Identifying God- Given Gifts and Talents

Dear Lord,
I thank You for the gifts and talents You have placed in each of my children and grand children. I pray that You would develop them in each of them and use them for Your glory. Make them apparent to me and to them, and show me specifically if there is any special nurturing, training, learning experience, or opportunities that I should provide for them. May their gifts and talents be developed in Your way and in Your time.
Your Word says, " Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them." (Romans 12:6) As they recognize the talents and abilities You have given them, I pray that no feelings on inadequacy, fear, or uncertainty will keep them from using them according to Your will. May each of them hear the call You have on their life so that they don't spend a lifetime trying to figure out what it is or miss it altogether. Let their talents never be wasted, watered down by mediocrity, or used to glorify anything or anyone other that You, Lord.
I pray that You would reveal to them what their life work is to be and help them excel in it. Bless the work of their hands, and may they be able to earn a good living doing the work that they love and do best. Your Word says, "A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men." (Proverbs 18:16) May whatever they do find favor with others and be well received and respected. But most of all, I pray the gifts and talents You placed in each of them be released to find their fullest expression in glorifying You.
I ask this according to Your good and perfect will,
In Jesus' Holy Name,
Amen


(Prayer and Scripture from "The Power of a Praying Parent"--Stormie Omartian)



"WEAPONS OF WARFARE"

Romans 11:29 (Amplified Bible)
For God's gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]


Ephesians 4:7 (Amplified Bible)
Yet grace (God's unmerited favor) was given to each of us individually [not indiscriminately, but in different ways] in proportion to the measure of Christ's [rich and bounteous] gift.


1 Peter 4:10 (Amplified Bible)
As each of you has received a gift (a particular spiritual talent, a gracious divine endowment), employ it for one another as [befits] good trustees of God's many-sided grace [faithful stewards of the extremely diverse powers and gifts granted to Christians by unmerited favor].


James 1:17 (Amplified Bible)
Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all [that gives] light, in [the shining of] Whom there can be no variation [rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [as in an eclipse].


1 Corinthians 1:4-7 (Amplified Bible)
4)I thank my God at all times for you because of the grace (the favor and spiritual blessing) of God which was bestowed on you in Christ Jesus,
5)[So] that in Him in every respect you were enriched, in full power and readiness of speech [to speak of your faith] and complete knowledge and illumination [to give you full insight into its meaning].
6)In this way [our] witnessing concerning Christ (the Messiah) was so confirmed and established and made sure in you
7)That you are not [consciously] falling behind or lacking in any special spiritual endowment or Christian grace [the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating in your souls by the Holy Spirit], while you wait and watch [constantly living in hope] for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and [His] being made visible to all.