"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of
witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin
that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the
race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1 NIV
Investigate your feelings.
Your gift may tie in directly with your temperament
and personality. The same God who gives spiritual
gifts also made up our total being. Know your potential strengths and weaknesses.
Identify the opportunities.
Look for needs. Based upon your gifting find out where you can be
useful. Do it.
Inspect your results.
Your spiritual gift should work. Gifted people get results. If you have the gift of
healing, sick people will get well.
Invent a small group or join a team.
Using Your Gifts Wisely
We are to know our gifts.
"A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each
other."
1 Corinthians 12:7 NLT
We should never neglect our gifts.
"Do not neglect the spiritual gift you received through the
prophecy spoken over you when the elders of the church laid
their hands on you." 1 Timothy 4:14 NLT
We are to stir our gifts.
"Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in
you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given
us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound
mind." 2 Timothy 1:6-7 NKJV
Use our gifts in love and serve in God's house.
"God has given each of you a gift from His great variety of
spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another..."
1 Peter 4:10-11 NLT