Today I would like to talk about “spiritual gifts.” These are special gifts given to us to serve others. These gifts are supernatural rather than natural endowments. The Holy Spirit provides each Christian one or more gifts "as God wills". The purpose of the gifts includes serving the common good, building up the church as a witness to the world, and confirmation of the preaching and promises of God. Paul mentions about 20 different gifts. These are God-empowered gifts given only to believers who have been given the Holy Spirit. We don’t deserve them, we can’t earn them, they don’t come naturally. That is why they are gifts. No one receives all of them and no single gift has been given to everyone. 

Greg Thomas

United Church of God Pastor

Greg Thomas is the part-time Pastor of the Cleveland, Ohio congregation. Ordained in 1981, he has served in the ministry for 43-years and assumed the role of Pastor in January 2011. As a certified leadership consultant, Greg is the founder and president of weLEAD, Inc. Chartered in 2001, weLEAD is a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization and a major respected resource for free leadership development information reaching a worldwide audience. Greg also founded Leadership Excellence, Ltd in 2009 offering leadership training and coaching.