“Serving” Gifts

LIFE IN THE THIRD PERSON

“Serving” Gifts

Various Texts

The category of “serving” gifts includes those that involve personally ministering to, through and with the .

LEADERSHIP (Rom. 12:6a, 8a; I Thess. 5:12-13)

Function: Spiritual and .

• proïstēmi – “to preside over; to stand before”

Unique desire/ability to:

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ADMINISTRATION (I Cor. 12:27-28; 14:40; I Tim. 3:5)

Function:

• kybernēsis – “to steer the ship”

Unique desire/ability to:

Cautions:

SERVICE (Rom. 12:6-7a; Acts 6:1-3)

Function: to meet

• diakonia – “service; ministry.” antilēmpsis – “to aid, help”

Unique desire/ability to:

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MERCY (Rom. 12:8b; Matt. 9:27; 15:22; 17:14-15; 20:30-34)

Function: with and people

• eleos – “sympathy with or for others”

Unique desire/ability to:

Cautions:

Don’t enable or become too emotional.

FAITH (I Cor. 12:9; 13:2; Matt. 17:20)

Function: Unwavering and in God.

• pistis – “conviction of the truth; belief”

Unique desire/ability to:

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SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT (I Cor. 6:5; 12:10a; 14:29; Mark 2:8; I Thess. 5:21-22; I John 4:1)

Function: Making right spiritual

• diakrisis pneuma – “divide the spirits”—to make distinctions about things.

Unique desire/ability to:

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GIVING (Rom. 12:8b)

Function:  Sharing of your in strategic ways.

• metadidōmi– “to impart”

Unique desire/ability to: 

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HOSPITALITY (I Peter 4:9-10; Heb. 13:2; II John 1:10-11)

Function: and guests and strangers.

• philoxenos – “loving strangers”

Unique desire/ability to:

Cautions: