In my personal bible study time, this months bible study topic has been the book of Romans. I’m currently up to chapter 9 and it’s a sticky one. Verses 15 – 18 read like this in the New English Translation: “What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not! 9:15 For he [...]
August 22, 2011
0 Spiritual Gifts
The basis for spiritual gifts comes from Romans 12, verses 4 -8 “For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that [...]
September 20, 2010
0 Spiritual Gift of Administration
Think – bossy! As a kid administrators are always organizing the other children into teams, for work or for play. These are the people who wants to make up the rules and come up with the ideas. These are our administrators. Definitely one of the speaking gifts as opposed to a serving gift, administrators are [...]
September 20, 2010
0 Spiritual Gift of Exhortation
To exhort means to encourage, to speak truth urging the listener to take action. Exhorters are talkers! They are also incurable optimists. Exhorters don’t see difficulties, they ignore them. This can make them seem naïve or pollyannah-ish. They want to encourage everyone to be their best and can see the potential in people. Both their [...]
September 16, 2010
2 Gift of Perceiving
Perceivers are deeply invested in knowing exactly what is right, and what is wrong. They find security and control in figuring out what the right way is and then following it. They are often perfectionists, taking whatever time is necessary to research something and then implement it correctly. This gift is meant for building up [...]