WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.600 Alright, welcome everybody. 2 00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:05.600 Good morning. 3 00:00:05.600 --> 00:00:06.600 Good morning. 4 00:00:06.600 --> 00:00:07.600 Good morning. 5 00:00:07.600 --> 00:00:08.600 I am not going to be able to be on camera today. 6 00:00:08.600 --> 00:00:09.600 I'm actually mobile. 7 00:00:09.600 --> 00:00:10.600 I'm mobile. 8 00:00:10.600 --> 00:00:15.800 I'm in Charleston, South Carolina and some of you have been watching and following the 9 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:21.640 Wisdom Challenge and I'm going to be on there today, the last day of Proverbs, the last 10 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:26.560 day of January and ladies, you know this is Proverbs 31. 11 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:32.080 You know, for a lot of us that has been held over our heads as what women should be, but 12 00:00:32.080 --> 00:00:34.760 you know, Proverbs 31 isn't about women. 13 00:00:34.760 --> 00:00:36.640 It's actually celebrating women. 14 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:39.320 It's not, it's not instruction for women. 15 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:44.960 It's actually celebrating what women are, at least the second half of the chapter, which 16 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:46.800 is really a poem. 17 00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:51.640 I don't think a lot of people know that, but it's an acrostic poem, which means that every 18 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:57.120 line of it is a different letter of the alphabet and it's just a really powerful, a really 19 00:00:57.120 --> 00:00:58.400 powerful time today. 20 00:00:58.400 --> 00:01:00.280 So I hope you're going to join us here. 21 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:01.600 I have a little bit of technical difficulty. 22 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:02.600 Hold on one second. 23 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:03.600 Alright, friends. 24 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:04.599 Sorry about that. 25 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:05.600 Alright, once again, mobile today. 26 00:01:05.600 --> 00:01:24.120 here and I hope that you guys will jump off here. 27 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:25.720 We're going to end really early today. 28 00:01:25.720 --> 00:01:29.440 We're only going to be on here for about a half hour and then I hope that you guys will 29 00:01:29.440 --> 00:01:32.200 join me on Wisdom Challenge. 30 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:36.160 If you never signed up for that, you can find that link in the resource page of your 31 00:01:36.160 --> 00:01:37.160 app. 32 00:01:37.160 --> 00:01:38.160 Alright. 33 00:01:38.160 --> 00:01:39.160 Okay. 34 00:01:39.160 --> 00:01:41.320 So this morning, for those of you that are new, I see a lot of new faces. 35 00:01:41.320 --> 00:01:42.840 So welcome you guys. 36 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:44.820 Welcome to last year's single. 37 00:01:44.820 --> 00:01:47.520 Welcome to our Supernatural Saturday session. 38 00:01:47.520 --> 00:01:50.040 This session is my favorite session. 39 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:54.560 It's also one of the only sessions that I do, but that's not why it's my favorite session. 40 00:01:54.560 --> 00:02:00.040 It's my favorite session because we lean into what is the current prophetic reality. 41 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:02.600 I love knowing what heaven is doing. 42 00:02:02.600 --> 00:02:06.800 I really love to know what God is up to, and this is where we lean into that together. 43 00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:08.120 What is God up to? 44 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:09.600 What's on his heart? 45 00:02:09.600 --> 00:02:10.759 What is he thinking about? 46 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:11.960 What is he doing in the earth? 47 00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:13.720 What is he doing in our lives? 48 00:02:13.720 --> 00:02:16.660 That's what Supernatural Saturday is all about. 49 00:02:16.660 --> 00:02:21.680 And everyone who is an OG here can attest to you that we have some amazing times here. 50 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:25.680 God really speaks to our hearts in so many different ways, very personal ways, very corporate 51 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:26.680 ways. 52 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:31.040 But all in all, it's just a really great time of community and fellowship, just leaning 53 00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:33.880 in together. 54 00:02:33.880 --> 00:02:38.940 So today I want to talk about something that is affecting Christians, affecting the body 55 00:02:38.940 --> 00:02:41.240 of Christ at large. 56 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:52.000 Sorry, friends, just having a few technical difficulties here, just being mobile. 57 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.440 I'm actually sitting in a car right now. 58 00:02:54.440 --> 00:02:56.280 I'm sitting in a car. 59 00:02:56.280 --> 00:03:04.680 So a lot of you know, and a lot of you are really new to any type of community that talks 60 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:07.060 about the gifts of the spirit. 