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HELPS
Description:
The
gift of Helps is the divine enablement to accomplish practical and necessary
tasks which free-up, support, and meet the needs of others.
Distinctives: People with this gift...
- Serve behind the scenes wherever needed to support the gifts and ministries of
others
- See the tangible and practical things to be done and enjoy doing them
- Sense God’s purpose and pleasure in meeting everyday responsibilities
- Attach spiritual value to practical service
- Enjoy knowing that they are freeing up others to do what God has called them to
do
Traits:
- Available
- Willing
- Helpful
- Reliable
- Loyal
- Dependable
- Whatever-it-takes attitude
Cautions: People with this gift...
- Need to esteem their gift, remembering that doing practical deeds is a
spiritual contribution to the body of Christ
- Find it difficult to say “no”
- Need to be responsive to the priorities of leadership instead of setting their
own agendas
References:
1 Corinthians 12:28
Romans 12:7
Acts 6:1-4
Romans 16:1-2
Definition taken from Network: Participants Manual, p. 83.
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