Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit

Introduction: Fruit of the Spirit Turn in your Bible to Galatians 5:22. This is a relatively familiar verse. Ask any child fresh out of a bible-learning program—Bible School, years of Sunday School and Awana, whatever—to name the fruit of the Spirit, and they can probably tell you. “The fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” They can recite those words with huge smiles on their faces, ticking them off on their

John 5:7-8 says, “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.” These three are all God and allow God to future His reach out on to His people. Romans 8:16-17 states, “The spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with

Catholic church teaches that Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit, and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. “Baptism not only purifies from all sins, but also makes the non-believer "a new creature," an adopted son of God, who has become a "partaker of the divine nature," member of Christ and co-heir with him, and a temple of the Holy Spirit.”(CC:1265) Christ has ordained that Baptism should have the power of removing all punishment for sin

adult member of our Catholic church. Your child is invited to renew the promises they made at baptism. Confirmation is centred on the Holy

preparation. He has had people hidden away and being taught by the Holy Spirit for this time. These are those who are the forerunners who have already gone before the others and will be able to help them through. They have been in the desert, the wilderness and the fire and they understand it. The second dream shows that there is also a great emphasis on true worship for this next season, for He seeks those who will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. God’s people are being set free after a time of being

Introduction On earth, there are seven continents, one hundred ninety-six countries and a population of seven billion one hundred twenty-five million. What makes everyone stand out is their religion and culture. There are approximately four thousand two hundred religions, faiths and belief systems in the world. Out these many faiths, the most followed and practiced ones are Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. Being the most practiced religion Christianity has over two billion followers. At

1 Peter When the first epistle of Peter was written, being a Christian was something that was very hard to do. It was even difficult for the author because of the problems they faced. But as Christians, it is our duty to do good things. Yes, we are not perfect, yes we all sin; but we try out best to do what is right. Though sometimes bad things happen to good people. Look at Jesus. He did what was right and abided by God and in the end, he got crucified. We don’t know why bad things happen sometimes

the Holy Spirit. This enables individuals to profess and confess their faiths as strong Christians, and soldiers of Jesus Christ. Confirmation is the Sacrament by which God strengthens an individual 's faith through the Holy Spirit. It sends Catholics out as witnesses of Jesus, and it seals their membership in the Catholic Church with the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit (Ellis and Ramsey 2005). Catholics originally received these gifts at Baptism, and they unwrap them at Confirmation. Two gifts of

to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Holy Trinity is defined as the mystery of one God in three persons. Although the Holy Trinity is at the base of the Catholic faith, the Catechism also states that the Holy Trinity is “inaccessible to the human mind” . The Catholic Church practices monotheism, the belief that there is only one supreme God. Within this Godhead, there is an undivided trinity of three divine persons. The foundation of the Holy Trinity within the Catholic Church is found within

Since the church is elderly led, what are the qualifications for the office of elder and what are their responsibilities? What is the process of selecting an elder? What is the mission, vision, and core values of the Church? 2. Analysis based on the seven elements: a) Discern (community and Missionary Mentality) What are the national demographics of your community? Who lives here? What are their hurts? What are their dreams? Where do they spend their time? What is the mission to serve community? What