Gifted & Talented: Discover and Use Your Spiritual Gifts
This practical guide explores core spiritual gifts—like prophecy, service, teaching, and mercy—as tangible tools to help you discover your purpose and use your gifts in your everyday life.
Do you ever feel like a spectator in your own faith?
It’s easy to feel disconnected—to go to church, listen to a sermon, and go home, all while wondering what your true purpose is. We hear about "spiritual gifts" but assume they are for pastors, leaders, or "super-saints." Author and former software engineer Rev. Jeremy W. Scott argues the real problem isn't that we think too highly of ourselves, but that we "don't think less of ourselves than we should". We've believed the lie that we have nothing to offer, and the church has become a place of passive spectators instead of active participants.
Gifted & Talented is the practical guide to changing that.
With the clarity of an engineer and the heart of a pastor, Scott dismantles the idea that the church is a "fortress" for hiding and reimagines it as an "outpost"—a supply depot where we get equipped to go out and serve the world. This book is your manual for discovering the gifts God has already given you and finding the courage to use them in your daily life.
Inside, you will discover:
A New Look at Ancient Gifts: Learn why prophecy isn't about fortune-telling, but about seeing God in the chaos , and why teaching isn't about dry doctrine, but about connecting faith to real life.
Gifts in Real-World Terms: Understand exhortation as the "Ted Lasso" gift of being a "coach for the soul" , and embrace service as the "low bar of Jesus"—the simple, profound power of everyday kindness.
Your Gifts, Everywhere: Find out how to use your gifts not just at church, but in your personal life, your family, and even your workplace.
Practical Application: Each chapter includes "Quick Reflections for Daily Life" to help you immediately move from information to transformation.
A Playbook for Leaders: A special chapter for pastors and church leaders provides a practical framework for creating a "culture of gifting" and turning a congregation of slot-fillers into an army of "equipped" saints.
Gifted & Talented is your guide to moving from the sidelines to the front lines. If you are ready to stop just going to church and start being the church in the world, this book is your call to action. You have a part to play. It's time to get equipped.
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