The power gifts however are very hard to teach as they are not a resident gifting that we can use at any time as we do the other six gifts. Or if they are within us, we do not know how to ignite them at will as yet. So far they work only as the dunamis power of God comes on us. The word dunamis is found in the Greek section of the Strongs, number 1411, meaning:

This power is extended by God to accomplish the impossible.

There are several different types of faith described in scripture, but the gift of faith is in a category of its own. The gift of faith for instance is different from the shield of faith which we can, as we mature, trust in to shield us from the enemy.

It is different still from the measure of faith that is given to each of us to work in the gifts, and yes, different even from our faith in God's sovereignty and His Word. These are all manifestations of faith that come forth from a heart of conviction that knows the Word and its author. Jesus is our example in Matthew 21:21-22.

But the above faith is not the gift. You see, the gift of faith is not ours, it is a gift that causes us to perform the impossible and produces a miracle. When God enables us with spontaneous ability to subdue or conquer physical forces, it is the gift of faith that causes us to step out in the incredible and without even thinking, bringing about a feat mortal man cannot accomplish himself. Peter experienced this gifting, but then allowed the spirit of fear to enter and hindered the miraculous gift he was walking in.

We can say it this way, when the gift of faith is operating in you, it is as if you are not connected to the physical so the supernatural seems natural and you just move out in it. Jesus demonstrated using the gifting properly in Matthew 8:23-27

When Jesus died on the cross for mankind, restoration for all that was lost in the garden was provided for. Because of the first couple's disobedience, among many other things, divine health was lost. People would now grow old and eventually die and all of creation would suffer corruption and decay. At Calvary however, positionally, all things were restored and Jesus made healing, both spiritually and physically, possible for all of creation.

One day there will be no sickness at all among us, but until that time healing manifests itself in many different ways. There is the prayer of the elders for the flock, and inner healing as the result of the prayers of God's Isaiah ministers, but neither of these are the power gift of healing.

There are even divinely assisted situations where a person is healed by God through doctors and medical treatments. Apostle Luke was a physician in the early church, and there are those that God will use today as human instruments, but guess what, this is still not the gift of healing.

The gift of healing is not intellectually based, nor is it the result of spiritual insight. In fact, it is a supernatural phenomenon that can happen without any human intervention at all. It can of course also manifest through a human vessel, if God so chooses. He can release a supernatural ability or a divine power for man to exercise authority over impossible situations like broken bones, fatal sicknesses, even death. People have been given hearts, feet, all sorts of new body parts that only the Creator can supply. This is the true gift of healing. It is not an ability performed through faith, nor is even there time for doubt or unbelief. It simply manifests itself according to God's will, and the vessel being used moves out in the gift without question.

When we work in the miraculous, we are walking in the power of God and exercising authority over the natural forces of this realm. The power gift of miracles enables us to perform feats way beyond what is even comprehensible to our human minds.

Both spiritual and physical laws were defeated by these miraculous feats of God to produce what we call miracles. To us these things are all weird and supernatural, but to God they are quite normal. The gift of miracles does not necessarily have to have a human vessel to operate through either. The Lord may use anything including angels as His agents.

Many times these miracles may go unnoticed or unseen as when the angels protect us from traffic, turn bad weather from us, or even ward off an attack from the enemy without our even being aware. Yes, miraculous deeds are performed through God's servants, both man and angels, or even donkeys, in order to prove His word and make people trust in Him and His ability to save us from all situations.

Imagine what the prison guards thought the next morning when they found the cell empty!

Who showed more love, the donkey or the man? We saw quite a few miracles in these few passages of scripture however, in getting back to our subject matter.

The power gifts, along with the communication and revelatory gifts, are just a little taste of the power, that the "age to come" promises us. There will be a time when those that are a part of the church triumphant will walk from time into eternity, become immortal and this power will be a part of their normal everyday life. All creation waits eagerly for this, as there will be a total restoration for all that is on this planet.

What a miracle!