Charisma III
Acts 4:30-31 “Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with boldness.
The second grouping of the Sign Gifts is the Power Gifts. The power gifts are gifts that do. The first is the Gift of Faith, the second is Gifts of Healing, and the third is Working of Miracles. A lot of these gifts work together and they kind of intersect but are different. Read the rest of this entry
Charisma II
Mark 16:17 “These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in new languages.”
The first grouping of the Sign Gifts is the Revelational Gifts, and these are the Word of Wisdom, the Word of Knowledge, and the Discerning of Spirits. Discernment of Spirits is telling between the Spirit of God and foul spirits. Read the rest of this entry
Charisma I
Eph.4:11-12 “Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.”
God shows us clearly in His Word that the job of the Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, and Teachers is to equip the body for the work of the ministry. Who is supposed to do the work of the ministry? The body. You are part of the action. The work of the ministry is not meant for some superstar pastors or ministers alone. Read the rest of this entry
Q & A VI
Rom.12:4-6 “Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other. In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well…”
Question: When it comes to instant healing, what are the necessary criteria? Read the rest of this entry
Q & A V
1 Cor.14:2 (KJV) “For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.”
Question: Regarding the gifts of other tongues, in the Book of Acts people from other tribes heard real known languages. I wonder why we no longer see this happen in the Church. Read the rest of this entry
Q & A IV
Isa.55:8-9 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”
Question: God works with us instantly, silently and completely. When the answers are not immediate, does that mean He is working silently or what should we do? Read the rest of this entry
Q & A III
1 Cor.12:9&11 (NIV) “to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit… All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.”
Question: How does one differentiate between the gift of speaking in other tongues and the gift of diversity of tongues? Read the rest of this entry
Q & A II
Philip.2:13 (KJV) “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”
We are going to kick off today’s devotional with our final answer from yesterday because it is a struggle a lot of us have as we walk with God. And that is, how come this same Read the rest of this entry
Q & A I
Matt.13:12 “To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them.
Question: How does one differentiate between a coincidence and God’s confirmation?
Answer: First and foremost, we must not be hung up on coincidences and Read the rest of this entry
Through Gifts
1 Cor.12:4-6 “There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.”
Today we will pick up from our final thought from yesterday’s devotional. Which is, the miraculous operates through the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The gifts of the Holy Spirit can be categorised into three; Read the rest of this entry
