FUNDAMENTAL PREREQUISITES FOR DISCOVERING AND DEVELOPING YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS. Be a Christian. Know God Loves you Gen 1:27-33, John 3;16, I John 4;15-16, Gal 2:20. Know that you are saved. Mark 16:16, John 3:5, Acts 2:21, Acts 16:31, Rom 10:9,13, . Believe God died on the cross for you. Rom 5:19,21 .