SOMETHING INTERESTING I DID DURING MY FIRST UNI BREAK :)

Spiritual gifts are tools God gives Christians to do the work of the ministry -- to fulfill the Great Commission to reach, baptize, and teach and to minister to one another. Every Christian receives at least one gift at the moment of salvation. Spiritual gifts are not rewards, are not natural talents, are not a place of service, are not an age-group ministry, and are not a specialty ministry. They express themselves through various ministries which, in turn, accomplish a variety of results. A spiritual gift is the primary channel by which the Holy Spirit ministers through the believer. It is a supernatural capacity for service to God -- and He gives you a supernatural desire to perform the duties of that gift. Spiritual gifts are tools for building the church. They are a source of joy in your Christian life and influence your motives. A spiritual gift is a divine calling with a divine responsibility, because what God has gifted you to do, He has called you to do, and what He has called you to do, He has gifted you to do.

There are three categories of gifts: The Miraculous Gifts, generally known today as Charismatic Gifts; the Enabling Gifts which all Christians have the ability to develop (faith, discernment, wisdom, and knowledge -- qualities possessed rather than activities performed); and Team Gifts which are activity, service, or task-oriented. The Team Gifts are functional and involve speaking or ministering. Chances are, you have several of these gifts that vary in different degrees and intensity. In many cases, spiritual gifts even complement your secular employment. The Spiritual Gifts Analysis you took identified your dominant TEAM GIFTS which will help you find your place on the team in your church. Prayer and serving God will also help you see where God wants you. This profile gives you a simple bar graph showing how all the gifts relate to you and to each other, but analyzes indepth only your dominant and secondary gifts which are the ones that will have greater influence in your life.


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Spiritual Gifts

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Strength

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Evangelism 11

Prophecy 5

Teaching 6

Exhortation 11

Pastor/Shepherd 18

Showing Mercy 18

Serving 13

Giving 12

Administration 9



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Your dominant gifts are Showing Mercy, Pastor/Shepherd


The results of your Spiritual Gifts Inventory indicate that your number one dominant gift is MERCY SHOWING! The Greek word "ellco" means to feel sympathy with or for others. As a mercy-shower you have the Spirit-given capacity and desire to serve God by identifying with and comforting those who are in distress. You understand and comfort your fellow Christian. You enter into the grief or happiness of others and have the ability to show empathy which is to feel WITH others, not just for others.

As a mercy-shower you are willing to deal with and minister to people who have needs that most people feel very uncomfortable working with. You seem to say the right thing at the right time. Your personality is likely one of soft-spoken love. It hurts you to scold someone; you are very non-condemning. People love you because of all the love you give them. You find it easy to express yourself and are outgoing with a low-key, inoffensive personality. You are easy to talk to, responsive to people, a good listener, peaceable, and agreeable. You tend to make decisions based on feelings more than fact and like to think about things for a while before making a decision.

In your burden to comfort others, your heart goes out to the poor, the aged, the ill, the underprivileged, and so on. You tend to attract people who are hurting or rejoicing because you identify with them. Be careful not to let others use you. Try not to resent others who are not as understanding as you. Refrain from becoming a gossiper when you are around other mercy-showers. Do not let your circumstances control you. Because of your supernatural ability to show mercy, others accuse you of taking up for people, being a softy and a compromiser. They may think you are too emotional.

Mercy-showers make excellent counselors. However, left untrained, you may destroy yourself by your tendency to take people's problems home with you. Your empathy can become detrimental without personal training on how to deal with it.

Beware of Satan's attack on your gift. He can cause pride because of your ability to relate to others. He may influence you to disregard rules and authority. You may experience a lack of discipline because of strong feeling for those who hurt due to disobedience and sin. Don't fall into Satan's trap of complaining and griping.

HOW CAN YOU USE YOUR GIFT? Your gift is used best in times of sorrow and in times of great joy. It fits well with another gift of service such as deacon, youth worker or hospital visitation. With a counseling course, you could become a good counselor. You may serve as a hospital, nursing home, or shut-in worker; a funeral coordinator and provider of sympathy and support; or a poverty center worker. You would do well as an usher or greeter and welcome center worker or hospitality person. You may want to work in a telephone ministry. You would make people feel welcome on a newcomer visitation team. Other appropriate ministry areas include missions, committee member, furlough assistance, and correspondence helper. You would work well with the elderly and with people who have mental and physical disabilities, in nursing, and with special ministries to migrants, released offenders or abused children and women.


