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Spiritual Gifts Inventory
Answer the following questions as best as you can. At the bottom, you will be able to tally the spiritual gifts form.
Considering the varied perspectives on the gifts listed above, we have chosen to focus on the gifts included in this Spiritual Gifts Inventory. Answer the following questions based on your interest in the specified activities. Assume that you have all the experience and training necessary to accomplish the task. React to your "gut" feeling. Answer honestly, not wishfully. Work as quickly as possible.

How do I enjoy serving the Lord and others with my time and energy?

1. Rejoice in God's provision even while the checkbook is in the red.

2. Clean someone's kitchen once a week.

3. Search the Bible to check the validity of a sermon.

4. Think of ways to make content "come alive" for students.

5. Recognize root problems, which are keeping one from growing spiritually.

6. Help with the emotional pain of the unemployed.

7. Give use of my car for the youth retreats.

8. Plead the cause of God to the people of the church and/or the world.

9. Talk about Jesus to strangers who do not know Him.

10. Motivate groups toward specific Biblical objectives.

11. Be responsible for the spiritual lives of Christians.

12. Organize ideas, tasks, people and time for Christian service.

13. Wait as long as needed for the right job opening.

14. Run lights for a drama.

15. Recognize when people are pretending or wearing masks.

16. Earnestly desire to explain Biblical principles to others.

17. Map out a plan of action to help develop spiritual maturity in an individual.

18. Sympathize with those who are experiencing hurt.

19. Organize and fund an appreciation dinner.

20. Correct wrong thinking in a friend.

21. Confront my friends and relatives to determine where they stand spiritually.

22. Help, lead, guide, and direct people in an important church ministry.

23. Nurture and disciple people.

24. Plan things where people are involved.

25. Grow a garden from seed.

26. Set up the chairs for a church banquet.

27. Detect deceptive or manipulative persons and teachings.

28. Through careful study, clarify ideas for learners.

29. Share a meal with someone while discussing his or her relationship with the Lord.

30. Work with people who suffer physical, mental, or emotional problems.

31. Give when confronted with financial needs for God's Kingdom.

32. Speak out on spiritual insights from the Scriptures relating to people.

33. Be instrumental in leading others to believe in Christ as their Savior.

34. Lead and direct others toward goals.

35. Take responsibility and help a Christian being led astray.

36. Make effective plans to accomplish goals.

37. Trust God to come through when things seem impossible.

38. Do dishes after a small group breakfast.

39. Look beneath the surface and perceive others' qualities.

40. Communicate the excitement of an idea in a cross-cultural setting.

41. Write notes to praise someone's performance.

42. Detect the spiritual and emotional atmosphere of a group or individual.

43. Look for new ways to give financially to the Lord's work.

44. Proclaim timely and urgent messages from God's word.

45. End conversations about the Gospel with clear closure.

46. Preside at a meeting to chart a new course.

47. Guide other believers toward spiritual maturity

48. Coordinate the details necessary to meet a deadline.

49. Trust the safety rope while rock climbing.

50. Stamp and fill envelopes for the church secretary.

51. Develop an ability to discriminate between good and evil in today?s world.

52. Break large concepts into understandable pieces.

53. Spend some time helping in a counseling ministry.

54. Come along side of someone who is healing after the loss of a parent.

55. Maintain a lower standard of living in order to benefit God?s work with your financial support.

56. Build up, encourage, and comfort Christians by speaking to them of spiritual things.

57. Share your beliefs in a way that makes them clear and meaningful.

58. Bear the brunt of criticism for a team's failure.

59. Equip people to do ministry

60. Delegate important tasks to the right people at the right time.

61. Believe that God would heal a family member of cancer.

62. Arrive early Sunday morning to get the coffee going.

63. Interview someone for ministry placement in the church.

64. Discover new ideas to share with others.

65. Help hurting people see God?s answers to life?s problems.

66. Sense when people are hurting in some way, and feel their pain.

67. Pay rent for a family whose breadwinner has been laid off.

68. Speak out on the moral issues of the day such as abortion, teen sex, and racism.

69. Listen critically and carefully to what someone else believes.

70. Sense when a group is spinning its wheels, and do something about it.

71. Work to help a group bond together.

72. Decide when projects or ministries need to be implemented.

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