 Recording started. Welcome back. Over this we will move on to the sixth chapter, the gifts of the Holy Spirit. What is the gift of the Holy Spirit? Why do we have this gift of the Holy Spirit? How does it help us? Anyone in the class who can unmute and speak? I believe the gift of the Holy Spirit is for the edification of the body of Christ. Yes, exactly. Gifts of the Holy Spirit is for the edification of the body of Christ to help each other, to receive the guidance from God personally and also to the congregation, to the church, the body of Christ, so that God's plan and His purpose will be fulfilled in and through us. God leads us as He was with the Israelites and has how He led us with a tangible presence, with a pillar of cloud in the day and a pillar of fire in the night. In the same way the Holy Spirit is within us now and He abides in us and He is leading us and He strengthens us and He has given us this gift of the gifts of the Holy Spirit for the edification of the church and to each of us to be strengthened. So we see the first is the personal use of the tongues and the interpretation of the tongues. Can one of us please turn to 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verse 2. 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verses 2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God for no one understands him however in the Spirit he speaks mysteries. For he who speaks in tongues does not speak to men but to God for no one understands him however in the Spirit he speaks mystery. So speaking in tongues is very important as I said all the other gifts will be activated automatically by the Holy Spirit but then only the gift of tongue needs to be desired, yearned and when asked for then this gift of the tongue will be activated within us. It's not that we do not have this gift is already there with us. It is inside us but then in time it will be activated. We need to yearn, we need to ask and this gift is very precious. If this gift is activated all the other gifts will be activated automatically. Through the gift of tongues you know it is like we entering into the supernatural realm of God. We see in the New Testament church every month pray in tongues. The prayed in tongues. So you know many things can happen when we pray in tongues. There's edification within us, there's cleansing. You know there's cleaning, repairing, edifying, teaching us new things. Revealing the mysteries of God, the secrets of God has been revealed to us and we speak the divine mysteries of God. It also builds us strong in the spiritual person. It changes the circumstance when a person prays in tongues. The whole circumstance in his home, in his workplace, wherever this person is changes. It opens, it prepares a pathway for a miracle and when we pray in tongues we access the mind of God. We access the mind of God and we start speaking who the Lord wants to speak in that time, in that season. It equips us, it opens a new sense for us and we become more of God conscious and being the people conscious or the world conscious. When we pray in tongues it builds us, it stimulates our faith. It prepares us, it delivers us from the spirit of fear and it makes us more courageous and more strong. It strengthens us and it also builds an intimate relationship with God and it changes our mind. It gives us the mind of Christ and when we pray in tongues all the things that does not belong to God and his kingdom, it uproots from us and also when we pray in tongues, for example, when we have to make a decision and we are praying, we are seeking God's guidance to make a decision or if we are confused there are too many things we don't know which one to choose. It may be in our in our studies, it can be in a career path or it can be choosing a life partner. You know the Lord leads us clearly. He directs us. He directs us when we pray in tongues. He gives us a clear picture. There's always an inner witness speaking. The mysteries of God becomes very clear to us. We have the mind of God and God reveals what is in his mind to us, to our spirit and also as we pray in tongues, yes, we may not understand always what we are praying but God gives us the interpretation of the tongues at times. He helps us. He enables us to understand what we are praying, what God wants to see. The mysteries we speak in tongues, it's not mystery. It may be mystery to us but not mystery to God. God reveals his secret things to us. So when we are praying in tongues in a congregation, we need to be mindful of what Paul said. If we pray in tongues and it is a mystery to the congregation, it does not edify the church. It does not benefit the church. So what we need to do is we need to interpret it. So there is a gift of interpretation as well. When one prays in tongues, either the same person can interpret what he's praying. Again that's another gift. Interpretation is another gift or we have seen in the congregation when one person prays, another person, God has enabled this gift of interpretation to him. When one person prays, another person can interpret what he prays. So when he interpret, it benefits the whole congregation so that there's an understanding what the person prayed in spirit, prayed for the congregation and here another person is, you know, interpreting it in the language of understanding where everyone can understand and