61 00:03:07.060 --> 00:03:11.400 Some of you are total newbies to that, and you're like, hey, what the heck is going on? 62 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:12.720 I didn't even hear about this. 63 00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:14.040 I don't even know about this. 64 00:03:14.040 --> 00:03:17.400 Well, just go ahead and buckle your seatbelt because we're going to advance you kind of 65 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:18.400 quickly here. 66 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:22.760 We're going to teach a little bit today about the prophetic. 67 00:03:22.760 --> 00:03:28.400 Raise your hand if you've been following anything that's been going on about just different 68 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:34.560 churches and different people being called out for misusing gifts and different things 69 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:35.880 happening. 70 00:03:35.880 --> 00:03:36.880 Just raise your hand. 71 00:03:36.880 --> 00:03:41.280 I know some of you have messaged me, so I definitely know that some of you are concerned 72 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:43.280 and as you should be. 73 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:44.280 That's okay. 74 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:45.280 It's okay to feel concerned. 75 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:47.040 We don't want to feel fear. 76 00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:51.280 And I'm going to talk about that here in a few minutes, but we do want to feel concerned 77 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:54.200 and we do want to mature. 78 00:03:54.200 --> 00:03:58.080 You guys, when Jesus said that he was going to give the gifts of apostle and teacher and 79 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:03.800 pastor and evangelist and prophet to the church, it was for the edification of the church. 80 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:08.560 It was for the maturing of God's people. 81 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:10.520 Maturing doesn't always feel great. 82 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:15.120 You know, growing up and having more responsibility and more accountability doesn't always feel 83 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:19.600 great, but God is calling his church to more accountability. 84 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:21.680 And that's not a bad thing because you know what? 85 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:26.640 With more accountability comes more responsibility, the good kind. 86 00:04:26.640 --> 00:04:32.840 Go ahead and put your hands down real quick. 87 00:04:32.840 --> 00:04:36.080 Who wants to be trusted with more of God's kingdom? 88 00:04:36.080 --> 00:04:40.080 Raise your hand if you want to be trusted with more. 89 00:04:40.080 --> 00:04:41.180 Raise your hand. 90 00:04:41.180 --> 00:04:45.640 And that's really what's happening in the day and age that we're living in right now. 91 00:04:45.640 --> 00:04:48.360 I'm going to get around to it, but God spoke to me last night. 92 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:50.360 He spoke to me in my sleep. 93 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:55.720 He spoke to me very emphatically last night, specifically about one part of the kingdom 94 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:57.760 of God, which is the prophetic. 95 00:04:57.760 --> 00:04:59.120 And it's not a small part, friends. 96 00:04:59.120 --> 00:04:59.840 It's a big part. 97 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.560 Paul said above all of the gifts that are available to you via Holy Spirit, 98 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:08.480 the number one gift that you should want is you should covet to prophesy. 99 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:13.120 And I'm going to talk about what that is and what that isn't in just a minute, 100 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:16.480 because I think things have gotten really twisted, especially if you're new to this. 101 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:18.160 You're like, what the heck is this sorcery? 102 00:05:18.880 --> 00:05:22.480 We're going to talk about what it is and what it isn't just briefly this morning. 103 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:25.200 But God wants to trust us with more. 104 00:05:25.200 --> 00:05:26.480 He wants to upgrade us. 105 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:29.200 He wants to put down some of those baby gates that I talk about. 106 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:34.640 Not just corporately as the body of Christ, but also individually. 107 00:05:34.640 --> 00:05:36.480 And look at all the people that have their hands up. 108 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:37.920 Like, hey, I want to be trusted with more. 109 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:41.440 I want to know. 110 00:05:41.440 --> 00:05:43.440 I want God to know he can trust me. 111 00:05:43.440 --> 00:05:45.920 And you guys, that is what's happening right now. 112 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:47.920 So it's not just about what's happening. 113 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:48.800 This is important. 114 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:49.280 Listen up. 115 00:05:49.840 --> 00:05:52.880 It's about our response to what is happening. 116 00:05:53.440 --> 00:05:55.440 Our response should never be judgment. 117 00:05:57.520 --> 00:05:58.640 I just want to let you guys know this. 118 00:05:58.640 --> 00:06:00.480 Our response should never be judgment. 119 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:04.800 The only thing that God ever tells us to judge. 