Greater Gifts

Now on the last day of the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.  He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water’”

But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

John 7:37-39

For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

1 Corinthians 12:8-10

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Galatians 5:22-23

When we ask Jesus to be our Lord, Master and Savior, He promised to give us the Holy Spirit; therefore, we have the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit helps us minister to others and strengthens our faith.  We may not manifest all the Gifts or all the Fruits of the Holy Spirit but those we have we are to exercise in service to God. 

And, if we desire more of the Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit, we may ask God for them and He will provide them to us as we need them. 

May the Holy Spirit direct you in doing the will of God.