Prophetic practice thread

[he4rty]

While at a local parade i watched as the children lined the edge of the streets, edging their way closer and closer to the middle of the street. they knew there was going to be candy thrown to them and they greatly desired to recieve this candy. The floats would come by and throw out candy and the children would run out and get as much as they could pick up. All trying to get more than the other. However there was ONE child who after picking up all that he was able, turned to the other children and adults around him and shared with them what he had recieved. He did this not just once but each time he went out and picked up the candy. This was the only child out of the many that was there doing this.
This child truly had the heart of Jesus.
Those who walk in Gods Way, is it not the word of God what feeds, builds and strengthens our lives. Is not the word of God a gift to us to better our lives and to lift the cover of darkness from our lives. We who walk in Gods Way do we have that same desire to recieve the word of God. Are we as the children at the parade pushing toward, desiring to recieve Gods word and His blessings? Are the front rows of His churches filled with those who have the desire, and the excitment to recieve the word of God. Or are we just sitting back and hoping a little is thrown our way and lands at our feet ? Are we grabbing as much as we can and sharing with no one.
I pray we can all become as the young man at the parade. The one of many who had the desire to recieve, and then after recieving, had the Love in his heart to share with others that which he had been blessed with.
For then shall our spirit be as God intended.

This is a good word, very edifying

 

[millerrod]

Thank you !! God teaches us all daily and speaks in the world that surrounds us maybe we see a tree bow to the wind and we know God is showing us strength when our Faith is deeply rooted, maybe we see a small sparrow withstanding a bitter storm within an available bush and we see that God is showing us we are at all times under His protection. Maybe we witness a bolt of lightning in the darkened sky and we see God is showing us the light of Christ within each of us is the light of a darkened world. Maybe we see a creek that once ran with water yet is now dry and we know God is showing us that without Love in our walk with Him we are as a dry creek. Maybe we see a school yard of children playing and we know God is showing us our purpose to spread His word and to be an example. maybe we see the leaves go from green to brown then drift away and we hear God telling us our flesh is but for a short season.
Listen, Look around God is with us and surrounds us each and every day all we have to do is open our eyes and unstop our ears and slow down a bit and we see Him all around us.

 

[Godslilgurlalways]

Thank you !! God teaches us all daily and speaks in the world that surrounds us maybe we see a tree bow to the wind and we know God is showing us strength when our Faith is deeply rooted, maybe we see a small sparrow withstanding a bitter storm within an available bush and we see that God is showing us we are at all times under His protection. Maybe we witness a bolt of lightning in the darkened sky and we see God is showing us the light of Christ within each of us is the light of a darkened world. Maybe we see a creek that once ran with water yet is now dry and we know God is showing us that without Love in our walk with Him we are as a dry creek. Maybe we see a school yard of children playing and we know God is showing us our purpose to spread His word and to be an example. maybe we see the leaves go from green to brown then drift away and we hear God telling us our flesh is but for a short season.
Listen, Look around God is with us and surrounds us each and every day all we have to do is open our eyes and unstop our ears and slow down a bit and we see Him all around us.

Amen

 

[millerrod]

What i love about this thread is the title it bears [ Practice ]
What is Practice is it not when we do something over and over striving to better our gift no matter what gift that may be. We reach to better our gift by practiceing it.
Are any of us perfect has any of us reached perfection. According to Gods Word no not one. But Gods Word says we must strive to reach perfection we must Practice our gifts to grow and grow and the more we grow the better our gift becomes the the more useful our service to God becomes.
Who would this word Practice bother ??
The vain and those that in their mind have reached perfection and no longer need practice they would be offended by the word practice they would talk bad and against such a thread why?? one must ask themselves am i truly perfect are the gifts God given me being used perfectly ?? The answer to those true of heart will know they must practice we must strive to better our gifts.
Do we not practice being deciples of Christ we strive to grow we learn from our mistakes and Christ picks us up when we fail and we Practice we try again and again.
As long as we are growing we are practicing we are growing and becomeing better servent to God. None of us are perfect no not one we must all practice all things of God

 

[Godslilgurlalways]

What i love about this thread is the title it bears [ Practice ]
What is Practice is it not when we do something over and over striving to better our gift no matter what gift that may be. We reach to better our gift by practiceing it.
Are any of us perfect has any of us reached perfection. According to Gods Word no not one. But Gods Word says we must strive to reach perfection we must Practice our gifts to grow and grow and the more we grow the better our gift becomes the the more useful our service to God becomes.
Who would this word Practice bother ??
The vain and those that in their mind have reached perfection and no longer need practice they would be offended by the word practice they would talk bad and against such a thread why?? one must ask themselves am i truly perfect are the gifts God given me being used perfectly ?? The answer to those true of heart will know they must practice we must strive to better our gifts.
Do we not practice being deciples of Christ we strive to grow we learn from our mistakes and Christ picks us up when we fail and we Practice we try again and again.
As long as we are growing we are practicing we are growing and becomeing better servent to God. None of us are perfect no not one we must all practice all things of God

GREAT WORD I truly enjoyed reading that. I know I have lots of practice and so much learning to do that it's bigger than the world's biggest book

 

[millerrod]

Me to sister me to !!

