Givers are just that, people who love to give whatever they have to spare. It may be money, it may be a listening ear, it may be time or ability. The blessings of giving are many and we would do well to follow the Givers example – he who gives, do so liberally, you will [...]
September 20, 2010
0 Spiritual Gift of Administration
Think – bossy! As a kid administrators are always organizing the other children into teams, for work or for play. These are the people who wants to make up the rules and come up with the ideas. These are our administrators. Definitely one of the speaking gifts as opposed to a serving gift, administrators are [...]
September 20, 2010
0 Spiritual Gift of Exhortation
To exhort means to encourage, to speak truth urging the listener to take action. Exhorters are talkers! They are also incurable optimists. Exhorters don’t see difficulties, they ignore them. This can make them seem naïve or pollyannah-ish. They want to encourage everyone to be their best and can see the potential in people. Both their [...]
September 6, 2010
0 The Gift of Teaching
The gift of teaching, like perceiving, is one of the communicator gifts, more outspoken and more of a go-getter than the server. Teachers like to research, find information and share it, academics come easily to them thanks to a higher than average intelligence.They don’t have the strong perceiver need to be right or to make [...]
September 6, 2010
0 The Gift of Serving
Servers come out of the womb looking for someone to help. As a child a server will wander into the kitchen while mom’s making supper and sets the table without being asked. This is the person who wants to help other people often at the expense of letting their own responsibilities slide. Servers are quiet, [...]
August 30, 2010
0 Spiritual Gift of Compassion
Compassionate people are another of the serving gifts.These are people persons, quieter and less outgoing than those with a speaking gift of perceiver, teacher or administrator. The gift of compassion includes an almost supernatural sensitivity to the emotions of others. These people get upset when a baby bird falls out of its nest and is [...]
August 5, 2010
0 Overcoming Our Weaknesses
Why? Why do we spend so much time and effort in overcoming and improving the areas where we are the most weak? For some reason, starting with elementary school, we are directed toward “areas in need of improvement”. Job reviews, school report cards, and our mother-in-law, consistently zero in what we can’t do instead of [...]
June 6, 2010
0 Spiritual Gifts
You have been given a gift. A spiritual gift (or two) from your creator. All Christians have been given gifts from God for the purpose of fulfilling His call on their life. It is my hope that this article will help you to see the abilities that you have as true gifts, meant for carrying [...]
May 5, 2009
0 Can I Do It?
This has been a busy few weeks. My dream is to start my own business. I know I have been blessed with a certain amount of creativity and writing ability. I long to utilize what I’ve been given, but getting started and staying focused is tough. Starting an online business is not hard to do, [...]