beautiful people who link-up each week, and visiting their posts is the best way to get to know them.

Now, it it time to get to today’s link-up. Our prompt today is SPIRITUAL GIFTS. Link up a post today. You will find the linky at the bottom of my post. Enjoy the fellowship at The Loft.