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not recognize. Sometimes other people will let you know what your gift is. And if you are not specially
gifted in an area, that will become obvious also.

Prayer is also important. The one person who knows exactly how we are spiritually gifted is the gift-giver
Himself—the Holy Spirit. We can ask God to show us how we are gifted in order to better use our
spiritual gifts for His glory.

Yes, God calls some to be teachers and gives them the gift of teaching. God calls some to be servants
and blesses them with the gift of helps. However, specifically knowing our spiritual gift does not excuse
us from serving God in areas outside our gifting. Is it beneficial to know what spiritual gift(s) God has
given us? Of course it is. Is it wrong to focus so much on spiritual gifts that we miss other opportunities
to serve God? Yes. If we are dedicated to being used by God, He will equip us with the spiritual gifts we
need.

Are the Miraculous Gifts of the Spirit for Today?

10.4 Let’s Practice…

1. Write out a definition of “walking in the Spirit”.

2. What must we do daily to “walk in the Spirit”?

3. What does it mean when we discover that the “fruit” is a singular word?

4-12. Can you name the nine types of the Spirit?

13-15. What three passages of Scripture give us a list of the spiritual gifts?

16-17. Give two “proofs” that the gift of tongues (foreign languages) ceased in the 1 century:
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