that benefits the whole congregation. When you're personally, when you're praying, okay, even if you have not got the interpretation of the tongue-water praying, but we would encourage you to go ahead and pray in tongues because praying in tongues edifies us, builds us, reveals the secret things of God and us. Also cleanses us, approves every negative things from us. It also paves a path for a future. It builds us. It strengthens our inner mind. They say, you know, when we are tired, when we are tired and when you pray, your spirit energizes. There's no more tiredness in your body. Do you know that? Even after hard work, labor or nowadays many of us are working in the IT firm and we are tired mentally. Mentally we are tired. When we pray in tongues, all the spirit of tiredness leaves us and we have been energized within. We have been strengthened within to face the day, to handle many things again. We have been refreshed in our spirit. Maybe we should try this sometime or maybe some of your life tried. You all can share your experience. What happened? We also see the the word of knowledge, the gift of the word of knowledge. It reveals something that is in the present and the past. Maybe we went to a church service and we are praying. The pastor is sharing the word as he's sharing his mouth with the spirit and here he's declaring certain things. Maybe it was relevant to each of us. God speaks to us through the word of knowledge convicting our inner person and God also releases the guidance and he directs us with the word of knowledge. For some of us it'll be a reminder of the past so that we can act on what needs to be, what action needs to be taken in our future. Sometimes when we're praying in spirit, maybe in your personal life or in your career, in your ministry, there's something that is happening and we are not aware of. But when you're praying in towns, seeking God's guidance, hear the God, you know, God who's all knowing, reveal things to us even though it was in secret, he will reveal to us through the word of knowledge. When I say he reveals to us, it can be through vision, through dream, through the word, or through the instance of, you know, unknowingly the same person can just come and blur it out. But God brings the hidden things into light to us when we seek him and God orchestrated, God does things aligned by his word when we seek him. There's a situation and Mark chapter 11 verse 1 to 9. Can one of us quickly read Mark chapter 11 verse 1 to 9? Mark chapter 11 verse 1 to 9. Now when they drew near Jerusalem to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and he said to them, go into the village opposite you and as soon as you've entered it, you will find a cult tide on which no one has sat. Loose it and bring it and if anyone says to you, why are you doing this? Say the Lord has need of it and immediately he will send it here. So they went their way and found the cult died by the door outside on the street and they loosed it. But some of those who stood there said to them, what are you doing losing the cult? And they spoke to them just as Jesus had commanded so they let them go. Then they brought the cult to Jesus and threw their clothes on it and he sat on it and many spread their clothes on the road and others cut down leafy branches from the trees and spread them on the road. Then those who went before and those who followed cried out saying, Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the kingdom of our Father David that comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna and the highest. Thank you. Thank you. So we see here how you know when Jesus was approaching Jerusalem, we see how the word of knowledge came to Jesus and he instructed the two of his disciples to go into the village and he directed them what needs to be done, untie a cult and bring even if somebody asks you need to answer them this way. You know clearly step by step word of knowledge that is happening in the present. I remember one such incident which happened in my life. I was spring as I said I was working in a firm and I was spring Lord I want to join a Bible college. I want to join the ministry so that I need to equip myself. I want to join a Bible college and I was spring and as I was spring I kept three points to God. One, the director, the company where I worked with was under a director and he was a very good person. He was a man of God zoning this company and I was working under him. It's been three and a half years and I know this person will not allow me to quit his company that easily because before that it's a approach two times and he said it's your time has not yet come you need to work. Okay and it was not very easy for him to let go so I was spring Lord make a way if this is the right time allow my dad you know my dad always wanted to see me as a business woman or a working professional so he wanted to see me as a working woman and you know I said Lord if it is the right time you make my dad to say quit your job. Second, allow my boss to release me from my workplace. Third, show me which Bible college that I need to join. Three things I kept in prayer and every day I used to pray and this was a stir within me I could not quench it it's been for more than three years I was praying continuously on this and especially these three point maybe for last one year I've been