THE SPIRITUAL GIFT OF ADMINISTRATION (3)
THURSDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER, 2018
Texts: 1 CORINTHIANS 12:27-28
Introduction
1 Corinthians 12:28a says that “God has appointed” them. They have the spiritual gift of having things done in order and know that “God is not a God of confusion but of peace” or order (1 Cor 14:33) and so they naturally know that “all things should be done decently and in order” (1 Cor 14:40). This might explain why Paul wrote to Titus saying “This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained in order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you” (Titus 1:5).
If your life is a life of order and not one that is highly disorganized and disconnected, and if you can organize what is presently a disorganized mess, and if you like things done efficiently, you have the gift of administration.
If you think the spiritual gift of administration isn’t important, then think about some of the problems that the early church had, for example when the Greek widows of the church were being neglected. This is no small problem to God, seeing how He feels about the widows of the church. In Acts 6 we see this problem coming up when “a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food. And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty” (Acts 6:1-3) so “they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them” (Acts 6:5-7).
PRAYERS
- Father, we thank you for fresh revelation of your word in the area of administration as a spiritual gift
- Father, correct every man administrative error or decision that is not making our branches, departments, fellowships, districts, directorate and ministry to move forward to the next level
- Father, correct every man administrative error or decision that is not making Nigeria to move forward to the next level
- Father, we receive administration that will move our branches, departments, fellowships, districts, directorates and the ministry forward to the next level
- Father, we receive administration that will move Nigeria forward to the next level
- In the name of Jesus, we receive wisdom for God-kind of administration in our branches, departments, fellowships, districts, directorate and ministry
- Father, let your Spirit rest on everyone involve in administration, to administer truth and to move the ministry forward to the next level
- Father, grant the ministry speed
- Pray in the spirit and thank God for answered prayers.
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