A couple of weeks ago, the kids had just gone to bed and my husband had gone out. I was thinking of tidying the house for the night when I started to feel the presence of the Holy Spirit. The next thing I knew I went to each of the kids room and though they were asleep, I started to prophesy over them. When the presence of the Lord lifted, I knew that I had encountered a special moment with the Lord. Like Mary, the mother of Jesus, I knew that this was a moment I would always cherish in my heart.

I did not think much of the incident after that until recently when I was reading Luke 1; the story about the birth of both John the Baptist and Jesus. We all know the story of how Zacharias the father of John of Baptist, how the angel Gabriel spoke to him and because of his unbelief, God made him mute until after the birth of John the Baptist. The people came to Zacharias to enquire about the name of the baby. He writes down the name and his tongue was loosed. Then in Luke 1:67we read

‘Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied saying…….’

When I read this statement, it stirred up something inside me and then I had a context for the experience I had with my children, where the Spirit of God moved in prophecy. If you have been a reader of mine for a while, you would know that I love the phrase’ We live by revelation and not by information’.

Can I ask you a question? What are you prophesying over your business? To prophesy means to speak God’s word. This is different from quoting words from the bible. It is about the direct utterances that God gives to us for certain circumstances. There are so many words either spoken to us or that we are speaking. Somebody is always speaking all the time, let’s make sure that it’s the divinely inspired word of God which when it falls down to the ground without accomplishing that for which it was sent.

So what are you prophesying over your children? over your parents? over your life? your ministry? your spouse? your business?

We cannot conjure up prophecy at will. Only God can divinely inspire a word but if we do desire to prophecy, then all we need to do is ask as we are encouraged to in 1 Corinthians 14:1

‘Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophecy’

So until next time I appear again in your inbox with other encouraging words, stay blessed

Last update : Monday 07/12/10

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