Nine Power Gifts of The Holy Spirit (329)

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Welcome to the Quality Christian Living Podcast.

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I am your host, David Friend. We're continuing

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our series on the Holy Spirit, and today's podcast

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is entitled, The Nine Power Gifts of the Holy

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Spirit. We're going to cover these topics. What

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are the gifts of the Spirit that are commonly

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referred to as the nine power gifts of the Holy

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Spirit? How do we receive them, and what do these

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power gifts do for us and for others. Does the

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Holy Spirit give these nine gifts to every Christian?

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We're going to today build a platform that I

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believe is so crucial to understanding the nine

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power gifts of the Holy Spirit. So, before we

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do that though, we need to go to the Lord in

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prayer. Heavenly Father, once again I give you

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praise and glory and honor for who you are. I

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thank you for bringing this podcast together.

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I thank you for being with us each and every

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day when we talk to you, when we pray, when we

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seek you, when we read your word. And so I invite

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now the Holy Spirit to come in and take control.

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I surrender all that I've done to prepare. I

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pray that you would bless this podcast, that

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you would anoint it, because when the anointing

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of the Holy Spirit comes down, there's absolutely

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no limit to the that will be received by followers

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of Jesus Christ. So bless those who are listening

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in. May they open up their hearts to receive

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what you have for each and every one of us. We'll

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be careful to give you praise and glory for it.

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In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Well, the best advice

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I think that I can give you about understanding

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the gifts of the Spirit is to read and study

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the teaching of the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians

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chapters 12, 13, and 14. So those are powerful.

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I'm not going to read all of them on this podcast.

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That would not be of any value because you can

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always read it on your own. But the important

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thing to understand is that Paul was anointed,

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filled with power. The Holy Spirit touched him

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as he wrote so many incredible words in the Word

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of God. I'd like to suggest that if you have

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never studied Paul's Holy Spirit -led scriptures,

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that I strongly suggest that you do that as soon

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as possible. I suggest that anyone who desires

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to teach others about the gifts of the Spirit

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use Paul's lessons. So, crucial, once again,

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it's chapters 12, 13, and 14 in 1 Corinthians.

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I don't know what translation you use. I go back

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and forth from the New International Version

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and the New Living Translation. Some are using

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the message. Bible a lot today. Whatever speaks

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to you and blesses you, that's something that

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you need to take a part of. So we're going to

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get into just a little bit of the scriptures

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this morning to kind of lay a foundation for

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what Paul wants to tell us. This podcast is an

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introduction to the nine power gifts of the Holy

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Spirit. We'll cover all of these power gifts

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individually and specific information that the

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Lord gives us over the next few podcasts. But

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for now, I want to focus on what Paul had say

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in 1st Corinthians chapter 12 verses 7 through

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11. I'm going to read those to you right now.

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The Apostle Paul was speaking to the church in

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Corinth and these people needed some help to

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understanding the gifts of the Spirit and how

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the Holy Spirit operates. There's a lot of other

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topics he addressed but he covers it so well

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in these chapters. So in 1st Corinthians chapter

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12 verse number 7, here's his writing, the spiritual

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gift is given to each of us so that we can help

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each other. Listen to that, he's that a spiritual

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gift is given to each of us so we can help each

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other. I think that's so important to just stop

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there for a second and think. A lot of people

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want to approach the gifts of the Spirit because

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what they can get from them and they can receive

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power from them. And some of that's okay, but

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bottom line, God is telling through the Holy

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Spirit, Paul, to warn people that the spiritual

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gift is given to us so that we can help each

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other. See, we'll be blessed and we'll be a blessing

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to other people. In verse number eight, says

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to one person the Spirit gives the ability to

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give wise advice or that's known as wisdom to

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another the same spirit gives a message of special

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knowledge the same spirit gives great faith it

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doesn't say just faith it says great faith and

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we'll talk about that when we get on the subject

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of the gift of faith to another and to someone

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else it says the Holy Spirit gives the gift of

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healing he gives one person the power to perform

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miracles and another the ability to prophesy

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he gives someone else the ability to discern

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whether a message is from the Spirit or from…

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another spirit. You see, he's saying, it either

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comes from the Spirit of God or it comes from

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another source. And if it comes from another

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source, you see, the Holy Spirit is going to

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give us the ability to discern where the message

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is coming from. And that is so important when

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we're sharing our faith with others and we're

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praying with people and talking to Christians

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and non -believers and trying to understand where

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they are spiritually and the Holy Spirit can

