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Spiritual Gifts Assessment

This spiritual gifts inventory is a tool to help you discern how God may have uniquely gifted you. Answer each statement honestly based on your usual experience.

This is not a final verdict, but a conversation starter with the Holy Spirit and trusted community.

Rate each statement from 0 to 4 based on how often it is true for you:

0 = Never  ·  1 = Little  ·  2 = Some  ·  3 = Often  ·  4 = Always

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1. I have a desire to speak direct messages from God that edify, exhort or comfort others.
2. I have enjoyed relating to a certain group of people over a long period of time, sharing personally in their successes and their failures.
3. People have told me that I have helped them learn Biblical truth in a meaningful way.
4. I have assisted Christian leaders to relieve them for their essential job.
5. I have led others to a decision for salvation through faith in Christ.
6. When a group I am in is lacking organization, I tend to step in to fill the gap.
7. Others can point to specific instances where my prayers have resulted in visible miracles.
8. In the name of the Lord, I have been used in curing diseases instantaneously.
9. I have spoken in tongues.
10. I find I manage money well in order to give liberally to the Lord’s work.
11. It is easy for me to identify leadership talents in people.
12. I have a desire to work with those who have physical or mental problems, to alleviate their suffering.
13. I enjoy being called upon to do special jobs around the church.
14. I usually step forward and assume leadership in a group where none exists.
15. I enjoy encouraging and giving counsel to those who are discouraged.
16. When in a group, I am the one others often look to for vision and direction.
17. Sometimes when a person speaks in tongues, I get an idea about what God is saying.
18. People often say I have good spiritual judgment.
19. I often have insights that offer practical solutions to difficult problems.
20. I have often understood issues or problems in the church & have seen answers when others didn’t.
21. Through God I have revealed specific things which will happen in the future.
22. I have enjoyed assuming the responsibility for the spiritual well-being of a particular group of Christians.
23. I feel I can explain the New Testament teaching about the health and ministry of the body of Christ in a relevant way.
24. Other people have told me that I have helped them become more effective in their ministries.
25. I have shared joyfully how Christ has brought me to Himself in a way that is meaningful to non-believers.
26. I enjoy handling the details of organizing ideas, people, resources and time for more effective ministry.
27. God has used me personally to perform supernatural signs and wonders.
28. I enjoy praying for sick people because I know that many of them will be healed as a result.
29. I have spoken an immediate message of God to His people in a language I have never learned.
30. My giving records show that I give considerably more than 10 percent of my income to the Lord’s work.
31. When I work on a group project, my first concern is to understand the structure of leadership.
32. I have cared for others when they have had material or physical needs.
33. I don’t have many special skills, but I do what needs to be done around the church.
34. When I ask people to help me accomplish an important ministry for the church, they usually say yes.
35. I’m very fulfilled when I encourage others, especially if it’s about their spiritual growth.
36. I have believed God for the impossible and seen it happen in a tangible way.
37. I have interpreted tongues with the result that the body of Christ was edified, exhorted or comforted.
38. I am a good judge of character and can spot a spiritual phony.
39. God has enabled me to choose correctly between several complex options in an important decision, when no one else knew what to do.
40. I enjoy studying difficult questions about God’s Word, and I am able to find answers more easily and more quickly than others.
41. People have told me that I have communicated timely and urgent messages, which must have come directly from the Lord.
42. I feel unafraid of giving spiritual guidance and direction in a group of Christians.
43. I can devote considerable time to learning new Biblical truths in order to communicate them to others.
44. I have enjoyed doing routine tasks that led to more effective ministry by others.
45. Non-Christians have noted that they feel comfortable when they are around me, and that I have a positive effect on them toward developing a faith in Christ.
46. I have been able to make effective and efficient plans for accomplishing the goals of a group.
47. God regularly seems to do impossible things through my life.
48. Others have told me that God healed them of an emotional problem when I ministered to them.
49. I can speak to God in a language I have never learned.
50. When I am moved by an appeal to give to God’s work, I usually can find the money I need to do it.
51. It gives me great pleasure to see people properly placed within an organization. My desire is to help get people properly placed.
52. I enjoy visiting in hospitals and/or retirement homes, and feel I do well in such a ministry.
53. Others have mentioned that I seem to enjoy routine tasks and do well at them.
54. I can guide and motivate a group of people toward achieving a specific goal.
55. I feel a need to challenge others to better themselves, especially in their spiritual growth, in an uplifting, rather than a condemning way.
56. Other people have told me that I had faith to accomplish what seemed impossible to them.
57. I have prayed that I may interpret if someone begins speaking in tongues.
58. I am able to distinguish between right and wrong in complex spiritual matters that other people cannot seem to figure out.
59. People often seek my advice when they don’t know what to do in a situation.
60. I have an ability to gather information from several sources to discover the answer to a question or learn more about a subject.
61. I sometimes have a strong sense of what God wants to say to people in response to a particular situation.
62. I have helped fellow believers by guiding them to relevant portions of the Bible and praying with them.
63. I feel I can communicate Biblical truths to others and see resulting changes in knowledge, attitudes, values or conduct.
64. When I do things behind the scenes and others are helped, I am joyful.
65. I get frustrated when others don’t seem to share their faith with unbelievers as much as I do.
66. I am able to give directions to others without using persuasion to get them to accomplish a task.
67. People have told me that I was God’s instrument that brought supernatural change in lives or circumstances.
68. I have prayed for others and physical healing has actually occurred.
69. When I give a public message in tongues, I expect it to be interpreted.
70. I am so confident that God will meet my needs that I give to Him sacrificially and consistently.
71. It is easy for me to understand how different parts of an organization or group fit to achieve the overall purpose.
72. People call on me to help those who are less fortunate.
73. I prefer being active and doing something rather than just sitting around talking or reading or listening to a speaker.
74. People respect my opinion and follow my direction.
75. People find it easy to talk with me and respond well to my encouragement to become all they can for God.
76. There have been times when I have felt sure I knew God’s specific will for the future growth of His work, even when others have not been so sure.
77. I have interpreted tongues in a way that seemed to bless others.
78. People come to me for help in distinguishing between spiritual truth and error.
79. God enables me to make appropriate application of biblical truth to practical situations.
80. I can discover difficult biblical truths and principles on my own, and I enjoy this.
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