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going to be a little bit different in that I'm

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not really going to preach at all today. I'm

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saying it's going to be kind of more of a teaching

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kind of time along the lines of the prophetic

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and we're going to end by giving you the opportunity

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to kind of practice that and kind of the goal

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in all of that is to help you identify if maybe

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a prophetic calling is part of what God's up

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to in your life. So it'll be more of a teaching

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time. I'll kind of interact a lot with the screen

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and that's kind of where we're going. So it'll

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kind of follow along the lines of what we've

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already talked about, invite and exalt and surrender

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and embrace. So this is kind of the... We've

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spent some time inviting Him, exalting Him, so

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this is kind of the part that we'll talk a little

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bit about surrender. Is this what God's asking

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of us and how can we surrender to that and then

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embracing what He's doing in our life. So, a

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lot of it will be on the screen. Is it? Did I

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do that? Yeah, okay. I think I'm good. Here we

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go. So, understanding the prophetic. What is

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the prophetic? So basically the prophetic, kind

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of the easiest way that I could describe it is

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hearing the voice of God and then communicating

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what you hear Him say. That's the essence of

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the prophetic. It's just hearing Him and saying

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exactly what He says. So should we add to what

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He says? I don't recommend it. Should we subtract

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from what He says? I don't recommend it. Neither

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one of those are good, so we just hear what he

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says and speak exactly what we hear him saying.

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So obviously some biblical basis for the prophetic.

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Obviously we would talk about the Old Testament

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prophets. There were major prophets and minor

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prophets. Somebody give me an example of a major

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prophet. Elijah. So Jeremiah, major prophet.

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Who'd be a minor prophet? Minor prophets would

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be like Joel's a minor prophet, Micah minor prophet,

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bunch of prophets in the Old Testament. And obviously

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we can see that that moves into the New Testament.

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So there were still prophets in the New Testament

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church. So Paul says things like, I wish that

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you would all prophesy, right? So even to the

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church today, kind of we have this understanding

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that everyone can prophesy. Does that mean that

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everyone's a prophet? No. Not everyone's a prophet.

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He gave some to be prophets, but everyone can

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prophesy. And we also know that Jesus, because

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he's perfect theology, Jesus is described as

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being prophet, priest, and king. So he serves

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in all those capacities. He's prophet. He's the

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person who hears the voice of God communicates

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that to people. He's priest, he's the one who

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ministers to people, and he's king. That just

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means that he's in charge, right? It's a fancy

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way of saying that he's in charge. He gets to

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call the shots. So, we've talked a little bit

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the last couple weeks about the fivefold ministry,

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apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds, teachers,

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and there's a difference between the fact that

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everyone can prophesy and not everyone is a prophet.

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We understand that. So I like to think of it

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this way. I'll come back to that in a second.

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It's on the next screen, I believe. So we'll

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talk about this in a second. And I think there's

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a slide for it, if I remember right. So being

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able to prophesy is a gift for all. The gift

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of being a prophet requires a call. See, I'm

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a poet and didn't know it. So to be able to prophesy

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is a gift for all. But to be a prophet requires

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a call. So here's kind of a the prophetic at

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a macro view So if you take the prophetic and

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you zoom all the way out, this is kind of what

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it boils down to three main components So you

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have revelation the part about revelation is

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we don't get to determine that right? That's

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what God speaks. That's his revelation all revelation

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comes from him At least as we're talking about

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today So is it possible that we could pick up

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something from someplace else that's not from

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God? Absolutely. So the very first thing that

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we need to discover is, is this really from God?

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If it is, then we can say that that's revelation,

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that He's revealed this to us. If it's something

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like it's a blot of bad mustard, then we need

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to chalk it up to that and don't say that that's

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revelation. That's a blot of bad mustard. It's

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also possible that sometimes we can hear and

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figure out what the enemy is saying to us. Right.

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And certainly we don't want to say that that's

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revelation from God if it's actually coming from

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the enemy and we don't want to say that it's

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revelation if it's coming from ourself. So you

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have revelation you have interpretation. So the

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interpretation is where we say what does this

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mean. I think that God has spoken this and sometimes

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we aren't quite able to figure out whether it's

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revelation until we get the interpretation right.

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because sometimes in the interpretation we realize

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maybe this wasn't the voice of God and that helps

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us but okay this is what he said what does this

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mean this is the interpretation and then what

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do we do with that so let me give you I want

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to give lots of examples along the way so while

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I was pastoring in cardington I had this crazy

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dream One night and in this dream. I was driving

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down the road in a van that we didn't own at

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the time Eventually we would I'm driving down

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the road and in the intersection of this road.

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There was a green gravity wagon and so basically

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those things that you would put corn in or soybeans.

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It doesn't really matter, but then they would

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come out to shoot on the bottom and that way

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you could take the stuff from the field and you

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could put it wherever you needed to be. Usually

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like on a conveyor and it would put it up in

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a silo or something like that. So there's this

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green gravity wagon in the middle of the road

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and I hit the thing and I got hurt. My dad was

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with me at the time. My family was all with me

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and I wanted to make sure that everyone was okay

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and we get to this place that um was a place

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of healing right after that so i'm like lord

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that's crazy i think that that's you i think

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that the entire dream was from you so what i'm

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asking is about revelation right where is this

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coming from should i not eat bratwurst before

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bed or is god saying something here so but what

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i'm what i'm wrestling with is revelation where

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is this coming from bad bratwurst or from a good

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god and So I said to the Lord and this is what

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I would encourage you to do. So if you're not

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certain Okay, is this from God? I would just

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ask him. What does that mean? Because if it's

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from him then guess what he's going to do He's

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gonna tell you what it means So I said, okay

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Lord, I believe this is from you. I'm trying

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to just say is this revelation? that's what I'm

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getting at and if it's from you, I have no idea

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what that means and if it's from you I need some

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help to know what that means I need interpretation

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I need to know what this means and there was

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I'm going to be honest with you and sometimes

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it works like this the Lord did not immediately

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speak about it but after a few hours he started

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to speak to me about it and he said Phil where

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are you serving and I said in cardington And

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he said, what's Cardington known for? And I thought

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I'd be clever. And I said, well, in 1974, they

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were the state champions in baseball. And the

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Lord said, hey, that's cute. But you know, that's

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not what I'm talking about. So I said, well,

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Cardington actually gets its name from the fact

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that it was a carding town. that people, there

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used to be a grain mill in Cardington. It's long

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gone, but there used to be a grain mill in Cardington

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and people from all around would bring their

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grain to Cardington and they would have their

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grain milled up and then they would be able to

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sell it in different things. So he said, so you

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mean to tell me that you're in a town that's

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known for being a carding town that people would

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cart their grain in to this place that you're

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at. Is that what you're telling me? Yes, that's

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what I'm telling you. So he said, does the gravity

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wagon make any more sense? So there's this wagon

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that's a grain wagon that's being, does that

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part make sense to you? And I'm like, yes, it

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does. So he said, so you're in this place where

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the gravity wagon now makes sense, right? And

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I won't go into all the details about it, but

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that was a painful, difficult time for me, for

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Danita, for our entire family. So he said, so

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like the bump in the road that you experienced

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with the gravity wagon, that makes sense, right?

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You're following that. Yes, that makes sense.

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And in this, all of your family was okay, right?

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I mean, we're all good, we make it through this,

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but there was this time of healing that took

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place after that, right? And I'm like, yes, that

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all makes sense. So he's like, do you understand

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how in this dream I'm talking about you? I'm

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talking about what's happening in your life.

