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Spiritual Gifts A to ZThe Complete Spiritual Gift Inventory

God has given spiritual gifts to every Christian. This inventory coversthe complete set of all 26 gifts which are listed in the Bible, from

Administration to Wisdom.

"Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit hasbeen given for the common good"

(1 Corinthians 12:7).

SPIRITUAL GIFTS A to Z Inventory Contents1. Instructions2. Philosophy of Questions3. Spiritual Gift Inventory4. Inventory Results5. Understanding Your Results

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Instructions and Philosophy of the A to Z Inventory

Spiritual Gifts A to Z: The Complete Spiritual Gift Inventory

INSTRUCTIONS1. Each question is presented as a true statement. Answer it based onhow true the statement is for you.2. Choices are: Always (true), Often (true), Sometimes (true), Rarely(true) for you.3. Don't over-think each answer. Just respond naturally with your firstreaction.4. There is a scoring section at the end which will help you to tabulateyour results.

PHILOSOPHYThe "Spiritual Gifts A to Z" inventory uses four types of questions toascertain the gifts and calling of God in your life concerning spiritualgifts.1. Motivational Questions - questions which target the sense ofsatisfaction or motivation which God has put in your heart concerningcertain actions.2. Affirmational Questions - These are questions which demonstratethat others in the Body of Christ have affirmed your giftedness in certainareas.3. Conviction Questions - These are questions which examine thepowerfully-held convictions of your own heart which are often a sign ofthe Spirit's work.4. Results-oriented Questions - These are questions which examinewhether or not you have produced actual positive results through theexercise of your spiritual gifts.

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Spiritual Gifts A-Z - The Complete Spiritual Gift InventoryFor me, this statement is TRUE...

God has used me to share His wisdom with people whoare confused.1 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I do not need creature comforts as I serve God.2 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I believe that God is still at work through the gift oftongues today.3 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

The church asks me to teach classes or Bible studies.4 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I am able to live a celibate life both physically andmentally.5 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

Doing simple things to help others fills me with joy.6 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

God gives me a bold word to proclaim to someone.7 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When people need guidance for difficult decisions, theycome to me for counsel.8 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I am asked to go on short-term missions trips.9 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

Others have said that I have the gift of miracles.10 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

People in pain come to me for help.11 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I am so inspired by the stories of martyrs in the past that Ilook for opportunities to take a stand for Christ in the face12 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

People ask me to step up and lead.13 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

People look to me for the information they need.14 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

People have called upon me to translate tongues.15 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

The Holy Spirit will prompt me to pray for someone even ifI don't know why.16 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When someone needs a place to stay, the church callsupon me to help.17 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

People come to me seeking prayer for healing.18 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

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People and ministries in financial need contact me.19 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

People think that I have a pretty strong faith in God.20 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

People ask me to help them share their faith with others.21 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I can urge someone to take action to resolve a problem.22 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

People have said that I am good at reading the motives ofothers.23 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

People have looked to me for guidance concerningdemonic oppression.24 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

God has given me skills to construct or repair things tohelp ministries do their job better.25 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I'm pretty good at figuring out where a person could servebest in the church.26 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

God gives me solutions through thorny problems.27 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

The lives of people like Mother Theresa inspire me to liveon almost nothing so I can help others.28 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

During public prayer, I speak in unknown tongues whichare then interpreted for others.29 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

God has used me to transform people's lives throughteaching His Word. 30 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I choose to be single for Christ.31 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I believe that Christ has called us to practice servanthoodfor others.32 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

If something is not right, people ask me to do somethingto fix it.33 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

It has been my privilege to guide a group of believersspiritually.34 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I've been able to teach the Bible or share Christ cross-culturally.35 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have seen God’s power contradict the laws of nature.36 Always Often Sometimes Rarely



I am hurt by the way the poor and downtrodden aretreated.37 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I feel it is my responsibility to stand against oppressivegovernments, even if that means prison or death.38 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I can motivate people to take action.39 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

God has revealed unknown things to me through the HolySpirit.40 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I can tell if someone is speaking in tongues or justspeaking gibberish.41 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

God answers all kinds of my prayers in very specificways.42 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I love welcoming new people into my home.43 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

If I pray long enough for someone, their physicalimpairments diminish.44 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I am a tither.45 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When I need something, I ask God for it, and He provides.46 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

If God gives me the opportunity, I feel a burden to witnessto someone.47 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I find it fairly easy to look at the positive side of manysituations.48 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I feel a burden of responsibility to identify wrong teaching.49 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When praying, I confidently rely upon God's authorityagainst demons.50 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

People come to me when something needs to bedesigned or built or created.51 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When ministries are disorganized and chaotic, I can helpmake sense of things.52 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When a group must make a tough decision, God gives mejust the right words to say. 53 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have chosen to live close to others who are living inpoverty.54 Always Often Sometimes Rarely



God has used me to teach the Bible in a human languageI do not know.55 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When I explain Bible passages to people, theyunderstand it better.56 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I am able to serve God better as a single person than if Iwere married.57 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

People ask me to help them with their projects.58 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I am not afraid to speak the truth even if it seemsdangerous to do so.59 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I believe that people need someone to watch over andcare for them.60 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I feel that we have a major responsibility to reach out toother people groups.61 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

