How can the Holy Spirit's gifts influence my life?

1. Wisdom

Wisdom listens to people with more experience. Sometimes it weighs all the evidence and makes a different decision, but wisdom listens first.

2. Understanding

The gift of understanding helps you to really hear what another person is saying. Sometimes that's all that is needed.

3. Right Judgment (a.k.a. Counsel)

The gift of right judgment assists you to weigh all the alternatives and consequences, to consider all you have been taught by your parents and responsible adults, and to pray for guidance.

4. Courage

Acting on your judgments requires—you guessed it—courage. Are there any situations in school that are getting out of hand? Maybe you can exercise your gift of courage by organizing a group that tries to solve the problem.

5. Knowledge

A person demonstrating the gift of knowledge doesn't take things at face value, but looks for the reasons and the results. Such a person could also ask the Holy Spirit's help in dealing with the things that don't make sense right now.

6. Fear of the Lord (a.k.a. Awe and Wonder)

God inspires us with awe all the time. We are created in the divine image. That doesn't mean we look like God, but it means that we have a spiritual dimension, and we can ask that awesome Holy Spirit to fill us with all the gifts that we need to live according to God's will.

7. Piety (a.k.a. Reverence)

Reverence means respecting God and God's creation. People who neglect the gift of faith or reverence don't see God's hand work in creation.

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