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And I'm like, yes, now that I think about that,

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what am I working through? Interpretation, what

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does this mean? And then the application is,

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what do I do with this? So now that I understand

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that, well, in that scenario, what do I do with

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that? What I did with that was I'm just like,

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OK, the Lord sees me. And even though this is

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a difficult place and this is a difficult time,

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and yes, there are some bumps and some bruises

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along the way, God's going to be faithful to

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get us through this time and he's going to take

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us to a place that will be about healing and

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recovery and restoration. Does that all make

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sense? So you have revelation, interpretation,

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application. So sometimes the Bible talks about

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the same principle. but it talks about it in

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some different terms. So it talks about word

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of knowledge. How many of you have ever heard

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somebody talk about word of knowledge? Me. Word

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of knowledge is basically the revelation. We'll

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talk a little bit more about this, but it's when

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you have information that you could not have

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gotten on your own. And I want to be careful

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here because in really all of the fivefold, apostles,

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prophets, evangelists, shepherds, teachers, there's

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plenty of opportunity for abuse. this is one

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of the places that the prophetic can be it can

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be abused because sometimes people will know

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things but they know them through a conversation

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that they've had with somebody else and then

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they'll try to say that it's prophetic that God

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spoke that to them well obviously that's a no

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-no so if you've gotten the information from

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somebody else and then you try to pass it off

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as being prophetic that God spoke to you about

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this First of all, it's immoral because you just

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lied and you also lied about what God revealed

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to you. So, I mean, you see how that becomes

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a big deal. And all I'm saying is this, if you

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got it from a conversation with somebody else,

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that's fine, but call it like it is. Don't say

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that you got that from God when God had nothing

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to do with it, right? Does that make sense? So

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we'll talk a little bit more about word of knowledge

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but it's when God gives us heavenly downloads

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of information that we have no other way of knowing.

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Have you ever just known something like you know

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that you know it but you don't know how you know

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it? Now I'll tell you who is better at this and

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obviously there are exceptions to this but in

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general terms do you think men or women are better

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at this? In general terms, who do you think is

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better? I would say women. And do you know why?

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How many of you have ever heard somebody talk

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about a woman's intuition? Like sometimes, Danina

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just knows things. And she's just like, well,

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how do you know that? I don't know. Well, did

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you talk to somebody about that? No, I didn't

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need to. Well, how do you know that? I just know.

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And what I think often happens is I think what

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we pass off as a woman's intuition is actually

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the prophetic. Does that make sense? So like

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sometimes guys, and I am one so I can say this,

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but sometimes we're just dense and we just don't

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get stuff. And there have been times, and we

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don't need to go down that path, but there have

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been times that Danita will say, Hey, I want

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you to be careful with the interactions that

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you have with this particular person. And I'm

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like, I don't know what you're talking about.

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It seems completely fine to me. And she's like,

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no, I'm telling you it's not. And come to find

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out she's right. Now, I don't think that that

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is, I mean, Danita's amazing. But I don't think

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that that's just unique to her. And I don't think

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that that's just something that is something

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special about her. I think that. We often have

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those kind of leadings and promptings and we

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just don't know what to do with them or we don't

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know what they are. I would suggest to you that

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they're actually part of the prophetic. Does

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that make sense? So revelation, it's when you

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know something but you don't know it through

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normal human means and God gave you that information

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about people, places, things, whatever. Interpretation

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is what you do with it. We would call that word

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of wisdom. So word of knowledge and word of wisdom

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always have to go together. So when God gives

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you information, don't just go and immediately

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act on it, because you're probably going to get

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it wrong. So when God gives us information, we

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need to then say, okay, what's the wisdom that

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goes with this? What am I supposed to do with

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this? And sometimes God will say to you, well,

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I want you to have a conversation with so -and

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-so. Or sometimes God will say to you, I want

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you to shut your mouth. I don't want you to say

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anything about it. And you aren't going to know

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that unless you ask him. So you ask him for the

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wisdom that goes with that. And then, what do

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I do with that? How does that play itself out?

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Just one quick example. It was about one month

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to the day before 9 -11. Had another crazy dream.

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There's really three parts to this dream. In

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the dream, I'll only talk about two because it

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really You only need to know about two parts

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of it, but in the dream, one of them, there was

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this lady who was a part of the ministry we were

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at at that time. It doesn't really matter where

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it was, but she was, she was cantankerous and

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she was difficult to get along with, but. So

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in this the first part of the dream the Lord

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had showed me an interaction with her and So

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she came in through this one particular door

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and had this look on her face and I'm like, oh

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boy This is gonna be fun. And she said blah blah

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blah to me and I didn't really like what she

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had to say But then I responded in a certain

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way in this dream and it was not how I normally

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would respond especially to her saying that I

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normally would have not responded that way but

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then her response was it was absolutely beautiful

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so I'm thinking okay I'm gonna remember this

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because this there's got to be something to this

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in the second part of it was about a lady by

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the name of Jane she was a part of our ministry

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there And in the thing she came in and she said,

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hey, this is what's going on in my life. She

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was in my office. She describes this entire thing.

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And I'm like, OK, that's awesome. We won't talk

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about the third part. Those two parts I want

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to talk about just for a second. So I think that's

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from the Lord, right? I think that that's revelation.

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So what do I do with it? I said, I need to understand

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what this means. Tell me what I'm supposed to

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do with it, when I'm supposed to do that. So

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the Lord said to me, he said, OK, here's what

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I want you to do. The first part of it is going

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to happen very soon. And what you need to know

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about it is, I want you to respond the way that

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you did in that dream, because the outcome will

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be what I've showed you if you'll respond the

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way that you did. So I'm like, OK, I got it.

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I said, the second part, what am I supposed to

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do with that? And he said to me, he's like, Phil,

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I want you to shut your mouth about it. I'll

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tell you when the time is right. So I asked,

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I said, can I tell Danita about that? And he

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said, you may tell Danita about that. Awesome.

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I said, can I write the details down in my journal?

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And he said, yes, you may write them down in

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your journal. But beyond those two places, you

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don't talk about it with anyone until I tell

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you to. Got it. So you see how this all fits

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to that. Revelation. interpretation, application.

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So I'm like, got it, third part we're not going

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to talk about. So about two weeks later, that

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lady who I had this dream about, she walks in

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through that door with that look on her face.

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And I'm like, oh boy, this is going to be fun.

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And she said exactly what she said in my dream,

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word for word, with the same look on her face.

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It felt the way that it did in my dream and I'm

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like, okay, but I also remembered what the Lord

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said So I knew how I was supposed to respond

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And I did I said exactly what I said in the dream

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Same inflection same pauses. I said it the exact

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same way I did in the dream and you'll never

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believe what happened She responded exactly like

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I saw her respond in the dream. And I'm like,

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huh, that's crazy. What is that? That's the prophetic.

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Revelation, interpretation, application. So the

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second part, it's two years after this dream.

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And that lady in the dream, she called me one

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day and she said, hey, I'm driving around in

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the county. and I need to come talk to you, which

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was not normal for her. In fact, I don't think

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she had ever had anything like that ever with

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us. She just was a very sweet lady, very kind,

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but never really needed anything from me. She

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just kind of did her thing. So she called and

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she was obviously upset. She said, I need to

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come in and see you. And I said, hey, that's

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not a problem. When do you want to come in? She

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said, I'll come in in about 15 minutes. I said,

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hey, that's awesome. I'll look forward to seeing

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you. So she comes in. She sits down in my office.

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And she just loses it. She's sobbing. She said,

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I don't even know where to begin. And I said,

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how about you not? How about I tell you why you're

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here? And continuing to sob, she said, you never

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guessed this about me. I said, I understand that.

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But I said, hey, on this particular date, the

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Lord spoke to me in a dream and he told me that

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you're going to come and see me someday. And

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he told me what it was going to be about. So

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I grabbed my journal still in my office, by the

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way. So if you ever want to see it, don't bother

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asking. You can't. It's none of your business.

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But I grabbed it off the shelf and I took my

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journal. I opened it up to that day because I

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know what it is, right? I know what the date

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is because of 9 -11. I opened up my journal and

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I slid it across the desk to her and I said,

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that's what you're here to tell me. And she said,

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that's word for word what I'm here to tell you.

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Well, what is that? That's revelation, interpretation,

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application. So then she said the craziest thing

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to me ever. So like I've had this for two years

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and she reads it and she said, are you going

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to treat me differently now? And I laughed. And

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I said, have I treated you poorly in two years?

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No, you've not treated me poorly once. So let

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me get this straight. I've known this for two

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years. I've not treated you poorly in two years.

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Why would I treat you poorly now? She said, I

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suppose you wouldn't. And the fact that somebody

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knew and still loved her and extended grace to

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her was all that she needed to then close that

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chapter of her life and begin a new one, which

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was much better. So that's this revelation application,

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revelation interpretation application. Does that

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all make sense? So here we go. the office of

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prophet and the gift of prophecy. The gift of

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prophecy is a supernatural ability given by the

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Holy Spirit to speak a timely word from God that

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encourages, strengthens, and comforts others.