praying on these three so what happened is I was invited to a church by a friend of mine and there was a series of teaching on mission mandate okay so that was the first time I've come to all people's church and I'm there I heard the teaching it was so much for me it was like the word of knowledge God speaking to me there's a stir within me and at the end of the message there was a call out you know Lord is speaking to you and you know we want to pray for you come come forward and I clearly sense Holy Spirit saying I'm calling you you come I was I was holding myself I said no Lord it's a new church I've come here for the first time how can I go there are other people you know I held on to myself no but it was a clear instruction go so after a lot of your own mind battles I went and Pastor Ashish was standing there I went to him but a lot of distance okay there was a lot of distance between us he didn't even touch I just went in there I said just pray I didn't tell him anything and here he prays he prays with exactly the three points that I was praying over for he prayed saying Lord allow a dad to release her for your ministry I feel so much really even now the words that he spoke second release her from a workplace third director director which ministry that she needs to go in you're very clear to the point he prays he just spoke these three points prayed and he sent that was a clear indication for me that he spoke my present what I was asking God for and as I came you know within two months within two months things happened my dad said quit your job you're I mean you know you're so much occupied with the work and you don't have time at home you quit and you can help me in my business I said okay and within me I said Lord you're answering my prayer I was so happy I was really happy that God you're answering my prayer now second I went to office I spoke to my boss like what my dad said and this time he was very different he said if your dad is said then I have no say towards it give me some time give me a day or two I'll get back to you and after two days he said if your dad I said that and you you have to support him so I will release you in one month's time so you took one month's time and again he checked with me how did I change my mind because he has not recruited anyone else to you know replace me thinking that I may continue to serve them I said no so I need to quit you know he released me and the third I was searching for which college and God directed me to APC I I didn't even know because I was very new to this place new to the church again I went and met pastor you know he was very busy with God TV and you know I was just running behind him wherever pastor where I went behind him I still remember and I said pastor I want to talk to you can you please reckon recommend me to a college and pastor said we have a college would you like to join I said yes I would love to and that's how my journey started with APC Lord Rex but before that I'll tell you when I was spring that night even if I could approach pastor Arshish with regards to the college when I was praying in my prayer time Lord spoke to me as how Paul met Ananias I want you to meet pastor Arshish and ask him to direct you which college you know hearing the voice of God when we pray in tongues God speaks to us clearly he opens the door and this is how the door opened for me in the ministry I didn't have any foundation where I can stand or I didn't have anyone who could support me teach me guide me push me your God opened a spiritual foundation where I can be equipped I can be trained I can I can also serve so just like me if many of us here in the class or would be listening to this message later if you're praying if you're asking God show me the direction seek the Holy Spirit because he desires each of us to serve him and he has a plan and a purpose when we pray in tongues in Romans chapter 8 we see that the Holy Spirit groans with us for it in the seeding asking God and the Lord will lead us he will lead us in the right path in the right direction with this we will move on to the word of wisdom so word of wisdom is also a gift of the Holy Spirit which reveals the mind of God his way and his purpose which helps us you know in decision making or the course of action that we need to take God leads us God will guide us for instance when we are praying in tongues and God gives us a word of wisdom way to go what to talk sometimes when we have to go for a meeting and you know you don't know what decision what to discuss you know God says he puts his word in our mouth and he directs us his leading will be so tangible you know it this wisdom is from God we see many instances in the Bible how you know God revealed this wisdom it is a supernatural gift of God that only the Holy Spirit can impart in and through us it's not as same as the wisdom of this world Paul says in the scripture that you know the wisdom of the Holy Spirit is not of the world but it is of God we see how God's wisdom is not the same as of the world never late whenever we pray it can be start of a church of a ministry of business when we ask God he will reveal he reveals his wisdom many instance in the book of Acts also we see God's wisdom when Peter and John had to speak to the rulers and teachers in the Jerusalem we see how you know God spoke in and through them they had