THE SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE
Among the results of the Spirit-filled life are the gifts that the Holy
Spirit brings us. These gifts can become tools to make our work for God
easier and more effective than it could be otherwise. One of the first
gifts is power for Christian service.
"But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8).
The Holy Spirit makes available to us His gifts which are special provisions for Christian service. "There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them" (I Corinthians 12:4).
Gifts of the Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians 12:8-11 are: the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, tongues, and interpretation of tongues. There are also other gifts and abilities that God through His Spirit wants to give us.
"So we are to use our different gifts in accordance with the grace that God has given us. If our gift is to speak God's message, we should do it according to the faith that we have; if it is to serve, we should serve; if it is to teach, we should teach; if it is to encourage others, we should do so. Whoever shares with others should do it generously; whoever has authority should work hard; whoever shows kindness to others should do it cheerfully" (Romans 12:6-8).
The Holy Spirit also has blessings and glory for God's children.
"God's Spirit joins himself to our spirits to declare that we are God's children. Since we are his children, we will possess the blessings he keeps for his people, and we will also possess with Christ what God has kept for him; for if we share Christ's sufferings, we will also share his glory" (Romans 8:16-17).
The marvelous outpouring of the Holy Spirit comes in modem times just as it has in the past. God is baptizing many Christians in the Holy Spirit. Let's pray that this will continue. Pray for your church that your pastor, deacons, and all of the members may be filled with God's Spirit and be used of Him.
"It is this Spirit that will sustain us even if we face problems, hunger, hardship, persecution, poverty, or death in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!" (Romans 8:37).
"But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8).
The Holy Spirit makes available to us His gifts which are special provisions for Christian service. "There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them" (I Corinthians 12:4).
Gifts of the Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians 12:8-11 are: the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, tongues, and interpretation of tongues. There are also other gifts and abilities that God through His Spirit wants to give us.
"So we are to use our different gifts in accordance with the grace that God has given us. If our gift is to speak God's message, we should do it according to the faith that we have; if it is to serve, we should serve; if it is to teach, we should teach; if it is to encourage others, we should do so. Whoever shares with others should do it generously; whoever has authority should work hard; whoever shows kindness to others should do it cheerfully" (Romans 12:6-8).
The Holy Spirit also has blessings and glory for God's children.
"God's Spirit joins himself to our spirits to declare that we are God's children. Since we are his children, we will possess the blessings he keeps for his people, and we will also possess with Christ what God has kept for him; for if we share Christ's sufferings, we will also share his glory" (Romans 8:16-17).
The marvelous outpouring of the Holy Spirit comes in modem times just as it has in the past. God is baptizing many Christians in the Holy Spirit. Let's pray that this will continue. Pray for your church that your pastor, deacons, and all of the members may be filled with God's Spirit and be used of Him.
"It is this Spirit that will sustain us even if we face problems, hunger, hardship, persecution, poverty, or death in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!" (Romans 8:37).
| Memory Verses |
But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power,
and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
- Acts 1:8
- Acts 1:8
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