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The results of your Spiritual Gifts Inventory indicate that your second dominant gift is PASTORING/SHEPHERDING! The Greek word "poimen" means pastor. In Paul's spiritual gifts listing in Ephesians 4:11, this term is translated "pastor." Although the word "poimen" is translated pastor only one time in Scripture it is used sixteen additional times. The remaining sixteen are all translated "shepherd." Therefore, we are actually discussing the GIFT of shepherding, not the POSITION of pastor. Though a good pastor must have the gift of shepherding, everyone who has the gift of shepherding is not called to be pastor. The gift can be used in many positions in a church.

As a gifted shepherd, you have the Spirit-given capacity and desire to serve God by overseeing, training, and caring for the needs of a group of Christians. You are usually very patient, people-centered, and willing to spend time in prayer for others. You tend to be a "Jack of All and Master of ONE," meaning you are usually dominant in one of the speaking gifts (evangelist, prophet, teacher, exhorter) as well. You are often authoritative, more a leader than a follower, and expressive, composed, and sensitive. Your pleasing personality draws people to you.

You have a burden to see others learn and grow and are protective of those under your care. You want to present the whole Word of God and do not like to present the same materials more than once. You are willing to study what is necessary to feed your group and are more relationship oriented than task oriented. You are a peace-maker and diplomat - very tolerant of people's weaknesses. You tend to remember people's names and faces. You are more concerned with doing for others than others doing for you. You are faithful and devoted and may become a workaholic. You can become an all-purpose person in order to meet needs.

People with the gift of shepherding make the best Sunday school teachers and group leaders because their desire is to go beyond just teaching or leading, to shepherd and minister to the daily needs of their students. The position of Sunday school teacher or group leader is an extension of the pastoral ministry in the church. These groups should be shepherded on a small scale the same as the pastor shepherds the whole congregation on a large scale.

Be careful to involve other people; don't try to do it all yourself. Work on making people accountable. Do not be overly protective of your "flock." Because of these potentially weak areas, other people may think it is your job to do all the work; they rely too heavily on you. You may be expected to be available at all times, know all the answers, and be at every function. Learn when to say no.

Beware of Satan's attack on your gift. He will cause discouragement when the load gets heavy, and pride because your "sheep" look up to you. You may develop family problems because of too little time and attention. You may become selfish when "sheep" feed in other pastures.

HOW CAN YOU USE YOUR GIFT? This gift is a great help in many areas. You may serve as a Sunday school teacher, small group leader, pastor or assistant pastor, bus captain, special ministry leader (such as youth, children, men, etc.), nursery worker or as a half-way house or other type shelter volunteer. You may consider serving as a dormitory leader in a college, orphanage, children's home, etc. Scout troops would appreciate your assistance as a den leader.


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Building an effective team in your church depends on putting the right people in the right places. The best way to determine what place each person belongs in is by determine everyone's spiritual gifts. But, just discovering your spiritual gift is not enough.

Here's the real challenge. Many Christians are asking the question, "What is my spiritual gift?" When in reality they need to be asking, "What is a spiritual gift?" They do not understand the relationships of spiritual gifts. That is, they don't understand how a spiritual gift relates to their life, how it relates to the will of God for their life, how it relates to the lives of those around them, how it relates the local church, or how it relates to the body of Christ as a whole. To give John J. Christian an additional name and make him John J. Exhorter Christian is only doing him an injustice. Having a new name or title does not make you a more effective, more fulfilled, or a better Christian, nor does it give you any more understanding of yourself or those around you. Most contemporary material written on spiritual gifts does an adequate job in helping you recognize, discover, and define what your spiritual gifts are. Also, many do a fine job of teaching on the individual parts of the body, but few complete their teaching by assembling the body, thus showing how church members can work as complementing, effective, and efficient team. Thus, teaching a person only what their spiritual gift is without teaching them what a spiritual gift is, is like giving someone a new tool without giving them the operator's manual. They will never understand it fully nor will they be able to use it to its maximum potential. The same is true with your spiritual gifts.

