Comments on: Gifts of the spirit and unanswerable questions.

By: Hearthrose

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 03:35:00 +0000

I’m an introvert who likes people. I don’t like a lot of them at a time. You go out and deal with people all day. I spend my day with two children and a house…. maybe some phone calls or a trip to the store. Tots different situations.

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By: chrisgale

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 02:47:00 +0000

I think I’m more introverted: I can handle working with people for about half a day at a time.

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By: Hearthrose

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 01:21:00 +0000

Me too! Usually my “packages” are people. I like people. (And if you’re wondering, my gifts are exhortation/encouragement, counsel, and a smattering of some others – but those first. I get lots of people, so it’s good that I enjoy them).

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By: chrisgale

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 23:47:00 +0000

The idea that one needs to speak in tounges to have salvation is heretical, and needs to be confronted.
And I like packages, literally, and as an analogy.

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By: Hearthrose

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 18:59:00 +0000

I think of the spiritual gifts like tools that I’ve been handed. God sends me packages (callings? No, He doesn’t call. Packages. He sends me packages) to deal with, and He’s given me certain gifts to help deal with those things He chooses to drop into my life.

A funny: Was volunteering in the food pantry for the internship and was on prayer duty. A lady asked me how long I’d been saved, and then she asked me if I was ‘sealed by the Spirit’ (aka had tongues). When I told her I had the Spirit, but didn’t speak in tongues, she told me to just pray generally. I find this vastly amusing, not being in any uncertainty about my salvation. But – no prayer requests from that lady, because I don’t have tongues. LOL.

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