RETURN TO MOTIVATIONAL GIFT SYLLABUS
Bible Perspectives: Gifts of Motivation
Lesson #10
“Using Your Gift in Your Job or Career”
- Discussion of each students personal computerized evaluation based on his test scores.
- Remember that a person has only one dominant gift.
- Scores that appear close to a students dominant gift show related strengths.
- Scores that appear very low show a students weaknesses.
- To Develop, Enhance, and Use Your Gift Effectively:
- To Develop and Enhance Your Gift:
- Like everything else in the Christian life, using your gift takes faith.
- To develop your gift, concentrate on learning how to make it better:
- Strengthen the weak areas and the problem areas that you marked under the description of your gift.
- Determine to begin to practice using your gift with your brothers and sisters in Christ, even if there is criticism at first.
- Become comfortable with your gift by use. The more you use it, the more you will develop your own style.
- Study those in the Bible that have your gift to see how they used their gift.
- To Use your gift effectively, you will need the following attitudes:
- A deep desire to serve God to the best of your ability.
- A deep love for Gods people.
- An attitude of humility.
- Moral purity in your life.
- Respect and tolerance of others and of their gifts.
- A zeal for ministry.
- Stability in your Christian walk.
- Responsibility to God:
- Every believer is responsible to God for your gift:
- How you use it or misuse it.
- How you develop your gift.
- How you work to overcome the areas of weaknesses in the problem areas of your gift.
- You are not responsible for how your gift is received.
- Your Gift in the Work Place or Career:
- The following chart gives you the gifts and their compatibility to different jobs or careers.
- If success in a job is highly unlikely for a person with a particular gift, the job has a double minus sign in the column under that gift.
- If success is not likely, but there could be factors that enable a person with that gift to enjoy the job, the column under that gift is blank.
- If success is possible for a particular job, the column under that gift has one asterisk. *
- If success is very possible for a particular job, the column under that gift has two asterisks. **
- If success is highly probable for a particular job, the column under a specific gift has three asterisks. ***
Prophecy | Serving | Teaching | Exhort | Giving | Facilitate | Mercy | |
Accountant | ** | *** | * | ** | — | ||
Actor | ** | * | — | *** | ** | *** | — |
Advertising executive | * | — | ** | *** | ** | *** | — |
Agricultural worker | * | *** | ** | — | * | ||
Air traffic controller | *** | ** | ** | * | * | *** | — |
Airplane pilot | *** | * | ** | ** | * | *** | |
Ambassador | *** | * | ** | *** | * | *** | * |
Anthropologist | * | * | *** | * | * | ** | ** |
Archaeologist | * | * | *** | * | * | ** | ** |
Architect | ** | *** | ** | * | * | ** | |
Artist | * | ** | * | * | * | * | *** |
Assembly line worker | *** | — | ** | — | * | ||
Astronomer | ** | * | *** | * | * | ** | * |
Auctioneer | * | * | *** | ** | * | — | |
Auditor | ** | *** | ** | * | *** | * | |
Automobile dealer | * | ** | ** | ** | |||
Bank teller | * | *** | * | * | *** | * | * |
Banker | ** | * | * | * | *** | ** | |
Barber or Beautician | *** | * | ** | ** | |||
Biologist | * | * | *** | * | * | ** | * |
Bookkeeper | * | *** | * | *** | |||
Botanist | * | ** | *** | * | ** | * | ** |
Builder | * | *** | * | * | ** | ** | * |
Bus Driver | *** | * | ** | * | |||
Business Consultant | ** | * | * | * | *** | ** | — |
Business Owner | ** | * | ** | ** | *** | ** | |
Buyer | ** | * | ** | * | *** | ** | |
Cashier or Checker | *** | * | ** | ** | |||
Carpenter | * | *** | * | *** | * | ||
Chemist | ** | * | *** | * | * | ** | |
Childcare Provider | * | *** | ** | ** | *** | ||
Chiropractor | ** | * | *** | ** | * | ** | * |
City Planner | ** | — | ** | ** | * | *** | — |
Civil Servant | * | *** | * | ** | ** | * | ** |
Clerk | * | *** | — | * | *** | — | ** |
College Professor | ** | *** | ** | * | *** | ||
Conductor of Music | * | ** | * | *** | ** | ||
Composer of Music | * | * | *** | ** | * | ** | *** |
Commercial Artist | * | ** | * | * | * | ** | *** |
Computer Operator | *** | * | * | ** | ** | ||
Computer programmer | * | *** | *** | * | ** | ** | |
Cook | * | *** | * | ** | * | ** | |
Conservationist | ** | ** | ** | ** | * | ** | *** |
Contractor | ** | * | * | ** | *** | *** | |
Criminologist | *** | * | ** | ** | * | ** | — |
Curator | * | * | *** | * | ** | ||
Dental Hygienist | *** | * | ** | * | |||
Dentist | ** | * | ** | ** | * | * | |
Department Store Manager | ** | ** | ** | ** | *** | ||
Dietitian | ** | ** | * | ** | * | * | ** |
Dock Worker | *** | — | * | *** | — | ||
Doctor | ** | * | *** | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Economist | * | * | ** | * | *** | — | * |
Electrician | * | *** | * | *** | — | * | |
Engineer | ** | * | *** | ** | * | ** | |
Evangelist | ** | * | ** | *** | * | * | |
Farmer | * | *** | *** | * | ** | ||
Fashion Designer | ** | * | ** | * | *** | ||
Firefighter | * | *** | * | ** | * | ||
Fisherman | *** | — | * | ** | — | * | |
Flight Attendant | * | *** | * | ** | * | ** | |
Florist | ** | * | ** | *** | |||
Forest Ranger | * | *** | * | ** | ** | ||
Funeral Director | * | ** | * | ** | * | ||
Geographer | * | *** | ** | * | * | * | * |
Geologist | ** | ** | *** | ** | * | ||
Guidance Counselor | *** | * | ** | *** | * | *** | ** |
Heavy Equipment Operator | *** | * | ** | ||||
Home Economist | * | ** | * | ** | ** | * | *** |
Hospital Administrator | ** | ** | ** | * | *** | ||
Hotel Manager | ** | ** | ** | * | *** | ||
Industrial Designer | * | *** | ** | * | * | ** | |
Inspector | *** | * | ** | * | * | ** | |
Interior Decorator | * | *** | * | * | ** | * | *** |
Investment Fund Manager | ** | ** | ** | *** | ** | ||
Janitor | *** | — | * | *** | — | ** | |
Journalist | ** | * | *** | ** | * | ** | * |
Judge | *** | ** | * | * | *** | — | |
Landscaper | *** | ** | *** | * | |||
Lawyer | *** | ** | * | * | *** | — | |
Librarian | * | *** | *** | * | ** | ** | |
Licensed Practical Nurse | * | *** | ** | ** | *** | ||
Life Insurance Agent | *** | * | * | ** | * | ** | * |
Manufacturer | ** | * | * | * | *** | ** | |
Market Researcher or Analyst | *** | * | *** | ** | * | *** | * |
Marketing Executive | ** | * | ** | ** | *** | ||
Mason (bricks) | *** | * | *** | * | |||
Mathematician | ** | *** | *** | * | ** | ** | * |
Mechanic | * | *** | * | *** | * | ||
Mechanical Drawing | * | *** | * | * | ** | ** | |
Medical Technologist | ** | ** | *** | ** | ** | * | * |
Metalworker | *** | * | *** | * | |||
Meteorologist | * | ** | *** | * | ** | ** | * |
Military Officer | *** | ** | ** | * | *** | ||
Miner | * | *** | *** | * | |||
Minister | *** | ** | *** | *** | ** | *** | ** |
Missionary | *** | ** | ** | ** | *** | ** | ** |
Model | ** | ** | * | *** | |||
Musician | * | ** | ** | * | ** | * | *** |
Nurse (RN) | * | ** | * | * | ** | * | *** |
Nutritionist | ** | ** | *** | * | ** | * | *** |
Occupational Therapist | * | ** | * | *** | ** | * | *** |
Oceanographer | * | ** | *** | * | ** | * | * |
Office Worker | * | *** | * | *** | *** | ||
Optometrist | ** | * | *** | ** | * | ** | * |
