FINDING PURPOSE

Royal priesthood is a declaration of kingship in 1 Peter 2:9. Kingship is acting on your spiritual authority to invade, occupy and take dominion. Everyone wants to be a prophet. The danger, however, is an excessive focus on the prophetic ministry can be unhealthy and cause you to miss your delegated kingship.

Miracles, signs, and wonders. Jesus knew it would take the baptism of the Holy Ghost to advance a Church that the gates of hell could not prevail against. After his resurrection, he told his disciples “they should not depart from Jerusalem but wait for the promise of the Father…. For John truly baptized with water but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence” (Acts 1:4-5). That “promise of the Father” was the gift of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is the spirit of power and might.

Gifts of the Holy Spirit are for you today. There are nine gifts of the Holy Spirit in three categories: revelation gifts, power gifts, and utterance gifts.

Form of godliness and spirit of religion.Religious spirits have a form of godliness. We are instructed by the Apostle Paul, “From such turn away.” Religious spirits spend a great deal of time talking about what great and magnificent things they are going to do for God, yet seldom do more than criticize others. With an understanding of the evil designs of the religious spirit, it becomes vital to recognize its characteristics so we can turn away from its influence.