120 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:06.880 There's a lot of scriptures that tell us not to judge. 121 00:06:06.880 --> 00:06:08.560 Judge not, lest you be judged. 122 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:11.680 With the same measure that you judge, you will be judged. 123 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:12.160 Right? 124 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:15.680 But he does tell us to judge fruit. 125 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:19.040 And it's always for the purpose of participation. 126 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:23.840 What I mean by that is, is that if you see something that's not producing good fruit, 127 00:06:23.840 --> 00:06:29.600 you get to make an educated decision about whether or not you want to participate with that. 128 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:35.920 Okay, we're a matchmaking community. 129 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:37.760 We are a last year single community. 130 00:06:37.760 --> 00:06:39.120 So let me use this example. 131 00:06:39.760 --> 00:06:41.200 You meet someone on the dating app. 132 00:06:41.200 --> 00:06:42.400 They seem nice at first. 133 00:06:42.400 --> 00:06:43.360 They seem good. 134 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:44.240 You know, you're like, cool. 135 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:45.200 I'm going to go with that. 136 00:06:45.200 --> 00:06:46.080 I'm going to go with that. 137 00:06:46.080 --> 00:06:47.120 They seem nice at first. 138 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:48.080 They seem good. 139 00:06:48.080 --> 00:06:49.200 You know, you're like, cool. 140 00:06:49.200 --> 00:06:51.040 I really want to get to know this person. 141 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:54.800 But as you get to know them, you see some fruit that you know is not good. 142 00:06:56.560 --> 00:07:00.240 You see some irresponsibility in their stories that they're telling you. 143 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:03.680 You see some broken relationships that they are not willing to repair. 144 00:07:04.320 --> 00:07:06.560 Possibly in the stories that they're telling you. 145 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:11.360 Maybe you see that they're never on time or they never follow up or they're not consistent. 146 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:16.720 Then when you see that fruit, you get to decide whether or not you want to continue. 147 00:07:17.520 --> 00:07:19.120 And some people will ignore fruit. 148 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:24.000 And they'll just be like, yeah, well, you know, nobody's perfect. 149 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:25.840 Yeah, nobody is perfect. 150 00:07:25.840 --> 00:07:26.560 That is true. 151 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:32.240 But if you ignore fruit, then you're going to eventually get bit when you knew it was 152 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:33.760 a rattlesnake, right? 153 00:07:33.760 --> 00:07:35.120 And so we don't want to ignore fruit. 154 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:38.080 We don't want to defer discernment. 155 00:07:38.080 --> 00:07:39.440 That's not intelligent. 156 00:07:39.440 --> 00:07:40.400 That's not wise. 157 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:45.200 God tells us, you know the tree by its fruit. 158 00:07:45.200 --> 00:07:47.360 And he tells us that we should judge that. 159 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:51.360 And the other thing that we're supposed to judge is prophecy. 160 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:52.800 And we'll talk about that in a second. 161 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:55.840 So those are the two main scriptures about what we should be judging. 162 00:07:55.840 --> 00:07:57.040 We should be judging fruit. 163 00:07:57.840 --> 00:07:59.120 You shouldn't ignore fruit. 164 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:01.600 If you see fruit that's not good, you don't judge that person. 165 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:02.720 You say, what a rotten person. 166 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:04.080 What a terrible person. 167 00:08:04.080 --> 00:08:07.680 No, you just get to opt out of whatever's coming. 168 00:08:08.400 --> 00:08:14.160 You just get the opportunity to make a wise decision to not get on that boat because apparently 169 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:16.800 it has some holes in it and it's taking on water. 170 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:19.760 You don't need to judge why they're the way they are. 171 00:08:19.760 --> 00:08:21.360 You don't need to call them out. 172 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:22.800 You don't need to do any of that. 173 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.880 I mean, you know, if there's someone that's under your authority for some reason, okay, 174 00:08:26.880 --> 00:08:27.120 cool. 175 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:30.720 But in the dating environment, ladies, you guys do this a lot. 176 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:34.799 You see a man acting badly and then you try to mother him. 177 00:08:35.520 --> 00:08:36.960 Come on, you do. 178 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:42.240 He sends you, you know, he sends you a dick pic and then you try to have a big sermon 179 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:46.480 with him about why that's wrong instead of, you know, bless him and block him. 180 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:48.480 You know, you do it. 181 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:49.600 I've seen you do it. 182 00:08:50.560 --> 00:08:54.160 It's just like, well, Jackie, you know, I tried to talk to him about why this is wrong 183 00:08:54.160 --> 00:08:55.680 and why he shouldn't be doing this. 184 00:08:55.680 --> 00:08:56.400 What? 185 00:08:56.400 --> 00:08:58.720 No, you saw what you needed to see. 186 00:08:58.720 --> 00:08:59.440 And now it's time. 187 00:09:01.520 --> 00:09:03.760 Now it's time to go, right? 