Spiritual Gifts: Dried up, Fired up or Growing up? July 5, 2007
Posted by Chris Gnanakan in missions.2 comments
Spiritual Gifts, are often associated with some ‘ecclesiastical’ leadership office like apostles, prophets, evangelists or pastor-teachers (Eph. 4:11). Then, there are those gifts that are readily related to manifestations of the Spirit’s power for specialized ministries: miracles, faith, healing, prophecy, words of knowledge, discernment and tongues (1Cor. 12: 8-10). Evidently, the Spirit’s gifts were certainly meant to make Christians practical and useful in their service. Hence the gifts include encouragement, hospitality, giving, mercy and administration (Rom.12;1Pet.4). (more…)