1 Cor 12-14; GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT

I talked with a friend about the gifts of the spirit and how we all have different gifts. We talked about how it is so amazing that we can all be so different and use our gifts to help others and that we all need each other and our many talents. No gift is greater than another (except charity) and we can all strive to get more gifts as long as we are keeping the commandments and serving others the Lord will bless us.

-1 Cor 12:13-22 has a great analogy to make people feel needed in the church in any calling. It talks about how without an eye or a finger or a foot the body is not whole, every part of the body is in need of the other. As a church we need everyone to be whole like the Lord would want us to be. D&C just restates the same thing, so it is true and very important for us to grasp.

-Paul says he has nothing without the gift of charity

-charity is:

>long suffering

>kind

>rejoices in truth

>beareth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things

>never faileth

-charity is not:

>having all the other gifts

>giving just to give

>envious

>prideful

>selfish

>provoked

>evil

-I need to work on not being provoked and prideful I should also work on being more kind for the sake of others not for selfish gain.

-in 1 Cor 14 it talks about the gift of tongues and how it is a special gift that only happens in certain situations that need it. Not everyone receives this gift and not everyone needs it. Some people think that the gift of tongues goes on at the MTC but that is just the gift of learning and understanding. The gift of tongues is when someone can “randomly” understand or speak a language they do not know or have not learned at all.