CASE STUDY 2
Mr. Collins in the evening decided to appraise the day after a hard and hectic schedule and discovered that for every one hour, five minutes on the average two and three hopeless, confused, discouraged and frustrated person had met him and demanded for assistance. He wished he could help them, thus overlooked his observation for that day and slept.
The following day when such stock of event was taken, he recorded even more persons. This time, he affirmed and believed they should be a reason for this, he called his friend and asked if he had such experience. He responded “No”. This young man was disturbed and as such went to prayer that night and received a confirmation of the gift of word of knowledge that is in operation in him. He also received a confirmation of the gift of prophecy in him.
Anytime you see such people coming, you should know that they need the operation of gifts that are directly involves encouragement (function of the gift of prophecy) and word of knowledge (insight of their problems).

DISCOVER WHAT YOU HAVE

Throughout the myriads of counselling I have been opportuned to make with young folks, I have discovered that 65% of them who prayed and sought God’s face to discover and understand their potentials, purpose and mandate had done that in futility, while 25% of them only discover their potentials, yet not understood their purpose and mandate while 7% discover their potentials, understood their purpose, but are yet to locate their mandate.
You may be surprise now about my statistics, but I tell you it is realistic. The path of the discovery and understanding is not only attained by prayers, but also by careful observation. You don’t need to only pray and fast to discover; you need a critical observation and an analytical mind frame to decipher what your spirit is enabled to see by the Holy Spirit. When you pray, you make your spirit sensitive to be induced by the Holy Spirit and willing to see what he sees. It is this careful observation and understanding that makes this discovery possible.
CASE STUDY 1
A young student complained of having too many sick folk around him. He also complained of having such people soliciting for his assistance. He made this complaint because he only saw this scene but never understood its significance. From my studies, this environment is a good indication that there is the gift of healing in this young man. God will never create an environment that has no direct relationship with your gifts. Even these sick folk may not even know why they cluster around you. This shows that this environment is not of luck, fate, but a divine arrangement by God to display your spiritual gift.
To a person experiencing this seen I counsel him to get into prayer after this close observation and it will not take long for him to get confirmation from God concerning the gifts of healing in him.
WATCH OUT FOR CASE 2 IN YOUR JOURNEY TO SELF DISCOVERY IN OUR NEXT POST. SEE YOU!

NEVER LOOK AROUND ,YOU HAVE SOMETHING

A young musician, was called upon on a certain day to entertain the audience in a wedding ceremony attended by a cream of elite in the society; As he marched into the podium, there was great mustering of applause for him. As he reached the podium, he bowed, introduced his song and his music began. One minute later, two strings of his Guitar cut-off and the music became unbalanced. The enthusiastic and happy atmosphere became gloomy, while the other members of this team became confused and frustrated as they faced this major disappointment. The young musician who led the team closed his eyes, meditated and received inspiration to recomposed the song to fit the remaining strings of the Guitar. He did this, recuperated and started a new song while the other members of the team later learned and sang together.
This was a great surprise to the seemingly frustrated audience. Some asked one another “where was this second song?” To others, they were more fascinated by the later. The gloomy mode was thrown into life again as every body rose to cheer the young and dynamic artist who refused to look around even at this moment, but settled with a strong believe that he still has something left to offer, not matter the circumstance. This happened, because he believed in himself. This happened because his believe brought determination, and his determination brought him victory. You can’t imagine the level your ability can take you only if you believe in it. You can’t fathom the number of disappointment you can turn around only if you stop looking around, think and believe in yourself. Decide now to develop a strong believe in the ability God has given to you and you will discover, maximize and plunge into relevance.

COUNSELLING AIDS
1. Outline five spiritual activities you can do and give reasons to support your answer.
2. Outline five spiritual gift you think you can never exercise and give reasons for your answer.