DISCOVERING
YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFT(S)
Directions: This is not a test, so there are no wrong
answers. The Spiritual Gifts test will
sometimes reflect concrete actions; descriptive traits; and statements of
belief. Remember that your Spiritual
Gift will ultimately be validated by whether you administer your gift in love,
glorifies God and builds up (equips) the Church.
Your responce choices are:
5 – Highly characteristic of
me/definately true for me.
4 – Most of the time this would
describe me/be true for me
3 – Frequently characteristic of
me/true for me–about 50% of the time
2 – Occasionally characteristic of
me/true for me–about 25% of the time
1 – Not characteristic of
me/definately untrue for me
1. I think of ways to minister and help
those who are suffering.
2. I have an acute awareness of such
emotions as loneliness, pain, fear, and anger in others.
3. I trust my personal assets to others
for the furtherance of the ministry.
4. I tend to overlook long-range goals in
meeting immediate material needs.
5. I enjoy meeting needs that will free
someone to do somthing else.
6. I tend to have genuine affection for
others.
7. I am motivated to coordinate the
activities of others for the achievement of common goals.
8. I have the ability to organize ideas,
resources, time, and people effectively.
9. Once an objective has been established,
I am not easily side-tracked.
10. I am skilled in setting forth positive
and precise steps of action.
11. I enjoy personal counseling with others.
12. I am glad when people who need comfort,
consolation, encouragement, and counsel, seek my help.
13. I have a burning desire to see all
peoples of the world come to know Christ.
14. I enjoy searching out and validating
truth which has been presented.
15. Following a sermon or lecture, I tend to
review my notes and look up all the scripture.
16. I am willing to study and prepare for the
task of teaching.
17. I like to give all the knowledge I have
on a subject, when conversing with someone.
18. I am patient and spend time with someone
who is suffering, rathe rthan wanting to leave as soon as I can.
19. I posess an unusual capacity to
understand the feelings of those in distress.
20. I tend to get irritated at those who are
not sensitive to others.
21. When someone comes to me with a material
need, I am able to make a quick decision as to the validity of the need.
22. I tend to measure spiritual success by
being able to meet material needs.
23. I tend to give by logical need rather
than emotional appeal.
24. I am glad to do things for others
regardless of whether I receive any credit.
25. I will do things for others even if it
means personal sacrifice and discomfort.
26. I am alert to practical needs of others.
27. I enjoy leading or presiding over groups.
28. People respect my views and are glad to
follow my leadership.
29. I enjoy the one-on-one ministry approach.
30. I enjoy encouraging others in their
spiritual growth.
31. I have a real desire and burden to see
Christians grow and mature.
32. I tend to be more concerned with
obtaining truth than with communicating truth.
33. When a person is in distress, I can
identify with them and feel what they feel.
34. I find it easy to rejoice when others
rejoice.
35. I look for opportunities for giving
without hearing an appeal
36. When I give I am unconcerned about
whether I can afford it.
37. I enjoy meeting the practical needs of
others.
38. I can plan a strategy and "bring
others on board."
39. I am gifted in setting courses of action
for others to follow and grow in their faith.
40. God has used me to encourage others to
live Christlike lives.
41. I enjoy talking to people, especially
about Jesus Christ.
42. I find great satisfaction in having a
part in someone's spiritual growth.
43. I am able to recognize situations that
afford me the opportunity to witness.
44. I rejoice when I see one restored to
fellowship or come back to the Lord.
45. I have a personal desire to teach.
46. I can mentally and emotionally relate to
a person's needs and give him or her aid.
47. I usually find it easy to get close to
people.
48. I find that sharing my faith comes easy.
49. Others recognize that I take a genuine
interest in the needs of strangers.
50. I am confident that I can meet the needs
of others.
51. I enjoy doing things for people that have
a need.
52. I find it relatively easy to distinguish
major objectives and help those around me to visualize them.
53. I can usually make decisions easily and
quickly.
54. When I have been put in charge of a group
I feel a tremendous responsiblity to God for the people in the group.
55. I am motivated to stimulate the faith of
others.
56. I am patient with the one who shows slow
progress.
57. I am a good and patient listener.
58. Many of those in which I share my faith
ultimately receive Christ.
59. I look for people to share my faith with.
60. I seek to get to know fellow Christians
and their needs.
61. I am creative in ways and means of
witnessing.
62. I enjoy research and personal study.
63. I enjoy accumulating knowledge and
digging out facts.
64. As a rule, I am not very careful about
keeping records of what I have given.
65. I pray often that God would give me
someone to witness to.
66. I have given my time (recently) to help
someone that did not expect help but had a need.
67. I am overjoyed, sometimes even
overwhelmed when Isee someone come to Christ.
68. I desire to see the needs met of fellow
believers.
69. I find it easy to explain things to
others.
70. People come to me often, seeking my understanding
or answers to specific questions or problems.
71. People come to see me in times of stress
or trouble.
72. I have a desire to teach a group of
people and see them apply what I have taught.
(after finishing the test go to
the answer sheet and see how you scored!)
DISCOVERINGYOURSPIRITUALGIFT(S)
Answer
Sheet Directions: The numbers in the
boxes below represent the question as it relates to a particular spiritual
gift; for example Question #1 is a question about the Spiritual Gift of Mercy. Record the value (1-5) that you placed in
question #1 in that box, do the same for all the questions in all the
boxes. Add the total number of points in
each of the eight (8) Spiritual Gifts.
Then divide the total number in each area by 9. For example:
Add all the values that you recorded on questions 1, 2, 18, 19, 20, 33,
34, 46, 47. If that number would equal
36 you would then divide 36 by 9 = 4.
Record 4 on the graph provided that will show you your Gift mix (your
relation of how each of your gifts compare.)
This is not an exclusive list of all the gifts!
Mercy Giving Serving Leading
Exhorting Evangelization Teaching
Pastor-Teacher
1 3 5 7 11 13 14 31
2 4 6 8 12 41 15 42
18
21
24 9 29 43 16 54
19
22
25 27 30 48 17 60
20
23
26 28 39 58 32 68
33
35
37 38 40 59 45 70
34
36
50 10 55 61 62 71
46
49
51 52 56 65 63 72
47
64
66 53 57 67 69 44