the experience...
you really do have lots of questions...hahaha...
the gift to prophesy is a gift that can be coveted (or in our times, asked from the Lord) and if he sees our motives and desires on how to use this gift he allows it to flourish in us.
when i was still growing, i envied people who can prophesy. i was really in the "in" for prophesy...because i wanted to be like them, wanting to speak what the Lord has in the future for them.
at first, i was having the wrong motive- the idea to be known and be in the limelight allowed to make my heart desire something that is of GOD for my own selfish reasons.
the Lord didn't allow me to grow in this gift (consciously) for years. i also have the gift of teaching (a common companion of the gift of prophesy) and encouragement (same...) and i did my best to grow in this because i have seen that these are the evident gifts i am seeing at work. so, i studied his word, joined conferrences and listen,listen,listen...i also used my gift of encouragement through counseling.
it was a season for me to learn why i have these gifts and in the fullness of time, grew in them...it's evident that i can teach and give sound doctrine as much as possible...ahehehe...and encourage others (and counsel them...like your brother)...after years of learning...around 3-4 years i guess....
through those time...my motives were changed and the Lord made me realize many things...i also learned one important lesson through that season- that i am to use the gift to advance the kingdom, set free those who are captives and breakforth with my walk with the Lord. (3 years ago somebody prophesied to me about this....) but above all, it is to use my gift to edify, teach and unite the body of Christ to become one...and give GOD the glory.
it was after that season when i am slowly seeing the gift of prophesy working through me...there are times that i would just write pages after pages of the things that are in my mind...and later on, i realized it was kind of a prophetic message and in many times, a prophesy that reveals a certain situation...
i usually "prophesy in the winds" by myself...earlier this year, the Lord allowed me to really manifest this gift especially during the youth conferrence/camp we had- amazingly, i was the first one to prophesy to the the national director's husband for our youth ministry...i also ministered through this gift to a couple of people in the camp. it was awesome...after that, the Lord confirmed my gift before coming to iscf camp last april 31...pastor jil prayed for me and he prophesied that " he saw a vision seeing my ears grew bigger on the left and that i will continue to speak forth into the darkness...i will set captives free and speak forth life..." after that day, i grew confident that the Lord has allowed me to speak forth his word for a specific person and situation (as i usually see it).
with this new gift, i am able to use it with clarity and with the right spirit...although there are times when i just cant control it and i would prophesy to someone...but my brother viz gave me a good counsel about how to use my gifts...and i did.
another important lesson i learned is that the Lord didn't allow me to use this gift to prophesy only after i was fully grounded with his word...and that i am able to understand that my mouth is used to speak forth life, freedom and edification for the church (his body...)
btw, i am confident with my gifts through the grace given to me and that, when i speak i still tremble and my lower lip shakes again and again...
i do believe that we can covet this gift with the right motives (1 Cor. 12-14) and because God still speaks through his written word, his people and through his spirit that is in us.
the gift to prophesy is a gift that can be coveted (or in our times, asked from the Lord) and if he sees our motives and desires on how to use this gift he allows it to flourish in us.
when i was still growing, i envied people who can prophesy. i was really in the "in" for prophesy...because i wanted to be like them, wanting to speak what the Lord has in the future for them.
at first, i was having the wrong motive- the idea to be known and be in the limelight allowed to make my heart desire something that is of GOD for my own selfish reasons.
the Lord didn't allow me to grow in this gift (consciously) for years. i also have the gift of teaching (a common companion of the gift of prophesy) and encouragement (same...) and i did my best to grow in this because i have seen that these are the evident gifts i am seeing at work. so, i studied his word, joined conferrences and listen,listen,listen...i also used my gift of encouragement through counseling.
it was a season for me to learn why i have these gifts and in the fullness of time, grew in them...it's evident that i can teach and give sound doctrine as much as possible...ahehehe...and encourage others (and counsel them...like your brother)...after years of learning...around 3-4 years i guess....
through those time...my motives were changed and the Lord made me realize many things...i also learned one important lesson through that season- that i am to use the gift to advance the kingdom, set free those who are captives and breakforth with my walk with the Lord. (3 years ago somebody prophesied to me about this....) but above all, it is to use my gift to edify, teach and unite the body of Christ to become one...and give GOD the glory.
it was after that season when i am slowly seeing the gift of prophesy working through me...there are times that i would just write pages after pages of the things that are in my mind...and later on, i realized it was kind of a prophetic message and in many times, a prophesy that reveals a certain situation...
i usually "prophesy in the winds" by myself...earlier this year, the Lord allowed me to really manifest this gift especially during the youth conferrence/camp we had- amazingly, i was the first one to prophesy to the the national director's husband for our youth ministry...i also ministered through this gift to a couple of people in the camp. it was awesome...after that, the Lord confirmed my gift before coming to iscf camp last april 31...pastor jil prayed for me and he prophesied that " he saw a vision seeing my ears grew bigger on the left and that i will continue to speak forth into the darkness...i will set captives free and speak forth life..." after that day, i grew confident that the Lord has allowed me to speak forth his word for a specific person and situation (as i usually see it).
with this new gift, i am able to use it with clarity and with the right spirit...although there are times when i just cant control it and i would prophesy to someone...but my brother viz gave me a good counsel about how to use my gifts...and i did.
another important lesson i learned is that the Lord didn't allow me to use this gift to prophesy only after i was fully grounded with his word...and that i am able to understand that my mouth is used to speak forth life, freedom and edification for the church (his body...)
btw, i am confident with my gifts through the grace given to me and that, when i speak i still tremble and my lower lip shakes again and again...
i do believe that we can covet this gift with the right motives (1 Cor. 12-14) and because God still speaks through his written word, his people and through his spirit that is in us.
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