Now, dear brothers and sisters, regarding
your question about the special abilities the Spirit gives us. I don't want you
to misunderstand this. ... So I want you to know that no one speaking by the
Spirit of God will curse Jesus, and no one can say Jesus is Lord, except by the
Holy Spirit. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit
is the source of them all. ... A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we
can help each other. To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice;
to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. 1
Corinthians 12:1, 3-4, 7-8
Spiritual gifts…what a blessing of an idea
that God initiated. Giving everyone abilities that allow them to minister to
one another is brilliant. A few years ago a small group that I’m a part of took
a spiritual gifts assessment. It was very interesting that there were twelve
people in the group and all sixteen of the “gifts” were covered. It was
determined that someone had a high score for each of the gifts. That would mean
that within our group we could minister to each other…and overall to our church
at large…with each of the given abilities.
The gift of wisdom was not one of my highest attributes in the
assessment. Giving advice does come easily to me…is it wise advice? That is
only for God and the person receiving the advice to decide! Do you give wise
advice?
Prayer
~ Lord, help us to seek You first in all that we think, say and do—that we can
apply Your wise advice to any situation in our lives.
© 2016 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT)
unless otherwise noted.
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