Spiritual Gifts Inventory and answer sheet

Spiritual Gifts Inventory

1. I would like to assist pastors or other leaders so they will have more time to accomplish their essential ministries.
2. I enjoy ministering to people in hospitals, prisons, rest homes and other such places to comfort them.
3. When in a group, I tend to recognize and approach those who are by themselves.
4. I joyfully give money to God’s work well above my tithe.
5. I am comfortable making important decisions, even under pressure.
6. I usually step forward and assume leadership in a group where none exists.
7. Whenever I hear reports on the news or in conversation about needy situations, I am burdened to pray.
8. I can freely accept the possibility that I may never marry.
9. I have an ability to thoroughly study a passage of scripture, and then share it with others effectively.
10. People often tell me their problems, and I seem to be able to encourage them.
11. I find myself often praying and looking for opportunities to share my faith.
12. I often have insights that offer practical solutions to difficult problems.
13. Periodically, I have sensed that something will happen just before it occurs, such as the ringing of the telephone or the specific words another will say.
14. I can sense whether or not a supernatural utterance or act is or God.
15. I have felt an overwhelming desire to speak in a gathering of Christians concerning some truth by which God wants to encourage or exhort them.
16. I have spoken in tongues during a believers’ meeting accompanied by an interpretation in the hearer’s native tongue without causing confusion.
17. I feel a “bubbling up” from within of words in my own language after I have heard someone speak in tongues.
18. I am very confident that God will achieve great things for His glory through me.
19. God often speaks to me about other’s emotional hurts, injuries or physical illnesses so that I can pray for them.
20. God has blessed my prayers so that supernatural results have come from otherwise impossible situations.
21. I enjoy serving leaders by relieving them of routine tasks and details so that they have more time for their primary ministries.
22. I feel compassion for people who are hurting and lonely, and like to spend considerable time with them to cheer them up.
23. I enjoy entertaining guests and making them feel “at home” when they visit.
24. When I give money to someone, I don’t necessarily expect anything in return, and I even “get a kick out of” giving anonymously so that this may happen.
25. I find it easy to see specific activities which will lead toward the accomplishment of a goal.
26. I don’t mind recruiting other to help with an important ministry in the church.
27. Many of my prayers for others have been answered by the Lord.
28. I am single and am doing service for the Body that I would not be able to do if I were married.
29. I have a high respect for God’s word and am motivated to thoroughly prepare when I teach to give others the deepest truths of a passage.
30. I feel a need to challenge others (without condemning them) especially in the area of their spiritual growth.
31. God has seemed to use me more than others to bring people into His kingdom.
32. God enables me to make true application of Biblical truth to practical situations.
33. I have experienced an instant awareness of facts concerning people which I did not learn by natural means.
34. When meeting another, I have an uncanny ability to sense the true motives of their hearts.
35. I have been used to communicate to others messages from God which are timely, urgent, and significant.
36. I have been overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit during prayer or worship and began to speak in tongues.
37. When tongues are spoken I feel an urgency to begin praying that I may interpret.
38. I often exercise my faith through prayer, and God answers them in astounding ways.
39. People often seek me out to pray for their physical healing.
40. At various times, the body of Christ has been strengthened by the exercise of some miraculous power that God released through me.
41. I enjoy helping others get their work done, and don’t need a lot of public recognition.
42. Somehow I seem drawn to the helpless and the hurting: the handicapped, children beggars, stray animals, etc.
43. I am very concerned about and feel personally responsible for visitors who come into our fellowship.
44. I feel that God has given me the ability to live off of very little so I can put the rest to use for Him.
45. I am highly organized and efficient person when it comes to God’s business.
46. I can guide and manage a group of people toward achieving a specific goal.
47. Prayer is my favourite ministry in the church, and I spend a lot of time at it.
48. I am single but have little difficulty controlling my sexual desires.
49. At times when I teach or instruct, I have a special sense that God is communicating through me beyond my own ability.
50. I am usually able to help others to put Biblical principles to work in their lives.
51. To me, it is much more rewarding to be involved in helping others receive Christ than be involved in helping them grow as disciples.
52. God gives me insight into those with whom I talk in order to reveal, illuminate, and perhaps solve a problem in their lives.
53. God has directly revealed to my mind the disease, injury or hurt of another in order for me to pray for their healing.
54. Sometimes when I meet someone, I can sense that they are being plagues by something evil or demonic.
