3 Sources of Spiritual Power (Part 3)

I’m challenging you: there are three sources of Power. There’s Power in prayer. There’s Power in the Blood of Christ. And there’s the Power of the Holy Spirit - that’s the Power released to us through the resurrected Jesus! I may be 94, but I want more power, in Jesus’ Name!  In 1 Cor 12:28ff, Paul is talking about the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and the different gifts He gives us, “In the church God has appointed apostles, prophets, teachers, workers of miracles, helpers, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking with different kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? No. Are all prophets? No. Are all teachers? No. Are all workers of miracles? No. have all got gifts of healing? No. Do all speak in tongues, do all interpret? But covert earnestly the best gifts!”  I strongly believe that if you’ve received the Holy Spirit, you should call upon Him to give you some of the gifts! Come on! We NEED the gifts of the Spirit. I need the gifts of the Spirit. They are the demonstration you have received the Baptism!  Whatever the gift, whether it’s speaking in tongues, prophesying, discerning of spirits, whatever it is, Paul said, “Seek the best gift.” I did. When I received the Holy Spirit, I took this literally. I said, “Holy Spirit, I don’t want the vocal gifts” - yes, like Paul, I can speak in tongues ‘more than anybody’, and I don’t claim to interpret tongues or to be a prophet, I don’t claim to have the discerning of spirits, knowledge or wisdom - but I said, “Holy Spirit, what gets me excited is I want the practical gifts: the gifts of faith, of miracles and of gifts of healing!” And to me the most important was the gift of faith - and that’s what I asked for! Because without faith you can’t please God! Come on! To please God I needed faith!