Maybe you don’t like the spiritual gifts and think, “Yuck! Who wants this Pentecostal/Charismatic phoney baloney spiritual gifts-type of stuff. Not me!”
Relax. Take a deep breath. Now, continue reading.
Let’s say that you and your wife take your daughter to the mall. She is three years old and dressed up in the cutest Bambi t-shirt and jeans outfit. Everyone looks at her and smiles. She’s a doll and you adore her, and would do anything for her.
But because you were in a hurry when you left home, you did not use the restroom, and you need to go – now. You tell your wife. She rolls her eyes and says, “Oh honey, use the one in Macy’s Department Store. We’ll wait here for you by the kids play area.”
You rush to the restroom, do your duty, wash your hands and leave. As you walk back from the store, you see a flash and hear an explosion from an Islamic terrorist’s bomb. It knocks you down. Glass particles and debris cover your body.
Brushing yourself off, you run to where you wife and daughter were waiting. When you get there, you see bodies all over the floor. Somehow, you find your wife and daughter. They’re dead with blood all over them.
Now, what are you going to do?
Are you going to call the police? Or the doctor? Or your pastor? Or the funeral home? Or are you just going to fall down and cry?
You see, at this disastrous moment, you need the gift of faith, the gift of healing, and the gift of miracles to try and raise your loved ones from the dead. And I guarantee that you would do anything to have these gifts at that time, wouldn’t you?
So, what’s stopping you from seeking the spiritual gifts? Pride. Bad teaching. Laziness. What?
(Taken from Islamic Terrorists versus Radical Christians: New Game. New Rules by Larry Nevenhoven, which can be read in its entirety here.)
My prayer today:
Lord, help us American believers to pursue love, and desire Your spiritual gifts now. (Based on 1 Corinthians 14:1)
Join with me on Tuesdays to fast and pray for new revelations on healing and deliverance for Americans NOW.
Larry Who 
Thank you, Mr. Larry, for showing us the importance of spiritual gifts! God bless you!
Debbie,
The gifts are to bless people and be used when and where needed. God bless you.
Since I do not believe terrorism is a likely scenario, here is what I think is a more likely one.
You are back in the Midwest and find that an old friend was killed in an auto accident about a year before. You visit his wife and find an urn with his ashes on the mantle.
Do you express your grief to the widow and offer up sorrowful tears or do you take the urn and dump the ashes on the living room carpet and declare life into them?
That is my go to when I consider how much Daddy wants to reveal His glory in the earth and I’m sticking with it. 😁
Be blessed my brother.
Ephraiyim,
I certainly hope you’re right about terrorist’s attacks and will enjoy seeing miracles like you’ve mentioned. God bless you.