Spiritual Gifts2

The ladies' fellowship I attend is doing a series of bible study on service to the Lord! Yesterday we were studying the spiritual gifts and how to use them to build up the Church.

One sister said her spiritual gift is in dreaming dreams and she gave us examples of how God has given her dreams and how they became reality. One example was the dream she had on the last day of her daughters' examinations- the eldest was taking STPM and the second was taking SPM. She dreamt of two eaglets flying and later the Lord told her it was about her daughters flying away for their further studies. True enough, both her daughters flew off for their studies after receiving scholarships. Then she shared that she had a strange dream yesterday morning. She dreamt of another sister in that group going to Kuala Lumpur to meet her husband who has passed away 3 years ago. She does not know what that dream means yet but that particular sister has written down the details of that dream and will be watching to see what it means.

Another sister shared that her gift from the Lord is the ability to listen well. Recently, on a tour to South Korea, she shared a room with someone who confided a lot of things with her. She is also attending a counselling course to help her in her volunteer work as a telephone counsellor with Women For Women Society. I think it is marvellous for her to sharpen her skills in an area she knows she is gifted in and to seek to help others who can benefit from her gifting.

There was yet another sister who shared about her gift in prophesying. She shared about how she was under spiritual attack when she exercised that gift and she suffered shoulder and neck pains and very heavy menstrual flow which caused her to be anaemic.Three days ago, as she spent time with the Lord, the Word oF God ministered to her and assured her of God's healing and taking away her pains. Actually, last Sunday, during the worship service, she prophesied and as she did that, a lady in the congregtion cried out loud and fell down, trembling all over. She was crying, "Lord, forgive me, forgive me!" . Then she started to speak in tongues for quite a while before a group of intercessors brought her to another room to minister to her. During this time, many in the congregation felt the Presence of God strongly and were much encouraged in their faith.

May we all faithfully use the gifts God has given us so that the Church can be built up and the Kingdom of God can be extended!!!