June 2020
When you have a question, as serious question, where do you go to find the answer? Who do you ask? Most people today go to Google to see if they can quickly find the answer. Google’s mission statement is to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Its vision statement is to “provide an important service to the world-instantly delivering relevant information on virtually any topic.” There was a day that people would ask the one who was wise among them for answers about life, especially series questions. Today, it’s like the wisdom of man has been replaced by the knowledge of man, i.e. Google or other “knowledge” search engines. Notice that Google writes that their mission and vision is to “organize information” and “deliver information,” not wisdom.
There is a big difference between knowledge and wisdom. One difference is that knowledge is what, but not how or why, i.e. how to appropriately use the knowledge. They say about sharing humor, telling jokes, that it’s important not only to know the joke, but to understand “timing.” You can tell the exact same joke someone else told who had people falling all over the place laughing but told with the timing totally off it falls the ground like a led balloon while hearing the sound of the “crickets” because it’s so silent. That is somewhat of a way to explain the difference between having knowledge with no wisdom and knowledge with wisdom. When someone has knowledge without wisdom, many times they sound like a “know it all” who is seemingly rattling off what they “know,” what they “heard” what they “learned.” Most, listening to such folks, are looking for light at the end of the dark tunnel, built by their empty words of knowledge, hoping there’s an end to this painful experience. Yet, when someone shares wisdom, it’s like honey to the soul. It’s like a warm feeling inside that comforts you as it embraces and makes sense of the question you are asking. It’s like a bridge connects you to “the other side” of your destiny. It’s like a hand resting gently on your back while leading you through a rough patch in your life, business or ministry.
Not only have many people not asked the wise person in their close circle, many have not asked God, Wisdom Himself, questions about their life. Just as many don’t consider any worth in finding out or knowing who around them is the wisest, many don’t even consider that God has an answer; a wise answer for them.
Of course, this is not true. Solomon writes in Proverbs, “Wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square; on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech.” God not only has answers for our questions, He is the answer. He is all knowing. He knows everything that ever was, is or will be at the same time. Not only does He care about you and not only is He “in to you” He desires to be “in you” through accepting Jesus, His gift, His Son, as your Lord and Savior so you can be one with God and Wisdom itself.
Think about it, since God loves you so much that He gave His Son, Jesus, to die for your sins, so that you and He can be in a relationship through Jesus, imagine how willing He is to answer questions you have for your life?
Pastor John Kilpatrick shares what the Lord told him about this very thing, He shares how the Lord told him that His people have stopped seeking Him for answers and really don’t understand how and when to ask, or how God speaks. Enjoy this interview where He shares deep wisdom that will comfort your soul with the warmth that only comes from God’s wisdom when it is shared. It’s time you get answers to your life’s questions, whether it’s personal for yourself, marriage, family, business, ministry or leadership challenges, God has the answer. Jeremiah got answers from God for us and shared it in Jeremiah 29:13 “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Enjoy watching this very informative interview.
Note: Article written by Greg Lancaster, and interview is by John Kilpatrick.
