The Gifts of the Spirit (Part 18): Revelational Gifts - The Word of Wisdom (Part 2)

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for your day. So one of the things that we are

trusting the Holy Spirit to do in this season

much more with our lives is that through our

lives we will see Physical evidences. I think

last Sunday we sang a song. Last Sunday, last

two Sundays, he said, what you do is tangible,

right? You are invisible, but your works are

visible. And what you do are what? Tangible.

Hallelujah. So God is invisible. He is dwelling

in the believer. Hallelujah. Invisible. His works

through the believer are visible. And whatever

is happening to the believer, they are what?

Tangible. Hallelujah. There are things that can

be seen. Praise God. Hallelujah. There are things

that can be seen. There are things that can be

touched. There are things that can be confirmed.

Amen. That we pray for somebody and then cancer

goes and he goes and confirms the medical whatever

that has been given to him. Praise God. Very

tangible. He said, these signs shall follow them

that what? That believe. Signs are witnesses.

They are tokens. So they follow the believer.

They attest the believer. Hallelujah. Say in

my name, you will speak in what? New tongues.

So we will hear you speak it. It's not going

to be a spiritual thing that nobody will hear

it. We will hear you speak it. I will not only

hear you speak it, But we will hear you bring

revelation out of it because you will not only

speak in tongues, but you also interpret the

tongues. He said you lay hands on the sick and

the sick will do what? Will get healed. So it

will not be that I'm laying hands on the sick

and say I just transferred a spiritual healing

to you. Don't worry. You are already healed.

No. Hallelujah. Praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

So we're praying. We'll just take another 10

minutes. What am I praying for my friend, my

sister, my brother, my wife, my husband, as I'm

holding your hands or I'm holding her hands?

In your life, we will see signs, wonders, and

miracles. Much more. That's the prayers. Greater

works. Hallelujah. Greater works. In your life,

I pray for you. I pray for you, sister. I pray

for you, husband. I pray for you, wife. I pray

for you, brother. I pray for you, pastor. I pray

for you, daughter. I pray for you in the name

of Jesus. Greater works, much more. We shall

see much more. The miraculous, the miraculous,

the miraculous. The miraculous happening much

more through your life in the name of Jesus.

Thank you. Through your life, there's a fresh

flow of the things of the Spirit. There's a fresh

flow. There's a fresh flow of the things of the

Spirit. You will not live in yesterday. You will

not live in last month. No, no, no, no. There

is a fresh flow of the loose, of the things,

of the Holy Ghost at work in your life. You stay

on the edge. You stay on the edge. You stay on

the edge. You stay on the edge. Every day we

meet you, you are fresh. Every day we meet you,

you are on fire. Every day we meet you, the passion

and the zeal and the sovereignty is not growing

cold. There's a fresh flow of the healing of

the Holy Ghost through your life. There's a fresh

flow of the ability of the Holy Ghost being visible

through your life. Healings are happening. Healings

are happening. Restoration are happening. Deliverances

are happening through the instrumentality of

your life. There's no limit. There's no limit.

There's no limit. There's no limit to what the

Holy Ghost is doing. There's no limit. There's

no limit. There's no limit. The death has brought

God to life. There is no limit to what the Holy

Ghost is doing. Pray for him. Pray for him. He's

on fire. She's on fire. He's on fire. She's on

fire. We hear testimonies more and more through

his life. Through our life in the name of Jesus.

You will not live in yesterday. You will not

live in yesterday. Oh, you are always on the

now. The Holy Ghost is using you daily on the

now. In the name of Jesus. You bring light and

life. You bring light and life by the Spirit

of the Lord. The things of the Holy Ghost, they

flourish through your hands. The things from

the spirit, they flourish through your life.

In the name of Jesus. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus'

name. In the name of Jesus. Can we just sit briefly?

Let's quickly just do this so that we can have

more time to pray and minister to one another.

What we have is not really much, so I will try

my best to make it snappy. Hallelujah. So that

we can have much time to minister to one another.

