Posts with the category “gifts-of-the-spirit”

God’s Gift of ExhortationThere are moments when life can feel - well? … unbearable – insurmountable even. Mistakes kind of pile up, setbacks multiply, losing – seems to be inevitable! The scoreboard tells a tale! – A big fat ZERO – flashes on your side of the board!  – In those moments of seeming despair - people don’t need more shame and a laundry list of all the stuff they’ve done wrong – or wor...  Read More

Discovering Your Motivational Gift - Prophecy Imagine you’re walking down a New York City sidewalk on a cold winter morning, coffee in hand, mind on a hundred different things. You step into the crosswalk, hear a fire truck, glance up—and hit a patch of ice. In an instant your feet fly out, your coffee launches, and your elbow slams back to break the fall. Painful? Yes. Expensive coffee wasted? Even worse. But notice what "doesn’t" happen in that moment: - Your ears don’t say ...   Read More