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Transcript: Jim Bakker Show interview with Pastor John Kilpatrick “auto generated” by YouTube
the Lord woke me up last week and this
was just a few days ago and whenever he
woke me up the Lord said to me
there’s been a famine of the word of the
Lord and that’s not talking about
sermons necessarily
you know we talk about the word of the
Lord we’re thinking about sermons and
it’s not even necessarily talking about
totally the word of the Lord the written
word of the Lord but it’s talking about
a famine of receiving the word of the
Lord
the Lord said I want you to tell the
people
they have asked me for things they have
prayed in praying is petitioning God for
divine intervention
that’s what prayer is petitioning God
our soliciting God for help
that’s prayer
every Christian knows how to pray every
one of us we go to God we know exactly
how to ask him we pray and we’re
passionate about it but the Lord said to
me that night he said I want you to tell
the people that I hear their prayers and
I will answer their prayers but he said
I also want you to let them know that I
want them to ask me things
and if they will ask me things not just
for things but if they’ll ask me things
I will answer them and the Bible says in
James you have not
because you asked not you have not
because you ask not
and so the Lord wants us to ask
questions there’s a scripture that I
just like to give you real quick as I’m
talking about this the Bible talks about
Jesus whenever he went in the temple he
was 12 years old and it said they went
up to Jerusalem him and his parents
after the custom of the feast and it
came to pass after three days they found
Jesus in the temple sitting in the midst
of the doctors and here’s what the Bible
says
he was both hearing
asking questions
and all that heard Jesus were astonished
at his understanding and his answers but
the Son of God was asking questions of
these doctors at 12 years old he was
asking questions the Son of God the
omniscient one was asking questions I
have a question for you
if Jesus asked questions why do you
think he would be offended if you asked
him questions
he wants to answer you he said for me to
come and tell the people of God the body
of Christ people are inquiring of me
our people are soliciting my help
they’re asking me for things but how
many are inquiring and asking me answers
to their questions and so the Lord is
now in the process of beginning to
answer questions now the other thing I
want to talk about is real quickly while
I’m on this subject
is when do you ask God your questions
and the answer to that is at nighttime
go back in your Bible and you break
everything down
to ask the Lord your questions at night
because when you go to bed that’s when
the Lord speaks when you’re on your bed
in the night seasons
and the Bible says that David made this
statement he said I will bless the Lord
who has given me counsel
and instructed me in the night seasons
as in Psalms 16 and verse 7 I will bless
the Lord David said who has given me
counsel and has instructed me in the
night season
Daniel when Daniel was upon the earth he
was friends with Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel course was Jewish Nebuchadnezzar
was Babylonian and Nebuchadnezzar was
asking questions on his bed
you see the questions need to be posed
at nighttime why because you’re about to
go into sort of a semi consciousness
that’s when God speaks when your mind
simmers down when your mind is not so
chaotic when the chatter begins to die
down that’s when God begins to speak and
he will bypass your mind and he’ll
answer right directly into your spirit
and it says this
he said daniel said to him you ask these
questions upon your bed
and he said as for the old king here are
the answers your thoughts came into your
mind upon your bed what should come to
pass Hereafter and he said the Lord has
sent me here to reveal these secrets and
to make known of you what should come to
pass here again here’s an ungodly King
he’s not Jewish he’s not god-fearing
but he’s laying on his bed Daniel told
him says you asked these questions when
you were on your bed he said while you
were on your bed you asked what will
come to pass what’s gonna happen
and Daniel said I have come to give you
the answer then Nebuchadnezzar responded
when Daniel interpreted his dream and he
says surely your God is a God of gods a
Lord of lords and a revealer of Secrets
what is it about asking questions at
nighttime
it says in Psalms 4 and 4 stand in awe
and sin not commune with your own heart
upon your bed and be still
so there’s something about communing
with God on your bed and asking God when
you’re about to go to sleep
I would recommend when a person goes to
bed everybody when they get ready to go
to bed they say many times you know when
people get ready at night to go to bed
they’ll say honey I’m about to go to bed
I’m getting ready for bed and then the
women will go in and they’ll take their
makeup off they’ll put on their lotions
people will brush their teeth they’ll
comb their hair you know they get ready
to go to bed and they put on their
pajamas they get out of their street
clothes they put on their pajamas they
lay down they cover up and they’re going
to bed they’re getting their body ready
for bed
but what the Holy Spirit said to me last
week is tell my people that we have now
entered into a season where the Lord is
saying don’t just get your body ready
for bed but get your spirit man ready to
hear from heaven ask your questions
while you’re still in the bed before you
go to sleep ask the Lord to questions
and the answer will come but the answer
