Sunday October 26th we'll be wrapping up our look at spiritual gifts by finishing 1 Corinthians 14.   Paul's exhortation to the Corinthians in the use of gifts was that they be used for building up the body, the church, for the glory of God.  I encourage you to re-read 1 Corinthians 12, 13 and 14 as a unified whole, and see how the Lord continues to shape your understanding of spiritual gifts. 

Notice the two main emphases of chapter 14: intelligibility and order.  Sound like a joy-kill?  We often think that the work of the Spirit should be anything but orderly and intelligible, or at least we see it portrayed as anything but.  Intelligibility and order?  But that means restraint, that means some predictability, that means being careful.  Yes, it means being led by the Spirit, not by our selves.  For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace (1 Cor 14:33).  Be reformed in your understanding of what joy and peace and power the Spirit works through intelligibility and order.

If you're looking for some resources on the spiritual gifts, check out the previous entry titled "Unwrapping Gifts."  There, you'll find a bibliography, both text and audio, that I hope you'll find helpful.