Category: The heart of prophesy

All of us have a distinctive language with God, and a unique way of how revelation comes to us. As we grow in the prophetic, we learn how our own gift manifests itself most often. Prophecy can come as spontaneous thought, feelings (we can feel what the person is going through) and pictures. Visions. Sometimes,… Continue reading How does prophecy come?

Having a desire to prophesize is half the battle, as Paul taught in first Corinthians 14:1 pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophecy. In some situations, I have not been in the mood to prophecy. It’s always in those moments, I hear the Lord say stir up your spirit. You must… Continue reading Operating in prophecy

Generally, there are three parts to the prophetic. A word of knowledge often opens people up, while a prophetic word fills the gap created. Finally, a word of wisdom can give instructions on what to do next. These three elements work together to form the broader prophetic gifting. A word of knowledge is simply revelation… Continue reading Three phases of revelation

Prophecy can restore people’s dignity and self-respect. It can give them hope again. But to do this, we must be immersed in God’s love. We are either living in the present /past or the present /future in our relationship with the Lord and one another. Some relationships are stuck in the past because they are… Continue reading New beginnings

Living constantly in the presence of God can heal us of our old wounds, and even our physical illnesses. Emotional, spiritual, mental, physical needs are all the same to the father. We know that God is able to heal instantly, but there are also occasions when he heals us over a long period of time.… Continue reading Prayer, power, process

Sometimes, God asks us to do something unreasonable, and our minds try to talk us out of it. The mind deals with information, and the spirit with revelation. It can be difficult for those two elements to coexist. But we must submit our mind to our spirit. 1 Corinthians 2: 14 but the natural man… Continue reading The spirit precedes the mind at all times

Meditation is all about waiting on God and giving ourselves the time and space to be in communion with him. This is not an unfocused event but carries a deep sense of purpose: we want to be open to hearing God’s voice everywhere. I constantly carry a notebook with me because God speaks to me… Continue reading Waiting on God

I love having quiet times with God. There is nothing like experiencing God’s love, touch, and blessing in stillness with him. His job is to be our lover; ours is to be his beloved. I love letting God touch me. He draws me into himself, erasing all the striving, pressure, frustration, and frantic pace of… Continue reading Meditation: loving God with all your mind

Rejoicing is a key ingredient in moving in the power and presence of God. Many Christians have been conditioned to think that they enter God’s presence with prayer. But scripture is clear that thankfulness is the door to his presence-enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Be thankful to him,… Continue reading Rejoicing always

If prophecy, like a website, had a list of frequently asked questions, this one would be on top of it: when I am moving in prophecy, how can I tell if it’s me, the Lord, or the enemy? It is a legitimate question. We are human beings, subject to pain, dissolution comment, hurts, dreams, aspirations,… Continue reading The process of prophecy

Recording prophecy is an important discipline to get into. A large percentage of scripture is recorded prophecy, written down as it was delivered. The priesthood had secretaries, the army had recorders who faithfully wrote accounts of orders and battles, and kings and prophets had scribes working with them as normal practice. The New Testament continued… Continue reading Recording prophecy

Ignoring physical clues is not an excuse to throw out any concern for the person for whom we are prophesying. We must be sensitive and carefully consider the person receiving ministry. When we prophecy over people, we must learn to put margins into the word. Do not be anxious to gush out everything you ever… Continue reading Response to personal prophecy PROPHECY

Frustration can easily move us into prophesying what we see or understand in the natural. A lot of prophetic people make the mistake of looking for clues from people, trying to pick something up from how someone looks (happy or sad), body language, or other traits. This is a very soulish act and produces prophecy… Continue reading Eyes of the spirit, not the flesh

Frustration can be an enemy or an ally of any prophetic ministry. If left unchecked, it colors our thinking, and infects the word we have, and gives us a skeptical perspective on the life of the church. If we are to represent God’s heart and be good servants, we must learn to master our frustration.… Continue reading Deal with frustration

Prophecy is 80% preparation, 20% inspiration, 100% perspiration, and 1000% trepidation. Often, the main cause of failure in the prophetic is that we have moved under pressure rather than in peace and relaxation in the knowledge of God. I accept some pressure as part of my ministry, but there is no way I can live… Continue reading Peace not pressure

My confidence in the love of God colors the way I prophesy. Thank the Lord it does! Sometimes when we pray for our person, we can be given the gift of discerning spirits, along with our prophetic intuition. Primarily, discernment enables us to detect and witness God at work. however, it can also enable us… Continue reading Discernment and direction

The grace of God will keep flowing into our lives most of the time. There isn’t any person in any church, anywhere to whom God doesn’t want you reveal his incredible kindness. Many Christians have given up on the kindness of God; our experiences with others have been so bad that we can’t help but… Continue reading Grace breaks our hearts

We need to learn this principle. God will give us a diagnosis of where a person is at, but we are not to speak that. The prognosis is what we speak, we speak the next upgrade, the solution into their live. In dealing with leadership in the church the Lord may show us an elder… Continue reading Speak the second thing

In prophecy when we receive a sense of objective, we then begin to focus in on what God wants to say to that individual. Often, the first thing we receive is diagnostic. A significant difference exists between a prophetic diagnosis and a prophetic prognosis. A diagnosis is the process of determining the nature and cause… Continue reading Diagnosis verses prognosis

In prophecy, the first thing we need to receive is a sense of burden. When we give ourselves fully to God’s love and grace, our hearts are tuned to the same wavelength as God’s. We inherit a sense of ownership for the church community he has placed us in, and, out of the burden, God… Continue reading How prophecy starts

It’s not easy to love everyone, but it is the call on every prophets life. To test us in this, God deliberately puts people around us who are meant to be loved by us. Oftentimes, we will have to be very creative to love them; some of them, by design, are not easy to love.… Continue reading Grace growers

God always speaks to our potential. In Luke 19, we read that Zacchaeus, a much-loathed tax collector, was up in a tree trying to see Christ. He was an obnoxious person who had defrauded most of the community. Some say he may have been up the tree because he couldn’t see over the crowd, but… Continue reading Speaking to potential

What we think about God is the single most important thing in our lives. Whatever we perceive God’s nature to be will color how we live spiritually, physically, emotionally, and relationally. It is unavoidable. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19: 10). Our testimony of who Jesus is for us… Continue reading Our perception of God

The New Testament form of prophecy started by Jesus was startling in light of what had come before it. In acts 10, Peter was given a new paradigm of how God worked. When he saw that sheet come down from heaven, filled with every manner of unclean animal, he was sickened. He refused to go… Continue reading New prophecy for new times

Jesus was full of grace and truth, and the perfect example for Christians to follow. Prophecy and grace must come together in our lives as they did in his. Philippians 4: 8- finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever… Continue reading Jesus is the model of grace

Jesus became sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in him. Therefore, the judgment of death came upon him, so that the fullness of his life might come upon us. Romans 8: 31 what then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He… Continue reading Prophecy and grace

In 1 Corinthians 12-14, the apostle Paul teaches us how to use the vocal gifts. Three passages are particularly important to this study. 1 Corinthians 12: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit,… Continue reading Old turns new

God is in the business of developing prophetic companies around the world. I believe he is more interested in creating these prophetic communities than he is in breeding a new generation of prophetic superstars. His heart is to bring the whole body of Christ under a prophetic canopy. To live in Christ is to live… Continue reading The exercise of prophesy