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help us there. It says, still another person

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is given the ability to speak in unknown languages,

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while another is given the ability to interpret

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what is being said. Now, those are all the nine

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power gifts. And like I said, in this particular

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podcast, we're trying to lay a foundation, not

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get into specific spiritual gifts. And in verse

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11, it says here, it is the one and only spirit

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who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides

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which gift each person should have. Now, as we're

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going through the series on the Holy Spirit and

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the gifts, I think from time to time, I'm going

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to be reading this scripture because we need

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to remember the foundation. This is telling us,

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Paul's telling us what the power gifts are and

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then he says how they come and who has the authority

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to give us those gifts. So that's a crucial importance

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to understand when we get into understanding

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the nine power gifts of the Holy Spirit. Let

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me take you on a little journey as to what my

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wife and I went through when we became Christians.

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You know, when we received Jesus Christ as our

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Lord and Savior, we just wanted to get so much

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of what God, everything that God had for us,

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we wanted to know about it. So we decided to

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research and get into it. When we became Christians,

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we could not get enough of the Word of God. We

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just simply wanted it in our mind and our heart

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every single moment of every day. Just couldn't

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put the Word of God down. We also attended church

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three to four times a week. Yeah, that was in

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the days when you'd go to church Sunday morning,

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you'd go Sunday night, you'd go Wednesday night,

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you'd go Saturday morning for soul winning. You

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did at least three or four services every single

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week. And quite frankly, we loved them all. We

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took our family there, our kids went with us,

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and it was just an amazing time of growth. And

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I think a lot of churches have gotten away from

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that. And I think it's hurt a lot of people in

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growing in their walk with God, especially when

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they first become followers. of the Lord Jesus

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Christ. Because of our hunger to learn more about

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the Bible, we discovered Paul's teachings in

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1 Corinthians, chapters like I said before, chapter

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12, chapter 13, chapter 14. Our Bible study teacher,

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who is a wonderful woman, just a powerful teacher,

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she emphasize Paul's teaching so much, and especially

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when we got into talking about the operation

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of the Holy Spirit in our lives. So in order

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to better understand the gifts of the Holy Spirit,

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we joined Bible classes taught by the pastor's

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wife and other mature Christians who followed

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Paul's teaching. Now that's important. You know,

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when you sit underneath a person and they're

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teaching from some other person, you might want

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to know their source of their teaching. If they're

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using the Word of God, that's wonderful, but

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sometimes the Word of God is misinterpreted and

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sometimes it's spoken of in a way that can become

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confusing. So be very careful in who you sit

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under and who you receive your teaching from.

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This is really, really a good place to ask you

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to research the source of your teaching and who

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you read from and who you listen to when it comes

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to understand these various gifts of the Spirit.

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My recommendations would be I thoroughly enjoy

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Pastor Jack Hayford's teachings on the Holy Spirit.

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He was a powerful man of God and had an incredible

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church in California and was so knowledgeable

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in his teaching and highly recognized by most

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peoples in the Assemblies of God or the Church

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of God or the Pentecostal churches of the day.

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Another fellow that I read, and to this day I

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read both of these guys, Jack Hayford's one of

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them, Smith Wigglesworth is someone who likes

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to read. Now, Smith Wigglesworth was a man back

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in the 1800s who was filled with the Holy Spirit,

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became a great preacher, became a man operating

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in miracles. and healings and had an incredible

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life of going on praying for people and is accredited

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with praying for I think somewhere around 40

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people who passed away and he prayed for them

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and they came back to life. Now, I don't want

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to scare anybody off, but these are supposed

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to be documented cases in hospitals, examples

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where it was certified that yes, this person

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had been deceased and then Smith Wigglesworth

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and his team came in and prayed for them and

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that person, eyes will open back up again. and

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they came back to life. Now, pretty powerful

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and you got to believe that it's real and it's

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possible because that's what Jesus did and Jesus

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said that we would be able to do great works

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that he did and even greater works than he did.

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Now, I would encourage you to speak to your pastor

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or a Christian person that you have confidence

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in for help as to who you should listen to. Some

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say today, some are teaching today that the gifts

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no longer operate, that the gifts of tongues

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interpretation, gifts of prophecy and healings

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and miracles and all those things. If they're

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gone, that disappeared when Jesus left the earth.

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Well, that's just not true. Those are alive and

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well today, and they're operating. The Bible

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tells us that God is the same yesterday, today,

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and forever. And I can tell you as a man who

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has been involved in ministry now for over 50

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years, and all the years that I've had to speak

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with people, to counsel people, and to teach

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and instruct, I see the gifts of the Spirit operating

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in the church today. I see it operating in...

