Sweetheartnannie: gifts of the Spirit — The apostle Paul admonished members in one of the churches he started, "Do not quench the Spirit" (1 Thessalonians 5:19). He also urged the young evangelist Timothy: ". . . Stir up [rekindle] the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power an TALENTS GIFTS Talents are natural Gifts are supernatural Talents are…

Sweetheartnannie: Pastor Appreciation 2008 — Pastors Appreciation 2009 You can read above on my statements last year. I still say "ditto" for this year's pastors appreciation. Thanks to all our Pastors. A full year has come and gone. Souls have been won into the kingdom. We should all be rejoicing. As pastor has been stating, we need to seek the face of God in all things. I am looking forward to seeing what God has in store this…

Sweetheartnannie: gifts of the Spirit — The rule of the talents are true, not used.... or laid aside... you loose them. A different opinion on the gifts of the spirit. They are gifts from the third person of the Godhead, The Holy Ghost. A gift is something that is taken graciously and used for the Kingdom of God. We can lay the gift aside in many ways. Such as, sin in our lives of not following the will of God, but God never takes…

Afgt: gifts of the Spirit — I would be leary of this question. There are no difinate answers that I can find or know of, not meaning that they are not there. Revelation 2:4-5 says that God will come quickly to us and remove our "Lamp Stand" if we turn from God and do not repent. This could be read as God meaning to remove his presence from us and we then live in inner darkness, untill we repent; or this could mean that…

Kimjohns: gifts of the Spirit — A friend and I were in discussion about this yesterday. If God gives you a gift, such as tongues, interpretation, wisdom, knowledge, working of miracles, faith, gifts of healing, prophecy, etc., can it be taken away. I said no because once God gives you something, it is yours. He doesn't give you something and then take it away. My friend said yes because if you don't use it, you lose it and…

Hotfeet: Poll: What does Tithing mean to you? — wow you know this is a conversation topic that gets brought up to me on a regular basis. and it never ceases to amaze me. i mean goodness! God doesn't require much of us. he tells us to give our ten percent.. woooo.. i mean come on folks.. that does mean before taxes.. before insurance.. and before 401k..! like the others who have commented here i am a firm believer that everyone should…