Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit

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    the branch. 6. Fifth Night Vision: Gold Lampstand a. Zechariah has a vision of a lampstand, next to which there are two olive trees. i. The two olive trees represent the two anointed ones. b. Zerubbabel will rebuild the temple through the Lord’s Spirit. 7.

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    He is Holy, He required a perfect sacrifice to pay for the sin of man. He chose to send His Son, Jesus, to die in order to be that perfect sacrifice as the payment for the sin because He loves His creation. God lives in each person who believes in the sacrifice of His son. This is God the Holy Spirit. If a person is saved, his life will have fruit of the spirit. These are qualities that show God lives in him. (Galatians 5:22 NIV). Once a person receives Christ as Savior and the Holy comes to

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    Graduation Speech : My Life

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    I am forty-seven and had fulfilled many of the dreams that I had as a child. I was in the military, fireman, and a police officer. I had gone to college after graduating high school following in the footsteps of my father. My father said that if I could not find a job after receiving my bachelor’s degree that he would continue to pay for my education until I received my masters. Although after two semesters I dropped out because I felt that I could make more money than continuing in school. At some

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    Seeing the power of God, Lake began to cry out for more of the Holy Spirit. He spent nine months seeking a fuller level of the presence of God. Lake went, with another man to pray for a sick woman. God's presence fell on and over him like he'd never known before. The next six months were marked by conviction, repentance, and heart cleansing. The gifts of the Spirit became magnified, and the discernment and healing giftings increased dramatically. Lake was receiving

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    this delegation to Jerusalem to enquire on the issue of circumcision. They therefore believe that the congregation runs the church by appointing and sending elders. They also use Act 6:3 “Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.” They say it says “choose among yourselves”, ignoring the rest of the scripture and the context in which it fits. Their power to discipline as a congregation is based on

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    Agape Love Analysis

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    Paul states at the end of chapter 13, “the greatest of these is love”. Love is a common word used in modern day society through many types of expressions. It may describe the emotion towards an object of affection, or it may be used as an over dramatization of a liking one takes to a certain type of food per-say. Its used to describe feelings toward a sexual relationship, or feelings towards family member, or friends. In the English language, there is an almost limitless amount of uses for that one

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    hung from the wire. Water is kept in the bowl to keep the basil alive, and once a day, usually the mother of the family, dips the basil into the holy water and uses it to sprinkle water throughout each room of the house (Cooper “Christmas in Greece”) . By doing this, the family is hoping to keep away “kallikantzaroi” or the bad spirits. These bad spirits only appear between Christmas and Epiphany and they are known to come from the middle of the earth and come into houses through chimneys. The kallikantzaroi

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    Acts 8: 26-40

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    the Holy Spirit plays a fundamental and essential role in mission and effective evangelism. Acts 8:26-40 confirms that Missio Dei – is literally and unambiguously God’s mission. It was God who had previously drawn the Ethiopian eunuch to himself in preparation for the message (v.27) he would receive. It was God who knew the Ethiopian was returning from worship in Jerusalem and would be reading Isaiah (v.27-28). It was God who instructed Philip via an angel where to go (v.26) and via the Spirit, when

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    good character and familiar with the Greek language and culture, known to be full of the spirit and wisdom. After the men were chosen they were presented to the apostles,who prayed and laid hands on them. The laying of hands was a practice common in the Jewish tradition which symbolized being set apart for a specific ministry, as well as for healing, benediction, ordination and to impart the Holy Spirit. numbers 27-22 Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and had him stand before

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    expands on discovering your personality as a gift. The book is written to help the reader discover God's special gifts and if you already know your gift, help you discover more. Ephesians 4:7-12 says "to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of

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