DEVELOPING YOUR PROPHETIC GIFT: PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
(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. Personal Development
Habakkuk 2:1-3 (NKJV)
1 I will stand my watch
And set myself on the rampart,
And watch to see what He will say to me,
And what I will answer when I am corrected.
2 Then the Lord answered me and said:
“Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry.
a) When you’re having personal times of prayer, pause and ask God if He has something to show you or speak to you about the person or situation that you are praying for.
b) Record your prophetic insights and experiences so that later on when confirmation or fulfillment takes place they will be a ‘marker’ of your growth.
c) The practice of writing journal and hearing God speak to you personally through a scripture can help you develop your prophetic gift.
d) Reading good books about prophetic ministry can help you learn about your gift.
The End ...
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. Personal Development
Habakkuk 2:1-3 (NKJV)
1 I will stand my watch
And set myself on the rampart,
And watch to see what He will say to me,
And what I will answer when I am corrected.
2 Then the Lord answered me and said:
“Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry.
a) When you’re having personal times of prayer, pause and ask God if He has something to show you or speak to you about the person or situation that you are praying for.
b) Record your prophetic insights and experiences so that later on when confirmation or fulfillment takes place they will be a ‘marker’ of your growth.
c) The practice of writing journal and hearing God speak to you personally through a scripture can help you develop your prophetic gift.
d) Reading good books about prophetic ministry can help you learn about your gift.
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