{"id":9267,"date":"2012-10-08T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=9267"},"modified":"2025-01-22T16:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:27:25","slug":"spiritual-gifts-defined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-gifts-defined.htm","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Gifts: Benefits of Having the Gifts Defined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9259 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/gifts-definition.jpg\" alt=\"Spiritual Gifts Definitions\" width=\"150\" height=\"124\" \/><br \/>\nIn a previous post I shared with you <a title=\"Process Used for Defining Spiritual Gifts\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-gifts-definitions.htm\">the process<\/a> I used in arriving at definitions for the various spiritual gifts. \u00a0Simply being able to list the gifts and define them is not enough. Certainly there must be a purpose in knowing their definitions.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits of Having Spiritual Gifts Defined<\/h2>\n<p>The greatest potential in being able to define the various gifts is the help it provides in identifying the gifts in one&#8217;s self and in others.<\/p>\n<p>For me, it also laid the foundation for developing spiritual gifts tests &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-gifts-tests.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a topic for the next post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When you are able to identify gifts in yourself or others, you are able to:<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 20px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>learn more about your gifts and how to most effectively use them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>help confirm the gifting of others and affirm them in the use of their spiritual gifts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>recruit ministry workers based on gifting because you know the gifts most appropriate for the different types of ministries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Knowing how to define the gifts is obviously about more than being able to apply a label to what you or others do. \u00a0It is to enhance their use through a better understanding. \u00a0The power comes in their use as each of the spiritual gifts is a &#8220;special divine empowerment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Church leaders have a strategic part in guiding the process of functioning as a Body through God&#8217;s power inherent in spiritual gifting. \u00a0Teaching about it is only a small part of the equation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For Church Leaders \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0<a title=\"Church's Power in Spiritual Gifts\" href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/spiritual-gifts-power.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">God&#8217;s Power for the Church: Spiritual Gifts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a previous post I shared with you the process I used in arriving at definitions for the various spiritual gifts.  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