Thank you for starting 2022 with me by identifying and operating in your Spiritual Gifts! I know that inviting Holy Spirit into our daily walk will dramatically change our lives! By walking in our Spiritual Gifts, we will have less discontentment, anxiety, stress, hopelessness, and will stop aimlessly wondering for the next relationship, promotion, new job, or for someone to validate our worth. For we are told in John 14:15-18 If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be
in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
During this series, we explored the following to learn more about spiritual gifts:
Have you opened your gift?
What are spiritual gifts?
Things we can do to identify our gifts.
The difference between gifts and talents.
To review, Spiritual Gifts are from God through the power of the Holy Spirit and they are:
Word of Wisdom
Word of Knowledge
Gift of Prophecy
Gift of Faith
Gifts of Healing
The Working of Miracles
Discerning of Spirits
Speaking in Tongues
Interpretation of Tongues
As we conclude this series, we will discuss “How are you using your gift and talents?” Many of you, like me, may have been trained in the church which laid the foundation for who we are today. Let’s start today by integrating our spiritual gifts into our daily walk. Also, we can start today by using our talents to build God’s Kingdom! We have several tools at our disposal to help us sharpen our talents and walk in our Spiritual Gifts!
To start, we can do the following:
Pray: ask God for guidance and direction regarding all things and how you should use your spiritual gifts and talents.
Join a local church: this is a great way to serve and assist others. Many churches have a number of ministries to help you open and operate in your Spiritual Gifts and you can utilize your talents.
Join a local/national organization: this will give you a built-in network to develop, showcase or learn more about various topics.
Obtain a coach/mentor: identify someone that is operating in that area to receive one on one attention to develop in that area.
Utilize Social Media: use it for research to learn more about a particular area, follow those that are operating in your area of interest, and start promoting your unique gifts and talents.
Take a class: find a class to learn and to develop more in your area of interest. You should become an expert in your particular area.
Get an Accountability Partner: we all need someone to hold us accountable. This should be someone we trust and someone that will help us to stay focused.
Do it: if we have learned anything during this pandemic, it’s that we can not put anything off until tomorrow. Take the first step today by doing something!
Now that you have opened your gifts, don’t put off using them another day (only you know what it is)! We are all designed to meet a specific need here on earth. Don’t forget to share your testimony on how this series has helped you to open your gift! Thank you for joining me on this journey to re-imagine contentment in 2022!
Always look for the Remarkable in your life!
Dr. ReShone
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