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I don't think I have one, unless it is discernment of spirits.
How about you?
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Castor Muscular said:
Hospitality to a great degree. Teaching and pastoring to a lessor degree.
I've had other people affirm this multiple times in multiple settings.
(I also think that Paul's list wasn't supposed to be exhaustive, and many peoples' gifts wouldn't show up on his lists.)
Teaching/preaching probably. But that would be such a waste if women weren't allowed to.
PappaBear said:
Discernment of distilled spirits is within my abilities also... but though that may be a God-given talent, I never quite thought of it as a spiritual gift.
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Izdaari said:PappaBear said:
Discernment of distilled spirits is within my abilities also... but though that may be a God-given talent, I never quite thought of it as a spiritual gift.
Me too. I know a good Cognac from a bad one...
Seriously, one that jumped right out at me was Obama. First time I saw him speak, I knew he was evil. He wasn't even saying anything controversial or wrong, and this was very early in his campaign for the nomination so none of his background or questionable associations had yet been exposed (at least not to me - I knew nothing of the guy). It was just instant knowledge that this man was evil. And I do believe he IS evil, and possibly even possessed, not just an incompetent ideologue.
I even told my kids, then and there, that something was seriously wrong with this guy, and they thought I was nuts, because he seemed nice and rational on the outside (at that point).
I don't see or meet many people where I get that kind of "discernment", but when I do, it's like an instant revelation. Call it intuition or a gift, I don't know.
Jimmy Carter, on the other hand, seems to be fake, incompetent and a bit deranged at times, but I don't get the sense that he's evil. That's just my impression, not some special discernment.
No, I don't just get these senses from politicians, but those are two examples.
Mine is evangelism and teaching. My wife's is discernment and hospitality.