For this test to be
valid, do not respond on the basis of what you think you ought to say,
but rather on the basis of your interest and experience. Do not let modesty
hinder you from answering honestly.
0 - The
statement is not relevant to my experience, or not true of me
1 - Not
quite zero, but close
2 - Only
a slight response
3 - Medium
or moderate response
4 - Greater
than average response
5 - Strong
agreement with statement
Indicate your response
for each statement by placing the appropriate number 1-5 next to the statement.
1. _____I
feel empowered to stand alone for Christ in a hostile, unbelieving environment.
2. _____Often
I have a burning desire to speak Gods word when I know it will
not be well received.
3. _____I
seem to have insight on when people are ready to give their lives to
Christ.
4. _____God
has shown me sources of sound teaching and rich fellowship, and I guide
people to such.
5._____I
love to meditate on the patterns of God and His ways, and speak to others
of such things.
6. _____I
enjoy serving others so that they, in turn, may perform their ministries.
7. _____I
can identify with weakness and temptation so as to encourage people
to repent and believe.
8. _____When
I give to others, they do not feel as if they owe me anything.
9. _____Other
Christians have imitated me when I have led the way in serving the needs
of others.
10. _____I
often am overcome with emotion for the person I am praying for.
11. _____God
sometimes prompts me to pray for the total healing of others in body,
mind, and emotions.
12. _____I
find it easy to believe that God can miraculously alter circumstances
if we pray.
13. _____I
often speak in tongues.
14. _____I
have interpreted tongues so as to help others worship God without confusion.
15. _____Sometimes
God gives me an insight into the proper course of action others should
take.
16. _____God
often quickens Scripture to my mind that is useful for the moment.
17. _____I
have an extraordinary confidence in God and an ability to embolden others.
18. _____I
usually detect spiritual truth from spiritual error before fellow-believers.
19. _____The
Spirit often leads me to do a favor for someone that touches them deeply.
20. _____I
can serve others by organizing and harnessing their gifts to solve a
particular problem.
21. _____I
often think that God is calling me to be a missionary.
22. _____My
words often bring conviction to others, leading to repentance.
23. _____I
find it easy to ask people to believe in and commit to Christ
24. _____I
tend to be patient with Christians who are making slow spiritual progress.
25. _____I
think it is very important to use words accurately and in context.
26. _____I
believe my ministry in life is to be humbled before men by being obedient
in service.
27. _____I
have a special gift of helping others get "reset" emotionally,
mentally, and spiritually.
28. _____I
believe God has given me the ability to make and share money.
29. _____I
am willing to "go first" when it comes to meeting the needs
of others.
30. _____I
believe that God wants to reach out to people by using me to share in
their suffering.
31. _____I
am irritated when the physical pain of others is overlooked or ignored.
32. _____I
believe God wishes to use me to publicly cast out demons.
33. _____Praying
in tongues has been meaningful to me in my personal prayer life.
34. _____When
others have prayed in tongues, I felt that I understood the meaning
of their prayer.
35. _____Other
Christians seek my advice when they are uncertain of their direction.
36. _____God
has made me aware of a deep need in someone that they were careful to
hide.
37. _____I
am not moved from my personal belief in the truth by ridicule, apparent
failure, or pain.
38. _____God
has often used me to encourage others to accept difficult, but biblical
teaching.
39. _____People
often try to give me glory for helping them, which I am able to direct
to God.
40. _____I
can recognize talents and gifts in others, and find ways of using these
for God.
41. _____I
desire to learn another language, culture, or religion so that I could
be a better witness.
42. _____Ridicule
or rejection for speaking forth the truth, by family or friends, does
not effect me.
43. _____I
tend to conclude my vocal witness with an appeal for others to become
Christians.
44. _____I
want to be in unity with other mature believers to earnestly seek Gods
will for the body.
45. _____I
get troubled by "testimonies" which contain false teaching
or unsound advice.
46. _____I
often recognize ways that I can minister to others indirectly without
speaking or teaching.
47. _____I
can challenge others without making them feel condemned.
48. _____I
have strongly sensed the Spirit leading me to give money to a specific
person or cause.
49. _____Obeying
Christ now is my passion in life. It is not about mere words,
but deeds.
50. _____Sometimes
God gives me a taste of other peoples pain.
51. _____Often
I have a strong sense that God wants to heal someone through my prayers
or words.
52. _____I
believe God will use me to speak forth a miracle when the situation
looks most hopeless.
53. _____I
never publicly speak forth in tongues unless I strongly believe it will
be interpreted.
54. _____I
feel that God wishes to use me to build the fellowship with the interpretation
of tongues.
55. _____God
uses me to dispel confusion about Gods will with supernatural
insight.
56. _____I
often find I know things that I have never learned, which are confirmed
by mature believers.
57. _____I
am totally convinced God will fulfill his word even if He is not doing
so yet.
58. _____I
often sense when people are moved by the Holy Spirit, evil spirits,
or by their own flesh.
59. _____In
the church, I gravitate to undone work, even if unpopular.
60. _____People
often look to me for guidance in coordination, organization, and ministry
opportunities.
61. _____Strange
customs, cultures, and unusual behavior dont offend me or my faith.
62. _____I
love to find creative ways to confront people with the truth of God.
63. _____I
minister better to the spiritually "unborn" than baby, adolescent,
or mature believers.
64. _____God
has shown fruit in my life in the effective discipling of other believers.
65. _____I
love to learn Biblical principles from my studies and then share them
with others.
66. _____I
dont mind helping others even if they are not deserving or if
they take advantage of me.
67. _____People
will take correction from me because they know I am on their side.
68. _____I
strive to seek ways to give to others without calling attention to myself.
69. _____God
has given me an ability to "rally the troops" in giving aid
to others.
