Gifts Of The Spirit

Gifts of the Spirit

Thursday, February 20, 2025

6:26 AM

As we grow in the Lord we learn about the gifts of the Holy Spirit given to all believers.  Everyone who comes to believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and savior do so by the gift of faith.  That gift of faith is used every day that we seek God , pray for others and live a life focused on God.  When someone says they do not believe in the gifts of the Spirit remind them of the gift of faith as stated by Paul in 1 Corinthians 12: 9.

"The same Spirit give great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit give the gift of healing."

There are hundreds of books written about the gifts of the Spirit and how many there are.  Some of the listed gifts are classified or categorized as power gifts, inspirational gifts, revelational gifts, and congregational gifts.  It's important to remember these are all gifts from the Spirit of God to be used by His people whenever and where ever He leads.  God is using you and you are not using Him.  If you try to use any of the gifts for personal gain or personal reasons it will not work.  

When thinking of the gift of healing don't we almost always think of Jesus when He healed the lepers, healed the blind, healed the lame, raised the dead to life?  Do we remember that He also cast out the demons that were tearing apart the lives of those possessed?  They were also healed! 

Today we have a society that needs healing from some type of demonic possession.  Hatred is rampant in the world and even within the churches that call themselves "Churches of God".  Hatred is a sickness just like cancer.  Are you praying for your neighbor to be healed from the cancer of hatred?  I hope the answer is yes.  But hatred is not the only sickness inside the world today.  There is the sickness of apathy, selfishness, greed, power, pride, lust and so many other worldly desires of the flesh.  We need to be praying for these people to be healed and released by the power of the Holy Spirit.  

In John 14:27 Jesus says, 

"I am leaving you with a gift - peace of mind and heart.  And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give.  So don't be troubled or afraid."

Just as with the gift of faith, we have each been given the gift of peace of mind and heart.  Both of these gifts we have to willingly use them on a daily basis.  Use your gift of faith.  Use your gift of peace of mind and heart.  Use your gift of prayer and your gift of healing together.