A prayer for using your spiritual gifts, written by Greg Lorry and read by Kelly Givens.

But the advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father

will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of

everything I have said to you.

John 1426.

Have you ever watched a fire begin to burn down

to the point that all you have left are coals?

It looks as though there is no fire actually left

because the coals may be under a layer of ash.

You can't really see much.

But when you take a fresh log and toss it on top of those coals and

stir it around a bit, it suddenly ignites and you have a whole new fire going.

In 2nd Timothy 1st, Paul writes to Timothy, stir up the gift of God which is in

you through the laying on of my hands. That phrase stir up the gift means to fan it into full flame.

There may be live coals in your life, but you have allowed the fire to go down.

You haven't been using the gifts that God has given you, the

talents he has given you. It's time to fan them into full flame again. It's time to

be reignited. It's time to be reignited. It's time to say, Lord, how can I use what you have given me for

your glory until you return? We need to take advantage of opportunities that are out there.

There are those who want to have big visible ministries.

They want the applause of men.

But if we will humble ourselves and take what we have and offer it to God,

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