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Gifts are abilities God gives us to meet the needs of others in Christ’s name— speaking, encouraging, serving, evangelizing, teaching, leading, administering, counseling, discipling, orga- nizing. Graces, often called spiritual fruit, are beauties of character—love, joy, peace, humility, gentleness, self-control. Spiritual gifts are what we do; spiritual fruit is what we are. Unless you understand the greater importance of grace and gospel-character for ministry effectiveness, the discernment and use of spiritual gifts may actually become a liability in your ministry. The terrible danger is that we can look to our ministry activity as evidence that God is with us or as a way to earn God’s favor and prove ourselves.