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1. Administration 2. Apostle 3. Casting out Evil Spirits 4. Discerning of Spirits 5. Evangelism 6. Exhortation 7. Faith 8. Giving 9. Healing 10. Helps 11. Hospitality 12. Intercession 13. Interpretation of Tongues 14. Knowledge 15. Mercy 16. Leadership 17. Miracles 18. Missionary 19. Prophecy 20. Service 21. Shepherd 22. Teaching 23. Tongues |
Spiritual Gift of HospitalityThe spiritual gift of
hospitality as the ability to serve up a meal, lodging encourages
warmth in the church and the community. This is a most practical gift
of knowing how to recognize and deliver the desires and needs of others
and then go that little bit further to deliver a heart changing
experience. These people open their homes and their hearts with a
desire to make others welcome. In the same way we are kind and bring
even a glass of water to a stranger we may as well be doing the same to
Jesus. It is possible we are entertaining angels in the
process of this doing. This is the gift God gave us to keep it real, to
keep the service of Jesus real amongst the business of life. To slow
down and take the time out of your own schedule to serve others is what
God did in sending Jesus to Earth to serve us. This idea was explored
in Spirituality in the Mess of History by Eugine Paterson.
Hospitality
is the ordinary Christian way to keep sacrifice local and immediate. We
need to get it out of the heroics, this is just daily now. We all have
opportunities daily to be on both the giving and the receiving end of a
sacrificial life. Don't you think it is significant how much of Jesus
ministry is revealed to us in the context of a meal? Preparing, and
cooking, and serving, eating a meal are activities that underly
participation in the world of salvation. The form the church uses to
cultivate this life of sacrifice among us is holy communion. A meal,
hospitality, it draws us into the sacrifice of Christ and nurtures a
sacrificial life in us.
Hospitality is going that extra little bit further in sacrifice and service to make others believe they have a place in the Kingdom of heaven. When someone says, "I could never become a part of the body of Christ" the spirit of hospitality speaks up and says, "We are all sinners and none has a greater right of access than another on that grounds". What counts is that we are willing to serve and sacrifice as best we can with what we have got. Now this is what I have available and I am going to use it to make you more comfortable. You always have enough in your hands, close at hand to make someone more comfortable right now. The only difference is someone with the gift of hospitality is given to a life of serving others. At each stage their resources and capacity for hospitality is enhanced and a new way of finding the desire to sacrifice emerges. Have A Great Story About This Topic?
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| Spiritual Self Tools | Function
in the Spiritual-Self journey |
Levels |
Represent transformations in human, societal, cultural and self development |
Spiritual Gifts |
Represent intelligences that can assist our ascent through the spiritual levels and the breath of our compassion for others. |
Fruits of the Spirit |
An efficient tool to track development through the stages and how effective the aspects of the One spirit have been integrated into the likeness of God. |
Spiral Dynamic Colors |
Human
nature, the self, culture, society, consciousness and understanding of
Spirit is not fixed but evolves through MEMES. We were all Spirits
creation and created equal but you need to choose to know spirit to
ascend through the developmental journey. |
Page Titles |
Identify core areas of development at each of the stages of this journey. |
Heroes Journey |
Sequences
Spiritual Development in a symbolic quest that has remained stable
throughout the ages. Inspires you to stay the course and go on to
inspire others. |
Process Drama |
A powerful agent of change where you create and learn from acting from inside experiences. |
Key Issues |
Represent issues of everyday concern and empower the individual for victory in those areas of their lives. |
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Spiritual gift of hospitality in Acts 28:7 In the vicinity of that place there were estates belonging to the head man of the island, named Publius, who accepted and welcomed and entertained us with hearty hospitality for three days. Spiritual gift of hospitality in Romans 12:13 Contribute to the needs of God's people [sharing in the necessities of the saints]; pursue the practice of hospitality. Spiritual gift of hospitality in 1 Timothy 5:10 And she must have a reputation for good deeds, as one who has brought up children, who has practiced hospitality to strangers [of the brotherhood], washed the feet of the saints, helped to relieve the distressed, [and] devoted herself diligently to doing good in every way. Spiritual gift of hospitality in Philemon 1:22 At the same time prepare a guest room [in expectation of extending your hospitality] to me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted [the gracious privilege of coming] to you. Spiritual gift of hospitality in Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget or neglect or refuse to extend hospitality to strangers [in the brotherhood--being friendly, cordial, and gracious, sharing the comforts of your home and doing your part generously], for through it some have entertained angels without knowing it. Spiritual gift of hospitality in 1 Peter 4:9 Practice hospitality to one another (those of the household of faith). [Be hospitable, be a lover of strangers, with brotherly affection for the unknown guests, the foreigners, the poor, and all others who come your way who are of Christ's body.] And [in each instance] do it ungrudgingly (cordially and graciously, without complaining but as representing Him). |