usually comes in the morning
and the answer will usually come not
maybe not that morning the next morning
many times it will but the answer will
come in the morning
and so here’s what God said to Joe
and Jobe is the oldest recorded book in
your Bible Jobe made this statement he
said God speaks once
yay twice
and man perceives it not why when God
tries to talk to you in the daytime
you’re so busy
you’ve got people on your mind you’ve
got cooking meals on your mind you’ve
got taking care of your kids on your
mind you’ve got studies at college and
school on your mind you’ve got your boss
on your mind you’ve got all kind of
distractions all day long from the time
you leave home till the time you get
ready to for bed at night all kinds of
distractions all kinds of distractions
but the Bible says that God speaks once
J twice man perceives it not why because
he’s in his waking hours but it said in
a dream in a vision of the night when
deep sleep see there it is again deep
sleep falleth upon a man
it says in slum brings upon his bed God
will then open the ears of men and seal
their instruction
now here’s what that scripture means
when it says you’ll open the ears of men
and seal their instruction what that
means is this everybody has ears I have
ears you have ears jesus said he that
hath ears to hear let him hear he’s not
talking about these ears he’s talking
about the ears of the inner man
and he said when you’re at sleep and
you’re going to bed and you’re asking
God questions the Lord will open up your
ears he will seal the instruction what
does it mean by sealing destruction well
I’m not a drinker I don’t drink and I
wouldn’t promote drinking or advocate
drinking but yet when they seal a bottle
of wine
they put a cork in there and they sealed
up bottle of wine you can pop the cork
on that bottle of wine 10 years later 25
years later and that wine is aged and
matured and it’s still fresh and it’s
still a very powerful bottle of wine
because it’s been sealed what the Lord
is saying here is on your bed when deep
sleep falls upon men that’s REM sleep
slumbering upon the bed
that’s not REM sleep but that’s when
you’re coming out of a sleep and you’re
arousing in the morning then he opens
the ears of men but he seals the
instruction what does that mean by
sealing the instruction it means that
God seals the instruction in your spirit
so the devil can’t steal it
but if God opened your ears and told you
something and gave you the answer the
devil would steal that before you woke
up if he could but God seals it
he just seals it
like that wine bottle like that olive
oil bottle he seals it it’s sealed and
when you wake up that answer is in your
inner man and you may not hear a voice
you may not have had a dramatic
experience but when you wake up you’ve
got the answer and you know that you’ve
got the answer God sealed it while you
were asleep
and he said he does that that he may
withdraw men from his purpose and hide
pride from men in other words you don’t
have the wherewithal and you don’t have
the ability in yourself to come up with
that answer it’s going to take God to
give you that answer trust me on that
you
English (auto-generated)
WATCH! PROPHECY! “Look and See the Lightning!” and “Saul Will Become Paul” Hank Kunneman
Hank Kunneman, with One Voice Ministries, shares a powerful prophetic word he received on May 31, 2020 and June 7, 2020. Be encouraged by these words as it will help bring understanding to the things we are seeing and experiencing in our world today. Let us know what you think about this prophecy and how it encouraged you in the VFNKB Community HERE or write to us at Friends@VFNKB.com. @VFNProphecy.com
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We continue the conversation about the seasons of the prophetic. Greg shares about some things he has learned personally and things we can learn from the Word of God and from those that have gone before us. It is important for us to learn more about the prophetic because there is a misconception that the prophetic is something we can’t come close to, but the Lord says He will pour out His Spirit on all people!
“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.’” Acts 2:16-18
We are not speaking of personal prophets who give personal words constantly at request or offering, which is important, but those who God burns on their hearts a word they are to carry for a season.
“Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” Amos 3:7
It is a word that won’t let them rest, and they carry it like it is the most important thing on the earth because, in truth, every word from God is the most important thing! When we see a prophet in a season of declaring a word, it can be inspiring as they speak with boldness, authority, and passion that can only come from God. Upon God’s call, things shift, yet every season does not last. Seasons come to an end.
We see seasons happen in the natural like weather and sports. Each season has its moment then it changes to the next. For example, if we are in a new season, it would be confusing to talk about a past season like it was still happening
Greg shares another season of the prophetic where the same mouth can speak a right and wrong prophetic word. Peter, a disciple of Jesus, is a great example of how this is possible. Jesus asked His disciples, “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” This was Peter’s first recorded prophetic word. In his second word, he spoke in response to Jesus foretelling His death, “Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!” Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” We must pay attention to what people are saying and listen to the Lord!
