document.writeln('Title: Why Gifts?
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Tami Weissert: Why do we get spiritual gifts anyway? Woodrow Kroll takes a Bible Minute to answer.

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Woodrow Kroll: "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all" (1 Corinthians 12:7). The misunderstanding a lot of people have today about spiritual gifts is that God gave me a gift for my personal growth in Him. And that is not a biblical concept at all. Because every time you encounter spiritual gifts, you\'re always going to find words like "to each one for the profit of all."

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Spiritual gifts are designed for you to benefit somebody else, not for you to benefit you. Every time he talks about the manifestation of spiritual gifts, he is saying, "Your spiritual gift is going to be a public thing, and it\'s going to be for the benefit of everybody in the Church."

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Tami Weissert: Your spiritual gift has a clear purpose. Learn more with a free study from bibleminute.org.

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