What is the spiritual gift of exhorting? - Institute in Basic Life . . . Given a choice of encouraging by empathy or encouraging by exhortation, a person with this motivational gift will exhort every time Wise counsel flows from the heart of an exhorter who can identify precepts and principles in God’s Word skillfully
What are the seven motivational gifts? - Institute in Basic Life Principles The gifts mentioned in Romans 12:4–8 are seven motivational spiritual gifts Each Christian receives one at the time of salvation, and it is the tool through which God works in him or her to see needs and to do something to meet them These gifts equip believers to take a vital role in the Church
John Williams: The Welshman Who Loved the Unlovely John Williams would be the instrument of God to open the islands of the South Pacific to mission work The first island upon which Williams and his wife labored was the beautiful island of Tahiti, in what is now French Polynesia A small mission work had already been founded there, and the young couple learned how to operate a mission station among cannibals
Thou Shalt Not Steal - Institute in Basic Life Principles The obvious implications of the eighth commandment can be easily seen Burglary and robbery are certainly forbidden by the words, “Thou shalt not steal” (Exodus 20:15) But there are more subtle ways to steal than to break a window of a man’s house, enter and empty his gun rack, and clean out any jewelry boxes As Christians, we are tempted to steal every day in all sorts of ways
God Be with You - Institute in Basic Life Principles The etymology of our departing word goodbye has morphed from the parting benediction “God be with ye ” If you quickly repeat “God be with ye” faster and faster, you can easily see how goodbye became the abbreviated form of this parting phrase In essence, every time we say goodbye, we should be aware that we are actually saying “God be with you ” We are expressing the hope and
Joshua: “As for Me and My House, We Will Serve the LORD” An aged warrior summoned the nation of Israel to the village of Shechem for a final word of exhortation For many years, this man Joshua, Moses’ successor, had led the Israelites to victory after victory as they conquered the Promised Land Under his leadership, the Israelites had marched around the mighty city of Jericho for seven days and then attacked when the massive walls of Jericho had
Two Types of Patience - Institute in Basic Life Principles Although James began his epistle with an exhortation that referenced the first type of patience that applies to times of distress and tribulations, he ended his epistle with an exhortation about the second type of patience that applies in relationships “Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh