"But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the Word of wisdom, to another the Word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, to another the gift of healing by the same Spirit. To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another divers kinds of tongues; to another interpretation of tongues." 1 Corinthians 12:7-10
These gifts have been given to us by God to profit all men and the Spirit within us eagerly desires that they should be performed through us. The Spirit of God doesn’t stumble at the awesome power of them or doubt that God is willing and able to perform them, and the Spirit is now strengthening us! The Holy Spirit may use us to do just one of them at a time, or all of them, or different ones at different times, but it is always the Spirit within us doing the works of God. The spirit that God has given us eagerly desires all of them though, and we desire them all, so that God’s love may be expressed in its completeness through us. It really doesn’t matter if it the Spirit is using just one of us or several of us to work through in a situation, just as long as the fullness of God is being delivered to a world that so desperately needs it!
These gifts have been given to us by God to profit all men and the Spirit within us eagerly desires that they should be performed through us. The Spirit of God doesn’t stumble at the awesome power of them or doubt that God is willing and able to perform them, and the Spirit is now strengthening us! The Holy Spirit may use us to do just one of them at a time, or all of them, or different ones at different times, but it is always the Spirit within us doing the works of God. The spirit that God has given us eagerly desires all of them though, and we desire them all, so that God’s love may be expressed in its completeness through us. It really doesn’t matter if it the Spirit is using just one of us or several of us to work through in a situation, just as long as the fullness of God is being delivered to a world that so desperately needs it!
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