Gift Bits
Mercy Absorbs Pain
When Mercy Should Surrender
Exhorters Should Challenge Too
Teachers Are Patient
Mercy Should Notice, Not Carry
How Exhorters can recharge
What’s a gift?
We often say, “you’re so gifted,” or “she really has a gift,” or “wow, that must be a gift.” Where do these ‘gifts’ come from? What are ‘gifts’… just talents? Why don’t I have the same ones you do? Wait, what are mine? The topic of gifts can feel like a loaded subject. When you see people dancing, speaking,…
Mercy gift and freedom
I spent some time with a mercy gifted man yesterday, I was struck with how often he talked about praying for other people. When someone’s spirit is under attack or in bondage, he is drawn to them and will want to pray for them. What a cool way he has learned to put mercy gift…
Mercy gets frustrated too
It’s easy to assume Mercy gift is nice all the time, and always at peace. Nope. In the Navigate class I ask participants to answer this question, “what really frustrates you?” I started compiling answers for people with mercy gift. Here’s what I heard. “People who are taken advantage of, abuse, devaluing of other’s lives,…
Not everyone is a leader
The spiritual charisma of leader can’t be automatically equated with general roles of leadership. Being in a leadership role is something that almost everybody fills at some point in their life but does not mean you have the spiritual charisma of lead. Some common examples of the role, not necessarily the charisma: The overseer – being in charge of…
Givers aren’t always generous
A challenge for giver gifted people: be as generous to others as you’ve been toward your own interests and hobbies. In so doing, you not only see others impact possibilities increase, but you will have a deeper experience of joy as God provides for you. Let’s consider God’s instruction regarding sowing and reaping, revealing God’s giving…
Exhorters like to camp
The exhorter can automatically put people into two camps: those who are for them (in unity with them), and those who are against them (outside the camp, not with them). They do this very quickly, intuitively, so you can tell pretty quickly if their guard is up. Now if you’re in the camp – life is…
Teachers are specific
Teachers probably don’t think of themselves as “detail oriented” because they’re not naturally administrative or prone to take action on details. But if you observe how they usedetails – it is for establishing truth, accuracy, supporting evidences and rationale. They may actually resist how others want to use details / information for action. The teacher may prefer to simply…
Servants need mobility
Servants are at their best when they are freed up to fully serve the body in any fashion. The need could be emotional, physical, spiritual in nature and the servant is an excellent choice to meet the needs of others. The servant is central to the life of the body and is needed all over the…
Prophets can have vision
Not only do prophets “see” moral danger and discern spiritual decay, they can also articulate vision. At first, it may come out as a judgement, or a harsh challenge. But as we learn to work with prophets through their discontent, we can help draw out vision. For example. If a charisma gifted prophet gets all…