Managing Your Talents
I Peter 4:7-11
Dr. Cynthia L. Hale
September 27, 2011

Psalm 139-13-18

God has given all of us the ability to do certain things well.
Romans 12:6 TEV

What you are is God’s gift to you; what you do with yourself is your gift to God.
Danish Proverb

Your talents/gifts make you distinctive!

A man or woman’s gifts will make room for him/her and take him or her before great people.
Proverbs 18:16 KJV

Do you see a man or woman skilled in his or her work?
She will serve before
Kings/Queens. He/she will not serve before obscure people.
Proverbs 22:29

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What natural talents do you possess?
What are you currently doing with your natural talents?
Where are you using them?
Who is benefiting from your natural talents or gifts? In what way?

Are you using your natural talent to glorify
God?

Natural talents are to be recognized, managed, and used for God’s glory.
I Corinthians 10:31

Each one should use whatever gift he or she has received to serve others, faithfully administering
God’s grace in its various forms.

Spiritual gifts are from
God-
I Corinthians 12:4-6

There are a variety of gifts-
 Romans 12:6-8
 I Corinthians 12:7-11
 Ephesians 4:7-13

There are the Special gifts:
Ephesians 4:11-13
Leadership Gifts
Prophets
I Corinthians 14:3

Apostle
Ephesians 2:19

Evangelists
All of us are called to be evangelists.

Related to the gift of evangelism is the gift of
Missions.

I Peter 5:1-3

Acts 18:24-28
Aquila and Priscilla with Apollos

Speaking Gifts
Exhortation-Exhorters are encouragers!
Acts 14:22
Hebrews 10:25

Word of Knowledge
Col. 2:2-3

Word of Wisdom
Acts 6:3,10
James 1:5-6
II Peter 3:15-16

Administration
Acts 6:1-7

Hebrews 13:7ff

II Corinthians 8:1-2
Mark 12:41-44

Discerning Spirits
Acts 5:1-10
Hebrews 5:14
I John 4:1

Ephesians 2:8,9
Hebrews 11:6
Romans 4:18

Romans 8:31
If God be for us who can be against us.

Luke 10:3-35

Helps
Romans 16:1-2
Acts 9:36
Luke 8:2-3

Serving

Hospitality
Music
Arts and Crafts
Exodus 31:3-11

Sign Gifts
Tongues
I Corinthians 14:28
Interpretation of Tongues
I Corinthians 14:27-28

Miracles

Healing

The gifts are given for the common good-
I Corinthians 12:7

The gifts are tools not toys-
Ephesians 4:7-16

A spiritual gift is a special attribute given by the Holy
Spirit to every member of the
Body of Christ according to
God’s grace, for use within the context of the Body.

Gifted members are placed in the body according to
God’s design-
I Corinthians 12:8

Every gift and gifted person is important-
I Corinthians 12:14-26

Each one of us will be accountable to God for the use of our gifts-
I Corinthians 4:2

If we are going to be faithful in the exercise of our gifts, we must:
1. Discover our Gifts
2. Develop our Gifts
3. Deploy our Gifts
4. Duplicate our Gifts
Excel at what you do well!