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Taking the Spiritual Gifts Profile (Developed by Raymond Hurn) Please do the following in the correct order to get the best results
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Spiritual Gifts Profile- Schedule A 1. God has given me understanding about the future. 2. I understand the importance of keeping rooms tidy and comfortable. 3. I am able to carry out assignments for other Christians. 4. I can explain Bible facts in such a way that people's lives are changed. 5. I can persuade others towards self-improvement even if they are first reluctant. 6. My giving to God's work easily surpasses 10 percent of my income. 7. I can take full responsibility for my decisions with no excuses. 8. I can think of ways to make life easier for those in physical distress. 9. I am able to empathize with others. 10. I can take responsibility for groups of Christians in many different communities. 11. I can readily adjust to a cultural different than my own. 12. I can explain clearly the meaning of salvation in the Bible. 13. I can usually select a course of action which benefits other Christians. 14. I am able to remember facts. 15. The people I vote for usually make good officers. 16. I enjoy praying for the healing of sick persons. 17. In the name of the Lord I have done the otherwise impossible. 18. Through prayer, God has let me know in advance that a certain person would be saved. 19. I can write of speak in more than one language. 20. I can quickly grasp different shades of meaning in a language other than my native tongue. |
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Spiritual Gifts Profile- Schedule B 1. I feel satisfaction in giving God's Word to a group. 2. I enjoy helping others to be comfortable. 3. I like to run errands for other Christians. 4. I enjoy learning new things. 5. I like to advise others for their benefit. 6. I consistently make money far above a salaried person's income. 7. I enjoy making decisions affecting the course my church will take. 8. I enjoy doing little things for people who are unable to take care of themselves. 9. I enjoy helping other Christians to grow spiritually. 10. I welcome the responsibility for the spiritual growth of large numbers of people. 11. I can learn from others who have a life style radically different from my own. 12. I enjoy turning secular conversations to spiritual matters. 13. I enjoy seeking knowledge for life's problems and applying it. 14. I like to learn about how god has acted in human history. 15. I interests me to look for the reason why people say or do things. 16. I entertain no doubts but that God does heal miraculously in these days. 17. It does not bother me to risk my reputations for God's work. 18. When Circumstances seem to contradict God's Word, I still find it easy to trust in God, and that faith usually is rewarded. 19. God has helped me to witness in a second language. 20. God has helped me to understand a second language. |
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Spiritual Gifts Profile- Schedule C 1. God blessing seems to attend my presentation of Biblical messages and these are received well by the people. 2. People come up and thank me for little things I do around the church. 3. I am asked to do things which require skill but which receive little public recognition. 4. People ask me for information about the Bible or other bodies of knowledge. 5. People have told me that I have been a big help in their making a decision to do something for the Lord. 6. My income is large enough to allow me to contribute large sums to Christian colleges, churches, or charities. 7. Other Christians seek my opinion and follow my suggestions. 8. I am asked to visit persons with special needs such as the elderly or handicapped. 9. People express appreciation for the spiritual help they have received through our friendship. 10. I have been authorized by my church to lead other Christians or begin new churches in official capacities. 11. I know immediately if I am embarrassing other people by my words or acts. 12. I have power in prayer and have carried a burden in audible prayer until prayer was answered. 13. People seen inclined to accept my advice and act upon it. 14. I have been asked to do specific study projects in the Bible. 15. People in authority ask my opinion about giving certain jobs to certain people. 16. People who are sick ask me to visit and pray with them. 17. People have told me that I have more faith in the Possibility of miracles than they do. 18. Other Christians have commented on how much I seem to trust in God. 19. I find that audiences are responsive when I speak to them in their own language when it is not my native tongue. 20. I have been asked to interpret for a speaker in another language. |
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Spiritual Gifts Profile- Schedule D 1. When I reveal what I feel is God's will, others seem willing to follow. 2. I have done routine hobs around the church such as arranging chairs, tables, hymnals, etc. 3. When someone else is in charge, I can think of ways to help him/her succeed. 4. When I teach, people learn. 5. When lonely people are known to me, I easily converse with them and they seem to be helped. 6. When special financial needs in the church are brought to my attention, I can draw upon reserve funds to meet that need. 7. My decisions carry weight with other Christians. 8. Wen told of another's misfortune, I know what kind of aid is required. 9. People under my influence grow spiritually. 10. I understand the Biblical and denominational traditions to be transmitted to a new generation. 11. I can establish meaningful communication with people of other nationalities. 12. When I tell how Christ saved me, others see their need for a Savior and are converted. 13. I can help other people find Christian solutions to their moral and spiritual problems. 14. I am able to get fresh insights from what I learn. 15. I can tell the difference between genuine spirituality and its imitation. 16. I have preyed for the healing of another person and healing has resulted. 17. I have seen the laws of nature altered because of my prayers. 18 God has given me promises, which later actually came true. 19. People who speak other languages understand me readily. 20. I can think in two languages simultaneously. |
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Spiritual Gifts Profile- Schedule E 1. I have been asked by fellow Christians to express God's Word in group situations. 2. I am asked to do common tasks that others don't want to do. 3. Pastors, Sunday school leaders, and other persons in authority ask me to help them prepare for special meetings. 4. I can find different methods to explain the same truths. 5. When people feel depressed, they like for me to visit them. 6. I rejoice in giving large amounts even as I did when my income was less. 7. I have served on an official board by election, or have been elected to other key responsibilities involving decision making. 8. People remember that I was helpful to them during their illness, even for a long time afterwards. 9. People confide their problems to me. 10. I have been elected to serve the church on the district or general levels. 11. People of other cultures trust me and react pleasantly and with meaning to me. 12. People have told me that I seem sensitive to their problems or spiritual condition. 13. People often come to me for help in deciding on a course of action for their lives. 14. People have commented on my knowledge of the Bible. 15. I have effectively dealt with problems related to the occult, demon possession, etc. 16. God answers my prayers for healing in a way visible to others. 17. I am often given unusually difficult tasks because people know that god is with me to believe for miracles. 18. People have called me a man/woman of faith. 19. I have been asked to write letters for people in a language different from my own. 20. People ask me to explain what someone else meant, especially when the other person speaking is of a different age or culture. |
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Spiritual Gifts Profile- Schedule F 1. If I were to receive a clear understanding of God's will, I would not hesitate to make His will know to others. 2. I am able to do routine jobs without sacrificing attention to detail. 3. I can be content when someone else gets the credit for what I have done. 4. I can see myself teaching a Sunday school class or a home Bible study group. 5. I can help other people to put forth their best efforts. 6. I would be content with a financially simpler life-style than I have at present, if that would advance Christ's kingdom. 7. I would like to see others follow my guidance in God's work. 8. I feel a sense of confidence that I can help ill or bereaved persons. 9. I would not mind being awakened by someone who needed to talk over a problem. 10. I enjoy the thought that god might use me in a significant way in other nationalities. 11. I accept "different-ness" in people without judgement. 12. I would not be afraid to seek out unbelievers in order to witness to them about Christ. 13. I understand how biblical truths can be lived out in life. 14. Learning new truths from the bible is exciting to me. 15. I can distinguish between right and wrong. 16. I have a sense of confidence that through prayers of faith I can help someone who is injured or ill to get better. 17. I have great confidence in the miracle-working power of God. 18. "God says so" is all the proof I need that something will happen. 19. I can express complex thoughts in simple language. 20. I can understand complicated ideas and repeat them accurately in simpler words. |