# Application of Your Spiritual Gifts Is Required **Spirit:** [[Spirits/Augustine|Augustine]] · **Medium:** Al Fike · **Date:** 2015-08-16 *Application, my dear students, application of these gifts and potentials is what you are after.* --- It is your teacher Augustine. God bless you, my students. To share in this way, in your own personal way, not only reflects your own personality, but reflects your approach to your spiritual life and your life in general, and I think each have learned much of the others through this sharing. It is not so much the words that you speak but the feelings that you carry, the intentions that you have, the thoughts that roll around within your minds which then encounters the wisdom of your souls. After you complete this exercise, my children, I would ask you to progress into exploring and discussing the gifts that you carry, what you are willing to contribute, how much of your lives are you willing to give to the pursuit of bringing the Divine Love Truths into this world? You have talked about what you like to do and what you are doing. Now you must talk about what you are willing to do. And again, done in the same context of what you believe is God's Will and what you believe is your will in this conversation. It is important to see clearly your motivations, but it is most important for you to understand as clearly as you can God's desire or Will for you. And often these two are mixed together and that can be confusing, elusive and difficult to discern. In revealing these understandings to one another you will indeed be able to help one another, assist one another, in bringing clarity and ultimately to assist each of you to work towards common goals and I believe you will be very surprised, my brothers and sisters, how common these goals are. They will be expressed through your individuality, your uniqueness, the set of gifts and abilities which you carry with you and those many gifts that lie dormant and are ready, on the verge of being expressed, of coming to the conscious you. Carry on, beloved souls, carry on and always, always ask that God bring His love into everything that you do together and everything you are, and everything that you express. That His Love may amplify and transmute and bring more powerfully and clearly into the world, into your consciousness which have many, many gifts and great potentials. Application, my dear students, application of these gifts and potentials is what you are after and as you apply yourself in the world, in the context of God's Will for you, ah the doors that will be opened, the understandings that will be gleaned, the souls that will be touched, the Love that will flow. It is beyond your comprehension at this time, my beloved students, but indeed it awaits, it awaits your commitment, the laying down of your will to God's Will and the expression, the true and beautiful expression, of your souls. One day at a time, one step at a time, one prayer at a time and one soul at a time. Soon you accumulate a vast treasure trove of Light, of Love, of service and fulfilment of the Father's Will. Thank you, beloved souls. Continue with your efforts. We thank you, God bless you. --- > [!abstract] Description > Augustine continues guiding the retreat participants through a discernment exercise, asking them now to explore their spiritual gifts and what they are willing to contribute to bringing Divine Love truth into the world. He encourages them to distinguish God's Will from their own, assuring them that their individual gifts and common goals will surprise them when shared openly. ## Related messages - [[2015-08-16 Augustine Asks Participants to Consider the Differences Between Our Thoughts and Soul Perceptions|Augustine Asks Participants to Consider the Differences Between Our Thoughts and Soul Perceptions]] > [!question]- Questions this message answers > - How do I know which of my gifts God wants me to use in service? > - How much of my life am I willing to give to God's purpose? > - How do I tell the difference between God's Will and my own desires? > - What gifts might I have that I am not yet aware of? > - How does applying my gifts in the world open new doors spiritually? > - How do I commit more fully to God's Will for my life? > - What happens when a group of souls aligns their gifts toward a common purpose?