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Those last three words are the most important.

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That encourages, strengthens, and comforts others.

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So like sometimes people will say this is another

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place that we get into abuse of the prophetic.

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Sometimes people will say hey I have this word

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from the Lord for you. And basically the word

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from the Lord for you you're a scumbag and God's

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really mad at you well that's not prophetic that

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automatically just categorically can't be prophetic

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because that's not what the prophetic does God

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doesn't speak to somebody else and say okay by

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the way I want you I want you to go tell mark

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that he's a scumbag God is never going to tell

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you that it's not ever gonna tell you that right

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If that makes sense, go like this. God is not

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ever going to do that. So like if you have this

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message that you hear and you think is from God

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and that that message is, I want you to go tell

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Mark that he's a scumbag. I'm telling you right

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now, that's the enemy. That's not bad mustard.

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That's not God. That's the enemy. So please don't

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ever say, hey, God gave me this word and I need

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to tell you this. And God's really ticked at

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you and you're a scumbag. Don't ever do that.

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Because that's the abuse of the prophetic now

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if the word is hey mark. I just want to encourage

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you I know it's tough right now But God sent

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me here to tell you you're gonna get through

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this and I just want to encourage you I want

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to build you up. I want to comfort you God's

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up to something. I don't understand all that's

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going on, but God's gonna be faithful You're

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gonna see another day now that very well could

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be God, right? But categorically if it's not

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one of those three things, it's not God Right.

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I mean, yeah. Right. No, don't do that. And stop

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eating the bad bratwurst before bed. I mean,

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please stop doing that. So a prophet is a person

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called by Jesus to a leadership office within

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the fivefold ministry. This is not merely the

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ability to prophesy, but a recognized governmental

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role in the body of Christ. So really, I like

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the thing up at the top. The gift is available

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to all. The office is a calling. So the gift

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is for all. The office requires a call, right?

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Easy enough. So prophetic identity and character

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rooted in love. So here's another place. Unfortunately,

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the prophets are kind of, they all have some

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pitfalls, and I talked about some of those with

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the apostles, but here's another one with the

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prophets. So especially with the prophetic, and

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you probably have run into somebody like this.

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So they will go around and they kind of wear

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that as their identification. That's their ID.

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That's what they identify as. So they'll come

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in and say, well, I am a prophet. Well, okay.

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Be very careful with that. Because we should

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not ever be identified by the gift that we've

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been given. We should always be identified as

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we're a son or a daughter of God. That's our

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identity and we have to keep that straight. We

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can't ever say our identity is I'm a prophet

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our identity is I'm an apostle No, it's not you're

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a child of God and he's given you a gift. Let

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me give you an example of that. So when I was

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eight years old I had been riding around a Dukes

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of Hazzard bike that I could tell you all about.

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It was pretty amazing. I shouldn't really spend

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a whole lot of time, especially on camera, talking

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about the Dukes of Hazzard bike, but everything

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that you would think it looked like it was. the

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seat was a Confederate flag, I mean the entire

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deal. And it was the same colors that General

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Lee and when I got it, it had training wheels

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on it. It was those kind of bikes that you could

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eventually take the training wheels off and then

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you could ride the bike and I did. And that's

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what I learned to ride a bike on, is this Dukes

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of Hazzard bike. But it was a little, little,

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little, little bike. And for Christmas that year,

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I asked for one thing. I wanted a red BMX bike.

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Those were really the only criteria that I wanted

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had to be read and it had to be a BMX bike So

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for Christmas that year to my sheer delight.

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I got lots of great stuff, but I got a red BMX

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bike and I could tell you all about it. I mean

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there was there were boot prints in the snow,

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and I don't know how they got there, and it just

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really did look like it was a magical thing.

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But I ended up with a red BMX bike for Christmas

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when I was eight years old. But I didn't then

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identify as being a red BMX bike. It was probably

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one of the greatest Christmas gifts I've ever

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:45.779
received, but I didn't go around saying, I'm

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:51.960
a red BMX bike. Because that's foolish. I'm still

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:57.170
a son. And that's my identity. Just because I

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was given a gift doesn't change my identity from

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something other than being a son. Does that make

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sense? So if God has called you to be a prophet,

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that's awesome. The church embraces that. We

00:27:11.089 --> 00:27:13.430
celebrate that. We want to release you to do

00:27:13.430 --> 00:27:15.890
that. The church needs you to do that. But you

00:27:15.890 --> 00:27:19.130
don't go around saying that I am a prophet. No,

00:27:19.130 --> 00:27:21.650
it's just the gift that you've been given. And

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you've been given that gift for the General good

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:27.380
of the body of Christ, but just like I wouldn't

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:31.220
go around saying I am a red BMX bike Don't go

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around saying you are a prophet Does that make

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:38.299
sense your identity is the fact that you're a

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:41.319
child of God Prophetic purity that it means that

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:44.539
there's no mixture of personal agendas So when

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:46.960
we're in this role, we just have to hear what

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:49.799
God says and speak that to other people. We shouldn't

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:52.180
have an agenda. Like if I've had a dream that

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:54.799
Mark's a scumbag, I haven't by the way. I probably

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:57.319
need to move on to a different example because

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:59.940
Mark's gonna start to wonder here. But if I had

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:03.539
this dream, but then God speaks to me about Mark,

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:05.980
I can't mix those two together. I have to keep

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:08.960
my personal stuff out of it. I have no business

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:13.400
reflecting in any way what I think. Are you following

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:16.519
me? So in that role, the only thing that matters

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:19.200
is this is what God said, and I want you to know

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:21.359
what God thinks about you and how God feels about

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:23.859
you. And it's always going to be to encourage,

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:27.579
to build up, to comfort. Always. If I feel like

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:30.160
I'm supposed to say anything else, I can automatically,

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:37.220
categorically say, that is not God. I'm preaching

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:40.019
a whole lot better than you're responding. No

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:42.099
mixture of personal agendas, culture of honor,

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:45.279
operating with humility and submission to leadership.

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:47.819
An example of that is David and Nathan. Nathan

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:50.660
obviously was the prophet. God has a message

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:56.440
from, Nathan receives a message from God to give

00:28:56.440 --> 00:29:00.079
to David. And this is a great example because,

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:03.859
here's what I want you to see now. So how are

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:05.440
we talking about culture of honor? We've always

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:07.500
said that it's always positive. It's never negative.

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:10.339
God always is encouraging. He's comforting. He's

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:13.319
supporting you. So David and Nathan, how in the

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:17.759
world is that the case? Like how many of you

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:19.700
look at that and be like, I'm not sure we're

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:22.339
talking the same thing because that seems like

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:25.740
God's upset with David and Nathan's the one who's

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:27.299
supposed to come and drop this bombshell for

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:32.369
David? A couple things. First of all, Want you

00:29:32.369 --> 00:29:34.269
to notice that when Nathan the prophet comes

00:29:34.269 --> 00:29:39.109
to David he does so one -on -one He doesn't get

00:29:39.109 --> 00:29:41.009
up in front of the entire body of Christ and

00:29:41.009 --> 00:29:43.049
be like, you know what? I'm just gonna tell all

00:29:43.049 --> 00:29:45.670
the social media I'm gonna tell all the social

00:29:45.670 --> 00:29:49.109
media what a bum this person is and I'm not gonna

00:29:49.109 --> 00:29:51.450
get on social media and say I know that David's

00:29:51.450 --> 00:29:53.990
our King I know that he's a man after God's own

00:29:53.990 --> 00:29:56.230
heart not that I said that God said that but

00:29:56.230 --> 00:29:58.150
I'm telling you right now Everybody needs to

00:29:58.150 --> 00:30:02.349
know this dude the bum because that's not a culture

00:30:02.349 --> 00:30:06.529
of honor, right? It's not a culture of honor.

