{"id":2140,"date":"2026-03-15T21:25:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T21:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2026-03-17T21:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:27:41","slug":"a-more-excellent-way-merv-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/?p=2140","title":{"rendered":"A More Excellent Way &#8211; Merv Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul writes to a church divided over spiritual gifts. Merv Charles explained that the Holy Spirit gives each believer gifts (wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, tongues, and others) not for personal glory but for the good of the whole body and the spiritual battle we all face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">No one needs every gift, and love and gifts are not in competition. We need both. The simple takeaway: pursue love, desire spiritual gifts, and express the heart of God.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1225\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2140-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/livinglightmc\/20260315.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/livinglightmc\/20260315.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/livinglightmc\/20260315.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/livinglightmc\/20260315.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2140-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/livinglightmc\/20260315.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20260315.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul writes to a church divided over spiritual gifts. Merv Charles explained that the Holy Spirit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2141,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140\/revisions\/2141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}