God has answered my prayers in miraculous ways.62 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I find ways to help people who are deeply distressed.63 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have been able to help others persevere even whenfacing bodily harm.64 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have been able to help people visualize where weshould go with our ministry.65 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I can organize complicated topics into an easy tounderstand format.66 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have been able to translate what others have said whenspeaking in tongues.67 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I spend a lot of time praying for other people.68 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I feel that it is my Christian responsibility to care forstrangers.69 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have personally witnessed supernatural healings.70 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I manage my finances so well that I have a lot to giveaway71 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When others are afraid to take action, I step out in faithand do something.72 Always Often Sometimes Rarely



I have led many people to a personal faith in the LordJesus Christ.73 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When people are feeling depressed, they seek me out forencouragement.74 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have been able to point out error in the way someone isliving.75 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I've been used by God to free people from spiritualbondage.76 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I love designing beautiful works of art to glorify God.77 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I like to organize events and ministries.78 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

People come to me when they need to make acomplicated decision.79 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I believe that it is the responsibility of every Christian tolive on little so that others can live at all.80 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

Sometimes when I am praying I speak in unknowntongues.81 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

It has been my honor to teach God's Word publicly.82 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I feel no need to get married.83 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When there is a job to be done, I am glad when peopleask me to help them.84 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have rebuked people for their sinful lifestyles.85 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have been involved in caring for the needs of a smallgroup of people for a long time.86 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have been involved in starting a church.87 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

God has used me to accomplish miracles.88 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I deeply feel the pain of others.89 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

If would be an honor to stand up for Christ to the point ofdeath.90 Always Often Sometimes Rarely



I like to make things happen.91 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I enjoy studying a Christian issue in great detail until Iunderstand it fully in every way.92 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I know in my spirit what someone speaking anotherlanguage is actually saying.93 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I feel that God has commanded us to pray fervently forthe needs of others.94 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

We open up our place for meals for visitors.95 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I glorify God when someone gets healed through myprayers.96 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

God has blessed me with the financial means to helpothers in need.97 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have seen God overcome many obstacles in my life.98 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I find it easy to translate Biblical truth into a way that non-believers can understand and believe.99 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I enjoy strengthening the weak.100 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I can sense in my spirit if someone is from God or not.101 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I can speak with authority against unclean spirits whennecessary.102 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I enjoy building things.103 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When I get involved with a ministry, people say that theministry effectiveness improves.104 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I am able to see the long-term consequences of certainbehaviors.105 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I can live on very little so that I am able to help others.106 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have spoken in tongues.107 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I enjoy explaining God's Word to others.108 Always Often Sometimes Rarely



I am single and enjoy it.109 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I do not mind working behind the scenes to help outministries.110 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I believe that if there is sin in the church, something mustbe done about it.111 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

The image of being a shepherd to others is veryappealing to me.112 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I find it easy to relate to and connect with people fromother cultures.113 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When I pray, God suspends the normal laws of nature.114 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When people are hurting, they come to me for help.115 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

If necessary, I have no doubt that I would be willing to diefor my faith.116 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I enjoy being up front and leading.117 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I am considered an expert in certain Christian topics.118 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I can understand what others are saying when they speakin tongues.119 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I love to pray.120 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I love helping people to feel relaxed and 'at home' in myhome.121 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

When I pray for people, they get healed.122 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I enjoy giving God money to use for advancing HisKingdom.123 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have a strong faith in the promises of God.124 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I enjoy spending time with unbelievers.125 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have encouraged others to remain strong and faithful toGod during difficult times.126 Always Often Sometimes Rarely



I can tell pretty quickly when certain teaching is not fromGod.127 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I have been able to identify the source of demonicoppression in someone's life.128 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I'm pretty good at working with my hands.129 Always Often Sometimes Rarely

I find it relatively easy to create a plan of action for aministry.130 Always Often Sometimes Rarely


Spiritual Gifts A to ZEvaluation Section

Enter the value from your answers to the 130 questions based on the following key, and write that intothe corresponding cell. Add up each row (A - Z) across to get your total value for each spiritual gift. Forexample, if you answered “Often” to Question 1, you would put “3” into cell 1 below.

Always = 5 Often = 3 Sometimes = 1 Rarely = 0


Spiritual Gifts A - ZThe Complete Spiritual Gift Inventory

Spiritual Gift Inventory Results

List your top three highest scoring spiritual gifts here:1. _________________________________________2. _________________________________________3. _________________________________________

These results are an indication of your spiritual gifts. The real proof comes whenyou test them out in ministry. As you practice serving God in ministry, you will gainthe experience needed to understand the nature of your spiritual gifts and howyou can best use them to serve Him.

Clues to Understanding Your GiftsTwo key questions to ask yourself to discover your spiritual gifts:1. Which activities give you great JOY when you engage in them?2. Which activities DRAIN you of energy when you do them? Whenever you are serving in your area of spiritual giftedness you will be PoweredUp and Filled with Joy.

Gift ClustersSometimes gifts come in combinations which work well together. As you examineyour spiritual gift inventory results, consider how the gifts may complement oneanother in the calling which God has for you.

Dormant GiftsSometimes gifts lie dormant until fully developed. As you examine your spiritualgift inventory results, consider which gifts you have that may be under-developedand in need of greater focus. The Apostle Paul told his young disciple Timothy to"fan into flame the gift of God which was given you" (2 Timothy 1:6).


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