Let us know how we can pray for you. Let us know your struggles so we can pray for strength and guidance, and let us know your praises so we can rejoice in the lord with you.

"Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints."
~ Ephesians 6:18 ~

- When others have practical needs, you tend to notice them before everyone else does.
- It gives you pleasure to help others, especially if your assistance with a practical need will free him or her to carry out more important responsibilities.
- You are willing to neglect your own work in order to help others.
- As a particularly diligent person, sometimes you foolishly go beyond your physical limits and suffer for it.
- You seem to have a special ability to remember what people like and dislike, and you enjoy using this knowledge to bless them.
- You wonder why other people don’t respond to needs that are so obvious to you.
- To get a job done, you are willing not only to invest your time and energy, but you are often willing to invest your resources as well.
- It’s hard for you to say no when someone asks you for help.
- You enjoy putting “extra touches” on things you do for others.
- You are dependable and hardworking.
- You don’t mind doing a job by yourself, but a slothful person disgusts you.
- You don’t seek out public recognition for your efforts, but you do enjoy being appreciated.
- You’d rather get busy than stand around talking about it.
- Sometimes time limits frustrate you.
- You’d much rather do a job yourself than delegate it to an unreliable helper.
- When volunteers are requested, you find yourself being one of the first to raise your hand.

- When you learn about a Godly ministry, you find yourself wanting to contribute to that ministry.
- You tend to stay out of the limelight.
- You are frugal, especially with your own resources.
- You have an uncanny ability to recognize opportunities to make money.
- When you give monetary gifts to others, you prefer to do so in secret rather than overtly.
- When you hear pressure appeals for money, you tend to react negatively.
- You want your gifts (time, money, resources, energy) to encourage others to give.
- You expect others, especially those in authority, to be frugal and accountable for all decisions, especially financial decisions.
- When you become aware of a need that others have overlooked or ignored, it gives you delight to help meet that need.
- You’d rather pay a little more to get excellent quality than save a small percentage and get the cheap version.
- Learning that your gift was an answer to prayer gives you particular satisfaction and joy.
- You rarely, if ever, incur debt, even in tough times.
- You tend to evaluate spirituality in terms of resources, accountability, and dependability.
- Saving money gives you almost as much pleasure as making money!
- When you give to a family, an individual, or a ministry, you frequently enjoy getting more personally involved with that family, individual, or ministry if the opportunity to do so arises.
- Sometimes others accuse you of being too focused on getting the best deal and taking too long to do that.
- Sometimes others accuse you of been stingy.

“To summarize what the seven spiritual gifts look like in action, years ago Bill Gothard used this illustration. Imagine seven people around a dinner table having dinner together. The hostess walks in with a dessert tray, and she accidently spills the tray. How would the seven people representing each of the seven gifts in Romans 12:6–8 respond to a spilled desert?

The person with the gift of prophecy would say, “That’s what happens when you’re not careful.” His motivation is to convict people of their sin, what they did wrong.

The person with the gift of serving might say, “I will help you clean it up.” She has the desire to meet a practical need.

The person with the gift of teaching might say, “The reason that tray fell is it you put too many things on this side and you needed to balance the weight more carefully.” He wants to clarify truth.

The person with the gift of exhortation would say, “Next time, we can serve dessert with the meal.” She gives a practical solution to the problem so it doesn’t happen again.

The person with the gift of giving would say, “I will buy a new dessert.” He uses his personal assets to meet a practical need.

The person with the gift of mercy would respond by hugging the hostess and saying, “It’s okay. Don’t feel badly. It could happen to anyone.”She doesn’t care about the dessert. She doesn’t care about the seven people around the table. She is empathizing with that one person who is in distress at the time.

And the person with the gift of leading would respond to the spilled dessert by saying, “Bob, would you get some towels to wipe up the table? Mary, grab the mop for the floor. And Jane, help me fix some other dessert.” That is the gift of leading.

Now, remember all of the spiritual gifts are necessary for the proper functioning of the body of Christ. And most importantly, God wants us to exhibit characteristics of each of the gifts.”

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