What Did You Get?

What Did You Get?






1 Corinthians 1:4-5 NLT

I always thank my God for you and for the gracious gifts he has given you, now that you belong to Christ Jesus. Through him, God has enriched your church in every way—with all of your eloquent words and all of your knowledge.


It is incredible how God blesses us with people who know Him! That is an amazing thing He does for His children! He makes sure that they have like-minded brethren there for us to help us grow up in Him. Along with that, God graciously furnishes us with excellent gifts, tools of the Spirit that enable us to live with power!

Pooled together, our totality of gifts in one church equals one entire Body of Christ! Imagine that! Each Spirit-filled and obedient church in the word today is the likeness of Jesus Christ to its community! A beacon, a lighthouse of love and hope to a dying, mourning, desperately seeking world.

Let us make deliberate moves to discover our own gifts that God has endowed us with and set our hearts and minds to be obedient with them, offering them up for His use to bring lost people to Himself and to bring healing and enabling to the ailing, even within the Family of God. Let us seek to be able to speak eloquently and powerfully of the love of Jesus and also take steps to educate ourselves sin the knowledge of God, through His Word daily and by submitting to excellent, God-placed leaders.

What’s your gift? What did Father give you?








NEW
11/21/07

[resecoy]

My gifts?

Writing. From the beginning He has blessed me with the gift of the written word.

Medical Aptitude. Didn't even know I had this until my second hitch in the Army, when I became a medic.

Teaching, preaching, love for animals, country living, horseback riding, small towns, cowboys and Indians.

MY Father has given me many gifts. I only hope that through my gifts I am producing fruit for the Kingdom.

[Alabaster]

Beautiful, resecoy! I will add mine when I can really pin them down! I know I have writing abiltiy. I have a thing for words! I am a portrait painter--good with a brush and with pastels. These are talents.

Spiritual gifts are teaching, wisdom and hospitality. God spoke to me througha prophet about 4 yers afo and answered my question I had been praying about--what am I do do for Him? He said, "You have been given a measure of My joy. You go and spread it!" I shouted and laughed at the same time, because I knew He was right!


Here's a bit of a diversion for you...

Since then I became a leader of a women's cell and got a job as an Administrative Assistant which included offering succor to hurting clients. After a year, the bottom fell out. My boss laid me off in favour of hiring back the woman who left because she didn't like her new job and he had been grooming her before she left to be an advocat like himself. I don't blame him, but his wife, who is demonic, came up to me on the day after I was given notice and asked to pray with me! I was pleased to, as I had been ministering to her. She began to thank the Lord for me and then started to curse me to God, telling God that I was evil! It was WEIRD!! I didn't know what to do! I was so shocked, I kept my eyes closed until she said amen! That's weird too. Then she screamed in my face (about 6 inches from it) telling me, "There! I can pray to God just like you!" She did that twice. I just told her that people do not pray like that, and that I know exactly who I am dealing with and do not speak to me again.

It was surreal. I don't know why I stayed another 2 weeks, I really don't. It jarred my spirit.

Then I went along in leading my cell, and it was doing fine and then all of a sudden, it just dwindled. The women were not faithful and so my pastoral leader closed it, saying it wasn't my fault, that she couldn't handle women like that either! She assured me I would have a cell again, someday.

Then my daughter sent a nine-page letter soon after that, telling us we were basically responsible for her troubles and that she doesn't want anything to do with us. She was pregnant and so we hoped we would reunite over the birth of the baby. No dice. She diodn't announce her birth to us. We went 8 months without so much as a picture. Little Hannah's first birthday was in November and we sent a parcel (as we did last Christmas) and again, it was returned.

So, to say the least, I have had major reversals in my life--our lives, as my husband is included in this "divorce" and my middle daughter is also. We believe through communiocating with God and also with our pastors, that this is a "God thing". We three in the family are the only ones who are serving Jesus Christ, and this is a demonic attack on the family. It has done a major number on me, as I have taken to my bed pretty much since the letter, but decidedly so, since the birth of our Hannah last Novemer 07.

I have become a bit of a recluse, not havng ventured out of my home since this past August, except for Christmas Day when I went to my oldest daughter's house.

I am trusting God to heal me and I am asking for prayer support from you dear folks here. I haven't really told anyone online about this except for one caring thread I belong to in a congregational section on another board. It is hard to open up wounds in a place like this.

I have had a bit of a forward motion in my life since Chrostmas Day where I spoke out loud my intent top move on without my daughter, her husband and her baby. she is having another baby I hear in the Spring. We are going to move on with our lives and if and when a reunion comes, we will be emotionally and spiritually ready for it. If it doesn't I know my God has promised me that my children witll return just as He promised Rachel when she was weeping for her children. God gave me that scripture in Jeremiah 31 about 4 years ago as I wept for them. It may not be in my lifetime, but all my children and grandchildren will be serving the Lord one day.

Nancy

[resecoy]

When the demons are on the attack then you can be sure that you are doing the work of the Lord. It's a hard saying but you know it, "Count it all joy when...people despitefully use you...demons show their faces...the wordl turns its back on you...when there is no other place to turn than the Lord.

We have dealt with family issues for years. Seems to be when we reach out we always come back bloodied. So now everything is a baby step. People will blame you for their lives. True is that their lives were given to them by GOD and whatever actions come, come out of free choice he gave everyone. No one gets to choose their parents but they do get to decide what sort of relation they will have with them and with GOD.

Do what GOD tells you to do.

Two cowboys came to a fork in the trail and had to decide which one to ride
One was full of wisdom and age the other young and filled with pride
The younger one, since he had never been this way, just flipped a coin
The old ranger took a few minutes looking around, trying to learn
His aged eyes peered down the trail, then past it to the distance
He was looking for what lay beyond, like mountains for instance
The older man looked for signs of fruit, game and water
And took some time to reflect just what on the trail really mattered
He rode the same trail as the youngster who had gone on
At a watering hole they met up and he asked, "What took so long?"
Once when I was like you, I rode to just most any wind
I was there for the ride and didn't think about my end
But after trails of thirst, hunger, sorrow, pain and things I've dreaded
I've learned to consider just how the going will be in the direction I'm headed
Now where I am headed is much better than any place I've been
But there's no need to travel trails that won't get me to that end
Trails that are filled with snakes, rock slides and poison vegetation
That rob me of my health, joy and peace and quiet meditation
So now I consider like the good book says, to count up the cost
Before I end up down the trail and in some boxed canyon dead or lost

[Alabaster]

Thanks, resecoy.

I know that God is using this adverse time to prune and mold. It hurts! In the end, I want nothing but for Him to be pleased, and to see His glorious light shine out of my cracks!

Soon, I hope!

[His Masters Voice?]

He gave me the ability and knowledge to help those in need. As a social worker I see the good and bad on a daily basis. It i with Gods guidance that I am able to help the children that suffer and lead them to a better life/future.

He gave me the gift of communication. The ability to work with people through my vocal words. I can comfort and give solice just by saying a few things. This is handy in my profession.

He has given me the gift of life. Mine and my beautiful sons.

He has been too good to me.

[Alabaster]

Originally Posted by His Masters Voice?

He gave me the ability and knowledge to help those in need. As a social worker I see the good and bad on a daily basis. It i with Gods guidance that I am able to help the children that suffer and lead them to a better life/future.

He gave me the gift of communication. The ability to work with people through my vocal words. I can comfort and give solice just by saying a few things. This is handy in my profession.

He has given me the gift of life. Mine and my beautiful sons.

He has been too good to me.

Beautiful! God favours His children, and you have certainly tasted of it!