BCBP Kidz Prayer, Scriptures

&
Spiritual Gifts
An Insight

Prayer and
Pray-er
 For a B-ARMY,
Prayer is Priority # 1
• Obstacles to regular daily prayer --- wrong
attitudes and poor understanding of what
prayer is.
Getting Connected!

Personal
Response
to God’s
Action in
You
 Revelations 7: 9 -11
The Great Multitude in White Robes
• 9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great
multitude that no one could count, from every nation,
tribe, people and language, standing before the
throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing
white robes and were holding palm branches in their
hands. 10 And they
C cried out in a loud voice:

• “Salvation belongs to our God,

who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”
Coming into God's presence
• 11 All the angels were standing around the throne and
to worship
around the elders and the four living creatures. They
fell down on their faces before the throne and
worshiped God...
 Romans 8: 26

• Likewise the Spirit also helps our

infirmities for we know not what we should
pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself
makes intercession for us with groanings
which cannot be uttered.
Personal
Response
to God’s
Action in
You
2 The Bible: God’s Word in the
words of men.
 The Source of the Word
2 Timothy 3:16
"all scripture is given by the inspiration of God
& is profitable for doctrine
reproof, correction, & instruction in
righteousness that the man of God may be
perfect, lacking in nothing".
 What is the Purpose
of the Word?
In General :
Proclamation of God’s Love

“ For God so loved the world that he give his

only begotten Son so that whoever believes
in him shall perish but have life eternal”
John” 3:16
 The Source of the Word
2 Timothy 3:16
"all scripture is given by the inspiration of God
& is profitable for
1. doctrine
2. reproof,
3. correction, &
4. instruction in righteousness
that the man of God may be perfect, lacking in
nothing".
 What is the Purpose
of the Word?

Doctrine : instructing us in the truth God

Reproof : convicting us of the truth of God
Correction :restoring us to the truth of God
Instruction in righteousness: teaching us
how to live the truth of God.
 Matthew 6:19-21

19 “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon

earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break
through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also.
 John 14: 1-2, 6

1 “ Let not your heart be troubled: believe in

God, believe also in me.

2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it

were not so, I would have not told you. I go
to prepare a place for you.

6 I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; no goes

to the Father except through me.”
 The Power
of the Word

“Take the helmet of salvation and

the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God.”
Ephesians 6:17
 Matthew 4: 5-7
5 “ Then the Devil took Jesus to Jerusalem, the
Holy City, set him on the highest point of
the Temple,
6 And said to him, “If you are God’s Son, throw
yourself down, for the scripture says, ‘God
will give orders to his angels about you;
they will hold you up with their hands, so
that not even your feet will be hurt on the
stones’”
7 Jesus answered, “But the scripture also says,
‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
 Living in the Word

“I have hidden your word in my heart

that I might not sin against you.”
Psalm 119:11
The Word in your Hand
 Meditation on the Word
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel
of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in
the seat of mockers.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD,

and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does
not wither. Whatever he does prospers.”
• Psalm 1:1-3
 The WORD in
your
Heart & in your
Hand
The Word in your Hand

God’s Word in your

Heart and in your
Hand
Guide to Confront Oneself
with the Word of God

in to confess

romises to claim

ttitudes or actions to change

ommands to obey

xamples to follow
 A HUNGER FOR
THE WORD OF GOD
Do you pray
for Hunger for
the Word of
God?
 For a B-ARMY, praying and
reading the Sacred Scriptures
is a Priority.
1. Do you show a love for the truth in your daily
life?
2. Do you read, study at home, & pray for wisdom
& understanding?
3. When you find the truth do you easily trade it for
something more convenient & less demanding?
4. Does the truth have a sanctifying effect in your
life, as you live & think differently? Do you
judge your actions by God's word?
5. Are you growing as a Christian in your
knowledge of the truth, or are you satisfied with
what you know now?
3. What are the
Spiritual Gifts?
 A. St. Paul enumerates these
"charismatic gifts" in his letter to the
Corinthians. (1 Corinthians 12: 1-11)

B. Spiritual gifts are manifestations

of God's presence and power

C. There are nine (9) spiritual gifts

IV. THE NINE GIFTS OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT

The nine (9) spiritual gifts of the Holy

Spirit are classified into three (3) groups:
A. Teaching Gifts
B. Sign Gifts
C. Revelation Gifts
1. WISDOM and 2. KNOWLEDGE

Both gifts have two parts:

• firstly, an enlightenment, and;
Secondly, apt expression of this understanding in
words designed especially for the one listening.

Both gifts involve natural knowledge, raised to a

level beyond the speaker's normal capacity and
put forth in words that build up, protect or guide
the community or an individual
B. SIGN GIFTS
1. FAITH
It enables the person, without human
reasoning or any sense of doubt, to ask or
to speak in
the name of Jesus in such a way that what
he says or asks will come to pass.
(Genesis 6 -
Noah's belief in God's word and goes to
build an ark).
2. HEALING
The gift of healing is the manifestation
of the Spirit whereby a physical,
psychological or spiritual healing or
renewal occurs which is due primarily to
God's action, although natural causes can
be used.
3. MIRACLES
It is a passing manifestation of God's
power whereby some obstacle is removed
or some opportunity is seized in a special
way, so that the effects must come only
from God's intervention into human affairs.
( Parting of the Red Sea; multiplication of
loaves and fishes).
C. REVELATION GIFTS
1. DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS
A gift of God which enables the person to
see through the outward appearance of an
action or inspiration in order to judge its
source. These inspirations or actions can
come from three sources (or spirits) - from
God, from the person, or from the devil.
Having correctly discovered the source,
the person can then proceed in the
situation with more wisdom.
2. PROPHECY

It is the gift whereby God manifests to

man his own thoughts so that a message
may be given for the individual or for a
group of persons, or for the community.
3. SPEAKING IN TONGUES

It is a passing manifestation of the Holy

Spirit to a person during the charismatic
Baptism of the Holy Spirit or at a prayer
assembly, whereby the person is
prompted to speak aloud in tongues, that
sometimes may require an interpretation
of what is said.
4. INTERPRETATION OF
TONGUES

The gift of interpretation is the power

given to an individual, i the vernacular, of
the general meaning of whatever was said
aloud in t he gift of tongues.
V. PURPOSE AND USE OF
THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS
The spiritual gifts are meant not just for
the person who has received the gift; they
are also given to help build up the body of
Christ. (1 Corinthians 14:3)
As recipients of these spiritual gifts, we are
to use them:

• To glorify and honour God

• To build up His body.
• For the good of our community, the
BCBP
 . God is the source of all help, wisdom
and power.

D. Having a daily prayer time --- decide

when, where and how long.