1. Manifesting God’s Presence

2. “Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”
Luke 18:8b

3. “...having a form of godliness but denying its power.”
2 Timothy 3:5a

4. “Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods
“Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who  is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?”
Exodus 15:11

5. “But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:  for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit,
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different
kinds of tongues,…

6. to another the interpretation of tongues
to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.”
1 Corinthians 12:7-11

7. A spiritual gift is a supernatural ability which is graciously given by the Spirit of God for the benefit of others and the health and effectiveness of the body of Christ.

8. Ministry Gifts

9. Ministry Gifts
1. Everyone has a gift…everybody counts in the family of God.

10. Ministry Gifts
Everyone has a gift…everybody counts in the family of God.
2. We need each other... we are interdependent.

11. Manifestation Gifts

12. The Gift of Prophecy

13. The Gift of Prophecy
The supernatural ability God gives to members of His family to receive and often communicate an immediate message from God to His people through a divinely anointed utterance.

14. The Gift of Prophecy
The supernatural ability God gives to members of His family to receive and often communicate an immediate message from God to His people through a divinely anointed utterance.
“But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men.”
1 Corinthians 14:3 

15. The Gift of Prophecy
The supernatural ability God gives to members of His family to receive and often communicate an immediate message from God to His people through a divinely anointed utterance.
“Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good.”
1 Thessalonians 5:19-21

16. The Gift of Prophecy
The supernatural ability God gives to members of His family to receive and often communicate an immediate message from God to His people through a divinely anointed utterance.
1st Always test it with Scripture

17. The Gift of Prophecy
The supernatural ability God gives to members of His family to receive and often communicate an immediate message from God to His people through a divinely anointed utterance.
1st Always test it with Scripture
2nd Test it with mature Christians who follow Jesus and are hearing His voice

18. The Gift of Prophecy
The supernatural ability God gives to members of His family to receive and often communicate an immediate message from God to His people through a divinely anointed utterance.
3rd Share the message with the one for whom it was intended

19. A Message of Knowledge – 1 Corinthians 12:8

20. A Message of Knowledge – 1 Corinthians 12:8
The supernatural ability God gives to members of the body of Christ to receive and share revealed knowledge, which was not otherwise known.

21. A Message of Wisdom – 1 Corinthians 12:8

22. A Message of Wisdom – 1 Corinthians 12:8
The supernatural ability God gives to the body of Christ to offer pertinent spiritual council, where guidance is needed at that moment.

23. The Gift of Faith – 1 Corinthians 12:9

24. The Gift of Faith – 1 Corinthians 12:9
The supernatural ability God gives to members of the body of Christ to discern with extreme confidence God’s will and purpose for the future of His work.

25. Gifts of Healing – 1 Corinthians 12:9

26. Gifts of Healing – 1 Corinthians 12:9
The supernatural ability God gives to members of the body of Christ to serve as human intermediaries through whom it pleases God to cure illness and restore health, apart from the use of natural means.

27. Workings of Miracles

28. Workings of Miracles
The supernatural ability God gives to members of the body of Christ to serve as human intermediaries through whom it pleases God to perform miraculous acts that are perceived by others to have altered the course of nature.

29. The Gift of Discernment – 1 Corinthians 12:10

30. The Gift of Discernment – 1 Corinthians 12:10
The supernatural ability God gives to members of the body of Christ to know with assurance, whether certain behavior purported to be of God, is in reality divine, human, or satanic.

31. The Gift of Tongues – 1 Corinthians 12:10

32. The Gift of Tongues – 1 Corinthians 12:10
The supernatural ability God gives to members of the body of Christ to speak in a language they have never learned.

33. The Interpretation of Tongues – 1 Corinthians 12:10

34. The Interpretation of Tongues – 1 Corinthians 12:10
The supernatural ability God gives to members of the body of Christ to make known in the common language the message of the one who is speaking in tongues, so the entire body that is present can be edified.