I remember when I first started out in the prophetic. The main thing I wanted to be was ACCURATE. I wanted to be right on point when I spoke the word of the Lord. I started out mainly in personal prophecy. When I prophesied, I wanted to speak the very secrets of the person’s heart according to 1st Corinthians 14:25. I believe this is everyone’s heart when they begin in the prophetic. Coupled with that, there is much fear of missing the mark or not being accurate. So when you begin, you have to pray to the Lord that he will deliver you from the spirit of fear. When I first came to my church, I was around powerful prophetic people and was very intimidated. They seemed to prophesy the inner chambers of your heart with ease. We were all mentored by my overseer, Apostle Matthew Stevenson, who is known in our area as a man with “lethal prophetic accuracy”. So the pressure was definitely on as we all wanted to be as accurate as our leader. However, I thought there was a big secret to becoming more accurate in the prophetic. I thought to do the usual which is what we all do pray more, fast more, worship more, and the like. Although, these things help. However, it was one scripture that changed my whole perspective of developing accuracy.
John 15:15 states, “ Henceforth I call you not servants; for servants knoweth now what his lord doeth; but I have called you friends; for all things I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”
Apostle Matthew shared this scripture with me and he said, God talks to his friends. If you spend time developing a relationship with God. He will speak to you as a friend. This changed my whole view because I no longer focused on being accurate or developing my prophetic gift. I focused on becoming a friend of God and accuracy in the prophetic came as a result. So the first step to developing prophetic accuracy is to simply spend time with God. Once you commune with him. He will begin to share his heart with you through dreams, visions, audible voices, encounters, and other methods. You will find out the Lord has a lot to say. Prophesying became a little easier once I embraced this concept. Before giving a prophetic word, I would begin to ask God quietly in my heart or out loud, “What do you want to say to this person?” or “What is your heart for this person”. Then, the prophetic rivers began to flow. So much so I became acquainted with his voice.
Another key is he knows us by name and has a something to say to each person, city, town, or nation. Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you…” So, God knows what he wants to say to a person when giving a word. The key is to spend time with the God and he will reveal it. We desperately need the thoughts of God!
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Prophet Marcus Allen
God bless you Prophet Marcus. This is an awesome blog. I bless God for it on today because it answered another question I had. It answers that as well. I bless God for His word. May God continue to give you His knowledge and wisdom for His people. Have a blessed Memorial day weekend. I love you in Jesus.
Amen, Marcus. Very well said and seasonal. Spiritual Warrior
Kingdom Greetings … That is some revelatory truths, that we who operate in the flow of the prophetic annointing need to grasp, and apply quickly.
I THROUGHLY ENJOYED THIS WORD, OH MY THIS WAS VERY GOOD, AND I WILL TAKE ITS TEACHING AND BE SURE TO APPLY IT, THANK YOU
I was blessed by reading this message. You have so much wisdom and insight.
I too remember the fear of not being on target…I can remember when I was called saying no not me ….and in the next week I was prophesying, and in fear, until recently really, but honestly the accuratcy comes with the time spent with the Lord, you are right and within this the seasons of training i.e correction, sanctification , HUMILITY and so on and so forth, good teaching Prophet
Blessings !!
This is another blessing for me at the appropriate time brother. Thank you so much!
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Dolefulness.
this was a great blog!! very helpful and full of confirmation for me!
This is very insightful marcus. i still sometimes deal with wanting to be accurate and realize that that shouldn’t be my concern. thanks
This is spiritual meat for me. I too get intimidated when I was around grounded prophets of God. Since God had me move away. I’m somewhere no one knows me, I don’t know them so when I feel led to speak I have to solely depend on God. Thank you for teaching and sharing. I truly appreciate it. God Bless you!
hello prophet, i would like to thank you for posting this message because it spoke to what im going thru now. im still kinda new to my calling in the prophetic and because of it i had a lot of fear of being or doing things wrong.
god bless u
william
Amen
Really helpful word for me. Thank you for sharing it!
Cindy Jacobs says “Not every intercessor is a prophet but every prophet is an intercessor”. What she means is, every prophet must spend time with God.
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