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prayer meetings. I know in my own personal life

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I've had many times that we've prayed for people

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and great healings have taken place. So we've

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got to remember the Spiritus God is moving. He

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hasn't changed one bit. And if man says that

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those gifts are not operating, then they're truly

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not basing that on anything that's scriptural.

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So be careful. To go back a little in our history,

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the church that we attended was an assembly of

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God church. They often taught about the Holy

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Spirit and the nine power gifts of the Holy Spirit.

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Let me remind you that the nine power gifts are

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wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles,

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prophecy, discerning of spirits, tongues, and

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interpretation of tongues. These are the nine

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power gifts. That's why they refer to them, because

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they are beyond like the gifts that the Holy

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Spirit gives, which is the fruit of the Spirit,

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which is love, peace, joy, patience, goodness,

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kindness, gentleness, faithfulness and self -control.

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Those are also gifts from the Holy Spirit, but

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those are not classified as the power gifts.

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These power gifts make massive changes in other

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people's lives. The fruit of the Spirit makes

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a change in our life. The fruit of the Spirit

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and the gifts of the Spirit that come in for

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love, joy, peace, patience and goodness and all

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those things, those change us. And I know So

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by us changing, it makes an impact on other people.

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But the power gifts are gifts that have an impact

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on others, healings and miracles and prophecy

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and those things that are so vital to the church

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operating today in this difficult sinful world

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that we live in. All of these gifts are supernatural

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gifts. When operating according to the Holy Spirit's

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leading, these gifts glorify God. They always

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glorify God. They don't tear down other people.

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They're not destructive. They build people's

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faith and they always glorify God the Father.

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Now in 1st Corinthians chapter 12 and verse 11,

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I read the answer to a couple of questions that

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I've mentioned in my outline of what we will

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cover in this particular podcast. Let's read

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it again, that scripture, 1st Corinthians chapter

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12 verse 11. In the New Living Translation, Paul

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wrote these words, it is the one and only Spirit

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who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides

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which gift each person should have. Now, when

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we receive these gifts, the Holy Spirit is the

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one who gives them to us, right? He's our source.

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I have never met anyone who operates in all of

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the nine power gifts. However, I believe it could

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be possible. Personally, the Holy Spirit has

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given my wife and I several of these gifts. The

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gifts of tongues, interpretation of tongues,

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of prophecy, of gift of healings, and miracles,

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and discerning of other spirits. There's been

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times that I've walked up to people, went to

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pray with them, and you could just sense all

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over them that they had a terrible spirit, an

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evil spirit in them. And I would start to pray

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over them, and the Holy Spirit would warn me,

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don't touch them, don't lay hands on them, just

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speak to them. and take authority over that situation.

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And I've had to stop my prayer and just say,

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before we pray, we need to just take authority

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over what's taking place here. And I would say,

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in the name of Jesus, that evil spirit that you're

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struggling with, I sense it, I know it's real,

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but may it be right now removed from your body,

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soul, and spirit. We reject it, take authority

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over it in the name of Jesus, and we cast it

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out in Jesus' name. And we've seen people's faces

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just light up, and all of a sudden, the power

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of God is, all over them and they experience

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the freedom now that they had and they'll say,

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I just feel so at peace now. I feel so much freedom.

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That was when the Holy Spirit worked in my wife

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and I and showed us that there was an evil spirit

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in this person and to use caution when you're

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dealing with them. So that's just one point.

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We'll get into that more in upcoming podcasts.

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But there were times when I prayed for people.

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I remember when I was a young man, brand new

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Christian, and the pastor was up front and he

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was praying for a little boy, a little four -year

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-old boy. I was a brand new Christian. I was

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25 years old and all excited about the things

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of God, reading about the power of God and all

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the things that I wanted to take place in my

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life. And the pastor was praying for this young

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man, but he didn't say what it was for, what

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it was about. He said, we just prayed for his

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surgery and that things will work well and we

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ask it in Jesus' name. And so as soon as I looked

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at the little boy, the Lord showed me a picture

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in my mind that this little boy had a kidney

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that was dying, that had dried up. There was

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no blood flowing through. and it had totally

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dried up, and that they wanted to remove that.

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And so I said, Father, in the name of Jesus,

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I speak healing, claim healing for this little

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boy right now, that he be healed in Jesus' name.

