PROPHECY - A GODLY COUNSEL!!

I am urged to write this note. I have been following through a mail from a servant of God that I received on July 16, 2010, which I indeed shared with you all. This mail is prophetic and Holy Spirit has been mentoring me based on the content of the mail.

This mail has just outlined the deeper things and blessings of God. Holy Spirit has been digging out the treasures hidden in this mail to bless you and me. The next word of study was in fact the "Favor of God," which the God's Servant mentions "I believe your best days are ahead. That's why I teach so much about favor. God's plan is bigger than just what He wants to do for you — it grows into what God wants to do through you." Though it is mentioned in the mail, "I teach so much about favor of God," I couldn't get access into his teachings on Favor of God. But God has been really gracious to teach on the favor of God through Ps. Tommy Tenny who visited our church service and other servants of God  over the past weeks.

We do discover from the teachings that God has already favored us so much, but if we do not DOCUMENT the ways and means by which we get the Favor of the KING, we may forget things and may not be able to pass it on to the next generation. Deut 11:20 (11: 16 - 25 must read).

Prophecy is a divinely inspired prediction, instruction, exhortation, utterance or revelation. Bible is full of prophecies. In the book of Genesis itself God has prophesied the redemptive work of Christ on the cross that was going to happen thousands of years later and God has reconfirmed it at various places throughout the Old Testament until it was actually accomplished in the New Testament period. Mary and Joseph were pre-informed of the birth of Christ, the Messiah, in their family and they were given the mission to protect the CHILD from the enemy. Prophecy is a very good gift that is used by GOD to guide us in the way that we should go. But we should never be over-dependent on any prophet or prophecy alone. A few years ago, I had been over-dependent on prophets and prophecies and OTHERS' PRAYERS. God gave me so many prophecies in my life and I was just waiting to have them come true in my life. Some of the prophecies did not come to pass at all. God in all His grace taught me to RELY ONLY ON HIM, HIS WORD, HIS HOLY SPIRIT; HOLY SPIRIT IS THE SOURCE OF THE GIFT OF PROPHECY. Nevertheless, God has taught me also to find TRUE PROPHETS who are a source of revelation of God's heart and mind. II Chronicles 20:20 says - Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the LORD your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful."  In these days of false prophets and prophetess, You can completely trust the LORD TO SHOW YOU HIS PROPHETS, whose godly counsel will help you succeed.

In the initial stage of your christian life, God may allow you to run behind prophets, but to teach you about seeking Him and His presence in your daily life and to develop a more intimate relationship with you He will disappoint you by not speaking through a prophet whom you have sought.  In stead, God would urge you or push you to devote yourselves in His presence and spend time with Him, where He would choose to interact with You. 

ALWAYS SEEK GODLY COUNSEL. ALSO, ASPIRE FOR THE GIFT OF PROPHECY TO BE GIVEN TO YOU. Nevertheless, NEVER BE OVER DEPENDENT ON PROPHECIES ALONE, BUT FOCUS ON THE INTIMACY WITH JESUS, He will lead you and guide you through HIS WORD, HIS SPIRIT, and HIS WAYS, including PROPHECIES. Bless you!!

Written By: Shanta S. Daniel
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