Kellie Wimberly uses Spiritual Gifts teachings in her Sunday School class of 1st through 5th graders.
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JESUS IS OUR KING, OUR
SAVIOUR, OUR HEARER AND OUR
FATHER.
I'M LEARNING HOW TO DREAM
DREAMS AND SEE VISIONS.
I LOVE JESUS BECAUSE HE
BROUGHT ME INTO THE WORLD.
HE'S MY HEAVENLY DADDY AND HIS
LOVE WILL NEVER CHANGE FOR ME.
GOD IS AWESOME!
I STUMBLED ON THE SPIRITUAL
GIFT WEBCAST PROBABLY ABOUT A
YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
I WAS -- I WAS WATCHING GOD T.V.
AND THEY DID A SEGMENT ON ISABEL
ALLEN, AND IT REALLY SPARKED AN
INTEREST IN ME BECAUSE SHE WAS
TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU COULD
OPERATE IN THE PROPHETIC EVEN IF
YOU WEREN'T GIVEN A GIFT FOR
OPERATING IN THE PROPHETIC OR
YOU DIDN'T THINK THAT YOU HAD A
GIFTING.
AND SO I WANTED TO FIND OTHER
THINGS THAT SHE HAD DONE.
SO I JUST GOOGLED HER NAME, AND
IT PULLED UP THE SPIRITUAL GIFT
WEBCAST, BECAUSE SHE WAS
TEACHING ON THERE.
AND THEN I NOTICED THAT THAT'S
WHAT THE WHOLE WEBCAST IS ALL
ABOUT.
IT'S JUST A WHOLE WEBCAST FILLED
WITH TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO --
HOW TO ACT TODAY AND BEGIN
OPERATING IN THE GIFTS.
SO WHEN I THEN WENT AND SAW THE
VERY FIRST ONE, IT WAS ON
SOAKING.
AND I
HAD NEVER HEARD OF
SOAKING.
I DID NOT EVEN KNOW OF THE
CONCEPT OF SOAKING.
I WATCHED THE SECOND ONE, I
THINK IT WAS THE SECOND ONE,
THAT THEY EVER DID, AND GORDON
WAS TEACHING ON MOVING IN THE
PROPHETIC GIFT.
IT WAS VERY SIMPLE.
I ACTUALLY MADE NOTES FROM IT
AND SHARED THOSE SCRIPTURES.
I PRETTY MUCH DID THE SAME
LESSON WITH OUR KIDS.
LET'S GO FROM THAT AND ASK
GOD.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVED
ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL GIFT WEBCAST
IS HOW WHEN PEOPLE FELT VERY
TIMID ABOUT
SOMETHING, GORDON
WOULD JUST SORT OF PUSH THEM,
PUT THEM ON THE
SPOT AND
PUSH
THEM PAST THEIR COMFORT ZONE.
SO IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME THAT
MARQUERITE OR ONE OF THE GUESTS
WOULD HESITATE, IF GORDON WAS
SAYING SOMETHING AND HE'D SAY DO
YOU BELIEVE GOD CAN DO THAT,
YEAH, SURE, OF COURSE GOD CAN DO
THAT.
DO YOU THINK HE CAN DO THAT FOR
YOU?
AND YOU COULD SEE IT.
I'M LIKE, OH, HE'S GOT THEM.
HE'S ABOUT TO MAKE THEM STEP OUT
AND DO IT.
BECAUSE THEN THEY'D BE LIKE
YEAH, HE CAN USE ME.
AND HE'S LIKE, OKAY, GET READY.
AND I LOVED IT BECAUSE I'VE
ALWAYS BEEN THAT TIMID PERSON
THAT'S JUST SCARED TO STEP OUT
THERE.
DOING IT WITH THE KIDS HAS
ACTUALLY HELPED ME A LOT.
THAT'S BEEN MY MOTIVATOR OR MY
PUSH BECAUSE I CAN'T TAKE THEM
WHERE I'M NOT GOING.
AND SO IF I'M TELLING THEM TO
PRAY FOR PEOPLE DURING THE WEEK
AND BRING BACK TESTIMONIES, IF I
DON'T HAVE A TESTIMONY MYSELF,
THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAKES ME
LOOK BAD.
I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO LEAD BY
EXAMPLE.
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WE STARTED OUT TEACHING ABOUT
THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,
BECAUSE I JUST THOUGHT, WELL,
YOU WANT TO MOVE IN THE GIFTS,
YOU NEED THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
THAT'S THE FIRST STEP.
THAT'S PROBABLY NOW 90%, YOU
KNOW, OF THE KIDS NOW ARE
CONFIDENTLY -- THEY CONFIDENTLY
PRAY IN THEIR PRAYER LANGUAGE.
