POSITIONED FOR THE GIFTS: PREPARING ORDINARY PEOPLE FOR EXTRAORDINARY POWER AND COMPASSION

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Positioned for the Gifts is a detailed practical guide to operating in the Nine Gifts of the Holy Spirit. This breakthrough book will propel you into the ministry of the supernatural that God intended for every believer. Can any believer move in all the Gifts? This is probably the most disputed of questions relating to the believer moving in the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Here is the short answer: YES. Here is the more thoughtful, scriptural answer: Nowhere in Scripture does it say the Gifts are not for all believers. They are distributed through the Church at his will – the phrase “to each one” or “to one” or “to another” in verses 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 does not mean each gift is given exclusively to that one at the exclusion of another. It simply means what it says: The Holy Spirit bestows the Gifts to whom he wills as the occasion arises . Without question, Paul believed that operating in the Gifts is essential to the health of the Church. Yet, the church in Corinth needed guidelines and a motivation check.
Since you are zealous for Spiritual gifts let it be for the edification of the church that you seek to excel. 1 Corinthians 14:12
In fact, chapter 14 of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian church sets forth basic principles concerning the use of the gifts listed earlier in his letter. Among these principles he states in verse 31:
For you can all prophesy one by one that all may learn and all may be encouraged.
All means all. This is of course different than the office of the prophet which Paul mentions in chapter 12:28, 29. Not all operate as a God-appointed prophet in the church, but all can prophesy. Just as not all are called to the office of an evangelist, pastor, or teacher, yet we all can and should share the gospel, care for people, and teach others. Let’s be open to how the Holy Spirit wants to bestow his gifts on us.
The real issue facing the Church today isn’t if the Gifts are for today, or for you. The real challenge is helping the average believer believe that the Gifts are for them and then receive them into their lives.
Here is a statement you may “feel” incapable of saying or unworthy to speak out loud: “I am gifted by God. I have the Gifts of the Holy Spirit ready to flow out of me.”
Quick sidebar, lest saying something so affirmative and true concerns you – maybe it’s because the enemy of your soul has been lying to you. I can’t begin to tell of all the “Christian soldiers” lying in a MASH unit – sidelined from the Kingdom battle because they’ve believed in one or more demonic lies. “I’m not worthy.” None of us are, but he is and he made you not only worthy but his son or daughter, his ambassador . Get that in your spirit, in your mind and emotions, and I promise the impact you will have and the joy you will know will amaze you.