Talent...

[Brianna Nikki]

I have a great talent of getting my self in trouble, but God is trying to change that!

Lol!

[Guest Biblicist]

I have a great talent of getting my self in trouble, but God is trying to change that!

Welcome to the CLUB!

[Brianna Nikki]

I have a great talent of getting my self in trouble, but God is trying to change that!

Welcome to the CLUB!

[Guest Biblicist]

Amen!

[Vickilynn]

Shalom,

I have a talent to get people really upset with me, without even trying or meaning to It keeps me on my knees.

[Fraught]

my talent is also my curse. i have the talent to see and understand both sides of any argument. in short, why people feel the way they do. this makes it tough for people who complain i am not on their side because i always see where the opposing person is coming from!

[Vickilynn]

There are similarities and differences between talents and spiritual gifts. Both are gifts from God. Both grow in effectiveness with use. Both are intended to be used on behalf of others, not for selfish purposes. 1 Corinthians 12:7 states that spiritual gifts are given to benefit others...not one's self. As the two great commandments deal with loving God and others, it follows that one should use his talents for that purpose. But talents and spiritual gifts differ in whom they are given to and when. A person (regardless of his belief in God or in Christ) is given a natural talent as a result of a combination of genetics (some have natural ability in music, art, or mathematics) and surroundings (growing up in a musical family will aid one in developing a talent for music), or because God desired to endow certain individuals with certain talents (for example, Bazeleel in Exodus 31:1-6). Spiritual gifts are given to believers by the Holy Spirit (Romans 12:3, 6) at the time of their placing their faith in Christ for the forgiveness of their sins. At that time the Holy Spirit gives to the new believer the spiritual gift(s) He desires the believer to have (1 Corinthians 12:11). There are three main lists of spiritual gifts...

Romans 12:3-8 lists the spiritual gifts as follows: prophecy, serving others (in a general sense), teaching, exhorting, generosity, leadership, and showing mercy. 1 Corinthians 12:8-11 lists the gifts as: the word of wisdom (ability to communicate spiritual wisdom), the word of knowledge (ability to communicate practical truth), faith (unusual reliance upon God), the working of miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, tongues (ability to speak in a language that one has not studied), and interpretation of tongues. The third list is found in Ephesians 4:10-12, which speaks of God giving to His church apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastor-teachers. There is also a question as to how many spiritual gifts there are, as no two lists are the same. It is also possible that the Biblical lists are not exhaustive, that there are additional spiritual gifts beyond the ones the Bible mentions.

While often one may develop his talents and later direct his profession or hobby along those lines, spiritual gifts were given by the Holy Spirit for the building up of Christ's church. In that, all Christians are to play an active part in the furtherance of the gospel of Christ. All are called and equipped to be involved in the "work of the ministry" (Ephesians 4:12). All are gifted so that they can contribute to the cause of Christ out of gratitude for all He has done for them. In doing so, they also find fulfillment in life through their labor for Christ. It is the job of the church leaders to help build up the saints so they can be further equipped for the ministry that God has called them to. The intended result of spiritual gifts is that the church as a whole can grow, being strengthened by the combined supply of each and every member of Christ's body.

Shalom JamiLea,

Great post. Did you write this or did you find it some place?

[Guest Biblicist]

Shalom,

I have a talent to get people really upset with me, without even trying or meaning to It keeps me on my knees.

Sweety, it's not YOU that they are upset with, it's the message that you convey.

"Be prepared, to preach the Good News in season and out of season".

[Guest HIS girl]

The talent of knowing when to refrain from speaking is becoming a lost talent...........

[MorningGlory]

I can commit sequences of numbers to memory and never forget them. I'd rather be able to sing though.

God thinks you can sing, glory. When you sing praises to His name, your voice is the sweetest thing He hears.

Aww, that's a nice thing to say, bib; also a relief because He's the only one who ever hears me.....I'm really good at singing under everyone else in church too.