LET'S GO HIGHER.
LET'S SHIFT THIS ATMOSPHERE.
WE WENT FROM TEACHING ABOUT
THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO TEACHING ABOUT HEALING.
THEY BEGAN TO PRAY FOR THEIR
PARENTS AT HOME, AS THEIR
PARENTS WERE SICK.
THEY WOULD SAY, CAN I PRAY FOR
YOU?
I SAID CAN I PRAY FOR YOUR
HEAD?
SHE SAID SURE.
AND THEN I PRAYED FOR IT ONE
TIME, AND SHE SAID IT WAS ABOUT
SEVEN -- WELL, FIRST SHE SAID IT
WAS ABOUT SEVEN.
I SAID IT'S GOING TO BE A START
OF GOING TO TEN.
SHI SAID TEN.
AND THEN I PRAYED FOR IT ONE
TIME, AND THEN SHE SAID IT'S
ABOUT SEVEN.
THEN I PRAYED AGAIN AND SHE SAID
IT'S TEN.
IT'S COMPLETELY BETTER.
A PICTURE OF HIS FOOT JUST
FLASHED AT ME.
AND I WENT TO SCHOOL.
I ASKED, CAN I GO -- CAN I PRAY
OUTSIDE THE CLASS?
SHE SAID YES.
SO I PRAYED FOR THE GIRL, AND I
ASKED TO GO BACK UP AND WALK
BACK TO ME.
SHE WALKED BACK UP TO ME.
SHE WALKED UP TO ME, SHE SAID
SHE WAS SO WELL.
HER FACE WAS LIKE REALLY, LIKE
WOW.
AND SHE JUST SAID, IT'S 100%
BETTER.
AND SHE WAS LIKE FEELING GREAT.
NEXT DAY SHE CAME BACK TO SCHOOL
WITHOUT A CAST, WITHOUT A
WHEELCHAIR OR ANYTHING.
WE REALLY HAVE SOME AMAZING
KIDS IN OUR PROGRAM.
THEY'RE HEARING FROM GOD
THEMSELVES.
A LOT OF THEM ARE EXPERIENCING
THINGS THAT MAYBE EVEN THEIR
PARENTS AREN'T EXPERIENCING YET.
I'LL JUST THROW OUT THE
QUESTION, HOW -- WHAT IS GOD
DOING IN YOU?
HOW DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
GROWING SPIRITUALLY?
WITHOUT FAIL, SOMEONE'S GOING TO
SAY BECAUSE I'VE GOT MY PRAYER
LANGUAGE, BECAUSE I CAN PRAY IN
TONGUES, I NOW KNOW HOW TO PRAY
FOR SOMEONE.
ONE THING THAT BEGAN HAPPENING
AFTER THE KIDS WERE BAPTIZED IN
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WE BEGAN
TALKING ABOUT PRAYING FOR PEOPLE
FOR HEALING IS IN THE CHURCH
SERVICE, THEY BEGAN TO JUST --
WHEN AN ADULT WOULD GO TO THE
ALTAR, THEY STARTED JUST -- I
MEAN, NO ONE EVER SAID -- TOLD
OUR KIDS YOU CAN GO PRAY FOR
THEM.
THEY JUST STARTED DOING IT.
THEY BECAME SO CONFIDENT IN IT
THAT THEY WOULD JUST GO DOWN
THERE AND START GATHERING AROUND
AND THEN PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT.
I BELIEVE THAT THE GIFTS ARE
VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS NEW
GENERATION.
OUR KIDS ARE LOOKING FOR THE
SUPERNATURAL.
AND THAT INTRIGUES THEM.
WHEN THEY BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE
FOR THEMSELVES THE POWER OF GOD
AND THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED GOD
HEALING THROUGH THEM, WHEN THEY
GET TO COLLEGE OR OUT OF THE
HOME AND MAMA'S NOT THERE TO
MAKE THEM GO TO CHURCH AND THEY
HAVE PROFESSORS TELLING THEM
THAT THERE IS NO GOD, YOU KNOW,
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NO GOD?
I'VE SEEN HIM HEAL.
HE TALKS TO ME.
HE'S SPOKEN TO SOME OTHERS
THROUGH ME.
THEY'VE ENCOUNTERED HIM.
THEY'VE HAD MORE THAN
INFORMATION ABOUT GOD.
THEY'VE SEEN THE POWER.
* SINGING: HERE I AM TO BOW DOWN. *
* HERE I AM TO SAY THAT YOU'RE MY GOD *
* YOU'RE ALL TOGETHER LOVELY *
* ALL TOGETHER WORTHY *