“A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.” (1 Corinthians 12:7 NLT) If you read the teaching of the apostle Paul about Spiritual gifts in 1 Corinthians 12, you will see that there are several gifts and each is given at the discretion…
Category: calling
Conversation With God
Maybe someone can identify with this conversation. “Lord, I can’t do this. Can You please help me? Can You do it for me? “Well, let’s talk about that. Sure, I can help you, (“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1), and I want to…
Testing
“But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.” (Job 23:10) Years ago, I was in a singing group and one of the songs we sang was, “I’m Yours Lord” by the Gaither Vocal Band. The chorus went like this:…
What’s Our Mission?
Some of you may remember this phrase from the old TV show, Mission Impossible, “Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is…”. Then the mission would be given to the participants and they would go accomplish it. God might say, “Everyone should know that I have a job for…
Are We Called?
During our Monday evening prayer time at church, I was thinking and praying about 2 Chronicles 7:14. The first few words of the verse say, “If My people who are called”. That began a thought process in my mind of digging deeper into this familiar verse and how it may…