the kind of boldness to talk to people can one of us turn to Acts chapter 4 verse 13 Acts chapter 4 verse 13 and read please Acts chapter 4 verse 13 now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men they marveled and they realized that they had been with Jesus amen amen now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John they realized that they were uneducated and ordinary fishermen and from where did this boldness come where does this revelation come this wisdom come it amazed the people also we see in the book of Acts chapter 6 verse 10 they could not stand the wisdom of spirit which was in Stephen he when Stephen confronted the religious leaders they could not withstand they were very upset with him in fact they stoned it the word of wisdom can also be given to those you know to defend the faith among the unbelievers God can put the right words and reveal it to them it will be marvel through this gift many problems can be solved and we can take the right action you know we need to ask God ask God God activate this gift within us the gift of knowledge the gift of wisdom and discerning of the spirit discerning of the spirit is we need to discern every spirit every gift every prophecy which has been given it is in the spiritual realm when we discern God speaks to us is it from God is it from self or is it from the enemy through this gift you know God guides us and helps us to he directs us and he also protects us in decision-making you know in choosing which carrier choosing a life partner we need to discern starting a ministry which plays let me see God and when we discern God guides us he helps us to make choice he helps us to foresee things and he gives us the peace the inner peace when the decision is right so how do we discern this but one instance that has been recorded in notes is in Matthew chapter 16 verse 21 to 23 Matthew 16 verse 21 to 23 we see here when Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes and need to be killed and raised on the third day Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him sing far be it from you Lord this shall not happen to you you see with well-being he said to Jesus but then Jesus know this is not from the human nature it is from the enemy and he rebuke that satan and he said get behind me satan you are an offense to me for you are not mindful of the things of God but things of men it is nothing to do with Peter personally but the very word that he said and also when Jesus had to wash the feet of his disciples Jesus was very clearly aware that who will betray him that's what in John chapter 13 we see that when Jesus was washing the feet of all the disciples when it came to the Judas feet he washed the scripture says that you know Jesus said that he who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me and after partaking of the bread Jesus looks at him and said what you do look quickly and he walks out so everything was orchestrated by God and Jesus knew it and he was preparing himself in prayer so in this way all the situation in our life it may be any kind of decision making or any part of your life it can be in your ministry in your career in your studies in your personal life we need to discern we need to ask God for some time it may be instantly God reveals to us sometimes it takes time but then tell you God gives you the clarity go ahead and keep praying and asking God direct me speak to me so God can speak to you make things clear through his word through his spirit and we say through his spirit it can be again through the inner voice audible voice dreams visions we will be starting that in the next chapter how God speaks to us but this is our or even if we are stepping into a even when we step into a wrong path you know the holy spirit is so strong and us who leads us he warns us he alerts us and he says this is not the right path that you're stepping into many times there's an inner voice there won't be a peace within you to do something and then when you sit and discern and ask God to guide you he speaks to us he can speak to us through word or through different different instances that happen in the past no but God relates to us and you know one thing we need to remember God always speaks to us in the way we can understand it's not the way like okay the other person he spoke to them in dreams so God speak to me in dream only no God can speak to us in different ways he knows how we will understand how we will respond holy spirit understands us better than anyone else so he will speak to us in the way that we can understand even the language that he communicates to each of us may be different may be different according to each of us according to our relationship that we have with him he communicates to us he alerts us he prepares us a time ahead when we seek his guidance for you know in planning our life our career five years ahead or ten years ahead our God is a God who knows the end from the beginning so he can direct us he can speak to us and he leads us so all we have to do is seek his guidance in our life seek him more when we have this relationship with him seeking God in every area of our life maybe the smallest thing which may be which we may think it's simple but God is really interested to know even that smallest thing so today let's seek God let's seek him and ask God you guide me in all the area