Now that you have taken this inventory and know what your spiritual gifts are, we encourage you to study the principles that revolve around and relate to spiritual gifts. These principles combined with recognizing your gifts have been proven to dramatically change lives AND build churches. We have many resources available to help you better understand your gifts and how they relate to all areas of your life. Plus, we have resources to equip and assist you in teaching spiritual gifts and biblical team building to others. Furthermore, we have teachers who can come to your church and teach private seminars for you group. For additional information on resources or seminars just click on the appropriate button below.

How do you compare with the rest of the Body of Christ?
Laity
Most dominant gifts of 565,970 people surveyed
Evangelism 3.25%
Prophecy 1.48%
Teaching 8.18%
Exhortation 9.54%
Pastor/Shepherd 19.92%
Showing Mercy 32.96%
Serving 5.67%
Giving 2.35%
Administration 16.66%

Pastors
Most dominant gifts of 81,677 people surveyed
Evangelism 5.53%
Prophecy 1.82%
Teaching 10.25%
Exhortation 6.65%
Pastor/Shepherd 32.74%
Showing Mercy 16.64%
Serving 2.78%
Giving 1.33%
Administration 22.26%



Analysis of Comparison Charts

Could the results from these comparison charts be skewed? Probably to some degree. Two factors to consider are 1) Results are not compiled from the Christian public at large but only those who are Internet users. 2) On the laity side, a much larger percentage of those taking the spiritual gifts inventory on-line are women (63.7%). Women tend to score high in the Gift of Shepherding because the characteristics of the gift of shepherding are very similar to the God-given instincts of mothering which comes natural to most women. Although many women have the gift of shepherding and it manifests itself in many areas of service, we believe women should consider this factor when evaluating whether or not they actually have the dominant gift of shepherding. They may want to also look closely at their second dominant gift.



WELL .. i personally havent read all these yet. i'm getting sleepy in the library .. so shall go and read this some other time :) better get going and look for the location of my next class :D

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k peeps!! will update here next time :) uni .. is exciting and my housemates are just so .. love-ably love-able.. though there still are a lil hiccups here and there .. need to still sort things out .. but still thank God for them :)

gtg for next psy class .. here goes nothing

WE'VE GOTTEN A HOUSE :)

yay!! cant believe it!!i'm actually gonna move into the house real soon!!! tmr to be exact .. wow~ seriously starting off a new chapter in life!!! I CANT BELIEVE IT!!
well .. honestly .. house hunting can be tedious and tiring when you dun have a clue of where u're heading but then .. the end result is rewarding that u just forgotten the process of it! yea .. God is so good and i believe that He will continue to provide :) so yea .. and also .. buying furniture .. warhliau .. a total new level mann .. knowing how indecisive and how fickled minded i am .. honestly .. i pity my company .. though in the deepest of my heart i am truly greatful .. but the fact that i can take forever to choose .. or asking the question "should i or should i not?" repeatitively can be annoyingly embarassing. but thank God for friends who is patient and kind and tolerating. and also who dun mind walking or driving up and down with me. oh oh .. and also generous parents and frens :)

anwayz .. back track a few things :)

i've actually been here .. in melbourne for a month..can you believe it?!! WOW .. haha.. and also i felt as though time flies and definitely there are times which are reallly good adn also times which aint as good. wat have i done? have i made an impact in the lives of many? i dun think so.. but yea ..


u know wat? i'm so hooked on grey's anatomy.. izzie is the best!! :) :) and i've watched the final episode .. as in the season finale of OC! and sigh .. i felt so lifeless .. as though i have to numb myself with the series!!? >.< or simply the fact tat i'm bloggin about tv series?? is weird! hahaha .. oh well .. but mann .. they are addictive!! grey's especially! hahaha

i'm tired.. so ..i'll just do in short.

went to mak's grandaunty and granduncle for housemate checks

valentines day was normal except meeting up with pau and giving out pressies

chinese new year reminds me of the hot weather back home but not so much of the atmosphere. the dragon/ lion dance .. well .. not to be mean or harsh .. but i reckon they are just sheer attempts!

lots of furniture browsing

lots of wondering

and been shocked by her dilemma and trying to reduce her pain and complications

realise that he will never like me

went to orientation

talked heaps to mum

missed my dad alot

stayed up till 4 (cant even remembered when was the last time i stayed up till tat late)

spent heaps on train and also been given lots of free rides

had couple of coincidental incidents

embarassing moments

ups and downs

tat's life i guess

I;VE GOTTEN A HOUSE!!!