Paramedic | *** | ** | ** | ** | *** | * | * |
Personnel Manager | * | * | *** | *** | * | ||
Pet Groomer | *** | * | ** | *** | |||
Performing artist | ** | * | * | ** | ** | * | *** |
Pharmacist | * | ** | *** | * | ** | * | *** |
Philosopher | *** | *** | * | * | ** | *** | |
Photographer | * | ** | * | * | ** | * | *** |
Physical Therapist | * | ** | * | * | ** | *** | |
Physician | ** | * | *** | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Physicist | ** | *** | * | ** | |||
Plumber | *** | * | ** | * | |||
Politician | ** | * | * | ** | * | *** | |
Postman | *** | ** | ** | * | |||
Printer | * | ** | * | * | ** | ** | * |
Professional Housecleaner | *** | * | ** | ** | |||
Proofreader | * | * | *** | * | * | ** | * |
Psychiatrist | ** | * | *** | ** | * | ** | * |
Psychologist | ** | *** | *** | ** | * | ||
Public Administrator | ** | ** | ** | * | *** | ||
Public Relations Director | * | * | *** | * | *** | * | |
Purchasing Agent | * | ** | * | * | ** | ** | |
Radio or TV announcer | * | * | *** | * | ** | ||
Radio or TV producer | ** | ** | ** | * | *** | ||
Railroad Engineer | * | ** | * | ** | |||
Realtor | * | * | * | *** | ** | ** | * |
Receptionist | *** | *** | ** | ** | |||
Recreation director | * | * | *** | ** | *** | * | |
Religious Education Director | ** | ** | *** | * | *** | * | |
Reporter | *** | * | *** | ** | * | *** | * |
Research Scientist | ** | * | *** | * | ** | ||
Researcher | ** | * | *** | * | ** | ||
Restaurant Manager | ** | * | * | ** | ** | *** | |
Retailer | ** | * | * | ** | *** | ** | |
Salesman | ** | * | * | ** | *** | *** | |
School Administrator | ** | *** | ** | * | *** | ||
Scientist | * | *** | ** | ** | |||
Seamstress or tailor | * | *** | ** | ** | |||
Secretary | * | *** | * | ** | ** | ||
Shipbuilder | * | *** | * | ** | * | ||
Social Worker | * | * | *** | ** | * | *** | |
Sociologist | ** | * | ** | *** | ** | ** | ** |
Speech Therapist | ** | ** | *** | * | * | *** | |
Statistician | * | *** | ** | * | ** | * | * |
Surgeon | * | *** | *** | * | * | ** | |
Surveyor | * | *** | * | ** | * | * | |
Systems Analyst | *** | ** | ** | * | ** | ** | |
Taxidermist | *** | * | * | ||||
Teacher of Art | * | ** | ** | * | * | * | *** |
Teacher of Business Education | * | *** | * | ** | *** | * | ** |
Teacher of Drama | *** | ** | ** | * | * | *** | |
Teacher of Elementary school | * | * | * | ** | ** | * | *** |
Teacher of Language | * | * | *** | * | * | * | ** |
Teacher of home economics | * | ** | * | ** | * | * | *** |
Teacher of history | ** | * | *** | ** | * | ** | * |
Teacher of music | * | * | ** | * | * | * | *** |
Teacher of Physical Education | * | * | *** | ** | *** | ||
Teacher of science | *** | * | *** | * | ** | ** | * |
Teacher of Social Studies | ** | * | ** | *** | ** | ** | *** |
Teacher of Special Education | * | * | *** | *** | ** | ** | *** |
Technician | * | *** | ** | * | *** | * | * |
Telephone Operator | *** | * | ** | * | *** | ||
Theologian | *** | *** | * | * | *** | ||
Toolmaker | *** | *** | * | ||||
Travel Agent | * | * | * | *** | *** | *** | * |
Truck Driver | * | *** | * | *** | ** | ||
Waiter or Waitress | *** | ** | *** | *** | |||
Welder | * | *** | *** | ** | |||
Wholesaler | * | * | *** | *** | |||
Writer | ** | * | *** | ** | * | *** | ** |
Veterinarian | ** | ** | * | *** | |||
Zookeeper | *** | ** | *** | ||||
Zoologist | * | *I** | ** | * | ** | ** | *** |
X-ray Technician | * | *** | * | ** | ** |
- Remember that these “success guidelines” are only probabilities and suggestions. Individual circumstances, education, opportunities and anointing will determine your actual success.
May God Bless you as you use your Gift!