Spiritual Gifts in Ministry
Table Description
Hearing from God and Developing Spiritual Gifts A Bible study & discussion group with activation, practice & prayer
Week 1: The importance of the gifts
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What is the purpose of the gifts? Why needed?
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How do we get them? Do we all have gifts?
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Which are the gifts we will focus on? (inspirational gift of prophecy, & briefly gifts of revelation of words of knowledge, words of wisdom, discernment of spirit)
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Spiritual gift inventories: Spiritual gift inventories: can be helpful to identity your gifts but with some things to consider.
Activation & time of prayer
Week 2: Hearing God's voice & importance to the gifts
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Why is hearing God's voice important?
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Jn. 10:27 talks about us being sheep able to hear His voice. What does hearing His voice mean & what ways does He communicate with us?
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Differentiation between Satan's voice, our voice, God's voice
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Five ways to be sure you are hearing from Him
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Tips in hearing from God
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A Guide for hearing
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What spiritual exercises can I practice to improve my ability to hear God's voice:
Activation: prayer & practice exercise
Week 3: How to cultivate and steward the gifts
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What would be a prerequisite of cultivating our gifts that we touched on in week 1?
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What traits can we pursue that will help create an atmosphere where Holy Spirit can manifest more?
Activation: prayer & practice exercise
Week 4: The Prophetic: tips on how to give and receive
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Guidelines for giving a prophetic word
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Confirming and stewarding a prophetic word
Activation: prayer & practice exercise
Week 5: Hindrances to the operation of gifts
1) Lacking understanding of how to apply to daily living (1 Cor. 12:1
2) Not seeking the Lord, waiting on Him & listening for what's on His heart for others & not our agendas (Ps.46:10 Be still & know that I am God)
3) Basic doubt or unbelief (Hebr. 3:18,19 not able to enter in because of unbelief)
4) Not being sensitive to others or to the Spirit-not listening to someone else
(1 Cor. 14:30 But if anything is revealed to another who sits by, let the first keep silent)
5) Pride: wanting to impress others or be known for our gift
6) Stepping back or not being available due to fear because of past criticism or mistakes (2 Timothy 1:6,7 stir up your gift, not given a spirit of fear...)
7) Underestimating how God may want to use you especially if you're quiet, thinking it's the more vocal or eloquent that should speak
8) Feeling unworthy - believing we are not holy enough or equipped enough
Activation: prayer & practice exercise.