The Holy Spirit – Gifts of the Spirit

Another benefit of being filled with God’s Spirit is that the Spirit empowers you for God’s service. There are many kinds of different spiritual service gifts. Some are very practical such as helping gifts, administration, generosity or leadership. Some gifts are about caring such as the gifts of mercy, hospitality and encouragement. Some gifts are weird and wonderful like speaking in tongues, healing or prophecy. Some will help others develop faith in God such as the gift of evangelism or teaching. All the gifts are important and all Christians have one or more spiritual gifts for God’s service.

Be open to any opportunity that comes your way to serve God. It could be that the types of opportunities that keep coming your way, the ones that you can do well and enjoy doing, may actually indicate the special way God has gifted you for service.