As the whole of Florida hunkered down last weekend and braced themselves for the worst as Hurricane Irma beat down upon them with the force of a category 4 storm, there was nothing on the radar, as far as I could see, for Northeast America. However, on the first night of the storm, I dreamt that we, here in the Northeast, were also experiencing torrential rain with the same intensity as the downpour in Florida. The floodwaters were quickly rising…..
The gifts of the Holy Spirit are amazingly spectacular and greatly to be desired. However, as the apostle Paul hastened to point out, without love, these gifts, awesome as they may be, are profitable for nothing. “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all…..
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…..