Praise God. You see, the things of the Spirit,

they ride on practice. Hallelujah. The things

of the Spirit, the manifestation of the things

of the Spirit, right, happens much more and survives

on what? On practice, daily practice. Yesterday

I had a call with someone. I didn't know that

the person yesterday morning had to pray about

some things. So actually she had the prayers

before she left a specific location. And then

the Lord spoke to her about some certain things.

And then she's now in a new location. Yesterday

morning, she still prayed about the matter, took

notes, and then wrote some certain instructions

and direction that the Lord had given her. Hallelujah.

So one of the instructions that the Lord gave

her is that let her have an open heart towards

his plans and purposes. Praise God. So we got

on a call and we started talking. And let me

just use the word. The highlight of our discussion

was that matter. In fact, that was the first

thing I started talking about. I didn't have

any prior information about all these things.

But however, I noticed that the more I spoke,

she was laughing. She was laughing and laughing

and laughing and laughing and laughing. So after

I finished speaking and I said something, I said,

I don't even know why I'm even saying this. I'm

stressing this matter. She was just laughing.

So after I finished, he now started telling me,

actually, this is why she's laughing. And then,

now it made sense to me. Hallelujah. Expect the

manifestation of the things of the Spirit in

your daily life, in your daily discussion, not

necessarily in such atmospheres. Expect the manifestation

of the things of the Spirit in the school bus.

Expect the manifestation of the Spirit when you're

talking with your mom. Expect the manifestation

of the Spirit when you're talking with your dad.

Expect the manifestation of the Spirit when you're

talking with your husband. Expect the manifestation

of the Spirit when you're talking with your wife.

Expect the manifestation of the Spirit when you're

talking with your children, when you're talking

with your housemates. Expect it. There should

not be any kind of spectacular atmosphere before

the things of the Spirit are manifested. Hallelujah.

In fact, let me put it this way. Expect the manifestation

of the things of the Spirit in your regular dealings.

Expect them. Hallelujah. The Spirit of the Lord

in you does not have a switch on and switch off

button that the only time it switches on is when

you are in this place. When you move out of this

place, it switches off. When you are in your

room, it switches off. When you are with your

friends, it switches off. No. In fact, let me

say it simply this way. Expect the manifestation

of the Spirit even as ordinary as chatting on

WhatsApp is. You can be chatting on somebody

and suddenly the Spirit of the Lord will just

put a prompting in your heart. And then the direction

of the chat will now change. After you now talk

and talk, and then the person just goes, this

is the matter I have been praying for. Expect

it. Desire it. Expect it. Desire it. Is that

going to work? Give me my tin after. Praise God.

Hallelujah. Okay, so let's start this way. The

things of the Spirit can be taught, can be learned,

and can be practiced daily. The things of the

Spirit can be taught, can be learned, And can

be practiced what? Daily. The things of the Spirit

can be taught. And that's what we have been receiving.

Amen. They can be learned. That's what we've

been enjoying. And they can be what? Practiced

daily. That is why as much as possible as a local

church, we want to do as much as possible to

simplify it. That there is no any mystical thing

about it that is for all believers. Hallelujah.

They can be taught, they can be learned, and

they can be practiced what? Daily. Hallelujah.

Amen? So we've had utterance gifts, we've had

power gifts, we've had revelational gifts, which

we are on it now, right? Yeah, so I'm saying

this now so that in the next few minutes we have,

we're going to, the things we're going to do,

we'll practice these things and we'll keep practicing.

Praise God. So I remembered we had utterance

gifts, right? Good. Tongues, interpretation of

tongues, prophecy. You remember, right? We had

it. Yeah, so power gifts, gifts of healing, working

of miracles. We've had a gift of faith, right?

Good. Revelational gifts, word of knowledge,

word of wisdom, discerning of what? Spirits.

So all these, we ought to be practicing them

how? Daily. Hallelujah. I remember having chats,

you know, with the brother here. And then we're

talking about gifts of healing. How his desire

is intense regarding praying for people. In fact,

to the point he is calling home that if there

is anybody sick, please, they should allot him.

Hallelujah. Praise God. Yes. Desire to see more,

more, more, more of the things of what? of the

Spirit at manifestation. Let them be visible.

Praise God. Good. In our books now, next thing.

