God’s gifts to the Church are many and diverse. He gives spirituals gifts to believers at will and gifts people to the Church for the benefit of all. In 1st Corinthians chapters 12 through 14, the apostle Paul enlightened us concerning these gifts. Sign Gifts and Benefits of the Holy Spirit “For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to…..
Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4-5 NIV). I can imagine how very sad the chosen apostles of Jesus must have been as they watched their beloved Lord as He was taken up from them into heaven in a cloud. They had spent every day together for three…..
The Holy Spirit is uncontrollable, unpredictable, exciting, all-powerful, is everywhere at the same time and full of wisdom. “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit” (John 3:8 NIV). Those who are born of the Spirit have the opportunity to do great and mighty things through the power of the Holy Spirit if they give Him freedom…..
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29: 11-13 NKJV). Have you ever woken up from a dream or vision and knew that…..
My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. —Psalm 84:2 (NIV) As I awake from sleep each morning, I am continually aware of You on my mind. Loving thoughts of You stay with me throughout each day. Every moment spent in Your presence is a special treasure. You fill me with a love so beautiful, A love so rich, so full, so pure, and so…..
Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need (Proverbs 21:13). The book of Proverbs tells us plainly that if we shut out the cry of the poor, no one will hear us or respond to us in our own times of need. If we however open our ears to their cry and show mercy and love, in our times of needs, someone else will come to our rescue. …..
Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your…..
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16 NKJV). The sight of Jesus stretched out upon the cross in my vision on the night of 8/7/16 is one that I will never forget. Seeing Him like that, so bruised and so sorrowful, drew me for a closer look. I will never forget the way He looked at me as He hung…..
Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 18:3 NIV). In the book of Matthew chapter 18, the disciples of Jesus asked Him, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” In response, Jesus called a little child, placed him in the midst of them and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means…..
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me. (Psalm 50:15 NKJV) I called upon Jesus from the depths of my soul, with tears streaming down my face. He turned and looked down upon me with great love and compassion. While I was still telling Him about all my struggles, He answered my prayer and He met every single one of my needs. He delivered me from all harm and danger and…..