You do well and you enjoy the deacon ministry because caring for others is clearly a spiritual gift from the Lord. One More New Year's Resolution God's gifts are for spiritual people for spiritual work of the Kingdom, and one of the great joys of being a Christian is using those gifts for God's missional work in both the world and the church. We don't enjoy it and we usually don't do a very good job of it. So, as we enter a new year, let me gently propose one more New Year's resolution for each of us. John Stott notes that if the 16 th century discovered the priesthood of all believers, maybe now, at last, by the 20 th or 21 st century we will discover the ministry of the whole people of God .
Spiritual gifts are service gifts, that is their purpose.
They are not for show or selfish gain, but for service to the kingdom of God.