DEVELOPING YOUR PROPHETIC GIFT: CHURCH LIFE
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Developing Your Prophetic Gift?
a) Where to begin: Your gift of prophecy
i) You believe you have a spiritual gift of prophecy (Romans 12:6) – the special ability given by the Holy Spirit to receive messages from God for yourself and others (Prophecy is the Spirit-given ability to receive and pass on a message from God, expressing His heart and intent to a church, group or individuals). But, how and where do you start developing it?
ii) Like any spiritual gift and skill, the gift of prophecy takes study, practice and training to develop to its fullest potential. We need to be intentional about developing the spiritual gifts God has invested in our lives. We have a responsibility to steward the gifts God has given us (2 Timothy 1:6, 14).
iii) In the New Testament, prophecy is nurtured and grown in the environment of church life (1 Corinthians 14). Within that, there are a number of contexts in which we can grow our prophetic gift.
2. Church Life
a) Join a prophetic or prayer community or other group in your church where you can utilize and grow your gift. Inquire as to the best way to submit a prophetic word to your leaders. It’s important to follow any protocols, and the accountability this provides will help you grow (1 Corinthians 14:26-33).
1 Corinthians 14:26-33 (NKJV)
26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. 27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each in turn, and let one interpret. 28 But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church, and let him speak to himself and to God. 29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge. 30 But if anything is revealed to another who sits by, let the first keep silent. 31 For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged. 32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
b) Observe how others in your church community bring prophetic words, paying attention particularly to what is well received and brings blessing.
c) If there is a prophet or prophetic speaker coming to your church, make it a priority to get to the meetings. It’s amazing how much you can learn by observation and osmosis.
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1. Developing Your Prophetic Gift?a) Where to begin: Your gift of prophecy
i) You believe you have a spiritual gift of prophecy (Romans 12:6) – the special ability given by the Holy Spirit to receive messages from God for yourself and others (Prophecy is the Spirit-given ability to receive and pass on a message from God, expressing His heart and intent to a church, group or individuals). But, how and where do you start developing it?
ii) Like any spiritual gift and skill, the gift of prophecy takes study, practice and training to develop to its fullest potential. We need to be intentional about developing the spiritual gifts God has invested in our lives. We have a responsibility to steward the gifts God has given us (2 Timothy 1:6, 14).
iii) In the New Testament, prophecy is nurtured and grown in the environment of church life (1 Corinthians 14). Within that, there are a number of contexts in which we can grow our prophetic gift.
2. Church Life
a) Join a prophetic or prayer community or other group in your church where you can utilize and grow your gift. Inquire as to the best way to submit a prophetic word to your leaders. It’s important to follow any protocols, and the accountability this provides will help you grow (1 Corinthians 14:26-33).
1 Corinthians 14:26-33 (NKJV)
26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. 27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each in turn, and let one interpret. 28 But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church, and let him speak to himself and to God. 29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge. 30 But if anything is revealed to another who sits by, let the first keep silent. 31 For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged. 32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
b) Observe how others in your church community bring prophetic words, paying attention particularly to what is well received and brings blessing.
c) If there is a prophet or prophetic speaker coming to your church, make it a priority to get to the meetings. It’s amazing how much you can learn by observation and osmosis.
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