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Course 113: Concerning Spiritual Gifts - Lesson #9
- Down the wire!
* What do spiritual gifts say of the ministry the Lord call us to. In other words, what is the co-relation between spiritual gifts and ministry?
The Lord ordained that spiritual gifts are the prime avenues for demonstrating the power of the Kingdom of God! The Kingdom of God is not to be presented in mere words of man's wisdom but in the demonstration of the Holy Spirit and power. This is why spiritual gifts are called manifestations of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians12:7, 11. Of all that it takes to engage in ministry therefore, Spiritual Gifts received and manifested are the clearest indicators of divine calling and approval.
* What are the dangers of operating outside our spiritual gifts?
Whenever a saint operates outside his/her spiritual gifts, any of these outcomes can be expected:
1. One is engaged in dead works! Dead religious works refer to all activities that are not rooted in or derive validity from what God designed to accomplish through the saint. This is the very basis of orthodoxy. All saints who accept titles but are not called by God are endangering their souls in eternity and inviting trouble on earth.
2. The saint operating outside spiritual gifts is open to slide into the flesh. "Flesh" refers to activities that are not inspired by or empowered by the Holy Spirit. They rather emanate from the realm of the human soul which is the seat of reasoning (the mind); exercise of the will and the emotion. The soul strives against both the Holy Spirit and human spirit! Galatians 5: 16 - 21
3. The saint is open to manipulation by the devil because one has exceeded the limits of the divinely ordained platform of service. Saints can be smitten by the enemy for so doing because they have strayed outside the perimeter of service approved by God.
* Is the presence and exercise of spiritual gifts sufficient basis for success in ministry? If not, what are the essentials needful to fulfil ministry?
The answer is clearly no. There are some other factors which combine with spiritual gifts to equip the saint to be all that God ordained to be and accomplish all that he or she was brought into this world for. Collectively, these factors make up what is called the Spiritual DNA of the saint. This is a mix of factors which collectively make the saint unique in the family of God and in the general society. They include Character, Natural Talents, Personality, Education/Training; Skills acquired; attitude to life. A full teaching on these factors is provided in the course "Discover and Fulfil your ministry". Request a free copy today.
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Course 113: Concerning Spiritual Gifts - Lesson #8
How spiritual gifts are to be utilized for maximum effectiveness
There are some clear spiritual principles that dictate how spiritual gifts are to be utilized:
1. Romans 12: 1 - The first principle is that of death to self and total consecration to God. Those who obey God and lay their selves and ambitions at the altar of sacrifice make themselves reliable vessels God can use to express Himself and bless His saints.
2. Romans 12: 2 - It takes renewal of the mind to understand and appreciate the things of the Spirit. The spirit of religion and religiosity on the one hand and the spirit of modernity which the pseudo-kingdom movement offers blind people from receiving the things of the Spirit of God. 1 Corinthians 2: 1- 16 exposit this reality in detail.
3. To know and utilize the spiritual gifts, the saints must know and understand the word of God. Ignorance of the Word will cause saints to walk in darkness.
4. 1 Corinthians 12:1-13. Knowing The Holy Spirit, Communion with the Holy Spirit, yieldedness to Him and creating an enabling environment for Him to play His appointed role as God with us in the Now is vital for spiritual gifts to be received and utilized. In the present dimension of The Kingdom, The Holy Spirit is the instrument for engrafting us into the Body of Christ, imparting spiritual gifts and empowering our witness.
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Course 113: Concerning Spiritual Gifts - Lesson #7
What are the ways to discover our spiritual gifts?
One of the pervasive influences of Western Culture on modern saints is the negation of core principles of Scripture and culture of the Kingdom of God. Western life is based on the model that anyone with sufficient education and ambition can succeed in whatever they desire. Consequently, many saints have joined the rush to various cities in search of the elusive 'golden fleece' without true recourse to the will of God.
In the same vein, many saints are venturing into various facets of ministry and businesses based on their self will and ambition. As we have learnt variously from scripture, not all things we claim to 'do for God' are acceptable to Him. As 1 Corinthians 3;10-15 reveal, a day is coming when the motive and substances with which we built in ministry - whether in the pulpit or market place - will be tried by the fire of God. It is certainly wrong for a saint to carry on in life without these vital equipments:
- Spiritual gifts and other virtues that make up the spiritual DNA.
- Inability to hear the voice of the Great Shepherd and King, Jesus Christ and taking major or even minor decisions of life outside His will.
- Understanding of whether it is the will of God to proceed into specific businesses and ministries.
- Vision of what God created, redeemed and preserved their lives to be and to do
- Specific locations - including local congregations, ministries, cities - where God planted them to prosper
- Vessels assigned as Destiny Helpers.
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Course 113 - Concerning Spiritual Gifts Lesson #6
No.23. The Gift of Dreaming Dreams
Dreams are one of the ways God communicates with His people. In every generation the Lord lays hold of some people and reveals present or future events to them. In the Old Testament, there were a few notable dreamers. Joseph was exceptional in the sense that he had two associated gifts: dreaming dreams and interpreting them. With Dreams, he was set on the course of destiny. With the gift of interpretation, he stepped into it as Prime Minister of Egypt. Genesis chapters 37, 40, 41.
In Joel 2: 28, 29 where the outpouring which was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost was prophesied accurately, dreaming of dreams was indicated as one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Speaking by the Spirit, Apostle Peter confirmed this in his very first public sermon at Jerusalem Acts 2: 14 - 21
Satanic Dreams
Not all dreams are messages from God. There are two other sources of dreams. Some dreams are projections from Satan and his agents designed to either confuse or intimidate the saints. Worse still, some dreams are projections from the enemy which, when naively accepted and confessed by the saints, confer to Satan the legal authority to execute them. It is naïve to accept all dreams as from God and speak of them as such.
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Joseph Kamau Ndiritu I love you brother George, you have been molding my life with your posts in Frontline Intercessing, Global school of ministry, Global mission Fund. Am benefiting alot.only that i could not download for my church members bible study class coz i use my mobile phone to study online. keep on posting there are many pastors like me in africa who survive through your teachings.
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