00:30:06.950 --> 00:30:08.930
And as you read through that passage, one of

00:30:08.930 --> 00:30:11.950
the things that's incredibly clear is that God

00:30:11.950 --> 00:30:15.549
was a, he was, he wanted restoration. He wanted

00:30:15.549 --> 00:30:18.130
to bring David back to himself. He wanted him

00:30:18.130 --> 00:30:20.390
to repent so there could be a turning. All of

00:30:20.390 --> 00:30:23.890
that is for David's good. None of that's to do

00:30:23.890 --> 00:30:27.140
David harm. All of that is because God loves

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:29.359
David, he values him, he wants a relationship

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:31.539
with him, and he wants to bring him back to himself.

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:35.799
If you understand that, go like this. But one

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:38.180
of the main things is it's done one -on -one,

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:40.759
not in a way that's gonna make him look bad in

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:43.599
front of everybody else. Everyone doesn't need

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:48.019
to know that David's a bum, right? But he does

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:50.539
need to hear this because... God wants to bring

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:52.799
him back into relationship with him because he

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:55.779
values David. David has significance to him.

00:30:56.019 --> 00:31:00.160
Does that make sense? Culture of honor. So how

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:03.519
does God speak? Visions, dreams, scripture, inner

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:05.960
impressions. How many of you have had at least

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:09.000
one of those? God's spoken to you in some way

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:11.259
through one of those. So what do I mean by that?

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:13.099
How many of you have had a vision? Two different

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:17.400
kinds of visions. Open vision. So sometimes we

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:21.549
would call that daydreaming. Not all daydreaming

00:31:21.549 --> 00:31:26.869
is a prophetic word amen Just so that we're clear

00:31:26.869 --> 00:31:30.170
but sometimes God is speaking to you in a daydream

00:31:30.170 --> 00:31:34.150
so like you're you're awake But you you see something

00:31:34.150 --> 00:31:35.869
there's something and all sudden something makes

00:31:35.869 --> 00:31:39.109
sense and you have no other reason to To understand

00:31:39.109 --> 00:31:41.069
that other than God spoke to you and you're like,

00:31:41.069 --> 00:31:43.950
huh? That's what that is. That's an open vision

00:31:43.950 --> 00:31:46.210
closed vision is just another word for a dream

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:49.559
So open vision, you're awake, closed vision,

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:53.059
you're in a dream. So scripture, how many people

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:55.400
have ever had God speak to you through scripture?

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:58.579
You're reading along and you're like, holy smokes!

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:05.779
That's me! Holy smokes! Well, that's the prophetic

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:09.420
because God's speaking to you. Now one of the

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:11.420
nice things about scripture is how many of you

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:13.460
know that it's not very hard to interpret that

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:18.279
point? Because the but it's not that you've read

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:21.359
the Bible the Bible just read you and you're

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:25.640
like, yeah, that's me Bless you Whether you like

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:28.319
it or not. God just I mean the Bible read you

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:33.259
also inner impressions So word of knowledge a

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:35.880
great book if you want to know more about this

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:38.339
specifically Randy Clark has a book called word

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:41.059
of knowledge If you are interested in more of

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:43.700
that and get Randy Clark's book, I highly recommend

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:46.769
it because it goes through all of them. So just

00:32:46.769 --> 00:32:51.589
a few of them are seeing, hearing, feeling. I've

00:32:51.589 --> 00:32:53.990
experienced all of those. One that I've not experienced,

00:32:54.109 --> 00:32:56.210
a friend of mine actually reads stuff on people,

00:32:56.710 --> 00:32:59.049
and it would freak me out. I think I'd wet my

00:32:59.049 --> 00:33:01.210
pants if God ever did that. I mean, I'm open

00:33:01.210 --> 00:33:02.910
to it. If that's what the Lord wants, I'm fine

00:33:02.910 --> 00:33:05.769
with it, but it would probably freak me out.

00:33:06.170 --> 00:33:08.569
And here's what I mean specifically. So like

00:33:08.569 --> 00:33:14.480
if, if he, If the Lord's speaking to him that

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:20.500
so -and -so has lung cancer in their left lung,

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:23.240
part of the way that the Lord speaks to him is

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:26.940
he'll actually see the word cancer written on

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:29.720
their left lung. Like I've never experienced

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:34.559
that, but some people do. Now, does he have any

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:36.660
way of coming up with that on his own other than

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:42.910
God speaking to him that way? No. So then, okay,

00:33:43.049 --> 00:33:45.809
is this revelation? Well, if this is revelation,

00:33:45.950 --> 00:33:47.849
what am I supposed to do with it? What does this

00:33:47.849 --> 00:33:50.569
mean? Am I supposed to say something to somebody

00:33:50.569 --> 00:33:52.369
or am I supposed to just pray for them? Because

00:33:52.369 --> 00:33:54.690
sometimes that's the answer and you just have

00:33:54.690 --> 00:34:00.269
to follow all of that stuff. Seer, knower, or

00:34:00.269 --> 00:34:03.170
a feeler. So some people see things. They see

00:34:03.170 --> 00:34:07.789
them in visions. They see things. How many of

00:34:07.789 --> 00:34:10.210
you would say that you're a seer in that sense?

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:13.420
that God gives you open visions, closed visions,

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:16.679
those kind of things. You see it in some sense,

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:18.579
whether you're physical eyes or you're spiritual

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:21.300
eyes, seers. How many of you are more along the

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:24.639
lines of knowers? So like we talked about this

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:28.679
a little bit ago, you just know things. And if

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:31.460
I ask you, how do you know that? I don't know.

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:35.539
I just know. How many of you are more knowers?

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:39.969
Any knowers? How many of you are feelers? You

00:34:39.969 --> 00:34:42.510
know that something's wrong. How do I know that

00:34:42.510 --> 00:34:44.909
something's wrong? I just feel it. Something's

00:34:44.909 --> 00:34:49.170
just not right. Well, how do you know that? I

00:34:49.170 --> 00:34:55.510
don't know. An example of that. Danita and I

00:34:55.510 --> 00:34:57.469
started a heaven -trained ministry when we were

00:34:57.469 --> 00:35:00.230
in Lorain County. So we took Phil Batten's stuff,

00:35:00.489 --> 00:35:02.190
and you all know Phil Batten. Most of you know

00:35:02.190 --> 00:35:03.949
Phil Batten. If you don't, we've talked about

00:35:03.949 --> 00:35:07.460
him in this series. But Phil was like a father

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:10.840
to me. I loved Phil. Phil loved me. We would

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:12.800
have a lot of fun together. I would teach on

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:15.360
Heaven Train a lot, especially in the later part

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:18.000
of Phil's life because he wasn't up to it. And

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:20.679
I had so much fun getting up there saying, I

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:23.400
am Pastor Phil. And they would say, no, you're

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:26.239
not. He's Pastor Phil. And I'm like, no, I'm

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:29.679
Pastor Phil. And just so much fun with all of

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:31.639
that because I'm like, no, seriously, here's

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:34.949
my driver's license. I am Pastor Phil. He's also

00:35:34.949 --> 00:35:36.989
Pastor Phil. It was just weird. But anyways,

00:35:37.090 --> 00:35:40.250
so we started a heaven train in Lorain County

00:35:40.250 --> 00:35:43.210
and we took basically the same stuff that he

00:35:43.210 --> 00:35:45.289
was doing. We even used his bus for a couple

00:35:45.289 --> 00:35:49.150
years until we built our own. But we used a lot

00:35:49.150 --> 00:35:52.650
of that stuff. And a lot of the principles that

00:35:52.650 --> 00:35:55.809
we used were exactly what Phil did. And one of

00:35:55.809 --> 00:35:59.369
those principles was this. So when I was with

00:35:59.369 --> 00:36:02.550
Phil in Cleveland, if Phil felt something was

00:36:02.550 --> 00:36:05.610
off, that it didn't matter. He didn't owe me

00:36:05.610 --> 00:36:08.550
an explanation. I didn't want him to explain

00:36:08.550 --> 00:36:10.750
things, because if he's just like, something's

00:36:10.750 --> 00:36:13.510
off, and he said, this is what we need to do,

00:36:13.530 --> 00:36:16.889
then we just did it. We didn't want to waste

00:36:16.889 --> 00:36:18.789
time and say, explain to me, what are you talking

00:36:18.789 --> 00:36:21.610
about? Because we just, okay, whatever that means,

00:36:21.690 --> 00:36:23.409
we'll figure that out later. We're gonna do what

00:36:23.409 --> 00:36:26.230
we need to do right now. So that was one of the

00:36:26.230 --> 00:36:29.889
principles that we borrowed from Cleveland Heaven

00:36:29.889 --> 00:36:34.570
Train. And one of our stops, was in Illyria,

00:36:34.690 --> 00:36:37.429
and I pulled in with the bus, and I'm like, something's

00:36:37.429 --> 00:36:46.469
just off. It's just off. I can't look at anything

00:36:46.469 --> 00:36:49.349
and say, okay, it's this particular thing. They

00:36:49.349 --> 00:36:52.210
aren't selling drugs on that particular day.

