Escape Your Island - "Discovering and Using Your Spiritual Gifts - Part 1"

You can escape your island of isolation and build the kind of community you've been longing for.

Icebreaker Question: What is an unusual skill you have?

Where is it Written?
Read Romans 12:6–8, 1 Corinthians 12:8–10, 1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 4:11& 1 Peter 4:11.
Make a list of the Spiritual Gifts listed. Some are lists of spiritually empowered attributes. Other lists are of roles within the church. What do you notice about these lists?

In your own words, how would you define a Spiritual Gift? Why does God give these gifts to the Church? Does every Christian have a gift?

What might you say to a Christian who told you that they think they have little or nothing to contribute to God’s work in the church?

How Goes Your Walk?
What have trusted people told you that you are good at?
What have Spiritual Gifts assessment tests told you might be your gifts?
What you think are your gifts?
How might you use these gifts to advance God’s work in the world?
What, if anything, is holding you back from using these gifts?