AI OVERVIEW: Exhortation is a spiritual gift that motivates its bearer to urge others toward spiritual growth, with the overarching aim of helping people become mature believers. A hallmark is the ability to see root problems in people—pride, selfishness, insecurity, or fear—and to address them in a face-to-face, sensitive way rather than by harsh diagnosis. Exhorters provide precise, step-by-step plans for growth, insisting on actionable steps rather than open-ended talk, and they measure progress by visible changes in attitude and behavior, as Paul urged believers to grow. They turn hardship into a growth opportunity, encouraging perseverance through trials, and they emphasize that God is at work in suffering to shape character, often drawing on personal experience to guide others.
YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION: --- Good coaches build confidence through encouragement—and that's true in the church as well. Dr. Stanley explains that those with the spiritual gift of exhortation build others up and encourage them. Discover if this important spiritual gift is one that God has given you. ---