00:36:52.530 --> 00:36:54.769
They're not selling drugs over here. I don't

00:36:54.769 --> 00:36:59.550
see anything that's, but something's off. So

00:36:59.550 --> 00:37:02.969
I make one trip around and I caught our team

00:37:02.969 --> 00:37:06.250
and I said, hey listen I'm gonna make one more

00:37:06.250 --> 00:37:08.730
trip around Just to let people know we're here

00:37:08.730 --> 00:37:11.409
and then we're gonna park and I want to be in

00:37:11.409 --> 00:37:14.670
and gone in five minutes So they're like, okay,

00:37:14.769 --> 00:37:17.170
we're in and gone in five minutes They didn't

00:37:17.170 --> 00:37:19.730
ask me for an explanation. They just knew that

00:37:19.730 --> 00:37:21.960
I knew something felt wrong and we were gonna

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:23.920
be there and gone in five minutes, which meant

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:26.079
we had to get people on the bus, we had to do

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:28.480
a short lesson, we needed to pray for them, and

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:30.559
we needed to give them food, because those are

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:33.320
the bottom line requirements of Heaven Train.

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:35.940
You get them on the bus, you teach them something,

00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:39.000
you pray for them, and you feed them, every time.

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:43.349
No exceptions. So like five minutes, that doesn't

00:37:43.349 --> 00:37:45.510
give us a whole lot of time. So we get all the

00:37:45.510 --> 00:37:48.269
kids on the bus, we do our thing, we say our

00:37:48.269 --> 00:37:50.210
prayer, we get them off the bus, we feed them,

00:37:50.210 --> 00:37:54.750
and we're gone in five minutes. And at what would

00:37:54.750 --> 00:37:58.489
have been six minutes, there was a police pursuit

00:37:58.489 --> 00:38:02.769
through that neighborhood at speeds of 140 miles

00:38:02.769 --> 00:38:06.170
an hour. And they ended up, we parked at a T

00:38:06.170 --> 00:38:09.230
intersection, the bus was here in this intersection.

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:12.400
dead -ended into where the bus was at. So that

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:15.619
pursuit ended in the house just beyond where

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:20.280
our bus was parked. So if we had not, if we had

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:23.860
been there a minute later, that pursuit would

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:26.300
have ended up hitting the bus and probably killing

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:30.760
the people we were there to serve. How did I

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:35.920
know something was off? I just felt it. I don't

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:40.059
know. Just something's not right. We're gonna

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:42.000
get out of here. We're gonna do what we need

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:44.260
to do, but we're getting out of here. Are you

00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:47.599
following me? Does that make sense? So we are

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:49.699
always supposed to weigh prophecy. First Thessalonians

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:52.139
521, test everything, hold fast to that, which

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:54.699
is good. Just because you have a sense of something

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:56.840
doesn't mean that it's prophetic, does not mean

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:58.739
that it's from God. So how do you know if it's

00:38:58.739 --> 00:39:01.300
from God? You test everything. And that way you're

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:03.579
gonna know, okay, that's bad brought worst, or

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:06.269
that's the enemy, or that is God. and then you

00:39:06.269 --> 00:39:09.670
can do what you need to accordingly. But we test

00:39:09.670 --> 00:39:14.230
everything. Don't just go blast somebody because

00:39:14.230 --> 00:39:17.730
you think that this is from God. So they really

00:39:17.730 --> 00:39:20.050
need to hear this. So I'm just going to go tell

00:39:20.050 --> 00:39:22.590
them what a dirty rotten scoundrel they are.

00:39:22.650 --> 00:39:25.230
Don't do that. Test it. Make sure that it's from

00:39:25.230 --> 00:39:29.349
Him. Practical tips use encouraging language

00:39:29.349 --> 00:39:33.429
edify exhort comfort avoid directive prophecy

00:39:33.429 --> 00:39:36.570
marriage relocation unless in a mature setting

00:39:36.570 --> 00:39:40.650
I almost just want to say just avoid that across

00:39:40.650 --> 00:39:45.949
the board For the most part 95 % of the people

00:39:45.949 --> 00:39:49.030
just you just need to avoid that altogether You

00:39:49.030 --> 00:39:51.610
know like all that makes sense right so those

00:39:51.610 --> 00:39:54.559
kind of details don't speak about it It says

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:57.880
in a mature setting. So that means that you're

00:39:57.880 --> 00:40:01.500
mature as a prophet in that office and that means

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:03.579
that the person you're talking to is mature.

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:07.360
So the odds of both of those being true aren't

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:10.480
very good. So probably for the most part just

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:14.119
avoid those kind of things. Don't say thus says

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:16.019
the Lord lightly. I want you to notice how that's

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:20.739
put. Obviously the prophetic is one of the things

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:24.239
that the Lord has gifted me with. In the entire

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:27.139
time that the Lord's used me to speak prophetic

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:32.539
words, I think maybe two or three times ever

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:38.780
I've actually used that phrase. The only times

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:42.920
I've used that phrase is when I'm absolutely

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:49.920
110 % certain that this is what God said. I prefer

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:54.610
to say things like, could it be that this is

00:40:54.610 --> 00:40:57.869
what God's saying. Well, why do I like that?

00:40:57.869 --> 00:41:00.130
Because it still leaves room for the fact that

00:41:00.130 --> 00:41:03.010
I could be wrong. I could have gotten this wrong

00:41:03.010 --> 00:41:07.329
because we're human, right? I mean, we're not

00:41:07.329 --> 00:41:10.230
perfect. So it could be that it could be bad

00:41:10.230 --> 00:41:13.050
bratwurst. Like I could do all the stuff and

00:41:13.050 --> 00:41:16.610
it still could be that I had bad bratwurst. I

00:41:16.610 --> 00:41:18.130
didn't, by the way, in case you're wondering.

00:41:19.110 --> 00:41:24.230
So Edify, did you know this? I'm a biblical language

00:41:24.230 --> 00:41:26.449
nerd. The word that's used in the Bible for edify,

00:41:26.550 --> 00:41:28.329
like we're supposed to edify people, did you

00:41:28.329 --> 00:41:30.269
know that the word literally translated means

00:41:30.269 --> 00:41:40.030
to put a roof on it? Did you know that? So, like

00:41:40.030 --> 00:41:42.869
Mark's not a scumbag. I've picked on him so much.

00:41:44.170 --> 00:41:47.369
I love you Mark, right? Like I love you Mark.

00:41:48.329 --> 00:41:51.590
Mark's not a scumbag. So instead, if I wanted

00:41:51.590 --> 00:41:54.650
to edify Mark, what I do is I find out what God's

00:41:54.650 --> 00:41:57.769
doing, what he's speaking into, what God's currently

00:41:57.769 --> 00:42:01.710
up to in Mark's life, and I put a roof on that.

