A. Service/Helps

1. Service/Helps: Though mentioned separately in different passages, these two skills seem to be essentially the same gift. Though all Christians are commanded to serve one another (Mark 10:42-45), this gift is the extra ability or anointing from the Spirit to do the less glorious or mundane work in the Church that meets the practical needs of the body. It also involves assisting others (esp. leaders) so that they are free to more effectively use their gifts. Romans 12:7; I Cor. 12:28; I Peter 4:10-11// Acts 6:1-7, Philemon 1:13; Titus 3:13-14; Phil. 2:25-30; II Tim. 1:16-18 (Luke 8:1-3; Mark 15:40-41).