With Pastor Sharon Mahoney at Orchard Road Christian Center starting Sept 11th, Sundays for eight weeks, 10:30AM (Paul Room) . Sign up begins this coming Sunday at the ORCC Info Center or by reply email. There is a $10 registration fee paid at the first class which will cover materials for the class.
Prophetic Ministry (God speaking to us) is often accomplished through the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Dreams, and Visions. In this course we will discover:
- · What Prophetic ministry is,
- · The History of Prophetic Ministry
- · How God Communicates: Hearing His Voice
- · The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit
- · Visions and Dreams
- · How to be used in Prophetic Ministry
- · How to be used in Prophetic Evangelism
Here’s a little preview of the workshop:
What is Prophetic Ministry?
Did you know that God spoke hundreds of times to His people through His prophets in the Old Testament of coming events? In fact, approximately 300 such prophecies told of Jesus’ coming, His life, His ministry, His death, resurrection, and ascension to His reign as King of God’s Kingdom. Hundreds of others foretell the demise of God’s enemies and the restoration of Israel to its present state as a nation. Many have told the history of nations in advance and some have foretold individual men’s actions before they were ever born. One account is about King Cyrus in Isaiah 45, a prophecy recorded by Isaiah almost 200 years before his birth! What’s even more amazing is that God used this pagan king as a type and shadow of the coming Messiah and His Kingdom. Fulfilled prophecy is one of the key reasons the Bible has authority to represent God in the earth.
But what we are going to study in this workshop is not a history lesson of past prophecies coming to pass. We are going to learn how to be a part of fulfilling prophecy today and extend the Kingdom of God to the people that we come into contact daily.
So what is Prophetic Ministry:
One pastor told me: “It is the supernatural revelation and impartation of the Holy Spirit for the purpose of edifying & building up an individual or a group through exhortation, edification and comfort. It is accomplished through worship, psalms and spiritual songs, the gifts of the Spirit such as prophecy, interpretation of tongues, words of knowledge, wisdom and discernment, physical and emotional healings, miracles and signs and wonders. Its ultimate purpose is to cause growth of the body for the building up of itself in love (Eph 4:11-16) resulting in revival and equipping and mobilizing the body into evangelism.”
The Prophetic in short is God speaking. It begins with all the prophetic passages in the Old Testament fulfilled in Christ and His Kingdom in the New Testament and throughout the Church Age up to and beyond today.
The Prophetic often speaks the language of types and shadows. For example: King David’s victorious kingdom represents (is a type and shadow of) Christ’s coming Kingdom. King David represents Jesus as the Shepherd King. Mt. Zion, the place where David instituted 24/7 worship before the tabernacled Ark of the Covenant, where God manifested His glory in response, represents the Church worshipping her King and the answering Holy Spirit. God’s character is revealed as the people approach by grace, without regard for the Law’s requirements. The only requirement is the hunger and thirst of their hearts to know Him. That’s a revelation of the new covenant that Jesus brought. The restoration of David’s tabernacle was foretold in Acts 15:15-18 and we have seen it further fulfilled in the revelation and outpouring of prophetic worship “in order that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord…”
Prophetic voices, pictures, worship, ministry and even evangelism is all based in God speaking to us, our hearing His voice through all these and many other mediums and in turn, following His leading. That often involves interpreting His message and then moving in the gifts of the Spirit to minister it to others and bearing the fruit of the Spirit to be effective. The passage in I Corinthians 13 makes it clear that if we don’t love, all our efforts are but a noisy gong. Love is of course, subjective but we can cut through the fog by checking our motives. Is it about others or all about me.
The Prophetic Ministry is also based in the Kingdom of God in contrast to church. The Kingdom of God is wherever Jesus is Lord and where the voice of the Spirit of the Lord is sought, listened to and obeyed. This is how the Kingdom is revealed and comes on earth.
The Prophetic Ministry is experienced through spiritual revelation. Our All-Knowing God supernaturally reveals what is in the hearts and minds of people to willing believers in order for His heart about these things to be delivered to edify, exhort, and comfort.
Prophetic Ministry (God speaking to us) is often accomplished through the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Dreams, and Visions. In this course we will discover:
- · What Prophetic ministry is,
- · The History of Prophetic Ministry
- · How God Communicates: Hearing His Voice
- · The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit
- · Visions and Dreams
- · How to be used in Prophetic Ministry
- · How to be used in Prophetic Evangelism
Obviously if we are going to hear God’s voice, we have to position ourselves to listen. There are many ways but here’s a few not so religious ways:
- Psalm 100 tells us we enter by thanksgiving and praise. Just begin to thank Him for all He has done for you and watch how quickly the Holy Spirit’s presence manifests.
- Worship that goes to the heart (this is not song singing) this is your heart cries put to music.
- Crying out for “mercy” – the Lord answers a contrite and humble heart.
- Hunger & Thirst for Him – recognize your real need and desire for Him and declare it to Him
- Get quiet – shut out all the world’s noise and get quiet before Him. Ask Him to speak to you. You may be surprised at how He will come most times to edify, encourage and comfort you!
- Journal your prayer time – “My heart overflows with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer…Ps 45:1”
