Jesus gives us gifts of the Holy Spirit.  We will have joy and peace when we learn which gift is ours and how to use the gift for the benefit of the King.

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the spirit, to another he working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kind of tongues, to another, the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each on individually as He wills. 1 Cor. 12:4-11

Revelation Gifts

The Word of Wisdom:   The Holy Spirit gives direction on what action is needed in a certain situation.

The Word of Knowledge:   This is a gift of supernatural information that is not available to you naturally.

The discernment between true & false Spirits:  Supernatural knowledge of the spirit world. You can perceive or see if a specific spirit is good or evil to in a certain situation.

Power Gifts

The gift of Faith :   This is supernatural faith from the Holy Spirit. The gift of faith comes when own faith stops or reaches its limit.

The gift of Healing:     Gift of  supernatural healing without any natural (or medical) assistance

The gift of Miracles:  This is a specific intervention of the Holy Spirit's power to change or alter natural events or circumstances

Vocal Gifts

The gift of Prophecy    This is hearing what God is saying and declaring it. Prophecy is for edification (building us up) exhortation and comfort.

The discernment between true & false spirits    The gift of discerning of spirits is supernatural knowledge of the spirit world. You can perceive or see which if a specific spirit is good or evil to in a certain situation.

The gift of Speaking in Tongues:    This is the Holy Spirit giving us the supernatural ability to speak in languages we do not know. It could be a human language or the language of angels.

The gift of interpretation of Tongues:   When we pray in tongues we can ask God to give us the interpretation (1 Cor. 14:13).

Gifts Of Service (Rom 12:6-7)

Prophecy:     Certain people have the spiritual ability to be prophetic. The ability to speak what is received from God concerning another person's life. All responses must be measured against the Bible.

Ministry:    The supernatural giving of one's time and resources to help the church. Such as helping to preform the daily tasks of the church. Ex. Cooking a wonderful meal, or cleaning the church premises.

Teaching   Jesus has asked all of us to teach the things we learn from the Lord. The main difference between someone called to the ministry of the teacher (under the five fold ministry) and other people that teach is the anointing.

Exhorting:   Exhorting means encouraging one another. A supernatural encouragement to other people.

Giving :    Giving involves your time, energy and money.

Leading:    Leading involves getting people to follow a common vision. Leading is done by example. Leading involves discipline. If you are faithful in leading a small group God will give you bigger things.

Mercy:   The service of mercy will also involve giving of your time to spend in prayer for the needs of others. There is a God's special warmth and love about them. They go out of their way to help and comfort others.

The Ministry Gifts (Eph 4:11)

Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers (Eph 4:11)   (Eph 4:8-10). Jesus calls a person into this ministry. We do not choose what we want to be.

Apostles:    An Apostle is the combination of all of the other ministry gifts. They will always remained called by Jesus. They are anointed to plant, establish and build up the body of Christ. All the disciples of Jesus were apostles Matt 10:2, Acts 2:42. Paul was also called to be an apostle 1 Tim 1:1

Prophets:     These are anointed to speak prophetically about the will of God. Prophets speak to the body of Christ and to the unbelieving world. They are always sensitive to the Holy Spirit's voice.

Evangelist:   These are anointed to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Reverend Billy Graham is a great example of an Evangelist. When he speaks the Word of God, the people are sensitive and want to come to Jesus their ministry is clearly defined in Lk 4:18-19

Pastors:     Pastors take care of the flock of God. Another word for Pastor is Shepherd.

Teachers:    Teaching what we learn through the Holy Spirit. The people who have this gift teach through the power of God.

A special warning to you: You must have strong knowledge of the Scriptures to discern the voice of the Holy Spirit. Other spirits can attempt to counterfeit the Holy Spirit--Be sure you are not fooled. A counterfeit spirit will strongly force a statement. It will not have any regard for the laws in the Bible. It does not mention Jesus Christ.

**The Gifts of the Holy Spirit should be sought and used in the body of the church. The gifts are to make the church stronger by direct communication through the Holy Spirit. Another word of warning: Many of the gifts of the Holy Spirit can counterfeited by spiritualism. The gift of prophecy and tongues and interpretation of tongues is very different than a channeling experience of a spiritualist. Be sure you are solidly grounded to a church with experienced spiritual leaders. All gifts must be measured for validity by the Bible.

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