If the purpose of the “gifts of the Holy Spirit” is to build unity and strength in the body of Christ then how must we operate in those gifts? I believe that Romans 12 gives us two very key themes to answer that question: grace and love. Paul writes that the gifts differ “according to the grace that is given to us” and then, after giving a general exhortation about the gifts and the need to use them tells us to “love without hypocrisy.” I feel that we sometimes forget that how we operate is just as, if not more important than what we operate. I pray today that we would all be challenged to examine our lives and our giftings and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to us if we are operating in grace and in love. Paul said that the gifts without love are loud but purposeless; may none of us be found in that number but rather may we be those that are filled with the Holy Spirit, walk in the Holy Spirit and operate lovingly by the gifts of the Holy Spirit.