Spiritual Gifts Inventory

Many evangelicals have taken a spiritual gifts inventory. Despite the positive aspects of such an inventory, I am wondering if it might also serve to narrow a person's view of the work of the Holy Spirit in one's life. I don't want to rag on such inventories to totally denigrate them, but does anyone else have a view on this?

Worship

My husband is finishing up a class on worship at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, so we have had lots of discussion the past month on the subject. Following you will find a few quotes on worship and something that happened in our church kitchen on Father's Day.

"--worship is 'Setting our mind’s attention and our heart’s affection on the Lord, praising Him for who He is and what He has done.'"
--Dr. Bruce Leafblad
Retired professor of Church Music and Worship
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas

"God’s cleansing from sin should lead us to the place of worship. We must become a people that follow true, objective Biblical worship—not just anything."
--Bert Newton

“Worship is essentially about the priority of God. It is predicated upon the reality of God's being in the supreme position in relation to everything that exists within the created order. Worship is a personal, human expression of that relationship by which we honor and praise God as supreme. The results of such worship include a greater understanding of who this unique God is and an increased desire to make Him first in all of life.”
--Dr. Bruce Leafblad
Retired professor of Church Music and Worship
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas

“Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable (or well-pleasing) to God, which is your spiritual (or rational) service of worship.”
--Romans 12:1 (NASB)

“Worship is celebration. All of life is a festival: being persuaded that God is everywhere present on all sides, we praise him as we till the ground, we sing hymns as we sow the seed, we feel his inspiration in all we do.”
--Clement of Alexandria

“Worship is a lifelong process of knowing and being known by God.”
--Anonymous

Finally, each Father's Day, we have a Dad's & Grad's Strawberry Feed at church, because that is the middle of Oregon strawberry season. Now, Oregon Strawberries and small and sweet. On Saturday, while two other women and I were preparing the strawberries, we discussed whether or not to add sugar and decide not to. On Sunday morning as we stood in the kitchen, I listened to worship. It sounded like this--

Mmmmm-- Ooooo-- These strawberries are delicious. Ahhh-- Mmmmm-- Oh, I think they are better this year than ever. They didn't need any sugar, did they? Oh, these are so good. Yes!

Would anyone share a time when you have heard such worship, not in a church service?