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It was simple, something like that. And I walked

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up to the pastor after church, and I said, Pastor,

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I'm new here to the church, but I want to tell

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you what took place. And I explained to him that

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I was reaching out to pray for this little boy,

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and I felt the power of God come upon me. And

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I believe that that little boy was healed, and

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that his kidney is healed. And the pastor said,

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did anyone tell you it was a kidney problem?"

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I said, no, the Holy Spirit is the one that told

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me. And I said, he said, well that is the problem,

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it's his kidney, they're going to remove his

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kidney. And I said, well I believe it's been

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healed and they won't have to remove that kidney.

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And so because I believe God moved and manifested

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the healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ came

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over that little boy and he was healed. So the

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pastor said, well I'll be back in church on Wednesday

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so come back and we'll see how it went. So on

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Wednesday we went to church and as church started

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the pastor asked the man to come forward with

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his little boy and tell him what took place.

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The father of this little boy said, yeah, we

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went in to have the kidney removed, as you know,

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we were praying for. Of course, I didn't know

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that's what they were praying for. And he said,

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but when we got there, the doctor did an x -ray

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and said, what did you do? And he said, well,

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I did nothing. We just prayed for him. And the

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doctor said, well, his kidney function is perfect.

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His kidney is completely functioning normal now.

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Everything that we can see about the kidney,

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all that stuff that was a problem, it's now been

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removed and he's healed. and we don't have to

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remove that kidney. Now that was it. amazing

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when I heard him say that and my wife and I were

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looking at each other and we just said, look

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what God did, look what God did. God healed him

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and we were blessed to be a part to pray and

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I believe the gift of healing came forth and

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after that I had a number of times when I would

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pray for people and pray and claim healings and

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say, you're healed in Jesus' name and I would

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even tell them, I know that you've been healed.

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One time it was a person who had diabetes for

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many, many years and I said, God just healed

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you of diabetes. There's no doubt in my mind

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that he did. Go to the doctor and get it confirmed

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and she did. and she was healed and it was completely

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removed from her and the diabetes was gone. There

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have been other times in surgeries and things

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where we prayed and God did creative miracles.

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So we know that we know that we know that God

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used us. Now I'm not saying this to boast and

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brag and act like I'm someone special. The power

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of God moved but it was the Holy Spirit that

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gave us that gift to pray for people and the

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gift of healing and the gift of miracles, to

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see miracles take place. Those were things that

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we've seen manifested in our own life and you

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can have them in your life too if you seek God,

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you follow the Lord, ask the Holy Spirit to move

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upon you, and that you desire to have those gifts

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so that you can be a blessing to others. Remember

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what it says? It says the gift is given so that

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each person that gets a gift, it's given in order

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to bless others. That's the scripture I read

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earlier, 1 Corinthians chapter 12, that that's

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why we get these gifts so that we can be a blessing

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to other people. And remember, the gift is not

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given to cause us to be puffed up and cause us

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to say, well, look at me, look what I've got,

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or only for super Christians, it's given to people

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just like you who want to pray for other people

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and believe for miracles to take place, for healings

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to take place, to receive the baptism of the

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Holy Spirit and have your heavenly prayer language

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and to even interpret words that people are giving

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and prophetic words that are given with interpretations

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of tongues and interpretations. So all these

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things, I've got to be careful, I'll start getting

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into it right now and I don't have enough time

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in this podcast to cover all these things. I

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want to take time in the next podcast. I believe

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as the Spirit leads us, we're going to get into

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the power gifts. And we're going to discuss tongues

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and interpretation of tongues. And I want us

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to take a whole podcast to talk about that. But

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it is a gift, I believe, that's available to

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us. And the Holy Spirit is the only one, though,

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that can bring that into our lives, into our

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spirit. Now, my experience is intended to help

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those who are open to receive the gifts of the

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Spirit. See, in my upcoming podcast, I will address

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all of the gifts of the Spirit, every single

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one of them. We're going to go into detail about

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healings and miracles. and prophetic words and

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it may require multiple podcasts to accomplish

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that but I want to be led by the Spirit so just

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stay with me as we seek the leading of the Holy

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Spirit to understand exactly how he wants us

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to deal with discussing these gifts and not to

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rush through them and to take our time. Now let

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me close with a few thoughts in our study of

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the nine power gifts of the Holy Spirit. The

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Holy Spirit brings a life filled with supernatural

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experiences if we are led by the Spirit and not

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our flesh. And it's so important to remember

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we can only operate in the gifts of the Spirit

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when we're led by the Spirit of God. The Holy

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Spirit comes through an anointing. You see, the

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anointing of the Holy Spirit brings fresh, new,

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and safe directions from God. The Holy Spirit

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does not condemn. The Holy Spirit does not attack.