 

[Godslilgurlalways]

Me to sister me to !!

But it's good to know that he will help us along the way

 

[millerrod]

 

[he4rty]

Millerod, As I've always said we trust doctors and laywers but they are always still practising

 

[millerrod]

They have both had me practice opening my wallet

 

[psalmody]

NOT ONLY DO WE PRACTICE TO PERFECT, BUT WE PRACTICE TO MAINTAIN! ANYTHING THAT TOOK PRACTICE TO GET GOOD AT, REQUIRES PRACTICE TO KEEP BEING GOOD AT!

 

[millerrod]

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[4Christ2]

I must admit my brothers and sisters. I agree with the poster who didn't believe this "practice" thread was of the Lord. I have difficulty believing that we need to practice anything when it comes to our God.

Did Moses get to practice before He delivered the Isralites from Egypt? I can't think of one instance anywhere in the Bible where a prophet was allowed to practice. God said GO and they went! God said SPEAK and they spoke. Practice quite frankly seems to be something we feel a need to do because WE are insecure and lack faith! Sorry. That's just my humble opinion.

 

[kenblaster5000]

I must admit my brothers and sisters. I agree with the poster who didn't believe this "practice" thread was of the Lord. I have difficulty believing that we need to practice anything when it comes to our God.

Did Moses get to practice before He delivered the Isralites from Egypt? I can't think of one instance anywhere in the Bible where a prophet was allowed to practice. God said GO and they went! God said SPEAK and they spoke. Practice quite frankly seems to be something we feel a need to do because WE are insecure and lack faith! Sorry. That's just my humble opinion.

Jeremiah was told that God put the words in His mouth, and he went. But he also said that he is to young, and God rebuked him saying who told you or do not say you are too young. Jeremiah was young and innocent, not as some other known prophet who said he had uncircumcised lips and was given a coal for his lips.

 

[millerrod]

4christ2 what does the word practice mean to you. to me it means to do, to use my gift if i have delivered one message i have done something, if i have delivered many messages i am practicing--using my gift.
Moses practiced the gift of prophecy because he used his gift over and over. All the examples we have in the Bible show each was practicing--using their gift each time they are called to do so.
It seems to be how one looks at the word itself and how it is used.
If a musician plays a song. Is he praciticing the song or is he preforming the song? To him he is just playing the song. To those who may be watching he is preforming the song. But to the musician who just loves what he is doing and has a God given gift for doing he to himself is just playing a song and really doesnt care what others may say to them he may be preforming for them and to some he may be practicing infront of them but to the musician he is just playing what he is given.
You see brother my thoughts are much the same you and others can call it practice, some can call it prophecy, some can call it babbling, some can call it edifying words. I call it giving others what i am given with the hope that it lifts another and maybe just maybe something is seen a little clearer.
God is not pouring out the gift of prophecy upon one but upon many. And is now given to edify the whole Body of Christ so many can lead the lost out of darkness to the light of Christ in the short time we have left to do so.
So if God has given you something to say then now is the time to say it over and over so as many ears can hear as possible. please dont let a word such as practice hold you back.

 

[kenblaster5000]

At least, if we try it out here and fail, we are not too far into the spotlight to have our lives torn apart from ridicule. If it is already in your spirit, then it is most likely prophecy, if not, then either discard it, or hold onto it and see.

 

[LogonLalein]

I must admit my brothers and sisters. I agree with the poster who didn't believe this "practice" thread was of the Lord. I have difficulty believing that we need to practice anything when it comes to our God.

Did Moses get to practice before He delivered the Isralites from Egypt? I can't think of one instance anywhere in the Bible where a prophet was allowed to practice. God said GO and they went! God said SPEAK and they spoke. Practice quite frankly seems to be something we feel a need to do because WE are insecure and lack faith! Sorry. That's just my humble opinion.

Every believer can prophesy. The practice is to help you overcome hinderances and learn to speak in public, learn to be sensitive to the spirit, and allow yourself to be a vessal for Spiritual gifts.

