What If I Don’t Have a Spiritual Gift?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Paul and Peter charge Christians to use our spiritual gifts for the good of the church. But what if we don’t seem to have any spiritual gifts?

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0:00.0	For the past week or so, we've been looking at gifts and particularly spiritual gifts.
0:09.6	I didn't design it this way.
0:11.3	It was providential that so many episodes touched on this topic.
0:15.7	Last week we looked at the question, what are my skills worth?
0:19.8	That was APJ 1857.
0:22.2	If you're a carpenter or mechanic, plumber, doctor, or lawyer, if you have some skill that people
0:26.6	in the church assume you will share with them for free.
0:29.4	Let's listen to that episode, APJ 1857.
0:33.6	And then we looked at what distinguishes my life from non-Christians.
0:37.3	APJ 1858, an episode sparked by a question on spiritual gifts.
0:44.5	And then we asked a related question to that.
0:47.4	What makes my gift a spiritual gift?
0:50.6	That was last time in APJ 1859.
0:54.5	Today we close out the week with an email from a listener named Kara.
0:57.8	She says she has no spiritual gift at all.
1:01.4	None.
1:02.4	Now what?
1:03.4	Here's your email, Pastor John Hello.
1:05.2	I've been a believer for about a dozen years now, but I don't seem to have any spiritual gifts.
1:10.8	I really feel like a talentless and sinful mess.
1:15.1	Does this mean that the spirit does not actually dwell in me?
1:18.5	How can I discover my purpose in him and fulfill 1st Peter 4, verse 10?
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