Excerpt from: "Christ’s Gifts to Men"
You can stir gifts up. Now it may be true that you’ve only got a certain amount, but let me tell you this, Scripture says, “For this reason I remind you…” – this is Paul speaking to Timothy – “fan into flame the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of hands.” This is a picture of fire. Fan into flame – literally.  Listen, we’ve all been camping. We’ve been around a bonfire somewhere. You know what happens. This is a picture of a fire that begins to go low. I grew up with a fireplace....