70. _____Sometimes
I feel so much love for others that I am at a loss for words.
71. _____Though
prayer, God sometimes helps me to impart physical healing to others.
72. _____I
believe that if we trusted God more, we would see dramatic, public miracles.
73. _____When
I first prayed in tongues, no one pressured me to do so.
74. _____When
I hear others speak in tongues, I am compelled to explain the meaning.
75. _____My
advice to others has led them into mature Christian living.
76. _____God
has given me words to say in witnessing situations that surprised even
me.
77. _____I
seem to be less "shakable" than most Christians.
78. _____I
sometimes get the sense that what I am reading or hearing is divinely
inspired.
79. _____God
often supernaturally enhances my service to others.
80. _____I
have a knack for getting people together in the body of Christ, and
enjoy doing this.
81. _____I
have a deep understanding of the Gospel, and I want to tell others about
the good news.
82. _____I
am more interested in saying the right thing than making people feel
good.
83. _____Im
troubled when salvation is not emphasized.
84. _____I
feel that I am responsible to help protect weak Christians from dangerous
influences.
85. _____I
reflect on my own life so that I can learn to help others to grow and
know what to expect.
86. _____I
would rather work in secret than have my work recognized publicly.
87. _____The
Spirit gives me the ability to call forth the best that is in others.
88. _____Everything
I own is Christs, and this is no secret among the brethren.
89. _____I
can motivate others to obey Christ by the living testimony of my life.
90. _____I
have a desire to visit prisons and rest-homes in order to minister comfort
and hope.
91. _____When
I pray for healing, I check to see if it really happened, and I dont
give up until it does.
92. _____The
Holy Spirit leads me to pray for impossible things that really come
true.
93. _____Praying
in tongues does not make me feel superior to other Christians who do
not.
94. _____My
interpretations of tongues are confirmed by mature believers.
95. _____God
uses me to bring clarity to other believers when they are uncertain
what to do.
96. _____I
often know about a real problem another person is hiding through a layer
of deception.
97. _____My
hope in God, against all odds, is inspiring to others.
98. _____God
has used me to warn others of the danger of a certain teaching.
99._____I
cannot stand idly by while things go undone.
100. _____People
come to me when they need help in desperate situations, and I know people
who can help.
The next column of
questions are a self-rating of God-placed desire to exercise a particular
gift. Dreams and desires can be useful clues to the reality of a latent
gift. Continue to rate your relative agreement from 0 to 5.
101. _____I
dream of being a missionary to some group of people who have never heard
the gospel.
102. _____I
dream of God speaking through me in a powerful way.
103. _____I
dream of winning many souls to Christ.
104. _____I
dream of myself and other leaders working together in unity, love, sound
doctrine, and mutual
submission.
105. _____I
dream of teaching God's Word so as to help others in the way of faith.
106. _____I
dream that I will experience the presence of God by serving others.
107. _____I
dream of speaking words of hope that God will confirm in others by the
Holy Spirit.
108. _____I
dream of being used of God to meet someone's financial or material need.
109. _____I
dream of being first to lead the way in finding new ways to minister to
others.
110. _____I
dream that God will use my emotions to feel His feelings for others.
111. _____I
dream of being used by God to radically heal hurting people.
112. _____I
dream that God will use me to perform awesome miracles.
113. _____I
dream of praising God by speaking in tongues.
114. _____I
dream of publicly interpret tongues so that the Body may be edified.
115. _____I
dream of being used of God to help people know what God's will is.
116. _____I
dream that God will give me the knowledge needed to help at just the right
moment.
117. _____I
dream that I will be stronger than others when persecution comes.
118. _____I
dream that I could help those who are confused about teachings, spirits,
and events.
119. _____I
dream that God would anoint my every move as I give help to others.
120. _____I
dream of coordinating the gifts of others so that they will be at their
best in Christ.
What gifts are lacking
among the believer's you know? You may be surprised at how differently
people perceive these needs. This can be a useful clue as to what problems
God wants you to solve by allowing the Holy Spirit to give you
grace. What requirement has God put on your heart to meet? Rate from 0
to 5 the relative intensity of need in the Body of Christ from your
perspective.
121. _____We
need more people to take what we have and go out as missionaries.
122. _____We
need more prophets in the Church to preach against sin and of the coming
judgment.
123. _____We
aren't spending enough time trying to win souls to Christ.
124. _____We
need more people who are willing to take care of the spiritually newborn
and young.
125. _____We
need more, and better teaching.
126. _____We
lack people willing to be humble and serve the brethren and outsiders.
127. _____We
need more exhortation and encouragement to do the right things.
128. _____We
have un-met, real financial or material needs among us.
129. _____We
need someone to take the first step in starting a new initiative to help
others.
130. _____We
lack compassion for the hurts, pains, and struggles of people.
131. _____We
need more believers with the true gift of healing in the Church.
132. _____We,
or unbelievers, need to see a miracle.
133. _____We
need more speaking in tongues to build up the individual believers.
134. _____We
need interpretation so that we can be obedient to Scripture concerning
public tongues.
135. _____We
need wisdom from above to know what God would have us do next.
136. _____We
need the gift of divine knowledge to make up for our deficiencies.
137. _____We
need more examples of faith that has stood the test of adversity.
138. _____We
lack discernment in identifying unclean spirits, the flesh, and false
teaching.
139. _____We
need to stop talking and start really helping people in practical ways.
140. _____We
need someone to direct the spiritual gifts of our group more effectively.
__________________________________________________________
Now move your answers
from the above pages into the table below.
Next, add the scores
in each horizontal line and place total in the far right column. Since
some people tend to respond more conservatively than others, the important
thing is the relative scores. Highlight or check the five highest gifts,
taking note of the highest value.