00:42:02.730 --> 00:42:09.170
I give that space. I make much of that. I say,

00:42:09.250 --> 00:42:11.769
hey, let's just take a moment to think about

00:42:11.769 --> 00:42:16.230
this. This is what God's up to. That's putting

00:42:16.230 --> 00:42:21.199
a roof on it. That protects it. That gives it

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:25.460
space that says this is significant that this

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:31.219
is important That's to edify it could edify it

00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:33.659
could encourage encourage is just to strengthen

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:36.400
or Literally the word encourage means to put

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:40.360
in courage So like one of the one of my pet peeves

00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:42.840
is when people will say things like I want to

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:47.840
encourage you But but you just kicked me in the

00:42:47.840 --> 00:42:51.019
teeth So how in the world am I supposed to be

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:53.699
encouraged by that? I'm not encouraged by that

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:56.699
So if we're going to encourage people that means

00:42:56.699 --> 00:42:59.760
that I put in courage That means that hey, I

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:01.199
understand that you're going through something

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:03.820
tough, but I want to put in courage I want you

00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:06.159
I want to put into you what it's gonna take for

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:08.099
you to do What needs to be done even the midst

00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:11.000
of difficulty that's to put in courage. That's

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:14.420
encouragement So if they don't feel more courageous

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:18.219
after you've given them the encouragement That's

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:22.079
not encouragement So if somebody's been like

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:25.000
if you've encouraged somebody They ought to be

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:27.800
like, you know what? I can leap tall buildings

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:31.239
with a single bound. I can't stop a speeding

00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:37.420
bullet because you encouraged them and I want

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:40.460
to challenge you with this So like in all of

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:42.360
our conversations when we're like, I want to

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:46.400
encourage them. Let that be the standard Did

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:50.539
you put in courage? And if you didn't that's

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:53.719
okay, but don't call it encouragement Is that

00:43:53.719 --> 00:43:56.920
fair? So that's encouragement. The last one is

00:43:56.920 --> 00:44:02.500
to comfort You all know what that means so some

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:06.900
protocols permission based prophecy always ask

00:44:06.900 --> 00:44:10.719
first That's simple enough, right? So in the

00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:15.309
realm of the prophetic You should just always

00:44:15.309 --> 00:44:21.809
ask, would it be okay with you if I fill in the

00:44:21.809 --> 00:44:25.889
blank and get their permission? Easy enough,

00:44:26.190 --> 00:44:30.090
right? Permission based. Number two, confidentiality

00:44:30.090 --> 00:44:34.510
and honor. Avoid public embarrassment. Simple

00:44:34.510 --> 00:44:38.570
enough, right? So Nathan and David. Nathan didn't

00:44:38.570 --> 00:44:40.889
come to David. He didn't get on social media

00:44:40.889 --> 00:44:43.130
and be like, I want you to know that our King

00:44:43.130 --> 00:44:48.909
is an absolute loser. This guy is a bum. Thus

00:44:48.909 --> 00:44:54.369
says the Lord. Why? Because that brings public

00:44:54.369 --> 00:44:57.630
embarrassment. The prophetic should never be

00:44:57.630 --> 00:44:59.710
done in a way that embarrasses the people who

00:44:59.710 --> 00:45:02.789
you're trying to encourage. Because how do you

00:45:02.789 --> 00:45:06.670
put encourage if you've embarrassed them? Right?

00:45:08.829 --> 00:45:11.650
So the last part of it is, this is the one thing,

00:45:11.730 --> 00:45:13.710
like if you've been in classes with me, Adele

00:45:13.710 --> 00:45:16.329
will know this, I make people say this, I don't

00:45:16.329 --> 00:45:19.230
know, probably 20 ,000 times, always positive,

00:45:19.349 --> 00:45:20.889
never negative, that's what that line means,

00:45:21.070 --> 00:45:24.349
always positive, never negative. So we talk about

00:45:24.349 --> 00:45:26.429
prophetic, we've done prayer ministry classes

00:45:26.429 --> 00:45:30.170
here, how many times did you have to say that?

00:45:30.630 --> 00:45:33.449
Always positive, never negative, always positive,

00:45:33.650 --> 00:45:36.880
never negative. And anytime I teach on it, I'll

00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:39.360
make people say always positive, never negative,

00:45:39.719 --> 00:45:41.619
just so I can say that that's always true. Say

00:45:41.619 --> 00:45:45.159
that with me. Always positive, never negative,

00:45:45.380 --> 00:45:50.960
always positive, never negative. So. Always positive,

00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:53.679
never negative. So if you're going to operate

00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:57.019
in the prophetic, you're always positive, never

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:59.519
negative. Does that mean that God doesn't show

00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:04.599
you negative things? Sure, he does. But what

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:06.619
do you do with that if the Lord shows you negative

00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:09.920
things? Well, you can pray about it That's what

00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:12.840
I would encourage you to do with it spend lots

00:46:12.840 --> 00:46:17.019
of time praying about it and Ask the Lord. How

00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:19.639
could I make this redemptive? How can how can

00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:22.719
this be a positive in their life and until you

00:46:22.719 --> 00:46:29.039
have that? Clarified keep your mouth shut Never

00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:32.969
say anything negative How many of you got up

00:46:32.969 --> 00:46:34.530
this morning and you're like, you know what I

00:46:34.530 --> 00:46:37.170
hope happens today? I hope I go to church and

00:46:37.170 --> 00:46:40.289
I hope somebody just like airs all of my laundry

00:46:40.289 --> 00:46:44.010
and they tell me every negative aspect of who

00:46:44.010 --> 00:46:46.909
I am and my identity and how I'm living. I just

00:46:46.909 --> 00:46:48.969
hope that someone will do that for me today.

00:46:50.750 --> 00:46:55.269
No one, right? But I bet somebody got up this

00:46:55.269 --> 00:46:57.130
morning and said, you know what, I hope that

00:46:57.130 --> 00:47:00.329
I have somebody speak something kind into me

00:47:00.329 --> 00:47:04.780
today. Always positive, never negative. Always

00:47:04.780 --> 00:47:07.619
positive, never negative. Submission to authority

00:47:07.619 --> 00:47:10.420
aligned with spiritual leadership. So that's

00:47:10.420 --> 00:47:13.280
just simple enough, right? So we all need to

00:47:13.280 --> 00:47:15.760
submit to one another. We have mutual submission

00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:18.900
to one another. So it's always dangerous, regardless

00:47:18.900 --> 00:47:20.559
of the one that we're talking about. Today we're

00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:23.119
talking about prophets, but it's always dangerous

00:47:23.119 --> 00:47:26.099
when we operate outside of authority, right?

00:47:27.099 --> 00:47:30.079
So God has direct authority and he has delegated

00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:32.909
authority. Which one's most important to him?

00:47:34.269 --> 00:47:38.190
It's a trick question. They're both important

00:47:38.190 --> 00:47:41.449
to him. So what do I mean by direct authority?

00:47:41.610 --> 00:47:44.530
God has every right to say to you, hey, I want

00:47:44.530 --> 00:47:48.449
you to do X, Y, Z. And you know what you should

00:47:48.449 --> 00:47:52.329
probably go do? You should probably go do X,

00:47:52.329 --> 00:47:57.070
Y, Z. Should you do X, Z, Y? No, I would suggest

00:47:57.070 --> 00:48:00.420
you do X, Y, Z. Because there's a reason that

00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:05.400
he said I want you to go do XYZ Do you have to

00:48:05.400 --> 00:48:09.440
understand why he said I want you to do XYZ Does

00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:12.219
he owe you an explanation? No, you just go do

00:48:12.219 --> 00:48:15.539
what he said So God has direct authority, but

00:48:15.539 --> 00:48:19.019
God also has delegated authority and in delegated

00:48:19.019 --> 00:48:22.280
authority God puts people in our life Who have

00:48:22.280 --> 00:48:27.920
authority over us? maybe that's a Sponsor maybe

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:31.380
that's a coach maybe that's a pastor, maybe it

00:48:31.380 --> 00:48:33.260
doesn't matter who it is, but God puts people

00:48:33.260 --> 00:48:35.940
in authority in our life over us. And when he's

00:48:35.940 --> 00:48:38.199
put those people in delegated authority over

00:48:38.199 --> 00:48:41.000
us, and they say to us, I want you to go do X,

00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:43.960
Y, Z, they get, guess what we should do? You

00:48:43.960 --> 00:48:47.579
should probably go do X, Y, Z. There are two

00:48:47.579 --> 00:48:51.119
exceptions. If the person asks you to do something

00:48:51.119 --> 00:48:56.039
that's illegal or immoral, don't do it. But if

00:48:56.039 --> 00:49:00.260
it's not illegal or immoral, you probably should

00:49:00.260 --> 00:49:05.340
do what they ask you to do. Amen? You should

00:49:05.340 --> 00:49:07.420
probably be under authority. Now, if they're

00:49:07.420 --> 00:49:10.599
telling you, I want you to go rob a bank, you

00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:15.099
don't need to pray about that. You don't need

00:49:15.099 --> 00:49:18.599
to delegate authority. Delivery is as important

00:49:18.599 --> 00:49:21.699
as the word itself. One of our assignments, not

00:49:21.699 --> 00:49:23.239
the one you're thinking of, but a different one,

00:49:23.579 --> 00:49:26.380
had this sweet lady who operated in the prophetic,

00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:32.449
and she went and... she just Blasted this person.