Write five things that you want to see this year

happen in your life. Many things are going to

happen in your life, by the way. Amen. But at

the moment, please, write five things. I don't

know why I'm asking us to do this, but the instructions

I've gotten in my heart. You don't need to keep

at what your friend is writing. Just write five

things. Even me, I ask, why is it that he's not

seven? He's not 14. He's not 20. He's not 35.

Write five things. Hallelujah. Pastor Kostin,

why are we writing? I don't know, but it will

make sense in a little time. Yes, I'm giving

us another additional two minutes to do that.

Somebody like Kolade, he said it's time for education

now. To enjoy. You know? He gave us a parable.

Five things. I think I kind of have an idea why

we are doing this. I think we treated miracles,

right? Working of miracles. We treated gifts

of faith also. After a short while, we're going

to agree together and pray. Make tremendous power

available. Because we must have testimonies.

With the things of the Spirit, you must have

testimonies. It must be visible. I told a brother,

I say, No, I don't want to be, when I have privileges

to teach people, I don't want to say, you know,

hey, hey, Alan. Oh, hey, Smith Rigglesworth.

Oh, give me Scotland or I die. Oh, I don't want

to be cutting all those people. Let it be that

through my life also, the Holy Ghost manifested.

Hallelujah. I was led to lay hands on somebody

that is dying. And Jesus healed the person instantly.

I saw a blind person and I was led with compassion.

I laid my hands on his eyes and the eyes opened.

Because the more I see those testimonies, the

more my faith is stirred up. It's stirred up.

It's stirred up more, more, more, more, more.

I know that God will always show up. What we

are saying is not that you say, Oh, our pastor,

Pastor Fred. You know, Pastor Fred. And it's

not in Pastor Fred. And it's not in Pastor Fred.

Why Pastor Fred is teaching us and we are learning

is that so you too, you will say, Jesus walked

through my life. And this is it. Hallelujah.

Have you written that? Have you written that?

Okay, good. So, there's someone here. I will

say this now and then we start. There's someone

here. I just heard. In my heart, laughter, laughter

for someone here. And I also added to it, I had

watch your environment and be conscious to create

a conducive atmosphere that makes you stay joyful.

Hallelujah. And what I got in my heart was that

this person throughout this year, it's like there

was a flip from last year to this year. Last

year, you had more experiences about. confusion,

worry, depression, and suddenly this year there

is a shift. Hallelujah. And one of the things

I wrote here is that watch your environment,

be conscious to create a conducive atmosphere

that makes you stay joyful. Hallelujah. Glory

to God. And then also I perceive in my heart

someone here or your family or set of siblings,

you are praying for an elder brother, right?

Because I wrote here, You're praying for an elder

brother and you people are praying for him for

stability. And one of the things I got also here

attached to it is they call him and pray for

him directly on the phone and tell him the Lord

preserves him and covers him. Hallelujah. Praise

God. This person I'm speaking about is not a

Nigerian. I don't see this person as a Nigerian,

no. Who is the person here? Please don't be shy.

We're not exposing you or doing anything. Oh,

glory to God at the back. And again, I got this

now. Someone here, the desire for teaching, teaching

God's words now, has increased, most especially

in these few days in your heart. And there has

been a strong prompting in your heart. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. This one I know also you're here.

And I hear yield more to the teachings you are

receiving. And pay attention and continue in

the things you have been taught. Hallelujah.

Praise God. Two things are happening. There's

a word of knowledge here and there's a word of

wisdom. Praise God. Hallelujah. Something on

the moment and something you should do. Amen.

Your participation, active participation is important.

Both the giver of the word and the receiver.

or to actively what? Participate. Faith in obedience

makes these things happen. You hear what I said?

Faith in what? Obedience. They cannot or sometimes

be logical to your mind. They may not make sense

to your mind. Praise God. But after you start

obeying or you obey, suddenly it will all add

up. Amen? Dude, so the word of wisdom is not

wisdom in the affairs of life. That's the last

thing I ask us to write. The word of wisdom is

not wisdom in the affairs of life. The word of

wisdom is not wisdom in the affairs of life.