Some prophets make the mistake of battling other prophets who are being faithful in their prophetic season of their life. They fall for the deceptive lie that they are “all-seeing” and that their “word” is “the word.” Thinking that any other “word” or doing something different than “their word” is wrong. These prophets find themselves delivering a correct word in their personal prophetic season, but at the same time, they battle other prophets who are in their own prophetic seasons. Another way to say it is, they build up and tear down with the same mouth, speaking curses and blessings out of the same mouth. This is speaking against God when someone comes against what God has established. James wrote about this exact thing,
“With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Can both fresh water and saltwater flow from the same spring? My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.” James 3:9-12
We must do what God tells us to do with what He has entrusted to us by being faithful in our prophetic season. We must trust God with the results once we have delivered the word. Guarding ourselves against becoming haughty is important because we all only know in part and prophesy in part. God is the One who created us in His own image; He is the One who sent His Son Jesus to live a sinless life and die for us because He loves us. We didn’t die for the sins of the world; it should always be God’s will we desire to be done, not our own. Just as Jesus prayed and taught us to pray, “Our Father, Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your Name, YOUR Kingdom Come, YOUR Will be Done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.” Even as Jesus pleaded for His Father to take the cup away from Him in the Garden of Gethsemane, He said, “Nevertheless, not My will, but Your will be done.” When we speak prophetically, we should always want God’s will to come to pass.
As we move in our prophetic seasons, we must be careful and walk in humility with the Lord. Charles Simpson said, “A man often destroys with his character, that which he built with his talents.” We must check ourselves because our flesh can mess things up! Greg shares about Rick Joyner’s book The Final Quest, which, if you have not read, you should. It gives great insight into the spiritual realm. The specific vision Greg shares is when Rick saw Ephesians 6:12 happening. There is a battle happening for the souls of men! In the vision, God wanted people to go to a mountain, but people could not get there because there was fighting amongst the people. The enemy was dropping things on the people which caused believers to infight and become depressed, among other things. Rick was calling the people to come to the mountain, but they could not even see the mountain or hear Rick because of the oppression they were under. They didn’t understand the spiritual fight they were in. We must understand the fight we are in and that it is not physical. Also, we need to be careful with the body of Christ and treat everyone with the love of Christ. Fighting our brothers and sisters in the Lord is of the enemy.
Continuing the vision, Rick was shooting arrows of truth at the demons that were on the backs of the people. The people got offended because they identified with their issue. As we deal with people and deliver prophetic words, we must be careful and do things with kindness because God wants that person or people to be saved from where they are and brought to Him, like in the vision God wanted everyone to come to the mountain.
In another part of Rick’s vision, he saw where several small ministries were spread out in a city, and some believers came against those ministries and were easily able to take them out, which happened because of the infighting among believers. As soon as that happened, a darkness came over the city. They realized that even though those ministries were a small flickering light, they were holding territory and land for God. This should shed light for us to never mess with God’s people! Why would we ever be against anyone who is for God?
As we go through life and hear prophetic words, we can still receive a word when we know it is from God, even if the vessel/person is not good. Greg also shares how he was in Israel, and an individual kept giving amazing prophetic words, but he was a mess. He called Pastor John Kilpatrick, his pastor, and told him about the word, and he said, don’t worry about it. Even still, that word came to pass! The guy was a mess, but the word he delivered was correct. The enemy will do all he can to mess with the word of God going forth, but we must listen to what God is saying!
We hope you are encouraged by hearing more about the seasons of the prophetic. We want to hear what you think! Have you found yourself in this situation hearing right and wrong words from the same person? Have you been one to do this at a time in your life? We want to hear from you; please write to us Friends@VFNKB.com or in the VFNKB Community HERE. Greg shared in this segment.
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We continue the conversation about the seasons of the prophetic. Greg shares about some things he has learned personally and things we can learn from the Word of God and from those that have gone before us. It is important for us to learn more about the prophetic because there is a misconception that the prophetic is something we can’t come close to, but the Lord says He will pour out His Spirit on all people!
“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.’” Acts 2:16-18
We are not speaking of personal prophets who give personal words constantly at request or offering, which is important, but those who God burns on their hearts a word they are to carry for a season.
“Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” Amos 3:7
It is a word that won’t let them rest, and they carry it like it is the most important thing on the earth because, in truth, every word from God is the most important thing! When we see a prophet in a season of declaring a word, it can be inspiring as they speak with boldness, authority, and passion that can only come from God. Upon God’s call, things shift, yet every season does not last. Seasons come to an end.
We see seasons happen in the natural like weather and sports. Each season has its moment then it changes to the next. For example, if we are in a new season, it would be confusing to talk about a past season like it was still happening.
