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17specialty or their special ministry. Not everything you do is classified as your gift or ministry. Many things are just a part of your duty as a Christian. %u201cNow to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. (1 Corinthians 12:7) But there is some service to which you are to dedicate yourself, to specialize in. This is your ministry. Through the exercise of our gift, i.e. performing our function or ministry, we all work together. Diverse personalities, ages, experiences all joined in a common enterprise requires that we get along well and that we treat each other with respect and consideration. If one or more member fails to do their task, the body fails to operate as effectively as God desires. Some Steps To Help You Determine Your Gift(s)Spiritual gifts (gifts of the Holy Spirit) were given to you by God when you became a Christian. The New Testament does not give a list of steps for determining one%u2019s spiritual gift. We are told to pursue gifts, to prepare and to use them, but we are not told how to determine them, at least not in a concise list. The following steps are suggestions on how to proceed and are not considered the final, authoritative word on the subject. 1.Place Yourself Entirely At God's Disposal: This is an objective decision of yours which is implied by your decision to become a Christian. Say to God as Isaiah did: \me.\why would we expect God to answer us when we ask Him how He wants to use us?2.Pray: You know that God has a purpose for you in the body of Christ. So now you ask Him to show you what it is, knowing that He will answer for it is His will. Psalm 25:12. Praying for this we are simply asking for God to reveal to us what Jesus has determined for us to be doing.3.Review The Lists Of Gifts In The New Testament: You need to start thinking about what God calls a ministry. The following are some examples of gifts or ministries (not including temporary or miraculous ones) that should give you an idea. a.%u201cAnd in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.%u201d (1 Corinthians 12:28)b.%u201cIt was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and inthe knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.%u201d (Ephesians 4:11-13)c.%u201cFor by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. Just as each of us has one body with many members,