00:49:32.630 --> 00:49:35.289
I mean all the always positive never negative

00:49:35.289 --> 00:49:37.369
She just checked it all at the door and she's

00:49:37.369 --> 00:49:40.190
like no I'm gonna go in both barrels blazing

00:49:40.190 --> 00:49:44.590
and I'm gonna give it to them and What she said?

00:49:45.730 --> 00:49:52.250
Was absolutely true She was right how she said

00:49:52.250 --> 00:49:59.059
it was immoral So obviously it blew up in her

00:49:59.059 --> 00:50:01.139
face and she came to me and she's like, I don't

00:50:01.139 --> 00:50:03.159
understand what went wrong here. And I said,

00:50:03.199 --> 00:50:09.739
hey, listen, what you said is absolutely true.

00:50:12.239 --> 00:50:14.800
I won't dispute that with you and the person

00:50:14.800 --> 00:50:16.940
that you spoke that to won't dispute that with

00:50:16.940 --> 00:50:20.179
you. That's absolutely true. But how you went

00:50:20.179 --> 00:50:26.440
about saying that was harmful. does not reflect

00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:31.099
Jesus at all. And she's like, yeah, that's true.

00:50:32.280 --> 00:50:34.840
So what do I do? Well, you're gonna need to start

00:50:34.840 --> 00:50:37.900
by apologizing. Because not only did you make

00:50:37.900 --> 00:50:43.820
yourself look bad, you made God look bad. So

00:50:43.820 --> 00:50:45.380
you need to start with that, and she's like,

00:50:45.440 --> 00:50:48.300
yeah, you're right. How you say it is just as

00:50:48.300 --> 00:50:51.099
important as what you say. So, like, you can

00:50:51.099 --> 00:50:53.780
be always positive, never negative, and the delivery

00:50:53.780 --> 00:50:55.940
of how you say it is just as important as what

00:50:55.940 --> 00:50:57.940
the word is itself. That makes sense, right?

00:50:59.199 --> 00:51:01.920
Alright, so some instructions. Keep it short,

00:51:02.179 --> 00:51:06.000
sharp, to the point. 30 to 50 seconds. Shiny

00:51:06.000 --> 00:51:09.760
and positive. Don't add to or try to interpret

00:51:09.760 --> 00:51:12.400
what you see or hear. Stay true to what the Holy

00:51:12.400 --> 00:51:16.460
Spirit says or shows. Don't add to it. Don't

00:51:16.460 --> 00:51:20.949
take away from it. One example. Not one of mine,

00:51:21.010 --> 00:51:25.030
but a friend of mine had a open vision about

00:51:25.030 --> 00:51:27.289
an injury that took place They were using in

00:51:27.289 --> 00:51:30.550
the context of healing so they're gonna pray

00:51:30.550 --> 00:51:32.929
for somebody in the room and he describes what

00:51:32.929 --> 00:51:36.150
the Lord showed to him and The long and short

00:51:36.150 --> 00:51:39.110
of it was this there was a he showed them this

00:51:39.110 --> 00:51:42.210
hose that was drawn across the floor and somebody

00:51:42.210 --> 00:51:44.690
caught their foot on it and he described all

00:51:44.690 --> 00:51:47.250
of that stuff and fell down they had injury to

00:51:47.250 --> 00:51:49.789
their leg into their face and to their their

00:51:49.789 --> 00:51:53.250
arm, their right arm. So they're like, OK, the

00:51:53.250 --> 00:51:55.210
Lord gave me this picture and they're trying

00:51:55.210 --> 00:51:58.429
to describe the entire thing. And he said, and

00:51:58.429 --> 00:52:01.789
it was a garden hose. It was an orange garden

00:52:01.789 --> 00:52:04.989
hose. Well, the Lord didn't say that it was a

00:52:04.989 --> 00:52:09.309
garden hose. He just interpreted it as a garden

00:52:09.309 --> 00:52:14.230
hose. So they're like, there's nobody here. They

00:52:14.230 --> 00:52:16.329
couldn't find anybody. After everything was done,

00:52:16.449 --> 00:52:17.929
somebody came up and said, you know, it's the

00:52:17.929 --> 00:52:20.670
craziest thing. because you described the entire

00:52:20.670 --> 00:52:24.150
thing of what happened to me to a T except for

00:52:24.150 --> 00:52:28.409
you said that they tripped over an orange garden

00:52:28.409 --> 00:52:31.710
hose and that was me except for I tripped over

00:52:31.710 --> 00:52:36.429
an orange air hose and they missed the opportunity

00:52:36.429 --> 00:52:40.110
to to be ministered to because he added that

00:52:40.110 --> 00:52:41.809
it was a garden hose because that was the only

00:52:41.809 --> 00:52:44.309
hose that he could think of and what he should

00:52:44.309 --> 00:52:47.449
have said was you tripped over an orange hose

00:52:48.099 --> 00:52:49.800
Because that's all it was. It was just a hose.

00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:52.059
He didn't know that it was a garden hose. Are

00:52:52.059 --> 00:52:55.000
you following me? So that detail was something

00:52:55.000 --> 00:52:59.019
that he added, which threw somebody off. If you

00:52:59.019 --> 00:53:02.300
just see a hose, just say that it's a hose. If

00:53:02.300 --> 00:53:04.460
you hear that it was just a hose, just say that

00:53:04.460 --> 00:53:06.719
it's a hose. Don't add it was a garden hose.

00:53:09.639 --> 00:53:12.619
Some pitfalls and maturity common pitfalls are

00:53:12.619 --> 00:53:15.480
offense isolation spiritual pride and performance

00:53:15.480 --> 00:53:17.920
mentality See how we get there, right? We start

00:53:17.920 --> 00:53:20.619
to say things like I am a prophet. No, you're

00:53:20.619 --> 00:53:23.559
a child of God And he's just gifted you with

00:53:23.559 --> 00:53:26.340
that and it's no different than I'm not a red

00:53:26.340 --> 00:53:28.900
BMX bike Just because at some point I was given

00:53:28.900 --> 00:53:32.780
a red BMX bike. I'm still a child of God And

00:53:32.780 --> 00:53:36.539
he's just gifted me with these things It's not

00:53:36.539 --> 00:53:39.369
anyways Let's go on. Mature profits, walking,

00:53:39.570 --> 00:53:41.570
humility, accountability, fruits of the spirit,

00:53:42.409 --> 00:53:44.809
prophetic communities. Really, it's true of all

00:53:44.809 --> 00:53:47.849
the fivefold, but profits especially need to

00:53:47.849 --> 00:53:52.489
hear this. So you know what profits really need?

00:53:54.269 --> 00:53:57.159
They need other profits. they need to hang around

00:53:57.159 --> 00:53:58.980
with other prophets and you'd have enough of

00:53:58.980 --> 00:54:01.280
a relationship with other prophets that other

00:54:01.280 --> 00:54:03.780
prophets can mentor them and help them and sharpen

00:54:03.780 --> 00:54:08.800
them and and say hey what you said that was good

00:54:08.800 --> 00:54:14.219
how you said it that was terrible and so I don't

00:54:14.219 --> 00:54:17.800
want you what you said was true that's good so

00:54:17.800 --> 00:54:20.079
I want to commend you for hearing from God and

00:54:20.079 --> 00:54:23.679
then and saying it but would encourage you to

00:54:23.679 --> 00:54:25.599
work on how you said it because that was that

00:54:25.599 --> 00:54:29.119
was hurtful and harmful and nobody needs that

00:54:29.119 --> 00:54:32.159
Future resources here's just some other stuff

00:54:32.159 --> 00:54:34.039
if you want to look at the list you're welcome

00:54:34.039 --> 00:54:36.019
to afterwards Just remind me I'll show it to

00:54:36.019 --> 00:54:39.739
you. So here's we're gonna wrap up very quickly

00:54:39.739 --> 00:54:46.460
so we want to identify Our identities in Christ

00:54:46.460 --> 00:54:49.539
sensitive to the Holy Spirit and courage to speak

00:54:49.539 --> 00:54:52.179
truth One of the things that I think is true

00:54:52.179 --> 00:54:54.659
about the prophetic, everyone can prophesy, right?

