DEVELOPING YOUR PROPHETIC GIFT: MENTORING
(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. Mentoring (1 Kings 19:19-21)
1 Kings 19:19-21 (NKJV)
19 So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him. 20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.”
And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”
21 So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen’s equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.
a) If possible, look for a good mentor to help you grow in your prophetic journey. If a potential mentor is too busy to spend one-on-one time with you, you can still learn from them by assisting them and observing them.
b) Sometimes a mentor will only be present in your life for a season, so be willing to release them and move on when you need to. The Lord will bring others across your path that will help you at different stages of your journey.
c) A prophetic mentor should not only be gifted and anointed, but also be accountable and in good standing in a local church, having a supportive and encouraging attitude towards his or her church leaders.
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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. Mentoring (1 Kings 19:19-21)
1 Kings 19:19-21 (NKJV)
19 So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him. 20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.”
And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”
21 So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen’s equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.
a) If possible, look for a good mentor to help you grow in your prophetic journey. If a potential mentor is too busy to spend one-on-one time with you, you can still learn from them by assisting them and observing them.
b) Sometimes a mentor will only be present in your life for a season, so be willing to release them and move on when you need to. The Lord will bring others across your path that will help you at different stages of your journey.
c) A prophetic mentor should not only be gifted and anointed, but also be accountable and in good standing in a local church, having a supportive and encouraging attitude towards his or her church leaders.
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