After nine weeks exploring the gifts of the Spirit, we gathered for a panel conversation to answer some of the most common questions people have about spiritual gifts. How do you discover your gift? What’s the difference between natural talents and spiritual gifts? What happens when we get it wrong? How do we practice the gifts with faith, humility, and discernment?

In this conversation, we discuss practical ways to discern and develop spiritual gifts, the relationship between gifts and spiritual maturity, and how we can create a church culture where people are free to take risks, learn, and grow. Most importantly, we reflect on how spiritual gifts are meant to point us beyond themselves to Jesus—the Giver of every good gift.

Whether you’re still exploring your gifting or have been walking with Jesus for years, we hope this conversation encourages you to abide in Christ, serve others in love, and remain open to the work of the Holy Spirit.

Max and David sit down to dive deeper into the gifts of intercession, healing, and miracles - discussing the importance of the supernatural worldview behind it all.

Jesus didn’t simply save us for the future. He invites us to participate in His Kingdom now. Through intercession, healing, and miracles, we see a God who listens, restores, and intervenes. Join us as we conclude our series on the gifts of the Spirit by exploring what it means to live in the power of Jesus today.

This week on The Follow Up, we’re going deeper on the two gifts Brian called “gifts that perceive” — discernment of spirits and the gift of faith. We talk through what it actually looks like when someone discerns something about a person or situation, and why the real question isn’t what did you see but what do you do with it. We unpack the difference between genuine discernment and a critical spirit — why one serves the body and the other tears it down — and how love is the only thing that keeps these gifts from becoming weapons. Then we turn to faith: not saving faith, not the fruit of faithfulness, but the Spirit-given ability to look directly at impossibility and still hold to the promise. We wrestle with Hebrews 11:39 — the faith hall of fame for people who never received what was promised — and what that means for anyone staring down their own unanswered prayer.

What if you’ve been carrying a spiritual gift your whole life and never had a name for it?

In this message, we explore two of the most underrated gifts of the Holy Spirit; the Gift of Discernment and the Gift of Faith. We break down the three domains of discernment (the Holy Spirit, the human spirit, and the demonic), what it looks like when discernment goes wrong, and why the church desperately needs people who can see clearly and act on what they see.

We also unpack the Gift of Faith, not saving faith, but the Spirit-given capacity to look directly at impossibility and still hold to the promise. From Abraham to George Müller, we trace what this gift looks like in real life and why every church needs people who carry it.

These two gifts are not opposites. Discernment without faith produces cynicism. Faith without discernment produces naïveté. Together, they produce exactly the kind of person the body of Christ needs right now.

📖 1 Corinthians 12:10 | 1 John 4:1 | Romans 4:18–21

In this episode of Grace City Church’s The Follow Up, Yasmin and Brian unpack the questions, tensions, and misconceptions surrounding one of the most debated spiritual gifts in the New Testament. From personal prayer language to public expression, from skepticism to spiritual hunger, we explore how the church can avoid both denial and disorder while pursuing discernment, maturity, and the presence of the Holy Spirit.

We talk about:

* Why has this gift caused so much confusion and division?

* Can tongues be emotional, learned, or even abused?

* How do we pursue spiritual gifts without hype or pressure?

* What does a healthy, Spirit-filled church actually look like?

Whether you’re curious, cautious, skeptical, or hungry for more of God, this conversation aims to bring theological clarity, pastoral wisdom, and practical insight to a topic many Christians have questions about.

In this message from our “Gifts of the Spirit” series, we explore the biblical teaching on tongues, interpretation, and the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the church.

We talk about:

• What tongues is — and what it is not
• Acts 2 and the outpouring of the Spirit
• Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians 12–14
• Public vs. private expressions of tongues
• Why spiritual gifts are meant to build up the church
• Common misunderstandings and abuses
• How to pursue the gifts with humility, discernment, and love.

Some of the most misunderstood gifts in the church are the ones that feel the most supernatural — and for good reason. In this episode, we dig into the Power Gifts: where they come from, why some traditions have set them aside, and what it actually looks like to move in them today.
We open by tracing a bit of history — how certain gifts became sidelined in the church and why that matters now. From there, we ground the conversation in Jesus himself, who modeled what it looks like to minister fully empowered by the Holy Spirit throughout his earthly life.
Then we get into the questions people are actually asking: What's the difference between prophecy and a word of knowledge? If you sense something from God, what do you do with it? And how do we stay spiritually grounded when the supernatural is so often counterfeited in our culture?
Whether you've experienced these gifts firsthand or you're still figuring out what to make of them, this conversation is for you — practical, biblical, and honest about the tension.

In this message, we explore what the Bible actually teaches about prophecy, spiritual gifts, and hearing from the Holy Spirit. Looking at passages from 1 Corinthians 12-14 and Acts 20-21, we unpack the difference between revelation, interpretation, and communication—and why healthy prophetic culture requires humility, accountability, discernment, and love.

This week Max and Yasmin talk about what happens when spiritual gifts stop competing and start complementing. They dive into leadership, pastoring, and evangelism from Sunday's sermon on the Word gifts.