Tagged: gifts of the spirit

Vocal gifts - by pastor bruce edwards

Keys for Breakthrough

December 12, 2023

Vocal Gifts – Don’t be ignorant

Vocal Gifts This is the last of our 4 part series on “Don’t Be Ignorant about Spiritual Gifts.” There are nine spiritual gifts listed in 1 Corinthians 12 that Paul admonishes us too not be ignorant about. To help better explain and understand each gift we have put them into 3 categories. They are Revelation Gifts, Power Gifts, and Vocal – Click to Read More

Don't be Ignorant about Spiritual Gifts by Pastor Bruce Edwards

Living by Faith

November 27, 2023

Don’t Be Ignorant about Spiritual Gifts – part one

Don’t Be Ignorant About Spiritual Gifts The Apostle Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 12:1, “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be IGNORANT…” So, why are we so ignorant concerning spiritual gifts? Why is there so much division and misunderstanding within the church about spiritual gifts? It is because the devil is at work trying – Click to Read More

Does God Exist?
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber...."I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!" "No!" the customer exclaimed....."Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside." "Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."
"Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
“Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” Psalms 14:1