55. I often feel moved to speak out boldly concerning what I sense God thinks about the present system, behaviour, and/or values of my local church body.
56. I have spoken in a language unknown to me, that when interpreted, brought a blessing to those who heard.
57. I have interpreted tongues in a public worship service.
58. I have experienced a surge of confidence in the presence and power of God to work during a seemingly impossible situation.
59. I have felt moved by God to pray for the sick which resulted in their healing.
60. By God’s might I have cast out demons.
61. I enjoy working behind the scenes, taking care of little details.
62. I don’t mind getting involved in helping someone who is hurting, and I don’t really worry about the time and energy it cost me.
63. People tell me that my relaxed manner makes them feel right at home.
64. Often I feel moved to motivate others to greater giving of their personal resources for the benefit of the kingdom.
65. I have little difficulty keeping track of a great many activities to achieve a common goal.
66. I am often surprised to find that I have emerged as a leader and that others have looked to me for direction when I wasn’t even trying to lead.
67. I often wake up in the middle of the night and feel like praying.
68. I can easily identify with Paul’s desire that all be single as he was.
69. When I communicate the text of Scripture to others, they have later reported that this caused them to change their attitudes, values and conduct.
70. I have helped and advised others to face people whom they needed to confront.
71. Others bring me their non-Christian friends who are open to the gospel.
72. While counseling, I have seen the “unknown”, shared it and witnessed the solving of a problem in someone’s life.
73. I sometimes feel a similar physical pain in my body when I get around other people who have an injury, sickness or emotional hurt.
74. I know the spirit or motive behind someone’s presentation of himself.
75. God often reveals to me the direction He desires the body of Christ to move.
76. I often find myself praying privately using words which seem natural but have no particular meaning to me.
77. In a gathering of the church, I know when it is appropriate for a tongue and an interpretation.
78. At times I have experienced a rush of faith that God was going to work in a situation which could only be solved through His supernatural intervention.
79. I feel heat or tingling in my hands when I am around those who are being prayed for physical / health problems.
80. I have been used by God to accomplish supernatural things which have amazed other people.
81. I don’t mind doing the job myself when I notice mundane tasks that need to be accomplished in my Christian community.
82. My attempts to show compassion are usually very well received by others.
83. I don’t mind it at all if someone stops by my place unexpectedly.
84. I feel deeply motivated to give when confronted with urgent financial needs in God’s family or His work.
85. I have an uncanny ability to identify the specific organizational or system issue which is causing a problem in the community.
86. Whatever group I am in, people usually respond well to my ideas and direction.
87. Praying in tongues is an important part of my private prayer life.
88. I am single and believe that God has given me something to do for Him which probably requires that I be unmarried.
89. I enjoy working to find analogies / examples which will illustrate Biblical truth.
90. I have the desire to motivate and encourage others to face reality and/or to face current problems in their life.
91. Non-Christians tend to really open up to me on spiritual issues.
92. I have had the experience of knowing the right word at the right time which came by supernatural means and gave counsel in a given situation.
93. There are times when a person’s private sin is divinely revealed to me.
94. I can see through a person who is phoney before their phoniness is clearly evident to others.
95. I often sense that God wants me to share a word of encouragement through me, so I express it to others.
96. I have experienced the desire to speak out loud in tongues in the midst of a body of believers.
97. When I interpret tongues, I sense the Holy Spirit controlling what I say.
98. Other people have told me that I have an unusual faith in God’s ability to accomplish great things for his kingdom through me.
99. There have been times that I have prayed and counseled with those who are emotionally hurt or physically sick and they have improved dramatically.
100. God has used me to intervene in a supernatural fashion which resulted in an altering of the normal course of human events.

Spiritual Gifts Inventory * answer sheet

How well do I do the following statements express your own experience?

(answer from 1 – 5)

____1________2_______3_______4_______5____

Not at all moderately extremely well

										Total
1		21		41		61		81			A
2		22		42		62		82			B
3		23		43		63		83			C
4		24		44		64		84			D
5		25		45		65		85			E
6		26		46		66		86			F
7		27		47		67		87			G
8		28		48		68		88			H
9		29		49		69		89			I
10		30		50		70		90			J
11		31		51		71		91			K
12		32		52		72		92			L
13		33		53		73		93			M
14		34		54		74		94			N
15		35		55		75		95			O
16		36		56		76		96			P
17		37		57		77		97			Q
18		38		58		78		98			R
19		39		59		79		99			S
20		40		60		80		100			T

	Spiritual Gifts
A	Service / Helps
B	Mercy
C	Hospitality
D	Giving
E	Administration
F	Leadership
G	Intercession
H	Celibacy
I	Teaching
J	Exhortation
K	Evangelism
L	Word of Wisdom
M	Word of Knowledge
N	Discernment of Spirits
O	Propehecy
P	Tongues
Q	Interpretation of tongues
R	Faith
S	Gifts of Healing
T	Works of power