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04/28/2024

A Brilliant way to refill bird feeders!
via - Garden Gate Magazine

02/19/2024

Lol

This took me way longer than it should have 🤣

12/17/2023

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12/17/2023

Right on time! 🤣🤣

11/12/2023

“If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.

Love is patient and kind.
Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.
It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.
It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
Love never gives up, never loses faith,
is always hopeful,
and endures through every circumstance.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭1‬-‭7‬ ‭NLT‬‬

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gif...

11/12/2023

“God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬ ‭NLT‬‬

God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God.

11/12/2023

What are your spiritual gifts?
Now we come to individual spiritual gifts.

Every believer has at least one spiritual gift (1 Corinthians 12:7, 11; Ephesians 4:7), given at his or her salvation. No believer has every spiritual gift (1 Corinthians 12:12, 27, 29–30).

Our gifts differ from each other (Romans 12:3–6a). We receive our gifts according to God's will, not our own desire or experience (1 Corinthians 12:11; Ephesians 4:7–8).

What are the "spiritual gifts"?
Combining the various lists, we discover these gifts:

administration: organizing people and ministries effectively
apostleship: adapting to a different culture to share the gospel or do ministry
discernment: distinguishing spiritual truth from error or heresy
evangelism: sharing the gospel effectively and passionately
exhortation: encouraging others as they follow Jesus
faith: seeing God's plan and following it with passion
giving: investing with unusual sacrifice and joy in God's kingdom
healing: being used by God to bring physical health in supernatural ways
intercession: praying with unusual passion and effectiveness
interpretation of "tongues": being used by God to explain to others the message given by the Spirit through "tongues" (covered in the next devotional)
knowledge: discerning and sharing the deep truths of God's word and will
leadership: motivating and inspiring others to serve Jesus fully
mercy: showing God's grace to hurting people with unusual passion
miracles: being used by God in ministry that transcends natural explanation
prophecy: preaching the word of God with personal passion and effectiveness
serving: meeting practical needs with unusual sacrifice and joy
shepherding: helping others grow spiritually
speaking in "tongues": using a God-given spiritual language in prayer and worship
teaching: explaining God's word and truth with unusual effectiveness
wisdom: relating biblical truth to practical life with great effectiveness
How can you know your gifts?
Some believe that God reveals our spiritual gifts to us directly, as his Spirit speaks to us. Others depend on the insight and opinions of godly believers. Most theologians would add a third approach: give attention to your God-given opportunities for service and to your interests, passions, and abilities.

The Lord typically uses us in ways consistent with our gifting. For instance, if you are often asked into a leadership position, you may well be gifted for that role. The Lord usually gives us a desire to become involved in those ministries for which we are gifted. And he blesses the uses of our gifts so that we can identify their existence by their effectiveness.

Several "spiritual gifts analysis" tools are available today, including ours at Spiritual Gifts Assessment. (Note: the questionnaire will require more than a few minutes of your time.) Scroll to the end of the article to take the test. Your results will immediately appear on-screen after submitting your answers.

As you use it or other approaches, know that the Father wants you to discover and use your gifts even more than you do.

And remember: the Lord gives his greatest joy to those who help fulfill his Great Commission. When you find and use your spiritual gifts, you will find the passion, purpose, and peace of God.

11/12/2023

Who receives “spiritual gifts”?
God's supreme gift to us is himself. “Spiritual gifts” are means by which we can know our Father better and serve him more effectively.

Spiritual gifts are God's way of equipping and enabling us for our world mission and ministry. They are equipment necessary for service.

They are bestowed on believers as the Spirit chooses (1 Corinthians 12:11), not as we might wish. They are often given in accordance with natural talents but always supercede them.

The New Testament provides three lists of spiritual gifts:

1 Corinthians 12
Romans 12
Ephesians 4
Theologians have classified them as:

ministry of the word vs. practical ministry
and as motivational, ministering, and manifestational.
Ephesians 4 provides the orders of ministry given the church, while 1 Corinthians 12 and Romans 12 list the gifts themselves. Here are gifted people, according to Ephesians 4:11.

First come "apostles." Their qualifications (1 Corinthians 9:1; Acts 1:22; 14:4, 7) are that they saw Jesus, were witness to the resurrected Christ, and were called by him to this function.

The word means "delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders." The title came to include more than the original Twelve, as Paul makes clear in greeting Andronicus and Junias, two who are "outstanding among the apostles" (Romans 16:7). Most theologians see the gift or office of "apostle" as one of introducing Christ and his gospel where it has never been preached, and leading churches to do the same.

The second office in Ephesians 4:11 is that of "prophet" (cf. 1 Corinthians 12:10). These were both male and female (cf. Deborah and Miriam in the Old Testament, and Philip's four daughters who prophesied in Acts 21:9).

The emphasis of their ministry was on forth-telling more than foretelling, though God occasionally gave them messages regarding the future as well as the present.

"Evangelists" were the third office, individuals who founded churches as roving ministers. We are all to do the work of evangelism (2 Timothy 2:5), but some are especially gifted for bringing souls to salvation.

The fourth office in Ephesians 4:11 is the "pastor-teacher" ("pastor" and "teacher" in the Greek syntax are one function). They are responsible for protecting, shepherding, and teaching the people of God. They are to "feed and lead" the church of Jesus Christ.

These are the four broad categories for the gifts the Holy Spirit gives us. In our next devotional, we’ll look at the specific spiritual gifts Scripture lists and offer you a way to discover your own spiritual gifts

11/11/2023

Thank you for your Service 

10/30/2023

I would be deeply humbled if everybody on my timeline that believes in the power of prayer would stop what you’re doing, take a minute, and post this. “Lord, we need You! Please sweep through this nation and heal this land. Restore our strength, renew our hearts and minds, and cast out anything that's not of You. In Jesus' name, We pray,
Amen."