Understanding The Prophetic

245 Pages·2010·1.06 MB·English

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INTRODUCTION
DEDICATION
1. THE PROPHETIC REALM 3
2 PROPHETIC MINISTRY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 25
3. PROPHETIC MINISTRY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 55
4. THE PROPHETIC WORD 69
5. PROPHETIC INTERCESSION 81
6. PROPHETIC POWER 89
7. PROPHETIC SONG 95
8. ACTIVATING THE GIFT OF PROPHECY 113
9. HEARING FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT 139
10. TESTING AND INTERPRETING PERSONAL PROPHECIES 155
11 INTERPRETING DREAMS 177
12. MINISTERING PROPHETICALLY 193
13. POWER OF PROPHETIC TEAMS 199
14. THE PROPHETIC CHURCH 205
15. WOMEN AS PROPHETIC MINISTERS 213
16. PRACTICAL ISSUES CONCERNING PROPHETIC MINISTRY 219
17. THE MAKING OF A PROPHET 229

UNDERSTANDING THE PROPHETIC
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God is restoring the prophetic ministry in the Church today. From
believers learning how to flow in the gift of prophecy to men and
women being raised up as ministry gift prophets, there is a revival of
prophetic ministry in the Body of Christ all over the world.
The prophetic is not only about hearing and speaking, it is about
hearing and doing what God wants done here on earth. God is
raising up prophetic believers who not only serve within the local
church, but also prophetic believers who are affecting the
marketplace through practical ideas and strategies they have
received from God. God is raising up prophets like Joseph and
Daniel who will represent Him and be His prophetic voice in the
high places of the earth today.
This training manual is designed to equip believers, stir up the
prophetic in them and enable them to develop a strong prophetic
"ministry" in whatever vocation they may be.
May you find this useful as you grow in the area of prophetic
ministry!
Blessings!
Ashish Raichur
March 2010
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This training manual is dedicated to the church family at All Peoples
Church, Bangalore. You are a courageous people, bold enough to
say 'No' to status quo Christianity and willing to pursue God into all
that He has for His people. It takes courage to be willing to go
where not many others have gone in our day. It takes courage to
pursue more of God. It takes courage to desire more of His Spirit
and His power at work in our lives. Thank you for joining me on
this journey!
This training manual is also dedicated to pastors and leaders of local
churches and ministries in the city of Bangalore and across our nation.
May you find this useful in raising up churches and communities of
believers who will hear His voice and do His will, here in our city and
nation!
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UNDERSTANDING THE PROPHETIC
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Words are a powerful tool in communication. By using appropriate
words, we are able to convey our ideas and thoughts, even our
deepest feelings and emotions. Encouraging words of a friend or
loved one can impart strength and bring reviving in times of hardship
and difficulties. All of us can remember such times when the words
of a dear one was especially meaningful and brought much blessing.
While the words of another compassionate human person can bring
great blessing, hearing the words of our tender and loving heavenly
Father in critical moments of our lives can be truly life transforming.
And the Father desires to speak to us “in the now”—in the midst of
our present circumstances and situations. He desires to speak His
encouragement, direction and counsel into our lives. There are many
ways in which the Father communicates to us, the foremost being
the written Word of God, followed by the inward leading of His Spirit.
In this book, we consider one of the other modes by which He
transfers His word to us—the Prophetic Ministry.
The Lord has initiated many restorative moves of His Holy Spirit
in the Church. The Church, which had become a spiritually feeble
entity during the Dark Ages (400–1400 AD), began to go through a
process of revival and restoration. Beginning in the 1500s, there
was a steady increase in the depth of spiritual understanding and
revelation imparted to the Church. The Protestant movement in the
1500s brought the revelation of salvation by grace through faith; the
Puritan movement in the 1600s brought an understanding of the
importance of water baptism and separation of Church from the state;
the Holiness movement in 1700s brought an understanding of
sanctification—of the Church being separated from the world; the
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THE PROPHETIC REALM
Divine Healing movement of the 1800s brought a revelation and
demonstration of God’s healing power for the physical body; and
the Pentecostal movement in the early 1900s brought a revelation of
Holy Spirit baptism and speaking in tongues. These briefly highlight
the restorative work of God’s Spirit in the Church following the Dark
Ages. However, from the turn of the 20th century, beginning with
the Pentecostal movement, the Church has witnessed an
unprecedented increase in the restorative ministry of the Holy Spirit.
Following the Pentecostal movement, there have been several clearly
identifiable moves in the Church that have caused the Body of Christ
to rise to higher realms with God. Of these, the Prophetic movement
that came into full recognition in the 1980s is among the more recent
moves of God’s Spirit in the Church.
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In recent decades the Church has been progressively understanding
and manifesting more of the prophetic. More believers are being
activated and trained to manifest and flow in prophetic ministry. This
is exciting because as we progress in prophetic ministry, we will have
a Body of believers who can clearly hear what God is saying and
immediately say and do according to His directives.
While we will study these in detail, here is a quick overview of
various stages of prophetic ministry.
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gift of prophecy (1 Corinthians 12:7–10,31; 1 Corinthians 14:1,31).
The gift of prophecy is simply speaking under inspiration from God to
bring edification, exhortation and comfort to people (1 Corinthians 14:3).
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