Tag: eagerly
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Eagerly Awaiting :: By Steven Pace
“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Philippians 3:20). It is not uncommon to see someone waiting at an airport gate for a loved one. Perhaps it is a husband returning from a long business trip or a child returning home from college.…
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Does the Holy Spirit’s distribution of spiritual gifts depend in any way on how eagerly we desire them?
In 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 (NIV), Paul explains that the distribution of the spiritual gifts is a sovereign decision of the Holy Spirit, who distributes the spiritual gifts as He sees fit: 4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same …