You wrote that, right? Praise God. So, you know,

often people will mix the word of wisdom, right,

as instructions, the daily wisdom. They get many

a times or the simple wisdom they get in dealing

with their daily affairs. But simple wisdom in

the affairs of life is not a spiritual gift.

Praise God. For example, I've acquired a skill

in carpentry. I'm saying real life now, not this

thing. Right? I'm giving a life, real life. I

have a skill, acquired skill in what? In carpentry.

Right? Amen? So, I needed nets to be fixed on

our window. And I called a carpenter. The guy

said, for the two windows, it's 8 ,000 TL. I

called another one, my neighbor. He said that,

oh, materials have not arrived. Materials have

not arrived. Materials, you know. And the condition

of our room is getting mold and the rest. I went

to the market. I went and bought wood. I bought

net. I bought the screws that I need. I bought

saw. I had already taken my measurements. Bought

all that I needed. Everything, one six. I did

not pray. I did not fast. Everything, one six.

That guy called what? Eight thousand. I came

to the house. I check the window. How will I

fix it? I check it, check it. You know, my wife

was just looking at me. She says, you know, I

finished. I put it the first. No, no, it's not.

I brought everything, fixed everything down.

I mounted it myself with her help, right? Yes,

she's checking, I'm measuring, I'm cutting, I'm

adjusting. Fixed it perfectly well. Solid. That

is not word of... So simple wisdom that you deal

with daily affairs of life is not what? Word

of wisdom. You know, what we are saying is not

word of wisdom. So that when you receive a word,

quickly you know, is this by the Spirit or this

guy is just going into his archives of psychology

and giving me something. Do you understand what

I'm saying? Yes. Good. So now, let's read scripture.

Joshua 1 .8. Now, everybody. Let's read scriptures.

Joshua 1 .8 So simple wisdom for daily affairs

of life is not what? It's not a spiritual gift.

The Holy Spirit never needed to tell me how to

fix the windows. No. I went to the factory where

I worked, you know, but they didn't have the

wood. So I have to return back for a seizing.

Praise God. So please, if you are here, you are

doing chabuk -chabuk, do not despise it. Do not

throw it away. I started with coughing. Now I'm

fixing windows. You know? Joshua 1 .8. Yes. This

book of the law shall not what? Depart out of

thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day

and night that thou mayest observe to do according

to all that is written therein. For then thou

shalt make thy way what? Prosperous. And then

thou shalt have what? Good success. This is wisdom

for daily living. For leadership. Hallelujah.

Wisdom for what? For leadership. This is not

word of wisdom. Praise God. I dwell daily in

the law. I meditate on it. Out of it, I get a

wisdom that daily. I deal with these children

of Israelites, right? Successfully. Praise God.

Are we all here? Good. Ecclesiastes chapter 10.

Ecclesiastes 10 · chapter mention

Ecclesiastes chapter 10, verse 10. Mediathan,

Ecclesiastes 10:10

you can help us first. If the ax is what? Is

dull and one does not what? Simple wisdom. An

ax is dull. What do you do with it? You sharpen

it. Then he must use more what? More strength.

But wisdom brings what? Success. This is not

word of what? Wisdom. Praise God. Is it clear

so far? Good. Let's read another one again. 24,

3 to 4. Ecclesiastes 24, 3 to 4. Ecclesiastes

24. There's no 24? It's four, right? A proverb,

sorry. Proverbs. Let me increase this. Proverbs

24, 3 to 4. Through wisdom, a house is what?

Is built, and by understanding it is what? Established.

Next one. By knowledge, the rooms are filled

with what? With all precious and what? And pleasant

riches. Praise God. You don't need any word of

wisdom. No. Simple wisdom for daily what? For

daily living. Luke 14, 28. Let me add this for

us. Luke 14, 28. For which of you intending to

build a tower, but not what? Sit down and do

what? And count the cost, whether he has what?

Enough to do what? To finish it. The foundation

will still be there. After you do all the ga

-ga -ga -ga -ga, once you just do like this,

it will grow the foundation. You hold your CGPA

1 .2. It will not change. Simple wisdom for daily

living is even though here there is no midnight

candle. In Nigeria, we burn the midnight candle.

You know? Yes. Here there is no midnight candle.

So there is nothing to burn. Just stay under

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