There are many people that God uses to accomplish His will on earth. If you think you are the only one, then you may not be used much longer. If you are one of the many, remember that we all are called to do what we do for an audience of One, unto the Lord! Greg shares in this season of the prophetic about your prophetic season. It may look and sound nothing like another prophet or a season other people are in.
You cannot allow another person’s season or word to become yours because you heard it from them and not from God! When we hear a prophetic word from someone else, we need to check it out. For example, it may be a word for another region and not for you or your region, and you could hear a word that is for you and you alone, not for anyone else. Don’t mix what God is saying through you with someone else’s word. Also, people are known by their fruit. You can look at a prophet’s life to see if you can receive the word they shared because Jesus said many will prophesy in His name, but He will say He never knew them! God can speak prophetically through a person who doesn’t even know Him! So, we must be careful and walk in fear and trembling as we listen to what God is saying to us in our prophetic season.
This is why it is important to have an abiding relationship with Jesus because as you spend time with Him, He can reveal His plans for you daily! You must stay close to Jesus if you want to succeed in your prophetic season. You can get a free abiding plan HERE and start abiding with Jesus today by learning how to listen to His voice!
When God has given us a word for our season, it does not mean it is a stamp of approval for every situation or person. It may be specifically for one church or one person, so we must listen to the Lord and hear how He is leading us to deliver that word. Don’t be unfaithful in your season, don’t mix your words with somebody else and don’t pick up a word that is not yours and claim it to be yours! You need to give credit to whoever delivered the word. You don’t want to mislead someone if that was not a word from God. Do not miss your season because you want to be found faithful in what God has given you.
How has this helped you to understand your prophetic season? We want to hear from you! Write to us at Friends@VFNKB.com or in the VFNKB Community HERE. Greg shared in this segment.
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We continue the conversation about the seasons of the prophetic. Greg shares about some things he has learned personally and things we can learn from the Word of God and from those that have gone before us. It is important for us to learn more about the prophetic because there is a misconception that the prophetic is something we can’t come close to, but the Lord says He will pour out His Spirit on all people!
“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.’” Acts 2:16-18
We are not speaking of personal prophets who give personal words constantly at request or offering, which is important, but those who God burns on their hearts a word they are to carry for a season.
“Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” Amos 3:7
It is a word that won’t let them rest, and they carry it like it is the most important thing on the earth because, in truth, every word from God is the most important thing! When we see a prophet in a season of declaring a word, it can be inspiring as they speak with boldness, authority, and passion that can only come from God. Upon God’s call, things shift, yet every season does not last. Seasons come to an end.
We see seasons happen in the natural like weather and sports. Each season has its moment then it changes to the next. For example, if we are in a new season, it would be confusing to talk about a past season like it was still happening.
Greg shares about one season of the prophetic which is focusing on the audience of One. Everything we do should be for an audience of One! God created man in His own image so that He could have a relationship. He wanted Adam and Eve to be satisfied with His presence, and sin has not changed God’s desire. He still wants us to have an intimate relationship with Him, finding satisfaction in His presence!
It is important that moving in obedience to the Lord is our goal, and that is how we love Him, it is not to get approval from man. When God gives us a prophetic word, we deliver that word in obedience because we love Him! Many people may reap benefits from our ministry, which we are grateful for that, but it is God Who feels the love from us being faithful in our seasons! “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.” Nothing you do for God is in vain! People’s reaction to your obedience [love] may make you feel like it is in vain, but it is NEVER in vain when your ministry is done in obedience, which is love for the Lord.
You will have to remind yourself of this often, and it is vitally important that it is all for an audience of One! For God so loved the world that He gave His Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but shall have eternal life. Jesus gave His life in obedience to His Father, an audience of One. Everything He did reflected what His Father wanted! Jesus only did or said what He saw Father God say or do. He drew people closer to God! Rick Joyner said, “A true prophet draws people closer to God; a false prophet draws people closer to themselves.” As a true prophet, we should be leading every person we encounter to an audience of One just like Jesus did!
When we have this revelation that everything we do is for an audience of One, it should set us free to be who God has called us to be and do what He has called us to do! Do you have experience in this prophetic season of learning to live for an audience of One? We want to hear from you! Write to us at Friends@VFNKB.com or in the VFNKB Community HERE. Greg shared in this segment.
