9 Ladies Dancing

In her facebook wall, my friend put a cute picture of her son

"One of the hardest practice of patience is 

when you hold the presents with your name on it but you can't open it"

That was the caption that she wrote for the photo.

This Christmas I want to remind all of us, me included
to be excited of the gifts from the Holy Spirit
There are 9 gifts which and that is the meaning behind 9 ladies dancing in the song :12 days of Christmas

And unlike my friend's son, we can open the gifts right away. Let's see what they are. 

1) Word of Wisdom
2) Word of Knowledge
3) Faith
4) Gifts of Healing
5) Working of Miracles
6) Prophecy
7) Discerning of Spirits
8) Divers (or different) kinds of Tongues
9) Interpretation of (different) Tongues

The functions of the gifts of the Holy Spirit are to edify the church. 
2 Tim 6-7 says "Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God, which is in you by the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and love, and self-control."

The word "stir up" in its original language means to rekindle, like rekindle the fire. How do we rekindle the gift of Holy Spirit ? We must be vigilant in our personal communication with God. Our prayer time is very important. Reading Bible is also important because the Bible is like a love letter from Our God. If the gifts haven't been manifested yet, ask and pray to God about them.