00:54:55.760 --> 00:54:57.699
Everyone can prophesy, not everyone's a prophet.

00:54:58.159 --> 00:55:00.280
So what I mean by that, everyone can hear the

00:55:00.280 --> 00:55:02.039
voice of God and then say, this is what I heard

00:55:02.039 --> 00:55:06.139
him say. Everyone can. Scripture speaks about

00:55:06.139 --> 00:55:08.860
it over and over again. We can all hear the voice

00:55:08.860 --> 00:55:12.980
of, Jesus said this, my sheep know my voice.

00:55:13.280 --> 00:55:15.400
What does that mean? If you're in relationship

00:55:15.400 --> 00:55:19.059
with him today, you know his voice. I didn't

00:55:19.059 --> 00:55:22.380
say that, he said that. So we know his voice

00:55:22.380 --> 00:55:25.179
we can hear his voice and then we can say to

00:55:25.179 --> 00:55:27.000
somebody else This is what I heard him say. We're

00:55:27.000 --> 00:55:29.179
all capable of that. That doesn't make us all

00:55:29.179 --> 00:55:33.340
prophets So we we're gonna give you the opportunity

00:55:33.340 --> 00:55:36.340
to do that in a second But here's the thing that

00:55:36.340 --> 00:55:38.340
I want you to think about any time you take the

00:55:38.340 --> 00:55:40.980
posture to bless somebody else Any time you take

00:55:40.980 --> 00:55:42.820
the posture to bless somebody else, you know,

00:55:42.820 --> 00:55:47.420
what's gonna happen? God's gonna use you to bless

00:55:47.420 --> 00:55:53.650
them So this week's a prime example. The Big

00:55:53.650 --> 00:55:56.809
Sur, if you know what we did? We just took a

00:55:56.809 --> 00:55:59.809
posture to bless. And you know what happened?

00:56:02.269 --> 00:56:06.030
People were blessed. Because we took a posture

00:56:06.030 --> 00:56:08.949
to say, we just want to be an encouragement to

00:56:08.949 --> 00:56:11.769
you. We just want to bless you. That's it. We

00:56:11.769 --> 00:56:14.989
don't have an agenda. We ask for nothing in exchange.

00:56:15.570 --> 00:56:17.880
We just want to bless you. And I think that's

00:56:17.880 --> 00:56:19.940
true across the board. When we take that posture,

00:56:20.099 --> 00:56:22.860
he always will show up. Encouragement and growth,

00:56:22.940 --> 00:56:25.800
join prophetic teams, continue journaling, seek

00:56:25.800 --> 00:56:34.000
mentorship. So last two slides, maybe. Did I

00:56:34.000 --> 00:56:39.280
turn it off? No. So here's what we're gonna do

00:56:39.280 --> 00:56:41.179
in a second. Quiet your heart, ask God for a

00:56:41.179 --> 00:56:45.039
word or picture for somebody. Hearing God, encouragement,

00:56:45.179 --> 00:56:48.679
prophecy. So if journaling is always a good thing

00:56:48.679 --> 00:56:51.940
to do, keep track of what you're hearing God

00:56:51.940 --> 00:56:55.340
say, and then practice delivering the word in

00:56:55.340 --> 00:56:58.519
humility and love. So we're gonna come back to

00:56:58.519 --> 00:57:00.780
that in just a second. This is so small, you're

00:57:00.780 --> 00:57:02.420
probably gonna struggle to read it. If you wanna

00:57:02.420 --> 00:57:04.539
see a copy of it, or if you want me to email

00:57:04.539 --> 00:57:07.039
one to you, I just want you to see how this all

00:57:07.039 --> 00:57:11.800
can fit in the bigger picture. So this... I spent

00:57:11.800 --> 00:57:14.639
months trying to come up with a systematic plan

00:57:14.639 --> 00:57:17.719
of how all this would fit together and then I

00:57:17.719 --> 00:57:21.179
ran into a guy by the name of Ken Blue. Ken Blue,

00:57:22.780 --> 00:57:26.320
he put this together and he even talks about

00:57:26.320 --> 00:57:28.219
the fact that he did it like in an afternoon

00:57:28.219 --> 00:57:31.139
and he did it in an afternoon what it took me

00:57:31.139 --> 00:57:33.599
like months to figure out a way to do and then

00:57:33.599 --> 00:57:36.099
it takes me weeks to communicate it. That's the

00:57:36.099 --> 00:57:39.820
Blue Prayer model and I absolutely love it. This

00:57:39.820 --> 00:57:42.320
is kind of a systematic approach that you can

00:57:42.320 --> 00:57:45.559
use to pray for anybody. It covers just about

00:57:45.559 --> 00:57:47.960
everything. What we're talking about is really

00:57:47.960 --> 00:57:51.000
step one and two. So come Holy Spirit. I would

00:57:51.000 --> 00:57:53.059
suggest that a good way to pray for anybody is

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just that simple prayer, right? Come Holy Spirit.

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We started the service by talking about invite.

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Do you remember these? Exalt. Surrender. Embrace.

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So that's invite. come Holy Spirit. The second

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one is the power of a blessing, where it's listening

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for and speaking a blessing. So that's really

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the prophetic in a nutshell. And I think that

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every time we have the opportunity to pray with

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someone and minister to them, I think that we

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always start with an element of the prophetic.

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Holy Spirit come because they don't need to hear

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what you think. They need to hear what Holy Spirit

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thinks. And you're not going to know that. unless

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you invite and exalt and surrender. So blessing,

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so really that's all we're gonna focus on, but

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I want you to see how this fits in the bigger

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picture. So diagnosis and strategy, you have

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an interview to make a tentative diagnosis and

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determine a prayer strategy. The next step is

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the empowered prayer. You pray in faith, pray

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in the name of Jesus, pray with authority. Pray

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with tenderness and compassion. Pray with discernment

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and with watchfulness. Some do nots. Do not shout.

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Do not be aggressive. Do not give personal prophecies.

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The next step, ask for direction. The second

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interview, to redirect the prayer, sealing the

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works. You're just asking the Holy Spirit to

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take what has been done and to seal it. and to

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protect it and post -prayer counsel. So it doesn't

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really matter what you're praying for. If you're

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praying for someone to be healed, that's a great

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plan to use. And pray for them, ask them, hey,

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what's improved? Can you do anything you couldn't

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do before? Pray for them again, ask the Holy

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Spirit to seal it, and give them some counsel

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after the fact. So we're going to go back to

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the last one just for a second. And we're almost,

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almost done. Oops, actually I can go forward.

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There we go. So here's what we're gonna end with.

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And we're gonna sing a song just in a second.

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But if you would, I want you to find a partner,

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just one partner, groups of two. If you need

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to move around, you can. And this is what I want

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you to do. I just want you to quiet your heart.

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I want you to ask God for a word or a picture

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for them. So you can just pray, come Holy Spirit.

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And just ask God, what do you want to say to

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them? So you're going to be practicing hearing

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God. You're going to give them an encouragement

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thing that needs to exhort, encourage, or comfort,

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right? So if you hear, this guy's a bum. If that's

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what you're sensing, that's not God, okay? Just

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categorically, it's not God. So come back to

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it again, because he's not a bum. That's not

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what God says about anybody. So, okay, that's

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obviously not God. What is God saying? It's something

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that's going to encourage, exhort, or comfort.

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And that's what's going to be what you're going

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to hear, and then you're just going to practice

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delivering that, right? In humility and love,

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because God loves them, so we're just going to

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lean in to hear his voice about what they want

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to say. So I want to give you a moment to do

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that, and then just exchange, right? So if you

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need to move around, you can do that. Come, Holy

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Spirit, what do you want to say to this person?

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And then just share that with them. And if that's

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something that's encouraging to you, you want

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to tell them that it's encouraging, right? Because,

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hey, you got this right. So I'll give you a moment

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to practice, and then we're going to sing one

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more song. But find a partner. Ask the Lord to

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invite, exalt, surrender. and share that word

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with them and then if it if it encourages you

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then make sure you let them know because that

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will encourage them.