SPIRITUAL GIFTS TEST

SCORING SHEET

 

Place the numerical value of each answer next to the number of each question:

              Much = 3   Some = 2   Little = 1   None = 0

 

Now add up the five numbers in each row and place the sum in the total

column. (Note: Number 28  is not included in the total scoring, number

         26 is listed twice.)

 

            Value of answers                                     Total         Gift

                                                                         ====    =====

Row A   1____ 15____  29____  43____  57____                     Faith

 

Row B   2____ 16____  30____  44____  58____                     Knowledge

 

Row C   3____ 17____  31____  45____  59____                      Mercy

 

Row D   4____ 18____  32____  46____  60____                     Missionary

 

Row E   5____  19____  33____  47____  61____                     Teaching

 

Row F   6____  20____  34____  48____  62____                     Wisdom

 

Row G   7____  21____  35____  49____  63____                     Administration

 

Row H   8____  22____  36____  50____  64____                     Intercessory Prayer

                                                        

Row I    9____   23____  37____  51____  65____                     Hospitality

 

Row J  10____   24____  38____  52____  66____                     Help

 

Row K  11____   25____  39____ 53____  67____                     Exaltation

 

Row L  12____   26____   40____54____  68____                     Giving

 

Row M  13____  26____   41____ 55____  69____                Discernment

 

Row N  14____  27____   42____  56____  70____                Evangelism

 

 

NOTE:  In answering the various questions, bear this fact in mind.

      There is no right or wrong answers to this test.  This is not

      a test of past experience.  It is more a test of what you feel

      right doing or what you think you would enjoy doing.

      

   

SPIRITUAL GIFTS TEST

 

 

I have experienced this with satisfaction in my life or this fits my personality. 
Indicate with a corresponding number from below.

 

MUCH = 3   SOME = 2   LITTLE = 1   NONE = 0

                             

SCORE                         

                                                                                                     

_______1.  Believing God will keep His promise despite conflicting circumstantial evidence.

 

_______2.  Studying and discovering new truths for myself.

 

_______3.  To give and gain a blessing from visiting people in their homes or in hospitals.

 

_______4.  Fitting in easily to a culture different from mine.

 

_______5.  To help people learn and retain Bible truths.

 

_______6.  Correctly sensing the long term implications for right and wrong, when an idea is first proposed.

 

_______7.  Persuading others to work toward achieving objectives that strengthen the church.

 

_______8.  To pray for others at length without thinking about time.

 

_______9.  Enjoy providing food and lodging to those in need.

 

_______10. Finding it difficult to say "No" when asked to do some church related task that I feel comfortable with.

 

_______11. Verbally strengthening a spiritually apathetic fellow church member.

 

_______12. Managing my money to be able to give liberally to special church needs.

 

_______13. Can accurately recognize what spiritual talents another Christian may or may not have.

 

_______14. Able to lead others to decide to follow Jesus as their Lord.

 

_______15. Expecting real miracles to happen in my life when needed.

 

_______16. Acquiring and mastering new principles of Bible truths.

 

_______17. Able to cheer up and comfort someone who is lonely, sick or in prison.

 

_______18. Can relate will to an individual of different ethnic background.

 

_______19. Able to make difficult Bible truths understandable to others.

 

_______20. Can effectively apply Biblical principles to problems I face.

 

_______21. Can set goals and make sound plans to reach them.

 

_______22. Maintain a mental or written prayer list and pray regularly for those on it.

 

_______23. Would rather invite someone home to dinner after church than to be alone or just with family.

 

_______24. Like to look for a way to assist key leaders within the church.

 

_______25. Counseling with someone who feels confused and guilty.

 

_______26. Give freely of my resources to church needs.

 

_______27. Can look beneath the surface and accurately evaluate peoples motives.

 

_______28. Can tell others about my Christian experiences in a way that they want to know more.

 

_______29. Trusting in the power of God for things that appear impossible to some.

 

_______30. Spending time studying and reading to better understanding God's plan for me.

 

_______31. Feel a desire to involve myself in helping a member whose faith may be faltering.

 

_______32. Can look at life from the prospective of someone who grew  up under conditions vastly different from me.

 

_______33. Able to explain the word of God clearly to others.

 

_______34. Enjoy working out solutions to complicated dilemmas in life

 

_______35. Able to lead a group in making decisions together.

 

_______36. Have prayer be one of my favorite spiritual enterprises.

 

_______37. Able to make strangers especially welcome in my home.

 

_______38. Volunteer to help someone out when I see they could use assistance in something that I am familiar with.

 

_______39. Restore backslidden members to renewed commitment.

 

_______40. Be deeply moved when confronted with urgent needs in our world wide work.

 

_______41. Can usually see through a phony before his phoniness is clearly evident.

 

_______42. Finding it easy to initiate or turn a conversation toward talking about Jesus.

 

_______43. Trusting in the reliability of God when all looks dim.

 

_______44. Able to distinguish key and important facts of Scripture.

 

_______45. Enjoy visiting a shut-in member to cheer them up.

 

_______46. Able to adapt my words, appearance and actions in whatever way is most effective to reach someone for  

                   Christ.

 

_______47. Can illustrate Christian concepts in a way people remember and understand.

 

_______48. Sensing God's leading when making important religious decisions.

 

_______49. Can steer others through difficulties that sometimes arise when doing church related tasks.

 

_______50. Seeing God consistently answering my prayers in a tangible way.

 

_______51. Enjoy and feel at ease with each guest in my house.

 

_______52. Enjoy doing such church tasks as setting up chairs & tables telephoning, typing, running errands, cleaning

                   after meetings.

 

_______53. Encouraging those who are troubled or feeling down.

 

_______54. Quietly giving things or money to my church beyond what is expected.

 

_______55. My suggestions of what person should do a particular job usually proves to be a good choice.

 

_______56. Can pick out those who may be receptive to Gods Spirit and search for ways to reach them.

 

_______57. Believing that big things will happen in Gods work here when others are not so sure.

 

_______58. Enjoy and look forward to personal Bible study.

 

_______59. Providing real help to new or straying Christians.

 

_______60. Developing close friendship with someone whose cultural background isn't at all like mine.

 

_______61. Speaking in such a way that others listen and learn.

 

_______62. Judging well between good and bad ideas.

 

_______63. Able to plan and oversee a good project that benefits our church.

 

_______64. Praying for others and believing that God will draw especially close to those people because I prayed for

                   them.

 

_______65. Especially enjoy visitors in my home.

 

_______66. Willing and satisfied to be doing church jobs that appear routine or boring to some.

 

_______67. Able to tactfully redirect complacent or wayward Christians to face reality.

 

_______68. Willing to maintain a lower standard of living in order to benefit Gods work.

 

_______69. Clearly perceiving the difference between truth and error when someone is speaking.

 

_______70. Speaking to others about Jesus in a way that awakens them to their need of Him.