Bring honor and joy to the Giver

Gifts from God . . .

Did you know that we all are given special gifts from God? At the moment we become saved, God imparts a special gift, or maybe two or three, to His child. Unlike the gifts we receive here on earth, these gifts are to be used to bring honor and joy to the Giver, not the gifted!

The spiritual gifts believers are given are to lift others up, to encourage them, to teach them, to comfort them, and even to strengthen their faith. These gifts are to give away and to share, not to keep wrapped up in a pretty bow somewhere. As we gift others in the Body, they in turn gift us with their special gifts and talents!

Have you discovered your special gift?

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; 7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; 8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. (Romans 12: 6-8)