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And it's so important to understand that. I've

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been in small prayer groups or small Bible studies

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where someone will stand up and start saying

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they have a prophecy or they have a word, and

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they start destroying someone else. the church

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and attacking someone and saying terrible things

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about them. I really do not believe that's how

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the Spirit of God works. The Apostle Paul teaches

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us and tells us how to deal when we're having

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conflict with other people. It's talked about

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in the book of Timothy where Paul explains to

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Timothy about how to deal with those challenges

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in the church. So when you get involved with

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people who are seeking the Holy Spirit for guidance

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and directions and asking to receive the blessings

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that the Holy Spirit has, then any anointing

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comes down, it brings fresh new and safe directions

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from God. Things that will build up other people,

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encourage other people. The prayer of faith will

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heal the sick and all these great things that

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will take place and God wants us to understand

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that the Holy Spirit is here to help and bless

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and doesn't come to just condemn and beat us

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up and scare us to death. If that's what you've

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heard then run from that type of teaching. It's

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certainly not found in the Word of God and it's

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not found in the teachings that Paul has given

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us. Now the Holy Spirit brings God's way his

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will and his peace to believers. I'm gonna repeat

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that. I think that's so important. The Holy Spirit

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brings God's way. We want things to be done God

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way, right? Not my way, but God's way. His will.

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Not my will, but we want his will and his peace

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to believers. Now, Jesus talked about peace that

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he brings. It's not the peace that the world

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has. Jesus brings peace that the world can't

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even imagine, can't even imagine what it's like.

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But we can receive that is beyond our own understanding

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is what the word of God has to say. So it's important

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that we understand that that that God's Holy

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Spirit the Holy Spirit brings God's way his will

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and his peace to believers peace from past trials

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and peace from present trials. You see, you know,

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when you listen to the Word of God and the Apostle

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Paul speaks in Philippians and he says, to be

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anxious for nothing but everything through prayers,

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petitions, with thanksgiving, make your requests

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be made known to God and the peace of God that

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passes all understanding will guard your heart

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and guard your mind in Christ Jesus. He says

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something in there that's so important. He says

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that the peace of God that passes all understanding,

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well that peace of God is Holy Spirit peace.

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That's the fruit of the Spirit that can come

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in. That's that peace that it goes beyond understanding.

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We can't explain why we're having peace when

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we've had a cancer diagnosis because I know what

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that's like. I know what it's like to receive

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a cancer diagnosis from a doctor and telling

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them that this is life -threatening, there's

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no cure for it and it will take your life and

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I know what that's like but I also know what

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it's like when the Holy Spirit comes in and gives

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me peace that passes understanding, all understanding.

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I'm not a doctor, I don't understand the medical

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field but I know what the peace of God is and

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you can know what the peace of God is, and that's

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what the Holy Spirit brings. And as we go through

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these nine power gifts, I want all of us to think

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about the peace that God brings, that God help

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us through our trials. If you're going through

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trials or challenges right now, I just believe

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in the name of Jesus. Say, I take authority over

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that trial, and I ask for God's peace. I want

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His will. I want His way, and I want His peace.

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And the Holy Spirit can bring that to me. So

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Holy Spirit, bring that peace into my life from

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past trials, from present trials. and anxiety

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for the future. Remove it. Take it away in Jesus'

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name. And when you do that, you're going to walk

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in a level of peace that you can't understand.

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You can't explain it. Just give God the glory

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for it and all the praise and the honor. The

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anointing of the Holy Spirit today is the same

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anointing that Jesus and Paul and Timothy and

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all these people, Stephen and all these great

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men and women of God, that's what they receive.

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It's the same Holy Spirit. He's the same one

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who is in us. today to help us and take us through

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our life and he's the one that brings forth those

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nine power gifts and I'm praying that when we

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get through this series we're going to have people

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reporting and letting us know that the power

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gifts have taken place in their life and they

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give God all the glory and honor for it. In closing

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Jesus said in John 14 12, I tell you the truth

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anyone who believes in me will do the same works

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I have done and even greater works because I

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am going to be with the Father. Jesus wants us

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to to do great works, no question about it. I'm

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excited about this podcast, this series, getting

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into the nine gifts of the Spirit, so I hope

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that you'll be a part of that. Let me pray for

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you. Heavenly Father, thank you for bringing

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us together. And I pray now that you would bless

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those who are listening in today and that you

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would touch them and help them. I pray the Holy

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Spirit would bring forth gifts in their lives

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so they listen to the series and stay with us

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and receive the gifts that they've decided. Maybe

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some just would like to have that prayer language,

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that heavenly prayer language of speaking in

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other tongues. And I pray now the Holy Spirit

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would move upon them and fill them with His power

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that they would pray in their heavenly language.

