A Spiritual Gift is a special ability, given by the Holy Spirit to every believer. It is meant to be used to serve others and build up the body of Christ (aka the Church).This test will help you determine how the Holy Spirit has gifted you.
The “test” is not actually a test as much as a self-evaluating tool. It takes most people between 20 and 30 minutes to complete. Click start to begin answering questions and discover your spiritual gift. (Hint: Its best to answer these questions with your first reaction and don't worry if some of the questions are a little weird!)
This gift is the Spirit-empowered capacity to lead God’s people successfully while keeping a servant’s heart. People with the gift of leadership usually have supernatural wisdom seeing programmatic and administrative solutions that help the church flourish (Romans 12:8; 1 Timothy 3:1-13, 5:17; Hebrews 13:17).
Shepherds lead and feed, guard and protect. The Holy Spirit gives the spiritual gift of pastoring/shepherding to some in the church to do just that for groups of others. People with this gift humbly teach, guide, protect, and lead others in the mission that God has for His church. They encourage, coach, and build up others. The main thing on their “shepherd” minds is the welfare of those in their care- their “sheep.” This means: taking responsibility to nurture the whole person in their walk with God; providing guidance and oversight to a group of God’s people; modeling with their life what it means to be a fully devoted follower of Jesus; striving to lead others to greater obedience to God; feeling responsible to protect anyone that God has entrusted to their care (John 10:1-18; Ephesians 4:11-14; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; 1 Peter 5:1-3).
Those with the gift of evangelism are given the unique ability by the Holy Spirit to clearly and effectively communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They have a desire to seek out those who have not yet said “yes” to Jesus, and to share the Gospel with them. In addition, those with the gift of evangelism are able to overcome the normal fear of failure and share with non-believers in meaningful conversations about Jesus (Acts 8:5-6, 8:26-40, 14:21, 21:8; Ephesians 4:11-14).
The Holy Spirit gifts some in the body of Christ with a desire to warmly welcome people, even strangers, into their home or church as a means of serving those in need of food or lodging. In addition, these people will frequently sense who is being left out of social situations and seek ways to include them in the life of the community (Acts 16:14-15; Romans 12:13, 16:23; Hebrews 13:1-2; 1 Peter 4:9).
The gift of prayer is a unique gift where the Holy Spirit empowers believers to pray for extended periods of time, frequently receiving clear responses from God to prayer requests. While all Christians are called to prayer, some Christians experience exceptional power and clarity in their prayer life. This allows them to pray fervently and faithfully for those in the church and those in need around the world (Hebrews 7:25; Colossians 1:9-12, 4:12-13; James 5:14-16).
This gift of revelation, or supernatural insight, enables a listener to hear and share God’s message of truth that was previously uttered in an unknown language. The gift does not operate like an interpreter of a known language in which each word, phrase or syllable is translated. Instead, the interpreter receives the message much like a prophecy and shares words, concepts and scriptures that he/she discerned as the message in tongues was being given (1 Corinthians 12:10, 30; 14:1-28).
This gift may take three forms: a) speaking a known language that is unknown to the speaker; b) speaking an unknown language in a public meeting which is followed by an interpretation (much like a prophecy) to encourage individuals or groups; c) personal prayer language which serves as blessing to the individual praying by allowing the Spirit to pray ‘through’ him or her (1 Corinthians 12:30, 1 Corinthians 14:39).
Actually appearing in the plural, “gifts of healings”, this supernatural gift enables a person to have special success in praying for the sick. It is in the plural form probably because some persons will have particularly effective ministries for certain kinds of illnesses of the body or soul (1 Corinthians 12:9, 28, 30, James 5:13-16).
A gift through which tangible events of supernatural power, signs and wonders, occur for the purposes of blessing people and authenticating God’s presence (1 Corinthians 12:10, 28-29; Acts 1:8; Galatians 3:5.).
The Spirit empowered capacity to lead God’s people successfully while keeping a servant’s heart. Persons with this gift of leadership usually have supernatural wisdom seeing programmatic and administrative solutions that help the church flourish (1 Corinthians 12:28, Titus 1:4-5, Acts 17:11).
More than “saving faith” or the “measure of faith” given to all Christians, this gift is the Spirit-given ability to see something that God wants done and to sustain unwavering confidence that God will do it regardless of seemingly insurmountable obstacles (Acts 11:22-24; Romans 4:18-21; 1 Corinthians 12:9; Hebrews 11).
God given ability to have special compassion and give comfort in a way that is beyond the normal empathy all Christians have been given. Persons with the gift of mercy may literally feel what others are feeling, often are beckoned to deep intercession, and experience amazing love for people (Matthew 9:35-36; Mark 9:41; Romans 12:8; 1 Thess. 5:14).
The Spirit-given ability to serve in any supporting role with joy and diligence. Persons with the gift of helps love to release other workers in their spiritual ministries, by lending a hand in concrete tasks of ministries. The gift of helps is usually accompanied by deep love for people, perseverance in trying circumstances, and supernatural energy for the challenge at hand (Mark 15:40-41; Acts 9:36; Romans 16:1-2; 1 Corinthians 12:28).
While all Christians are called to excel in giving, the spiritual gift of generosity brings an individual a supernatural ability to give above and beyond normal Biblical standards with freedom and delight. Persons with this gift get excited about any possible opportunity to give for the cause of Christ and often are gladly willing to make deep sacrifices in their own comfort so that others will be blessed (Mark 12:41-44; Romans 12:8; 2 Corinthians 8:1-7, 9:2-7 65).
The gift of being able to know whether a person’s underlying motive or the underlying power that controls a person is Godly, human or demonic. While all Christians must learn to test spirits, persons with this gift often have an immediate awareness about truth and deception and may be able to specify the form of evil that is present (Matthew 16:21-23; Acts 5:1-11, 16:16-18; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 John 4:1-6).
Not the stereotyped thunderous rebuke or pointing of fingers, the gift comes from the same root word that Jesus used of the Holy Spirit (Paraclete) often translated comforter or counselor. It is, literally, someone who supernaturally comes alongside another for the purposes of strengthening, challenging and encouraging (Acts 14:22; Romans 12:8; 1 Timothy 4:13; Hebrews 10:24-25).
Much more than education, this gift enables a person to know a piece of information they have not learned or been told. God directly imparts information to an individual to aid, build faith or bring correction. This gift is often used to reveal infirmities, which God desires to heal (1 Corinthians 12:8, 1 Corinthians 14:1-40, John 14:26).
Altogether different from mere intelligence, this gift provides a supernatural ability to apply the truths of the faith to specific situations in life. Offering more than good counsel, the Word of Wisdom often brings peace, deep insight and positive direction to a dilemma or matter of confusion (Acts 6:3,10; 1 Corinthians 2:6-13, 12:8).
The supernatural ability to explain clearly and apply effectively the truth of the Word of God. Though talented, well-educated instructors may make fine teachers, persons with the gift of teaching have unique power to bless and advance their students in spiritual ways (Ephesians 4:11; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Romans 12:7; James 3:1).
The forthtelling of God’s word in a particular situation. Though sometimes confused with good preaching or forecasting the future, prophecy is, more precisely, God giving a specific word to a person or group via an individual. Prophecy in the New Covenant is not considered infallible (like what was given to the inspired writers of the scripture). Prophecy is not given to replace the believer’s own witness of the Spirit but is given to build faith by encouraging, comforting and strengthening (Romans 12:6, 1 Corinthians 12:10, 14:1-5, Ephesians 4:11-12, 1 Peter 4:10-11).