Spiritual gifts

Personality Type According to AnonymousProtagonist (2016), this writer’s personality type is an “ENFJ-A” (e.g., “The Protagonist”) that translates as “Extroverted,” “Intuitive,” “Feeling,” “Judging,” and “Assertive” (See Appendix B; AnonymousProtagonist, 2016, Your…, para. 1-18). To further elaborate, this writer is a people person who proceeds through the following steps when making a choice: 1) Internally focuses on a decision, 2) checks it with gut “emotions,” 3) implements that decision,…

Spiritual gifts are tools God gives to do the work of the ministry--to fulfill the Great Commission to reach, baptize, and teach and to minister to one another. Every Christian receives at least one gift at the moment of salvation. Spiritual gifts are not rewards, are not natural talents, are not a place of service, are not an age-group ministry, and are not a specialty ministry…

Spiritual Gifts and Unity in Christ from 1st Corinthians 12: 1-31 Paul’s words in his letter to the Corinthian church, lays an emphasis on the virtue and need for unity within these community of believers as it relates to the diverse operations of spiritual gifts (I Corinthians 12:1-31). This is because spiritual gifts and unity are interconnected and vital to their church experience and Christian life. According to him, our effectiveness as the church of Jesus Christ lies in our willingness to…

because those approvals could cause a person to lose the real focus of why they are volunteering. A person volunteers to help the service of the church operate smoothly as well as making the visitors and members feel welcome. Anyone given a talent/gift should use it to serve others to glorify God (I Peter 4:10-11 ESV). As volunteers, believers are helping man to please God. God wants to use the believer/follower to pass on something about Christ to others, such as kindness, joy, warmth, and love…

began learning the process of discernment. As Ignatius deepened his spiritual insight, he brought together his meditations, reflections, and prayers, and created the Spiritual Exercises. They are used to assist with discernment through consistent prayer and contemplation, as well as to help build…

the church’s spiritual…

Continuing our spiritual journey in chapter five, we discuss spiritual gifts; or as creation gifts as the author calls them. Here Paul writes in Corinthians about how we as Christians are made uniquely but of the same body that is on the same mission and journey. Paul emphasizes the interdependence of the individual members of the community of faith (Mulholland, 50). So in short, we are only complete and whole when we are in community with the rest of the body; which is relationships with others…

continuationists. Continuation is defined as, “the act of continuing or of causing something to continue.” Continuationists says, the charismatic gifts were intended to continue throughout history. “Therefore, contemporary believers should be open to them and, some would add, even aggressively seek them.” The continuationists believes strongly in spiritual gifts such as, healings, tongues, and miracles, and they are still in operation today, just as there were in the early church. The…

for the mission. Robinson stated, “Our acceptance of that calling means that we say yes to God and fearlessly abandon anything that does not work towards His end.” (Robinson 2013). The calling begins when you truly hear the word of God with your spiritual…

Reflecting Radical Renewal Radical Renewal was written by Howard A. Snyder, originally published in 1975 through his own personal experience while doing ministry work in Brazil. This book expresses that the church, and the body of Christ, need to be renewed on a consistent basis in order to grow spiritually. The essential meaning of this parable is the wine itself, and the secondary meaning is the wineskins. We are to replace the wine within the wineskins, yet it is essential to put the new…