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Seasons of the Prophetic: For the Audience of One
We continue the conversation about the seasons of the prophetic. Greg shares about some things he has learned personally and things we can learn from the Word of God and from those that have gone before us. It is important for us to learn more about the prophetic because there is a misconception that the prophetic is something we can’t come close to, but the Lord says He will pour out His Spirit on all people!
“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.’” Acts 2:16-18
We are not speaking of personal prophets who give personal words constantly at request or offering, which is important, but those who God burns on their hearts a word they are to carry for a season.
“Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” Amos 3:7
It is a word that won’t let them rest, and they carry it like it is the most important thing on the earth because, in truth, every word from God is the most important thing! When we see a prophet in a season of declaring a word, it can be inspiring as they speak with boldness, authority, and passion that can only come from God. Upon God’s call, things shift, yet every season does not last. Seasons come to an end.
We see seasons happen in the natural like weather and sports. Each season has its moment then it changes to the next. For example, if we are in a new season, it would be confusing to talk about a past season like it was still happening.
Greg shares about one season of the prophetic which is focusing on the audience of One. Everything we do should be for an audience of One! God created man in His own image so that He could have a relationship. He wanted Adam and Eve to be satisfied with His presence, and sin has not changed God’s desire. He still wants us to have an intimate relationship with Him, finding satisfaction in His presence!
It is important that moving in obedience to the Lord is our goal, and that is how we love Him, it is not to get approval from man. When God gives us a prophetic word, we deliver that word in obedience because we love Him! Many people may reap benefits from our ministry, which we are grateful for that, but it is God Who feels the love from us being faithful in our seasons! “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.” Nothing you do for God is in vain! People’s reaction to your obedience [love] may make you feel like it is in vain, but it is NEVER in vain when your ministry is done in obedience, which is love for the Lord.
You will have to remind yourself of this often, and it is vitally important that it is all for an audience of One! For God so loved the world that He gave His Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but shall have eternal life. Jesus gave His life in obedience to His Father, an audience of One. Everything He did reflected what His Father wanted! Jesus only did or said what He saw Father God say or do. He drew people closer to God! Rick Joyner said, “A true prophet draws people closer to God; a false prophet draws people closer to themselves.” As a true prophet, we should be leading every person we encounter to an audience of One just like Jesus did!
When we have this revelation that everything we do is for an audience of One, it should set us free to be who God has called us to be and do what He has called us to do! Do you have experience in this prophetic season of learning to live for an audience of One? We want to hear from you! Write to us at Friends@VFNKB.com or in the VFNKB Community HERE. Greg shared in this segment.
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Seasons of the Prophetic: Your Prophetic Season
There are many people that God uses to accomplish His will on earth. If you think you are the only one, then you may not be used much longer. If you are one of the many, remember that we all are called to do what we do for an audience of One, unto the Lord! Greg shares in this season of the prophetic about your prophetic season. It may look and sound nothing like another prophet or a season other people are in.
You cannot allow another person’s season or word to become yours because you heard it from them and not from God! When we hear a prophetic word from someone else, we need to check it out. For example, it may be a word for another region and not for you or your region, and you could hear a word that is for you and you alone, not for anyone else. Don’t mix what God is saying through you with someone else’s word. Also, people are known by their fruit. You can look at a prophet’s life to see if you can receive the word they shared because Jesus said many will prophesy in His name, but He will say He never knew them! God can speak prophetically through a person who doesn’t even know Him! So, we must be careful and walk in fear and trembling as we listen to what God is saying to us in our prophetic season.
This is why it is important to have an abiding relationship with Jesus because as you spend time with Him, He can reveal His plans for you daily! You must stay close to Jesus if you want to succeed in your prophetic season. You can get a free abiding plan HERE and start abiding with Jesus today by learning how to listen to His voice!
When God has given us a word for our season, it does not mean it is a stamp of approval for every situation or person. It may be specifically for one church or one person, so we must listen to the Lord and hear how He is leading us to deliver that word. Don’t be unfaithful in your season, don’t mix your words with somebody else and don’t pick up a word that is not yours and claim it to be yours! You need to give credit to whoever delivered the word. You don’t want to mislead someone if that was not a word from God. Do not miss your season because you want to be found faithful in what God has given you.
How has this helped you to understand your prophetic season? We want to hear from you! Write to us at Friends@VFNKB.com or in the VFNKB Community HERE. Greg shared in this segment.
