1. S PIRITUAL GIFTS: It is clear in the New Testament, what are the Spiritual Gifts given by the Holy Spirit and by omission, what are not Spiritual gifts. These God-given Spiritual Gifts are the main focus of my presentation this morning. 2. H EART PASSION: We have heard people say ... "he is so passionate for the Lord" or "she has such a passion for the poor". Passion is good to have -- it is God given. Even the passion between husband and wife -- is God given. It is called "Eros love". We also know though that we can have passion for something that may have little to do with Spiritual giftedness. In the eye of the doer and sometimes even in the eye of the receiver, the passion may seem "spiritual" . However, an over zealous passion for something that seems "good" and "for the Lord", may be in truth have the trappings of spirituality but upon investigation, only builds up the individual and not God. 3. A BILITIES (Talents & Skills): Our God given talents such as school teaching, business management, accounting, designing, repairing, even singing, speaking and reading are our earthly skills and abilities given to us and practiced by us so that we may live our lives and even earn an income. They are not necessarily Spiritual Gifts unless God imparts them to us for His purpose. The ability to play the guitar or the piano or the organ, even to play them extremely