of my life before we could go into a time of prayer is that anyone else would like to share some instances how the Holy Spirit minister to the world of knowledge world of wisdom please go ahead and share or the discerning of the spirit anyone from a class ma'am can i share one um i still remember the instance uh it was a few years ago like uh it was Sunday morning it was a busy morning yeah something we can't hear you can you hear me no you're not audible hello uh we can hear okay yeah okay can i share now yes um it was a few years ago it was a it was on Sunday morning i was busy getting ready and you know like i was living in under the town in demapro and my parents they were living in kohima my hometown so it's been a while like i was busy in the ministry and i was not able to get back to my mom and like she just called me that morning and just inquiring about my well-being and as i was talking to her you know like i just felt the impression in my heart something is wrong with her back so i just asked mom is there anything troubling you like uh your back like is there a back pain i just asked her and oh yeah like it's been a while i'm having back pain and it's just troubling me so it was over the phone but i said mom like can i pray for you you know over the phone because in the spirit there's no dimension the Holy Spirit can move anywhere any place so like um my mom like uh the way she grew up you know she's from like i also from about this background so like uh usually we don't experience this kind of thing and she was like her reaction was like kind of shocked right over the phone but it's okay mom i'll pray for you so i just instructed her you put your phone on the loudspeaker and just uh touch your you know back you know like with your right hand i'm going to pray right now just believe that god will heal you so i instructed her and you know are you ready i just asked her you know just praying for her you know like i just come on that in the name of Jesus i come on that period of you know infamities that pain to live for and not to come back again i just said that and i declared that she's healed by the stripes of Jesus and i just asked mom okay you know like just take your back and she was like so i mean like i feel so comfortable i feel the pain is gone and after that you know okay just believe god healed you okay and i went about my day and in it was i think monday morning she called me up and she was like so excited hey you know like after you prayed for me the pain is gone and i'm feeling much better and as we rejoice and we give thanks to god and you know like few months passed by and i just asked her now i call her after how is it how are you doing and she said that from the day you prayed for me you know i don't have any symptom of pain in my back and healed and i prayed god and we thank god for that yeah that's the thing thank you thank you is there anyone else would like to share okay before we could go into a time of prayer there's one question from isek isek one we like which book are we using right now okay this course ministers foundation have three books first is fulfilling god's purpose for your life second is receiving god's guidance and the third book is code of honor so the first two months that is the month of august and august and september we will be covering on the first two books that is fulfilling god's purpose and receiving god's guidance receiving fulfilling god's purpose was covered in the first class except we covered all the three chapters and the next three chapters we left for the personal study and after the first class from the second or the third session third lecture we started with receiving god's guidance so every week we are covering two chapters so that will go up till september last week from october and november we will be starting on the code of honor on the book code of honor is that okay isek did that clear your doubt isek is not here okay is he there no okay okay can one of us lead us in prayer before we get close to the session i'm praying our gracious and merciful lord we want to thank you this morning we want to bless you for the privilege and opportunity that you have granted us to share fellowship and to study your word that we want to thank you for the life of our pastor and want to thank you for the life of every person in this class lord we thank you for the leadings and the manifestation of the gifts that you have taught us this morning we continue to pray that lord if any of us lack or if any of us doesn't have grace in any of these gifts we pray that lord you grant us the grace in the name of jesus further as we step out we pray that cause us to manifest the giftings of the holy spirit in our ministries and in our workplaces so that your presence will manifest in the name of jesus further we pray that lord you continue to lead and guide us by the inner witnesses of your spirits by the audible voice that you continue to direct our path that will make right choices in our lives in jesus mighty name we pray commit ourselves and the rest of our classes left into your eyes continue to grant us the strength and the grace to go through in the name of jesus continue to bless us and see us through this course successfully in jesus mighty name we pray amen thank you so much god bless you all see you all next week thank you god bless thank you