{"id":30,"date":"2010-03-20T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/20\/unused-gifts\/"},"modified":"2010-03-20T12:23:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T17:23:00","slug":"unused-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/20\/unused-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Unused Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we went through session two of the Walking on Water video last night.&nbsp; I began to wonder, what people I know who&#8217;s God given talents are not being used, and how I might be able to help them discover them, and assit them in getting out of the boat, so they can walk on water, using their gifts.&nbsp; First of all, what are my gifts?&nbsp; Well, you need to take a gifts survey.&nbsp; Some are long, some are short.&nbsp; I have found a couple on the web to be taken as well.&nbsp; Keep in mind, these gifts can change, so this is NOT something you take once.&nbsp; God is always, through the Holy Spirit, working on you, through you and with others for you, to improve upon the gifts that you were given.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.elca.org\/evangelizingchurch\/assessments\/spiritgifts.html\">http:\/\/www2.elca.org\/evangelizingchurch\/assessments\/spiritgifts.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After you take this, then discuss it with someone that knows you.<br \/>Discuss it with your Pastor.<\/p>\n<p>Discuss it, act upon it, don&#8217;t burry the talent!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we went through session two of the Walking on Water video last night.&nbsp; I began to wonder, what people I know who&#8217;s God given talents are not being used, and how I might be able to help them discover them, and assit them in getting out of the boat, so they can walk on &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/20\/unused-gifts\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-admin","4":"post-30","6":"format-standard","7":"category-uncategorized"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2m6h5-u","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1865,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/19\/spiritual-gifts-what-does-god-want-me-to-do-with-my-life-who-am-i\/","url_meta":{"origin":30,"position":0},"title":"Spiritual Gifts: What Does God Want Me to Do with My Life?  &#038; Who Am I?","author":"Douglas Dill","date":"August 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Adapted from the, \u201cDiscovering God\u2019s Vision For Your Life, You and Your Spiritual Gifts.\" By Kenneth C. 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