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And if they desire interpretation, they would

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understand the words that other people are saying

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in their tongues or their prophecies. If they

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desire to prophesy, I pray that you would bring

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forth that blessing. And if they want healings

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and miracles, Lord, you would use them and bless

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them. If they need wisdom and knowledge, Lord,

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that you would bring that into their lives and

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give them these gifts. And I believe for it,

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Father. And Lord, I thank you for this series.

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I thank you for who you are. And I thank you

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for We're bringing those in today who are listening

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to this podcast. Bless them and keep them, Father,

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I pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Well, I hope this

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has been a blessing to you. This is exciting

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to me as we continue on. We're going to continue

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to get into the nine power gifts as the Lord

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leads us. But if you'd like to know more about

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Quality Christian Living, that's the podcast

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name that we operate under. Quality Christian

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Living is a series of podcasts we've been doing

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now for four years. Today's podcast was podcast

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number 305. So if you'd like to listen to these

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podcasts you can go to my webpage and it's davidcfriendauthor

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.com and when you get there right on the front

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page you'll see a list and a link I should say

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to the podcast and all 339 of them will be there

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and they'll continue to load them every single

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week and there's topics dealing with finances,

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dealing with issues of healings and miracles

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and the Holy Spirit and this is about our 12th

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or 13th week that we've been speaking on the

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gifts of the Spirit so all of them are on there

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and a lot of other topics to help you in your

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walk with the Lord so that you can live a quality

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Christian life. In addition to that, if you don't

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know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and

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you're not sure if you're going to go to heaven,

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let me just take a moment and pray with you.

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Heavenly Father, I pray that those, Lord, who

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don't know you would repeat this prayer. Lord,

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I'm sorry for the sins I have committed. I need

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a Savior. I ask you to come into my life. I repent

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of my sins and ask you to forgive me and cleanse

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me of them. And I need Jesus to come in and change

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my life. I pray now that I would receive the

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power of the Holy Spirit in my life and I invite

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you into my life now and I receive Jesus Christ

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as my Lord and Savior and I promise to serve

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him all the days of my life. Now if you prayed

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that prayer and you meant it with all your heart,

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you need to find a good church. You need to get

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the Bible out and start reading it. I strongly

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recommend you read the four Gospels, Matthew,

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Mark, Luke and John. Maybe start with John and

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then get into the book of Romans. There's some

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great reading there and great teaching. Find

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a good church that's preaching from the Word

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of God and get underneath the tutelage and teaching

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of people, men and women, who are led powerfully

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to bring the gospel message to you. So I want

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you to do that. In addition to that, if you would

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like to tune into our upcoming podcast, I would

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encourage you to let your friends and relatives

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know about this series on the Holy Spirit. There's

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a lot of folks who are tuning in. They're new

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to the podcast, and I thank the Lord for that.

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And I want to thank you for listening. If you

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enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to

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rate and review the podcast. You know, it really

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helps us to reach more people. You can leave

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on Spotify. We really appreciate that so very

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much. If you would like to subscribe to my podcast,

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you can do that by going to cpnshows .com or

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wherever you listen to your podcast. Well, as

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we close out this podcast, I just want to encourage

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you to tune in next week for the new podcast.

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I'm going to give you nine very, very short explanations

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of all the power gifts, and we're going to talk

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about the Holy Spirit and how He operates in

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those, and then we'll follow up right after that

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and get into tongues, interpretation of tongues,

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and do that in the following podcast. So I believe

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it's going to be a lot of fun, and I hope that

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the Lord will bless you. Let me just close with

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a blessing to give you today. May the Lord bless

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you and keep you. May his face shine upon you.

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May he be gracious to you and give you peace.

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May you prosper and be in good health, even as

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your soul prospers. Once again, thank you for

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listening to Quality Christian Living. I'm your

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host, David Friend. This has been podcast number

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339, entitled, Nine Power Gifts of the Holy Spirit.

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Thank you once again for listening. May God richly

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bless you.