It’s easy to see why the word of Knowledge and word of wisdom are the most received gifts of God because they pertain to problems we face in our daily lives, like how do we witness to someone, what does a Scripture verse mean or what plans does God have for my life. God’s wisdom is needed for more difficult problems such as family problems and financial difficulties. Ask God for specific answers to all your problems because all saints have access to God through the Holy Spirit. Pray about anything and everything and at all times. The third gift of God is prophecy. I’m not referring to Old Testament type prophecy where you foretell future events like the prophets did. The gift of prophecy is where you get a direct word from the Lord usually to give to someone else.
When the Lord is giving direction to someone’s life they may be unsure if it was actually God advising them or their own conscience. God usually confirms his direction to someone and maybe twice to make sure the message is received. Sometimes someone in the process of making an important decision will go to God’s Word and the Bible will be opened at a verse giving God’s answer. Other times God will give a word for word answer to another believer to be delivered to the person needing an answer. On occasion God uses this gift to confirm what He has already told you to do about some issue.
The fourth gift of God is faith. All of us are born with a certain measure of faith so we can be saved by grace. Our faith grows in proportion to our personal relationship with the Lord. Sometimes we need greater faith than we have or we can get without help. The Holy Spirit has the ability to manifest His own divine faith through you for His purpose. Anything God asks of you that you are too weak to accomplish the Holy Spirit can give you the faith to do it. Lets say God asks you to make a paraplegic walk and you don’t have the faith to believe you can do it. The Holy Spirit will manifest His faith in you to accomplish this miracle. When the Apostles raised people from the dead there was no way they had the faith on their own to make that happen. The Holy Spirit manifested His faith through them to do this.