This series on the prophetic is based off my handwritten notes, which I took as I attended classes on this topic at church in Oct 2024.

• Some end goals of the prophetic lessons:
• a. We become vessels of honour and Christlike ministering to others
• b. Realigning ourselves to the call of God, and the person God has called us to be
• c. Learning to minister from a place of wholeness
• d. 2 Pet 1:10: Make our calling and election sure

4 foundational principles how God works:

1. God does everything, according to our God given potential, and based on a promise
2. God does everything, according to a plan, and based on a purpose
3. God does everything, according to a pattern and based on a principle
4. God does everything, according to a process, and based on a placement

Potential and promise:

• God has put in us some treasures in our lives (potential)
• So He promises us in certain things (promise)
• God will never squeeze out something of you, that you don’t have
• In the Bible, there are many examples of people telling God: You got the wrong person, find someone else instead
• God is going to give you some promises that are so tailor-made for you that even when storms come, you can hold on to them

Plan and purpose:

• Sometimes it may not make sense what God is doing
• And we may think it’s the devil
• Jacob loved Rachel as she was beautiful to look at
• Jacob = us, we love our Rachel = destiny
• But instead the father-in-law = God gave Leah, which does not make sense
• But we trust the plan of God, to take us to our potential
• Sometimes situations happen that don’t make sense at all
• For example, we have a clear vision to be a pastor, prophet, but in real-life people ask me to help out elsewhere
• And these might be the dealings of God, as He wants to work certain things out of us first
• Interestingly, Jacob requested to be buried beside Leah, and not Rachel
• Similarly, as we are faithful to Leah, God fulfils Rachel

Pattern and principle:

• When we come to prophetic ministry, we have to learn / understand God’s way of doing things
• For example, the principle of honour; the way God does things is never condemning so He always honours people not because they deserve it, but because of who He is
• So we should honour others too, regardless how they treat us

Process and placement:

• The process (way God prepares a person), God has for everyone is different
• For example, the way He prepares prophet Jeremiah, Elijah is different
• Placement: For everyone, there is a place where the gift will work
• For example, Daniel’s prophetic gift worked with the king (please refer to Dan 1 article)
• Elijah’s gift worked with people that did not know God
• And Moses’ gift was used with Israel
• Hence, as Peter exhorts us, we have to make sure of our calling and election

• Isa 49:1-3
• a. God called me
• b. He makes me
• c. He hides me
• Understand the timing of God, and learn spiritual warfare and things done behind the scenes
• d. He releases me
• Instructor did not know / realise there is a stage / process when God calls a person, to shape and prepare Him
• He thought next week he should do everything as a prophetic teacher / pastor
• But after reading how God spent 25 years preparing Elijah, he was so angry he threw the book out
• But we see, Elisha mentoring Elijah, spanning different places, and going from school to school (of the prophets)
• Similarly, when God calls us, there is a process

Elisha brought and Elijah to:

1. Gilgal – Consecration: Cutting away certain things, and moulding our character to be like Jesus
2. Bethel – Communion: With God
3. Jericho – Combat
4. Jordan – Commission: Release

• 2 Pet 1:10:
• a. Election: Vertical ministry / relationship with God
• b. Calling: Horizontal ministry / relationship with people
• Ministry to God: Sonship – Your highest privilege
• Ministry to people: Servantship – Your greatest blessing
• Luke 19:12-13: Minas represents “Election”
• Matt 25:14-15: Talent represents “Calling”
• Matt 7:22-23: People get servantship, but no sonship, they are too busy with ministries
• We are both sons and servants of God, everything that comes out of sonship will help us as servants of God, and vice versa
• Some prophetic people may have certain traps / tendencies, that need healing first

Sonship immaturity:

1. Isolation
2. Negativity
3. Elitism
4. People pleasing
5. Manipulation
6. Greed
7. Wrong priorities

Isolation:

• There is a difference between being alone and isolated
• We need to learn how to work with people, and work in partnership with our ministries, like the five-fold ministry (please refer to Five-Fold Ministry series)

Negativity:

• Some prophetic people, their prophecies are negative
• And it may be due to past trauma, that need healing first

Elitism:

• Some prophetic people, think they are different / special from everyone else

People pleasing:

• Learn to please God over pleasing people
• Scripture talks a lot about false prophets that say things, God didn’t intend to say

Manipulation:

• Keep it short, else we may tend to add our own words
• And end up, beginning with the Spirit, but ending in our flesh

• We need healthiness in our sonship to be effective in our calling: servantship

7 things I need to work on to develop sonship:

1. Drunk with expectancy
2. Childlike in receiving from the Father
3. Quick Response
4. Give away what you know and have
5. Learn to mediate day and night on the Word
6. Acquire an understanding heart
7. Become friends

Drunk with expectancy:

• Psa 62:5: Holy Spirit help me to walk in expectancy what You want me to do today, who should I spend time with
• Live life with expectancy: God wants to reveal His ways to you and use you
• Make each day count for the plans and purposes of God

Childlike in receiving from the Father:

• Matt 18:3, Matt 11:25
• Some people when they see some accuracy in their prophecies, and some success, pride takes over and they say they have arrived / entitled to rewards
• But whatever we have in our lives, is by the grace and mercies of God

Quick response:

• Psa 27:8, John 7:17
• When God says something to you, He has already thought of all the loose-ends that needs to be tied up

Give away what you know and have:

• Prov 20:25
• Practice generosity, learn to bless people

Learn to meditate day and night on the Word:

• Josh 1:8
• Learn to hide the Scriptures in your heart (Psa 77:6)
• Put the Word of God on your lips, and mediate it

Acquire an understanding heart:

• Prov 14:6
• Keep asking God questions, when you don’t understand something

Become friends:

• John 15:15: Work on becoming friends with God
• God You can trust me, and reveal Your heart to me

• When it comes to election (sonship), everybody is given the same measure of grace, talent, covenant promises, and the same Holy Spirit
• And sometimes we say a person is holy, this is because they are doing something more with that, surrendering and building intimacy with God
• But when it comes to our calling, our ministry is different, scope is different (1-1 ministry vs thousands), and thus the measure each is given is different