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Seasons of the Prophetic: Same Mouth; Right & Wrong Prophetic Words
Greg shares another season of the prophetic where the same mouth can speak a right and wrong prophetic word. Peter, a disciple of Jesus, is a great example of how this is possible. Jesus asked His disciples, “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” This was Peter’s first recorded prophetic word. In his second word, he spoke in response to Jesus foretelling His death, “Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!” Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” We must pay attention to what people are saying and listen to the Lord!
Some prophets make the mistake of battling other prophets who are being faithful in their prophetic season of their life. They fall for the deceptive lie that they are “all-seeing” and that their “word” is “the word.” Thinking that any other “word” or doing something different than “their word” is wrong. These prophets find themselves delivering a correct word in their personal prophetic season, but at the same time, they battle other prophets who are in their own prophetic seasons. Another way to say it is, they build up and tear down with the same mouth, speaking curses and blessings out of the same mouth. This is speaking against God when someone comes against what God has established. James wrote about this exact thing,
“With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Can both fresh water and saltwater flow from the same spring? My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.” James 3:9-12
We must do what God tells us to do with what He has entrusted to us by being faithful in our prophetic season. We must trust God with the results once we have delivered the word. Guarding ourselves against becoming haughty is important because we all only know in part and prophesy in part. God is the One who created us in His own image; He is the One who sent His Son Jesus to live a sinless life and die for us because He loves us. We didn’t die for the sins of the world; it should always be God’s will we desire to be done, not our own. Just as Jesus prayed and taught us to pray, “Our Father, Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your Name, YOUR Kingdom Come, YOUR Will be Done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.” Even as Jesus pleaded for His Father to take the cup away from Him in the Garden of Gethsemane, He said, “Nevertheless, not My will, but Your will be done.” When we speak prophetically, we should always want God’s will to come to pass.
As we move in our prophetic seasons, we must be careful and walk in humility with the Lord. Charles Simpson said, “A man often destroys with his character, that which he built with his talents.” We must check ourselves because our flesh can mess things up! Greg shares about Rick Joyner’s book The Final Quest, which, if you have not read, you should. It gives great insight into the spiritual realm. The specific vision Greg shares is when Rick saw Ephesians 6:12 happening. There is a battle happening for the souls of men! In the vision, God wanted people to go to a mountain, but people could not get there because there was fighting amongst the people. The enemy was dropping things on the people which caused believers to infight and become depressed, among other things. Rick was calling the people to come to the mountain, but they could not even see the mountain or hear Rick because of the oppression they were under. They didn’t understand the spiritual fight they were in. We must understand the fight we are in and that it is not physical. Also, we need to be careful with the body of Christ and treat everyone with the love of Christ. Fighting our brothers and sisters in the Lord is of the enemy.
Continuing the vision, Rick was shooting arrows of truth at the demons that were on the backs of the people. The people got offended because they identified with their issue. As we deal with people and deliver prophetic words, we must be careful and do things with kindness because God wants that person or people to be saved from where they are and brought to Him, like in the vision God wanted everyone to come to the mountain.
In another part of Rick’s vision, he saw where several small ministries were spread out in a city, and some believers came against those ministries and were easily able to take them out, which happened because of the infighting among believers. As soon as that happened, a darkness came over the city. They realized that even though those ministries were a small flickering light, they were holding territory and land for God. This should shed light for us to never mess with God’s people! Why would we ever be against anyone who is for God?
As we go through life and hear prophetic words, we can still receive a word when we know it is from God, even if the vessel/person is not good. Greg also shares how he was in Israel, and an individual kept giving amazing prophetic words, but he was a mess. He called Pastor John Kilpatrick, his pastor, and told him about the word, and he said, don’t worry about it. Even still, that word came to pass! The guy was a mess, but the word he delivered was correct. The enemy will do all he can to mess with the word of God going forth, but we must listen to what God is saying!
We hope you are encouraged by hearing more about the seasons of the prophetic. We want to hear what you think! Have you found yourself in this situation hearing right and wrong words from the same person? Have you been one to do this at a time in your life? We want to hear from you; please write to us Friends@VFNKB.com or in the VFNKB Community HERE. Greg shared in this segment.
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