Just found a scrap of paper with these notes from a respected prophet who occassionally visits our church.
Thought it worth jotting down my unscrambling...
1 Corinthians 14:29
- Declares God's purpose
- Why was I born?
Prophets
- Interpreters of the Divine will
- Forth-tellers of the Divine will (not foretellers)
Team preaching
- For instruction - NOW
- Word / weight for NOW
- Its about HIM
- Stimulation & encouragement
- God wants us to move forward (i.e. God's word for):
- LOGISTICAL
- PERSONAL
- RELATIONAL
- PROFESSIONAL
- Provides confidence of God's presence
- Uncovers heart of God
- Reveals who we are to those around us
Prophecies for yourself
- Does not work like that
- Need others - body ministry
- When you come together everyone has... 1Cor 14:26
Allow ourselves to be put in an uncomfortable situation
- Pride / humility
- Faith / risk
- Look impossible?
Attiitude
- Beware of passivity (passivity is occult)
- Eagerly desire
- Covet / drive
- Cultivate
- Humility
- Agreeing with God
- Not having a poor opinion of self
Yours gifts
- Be envious
- Be Jealous
Your anointing
- Personality
- Grows by doing
- Commissioning
- Being called to..., but not qualified
- Identifying with gift / office someone moves in
- Could this be a hint of your calling?
- Ephesians 4
- Jesus working in these offices
- These offices have Jesus' authority
- Offices - not general gifts
The secret place
- Found in desparation
- Desire to minister to the church
- Process of contemplation
- Meditate on scripture
- Makes us rely on Him
Positivity test - is it from God?
- God not confused
- God not author of confusion
- Scripture safety net
Power in His word
- Not knowledge
- Transformative
- Word kills, spirit gives life (2 Corinthians 3:6)
Be faithful - continue on journey
- God will pull you through - if you can stand the pull
- Obedience
- Cross
- Conflict of will
Glory of God to conceal, so rulers (we) can search out (Proverbs 25:2)
- Seek with all your heart
- Things hidden as a means of revelation
- Lamp on a lampstand