short note. i've gotten a house!!! yay!! thank God.
moving in around the 20th. so GOOD yea ?!!
:D

so exciting rite now!WOOT

WHO KNOWS HOUSING CAN BE SO .. URGGHHH.. BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A BRIGHT SIDE TO THINGS :)


Consider it pure joy, my brothers whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking of anything.
- James 1:2-4 -


well ... being back in melbourne for bout .. ermm .. 2weeks? and wat have i been up to?? nothing much other than house hunting. and to no surprise at all.. it wasnt a fruitful one. it's SO FREAKING HARD to get a house!!!!!!!!!

seriously.. i had no idea getting a house can be so hard. i mean hello.. we are going to pay the rent .. and yea.. doesnt it matter the most? but nope .. to the people here. .. there;s more than tat .. loads of procedures and stuff.

FIRSTLY, you gotta check and make sure that the property is available.

THEN, you've gotta call or make arrangements so that you can get the keys or the tenants to allow you to inspect the house.

AFTER THAT, inspect the house! haha

IT IS THEN FOLLOWED BY.. submitting an application form to the office

DEPENDING on the real estate agents.. you will either be interviewed or somehow undergone a personality check

IN A FEW DAYS OR MINUTES.. you'll be notified whether is your application successful.

if not .. repeat the whole thing again.

yup..that's how it works.. but sigh.. sadly .. i wasnt one of the few lucky ones cos my application has been rejected. but it doesnt mean anything... well .. of course i was a lil disappointed and discouraged... but still i believe this is the year of jubilee .. like wat ps rusell has preached. God's favour is upon us. yes. all we need to do is just have faith :D how awesome is that!!!

honestly .. this process has been tough and being all away from your comfort zone and with no clue on where to start .. no housemates to be physically there to discuss can be frustrating and lost.. and when you dont have a car and you need to walk or catch public ... bus 11~ haha .. aint cool at all ... but glad and thankful that most of the time i have company.. and eventually .. a chauffeur returns :)but yea .. tat's not the point.. my point is that .. this house hunting thing.. has definitely .. make me learnt a lot!!!!

i've gone through anticipation, disappointment, frustration, excitement and even on the urge of giving up. but guess what? God is so good that He knows every single thing that you're going through. He will pick you up!

today. i was really lost and aimless. dint know wat else to do or wherelse to go since most houses i've seen and most of them had been taken. i was literally clueless, getting off the train station with completely no idea of where to go next or wat to do.. i havent been praying as hard though... i know i should but i'm just on the spot where i couldnt bring myself to Him. i felt no kick ..[ bad excuse indeed] and .. just felt so gross!!!! so .. bleh!

sigh. guess wat?? God understands. i was out of the blue listening to the radio with my phone .. trying to kill my boredom and distract myself .. then .. for the first time .. i heard a bible verse from the radio

James 1:2-4 duno wat version the radio uses but i'm taking this from NIV
Consider it pure joy, my brothers whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking of anything.

i think this version sounded complicated. the radio one was easier to understand. but generally. i was so TOUCHED and amazed. yes. continue to praise and find joy in the Lord when facing different circumstances and situation .. cos God is testing our faith and when we have gone through these stages, we will be stronger in character :) how awesome and timely was that!! thank you Lord. so cool.

truly God knows our needs and our weakness. i wanted to just give up and just watever..but then the next song was "dont give up" .. dint know such song existed .. but yea .. how coincidental was it? not at all. God has planned it. and i'm so grateful that He has shown me this verse to encourage me to just keep persevering and keep trusting in him. I DO believe that He will provide us with a better house and He has it all ready for us. yes. trust me. just wait and see! hehhee :P

thank you so much Lord Jesus. and also wanna thank all those who have been praying for me. thank you to mandy and kingsley for the awesome company. mak, heebs and sam.. you guys owe them too, especially kingsley for driving me around. thank you all who had tolerated, encouraged, supported and cheered me up. thank you :)[jimuis,boss and chinfei]

cant wait for my housemates to comeback :) :) thank you sam,mak,heeb,aunty amy,aunty jane,sam's mum,heeb's mum and all the parents for your help!!! i'll prolly be insane without you guys!

big thank you to my parents and family. glad tat sis is back but i'm sure she's not as glad as i am to see her back in melb. hehee :P love u guys LOTS!!!!!!!

suddenly .. i feel so blessed :)