spiritual gifts
Grace-given abilities
Spiritual gifts are abilities believed to be bestowed by the Holy Spirit for service within the Christian community.
The New Testament lists various gifts including prophecy, healing, speaking in tongues, teaching, and wisdom.
Different Christian traditions emphasize different gifts—Pentecostal and charismatic churches focus on dramatic manifestations like tongues and healing, while other denominations stress teaching and service.
She discovered her spiritual gift was encouragement.
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- glossolaliaMeaningless ecstatic speech
- gift of tonguesMiraculous speech ability
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- divine revelationDeity communicates to humanity
Holy Spirit · wisdom · hospitality · healing · laying on hands · teaching · exhortation · mercy · faith · Pentecostalism · knowledge · intercession · helps · generosity · edification · discernment · encouragement · evangelism
- African PentecostalismPentecostalism, speaking in tongues, deliverance, born again, divine healing
- Pentecostalismspeaking in tongues, glossolalia, tongues, Holy Spirit, holy spirit
- blessingsblessing, blessing prayer, divine blessing, divine favor, divine love
- Christian serviceministry, service, serving, serving others, deacons
- Christian spiritualitysanctification, holiness, Holy Spirit, faithfulness, discipleship
- church ministryyouth ministry, church outreach, women's ministry, youth mentoring, children's ministry