 

[Presbyterian Continuist]

I must admit my brothers and sisters. I agree with the poster who didn't believe this "practice" thread was of the Lord. I have difficulty believing that we need to practice anything when it comes to our God.

I understand your difficulty; and I respect the attitude that you have in expressing it. You are not coming in the Name of Lord with your views, but as a person who cannot quite see the appropriateness of having a prophetic 'practice' thread.

When I opened my thread in the Prophetic Forum I called it 'The Prophetic Encouragement Thread', which to me is a more accurate title for a thread like this.

When inexperienced believers are starting out in their gift, it can be quite a scary thing to step out in their church with everyone they know around them listening to their first halting efforts to try and give a prophetic word.

There is nothing wrong with the word that comes from the Holy Spirit, but we have this treasure in earthen vessels (according to scripture), and so natural nervousness and fear can hinder the word from being expressed.

Setting up a thread like this, gives opportunity for gaining experience and confidence in the prophetic in an environment where you do not have to break into a 'programmed' church service to deliver what you believe the Lord has given you. So many churches have programmed the Holy Spirit right out of their services and left no opportunity for those with a prophetic gift to exercise it. What happens to those who have a prophetic gift then? It usually lies dormant in them and then dies through lack of use.

Therefore a thread like this gives opportunity to exercise their prophetic gift to a potential congregation of thousands of believers all over the world. It opens the way for the Holy Spirit to move in very far reaching ways to a lot of people, far out of the scope of the ordinary church service. It also transcends denominations, because we know that on here we are all one in the Body of Christ, and our church affiliations mean little.

I have been to many prophetic workshops where good teaching has been given, and people have been given the opportunity to say what they believe is what the Holy Spirit is saying to the subject person who is in the hot seat. I have seen the reality and power of God come into the session, and He has spoken in some very real and precious ways.

This tells me that 'practice' sessions are not really practice sessions at all when people are believing for words from God for people. Of course it makes all the difference when people are stepping out in faith maybe for the first time, where there is an environment of non-criticism, tolerance, and love.

In many churches there is no shortage of unloving people who are quick to jump on unfortunate people who haltingly step out in the prophetic for the first time. This has quenched spirits, and spoiled what could have been precious giftings in the Lord. It is that lack of love, tolerance, and the critical spirit that has destroyed the prophetic gift in people within local church services.

This forum provides an avenue for those people to recover their confidence and realise that there are many so called believers who come up very short in the love department, and these people can be safely ignored because they don't really know God and God does not know them. They are just the mouth pieces of the devil sent to destroy the prophetic gift in good people.

Also, there is all sorts of strange and weird teaching about the prophetic in many churches, and this has come up on this forum from time to time. This thread is a good place for kicking this teaching (doctrines of devils) back into Hell where it belongs, and to replace it with sound, scriptural teaching on the prophetic.

We all have had to start somewhere, and a thread like this is a really good place to start. God is not limited in the way He speaks to people, and He is able to use this forum for His glory. So let's not be trapped in the limited box of our natural minds and try to make the Holy Spirit operate just according to our natural minds.

It is not where and how the prophetic takes place. It is the content of the words that are given. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, and if people sense that the words that are coming bear that testimony, then who is there than can doubt it?

 

[Trish1947]

It's not practicing prophacy to see if we get it right or wrong. It should be our desire to edify one another as being one body in Christ. How do we do that? We listen with our heart towards our bothers and sisters and you hear Christs words to all of us in our heart. So we speak them to one another. In edification prophecy, the person that gives the word, could at any time be the next beneficary of similar words just as much, as those comforting words that they had previously spoken. There is nothing in edification prophecy that hurts, tears down, belittles, or destroys. It is what it is..it's for edification, to build up, comfort, restore, strengthen. But the Holy Spirit knows who is targeted right then to recieve them. If we never "stirred up" the gift that is within us", nobody gets edified from one another through this gift.

 

[LogonLalein]

It's not practicing prophacy to see if we get it right or wrong. It should be our desire to edify one another as being one body in Christ. How do we do that? We listen with our heart towards our bothers and sisters and you hear Christs words to all of us in our heart. So we speak them to one another. In edification prophecy, the person that gives the word, could at any time be the benificary of similar words just as much from those comforting words that they had just spoken. There is nothing in edification prophecy that hurts, tears down, belittles, or destroys. It is what it is..it's for edification, to build up, comfort, restore, strengthen. But the Holy Spirit knows who is targeted right then to recieve them. If we never "stirred up" the gift that is within us", nobody gets edified from one another through this gift.

Good stuff as usual Trish.