188 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:06.240 Gentlemen, same thing. 189 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:08.240 Go on a first date. 190 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:12.320 You tell her, oh, I just really want us to go somewhere where you're really going to 191 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:12.880 enjoy it. 192 00:09:12.880 --> 00:09:18.160 So you pick the restaurant and she picks some super expensive restaurant, some crazy expensive 193 00:09:18.160 --> 00:09:22.240 restaurant, you know, over $100 a person. 194 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:24.320 You kind of saw what you needed to see, didn't you? 195 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:30.320 It's like, oh, well, that lady thinks very highly of herself. 196 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:34.320 Well, she's probably thinking, hey, if this isn't going to go anywhere, I'm at least going 197 00:09:34.400 --> 00:09:36.640 to get a really good meal out of it. 198 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:41.840 You guys, we can't ignore fruit. 199 00:09:42.640 --> 00:09:44.800 The Bible tells us to judge that. 200 00:09:44.800 --> 00:09:49.120 So there's a lot of judgment being thrown around right now about a lot of people that 201 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:50.400 none of us know personally. 202 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:55.840 I think it's important because I believe that God, not the judgment part of it, but I think 203 00:09:55.840 --> 00:09:59.840 the conversation is important because God is maturing us. 204 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:04.080 but part of maturity is how we respond to something. We should respond in prayer. 205 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:12.000 We should respond in a responsibility to ask God to bring clarity, 206 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:17.200 to ask God to bring healing to people that have been hurt. That is how we should be responding, 207 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:21.600 friends. So the word that God gave me in the middle of the night last night, in my sleep, 208 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:26.240 I just kept waking up, I kept waking up, and this is what the Lord said to me. He said, 209 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:34.320 prophecy is a guidepost, it's not a map. Prophecy is meant to be a guidepost in our lives, not a 210 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:41.120 map. Not your GPS, it's a guidepost. You know what a guidepost is, right? It's a marker along 211 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:47.200 the road that tells you which direction to go while you're already moving. This is what's 212 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:54.000 important. These are guideposts that help you keep moving forward on the path that you're on. 213 00:10:54.960 --> 00:11:01.200 Sometimes shifting paths, yes, but it's not supposed to be a map or blueprint for your life. 214 00:11:02.640 --> 00:11:05.360 So let's talk about prophecy very quickly, just biblically. 215 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:11.680 Prophecy, first of all, was never meant to replace wisdom. It was never meant to replace relationship. 216 00:11:12.560 --> 00:11:16.480 And when I say relationship, I don't just mean with God, I mean with community, with others. 217 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:22.240 In fact, the other scripture about judging is about judging prophecy. And you don't do that 218 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:25.680 just on your own, you do that in the company of people that you trust. 219 00:11:27.760 --> 00:11:33.600 People have just run off willy-nilly with words from all kinds of unknown people because they 220 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:39.760 have platforms and then they get really upset when they've run a hundred miles an hour down a 221 00:11:39.760 --> 00:11:46.000 dead-end road into a brick wall. You guys, we have a responsibility to this, not just people that are 222 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:52.800 prophesying. We have responsibility. Let me share some scriptures with you. First Corinthians 14.3, 223 00:11:52.800 --> 00:11:57.920 remember we're talking about what prophecy is right now. But everyone who prophesies 224 00:11:57.920 --> 00:12:03.760 speaks to people for the purpose of edification, exhortation, and comfort. 225 00:12:05.680 --> 00:12:10.640 You guys, modern day prophecy. Now, of course, it's not that I don't believe that there are 226 00:12:10.640 --> 00:12:16.480 prophets in the earth, you know, like the office of prophet. Jesus said he gave us the five-fold 227 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:22.720 ministry for our maturing. I know that there are, but all of us are called to operate in the spirit 228 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:26.640 of God and to operate in prophecy. Some of you are so prophetic and you don't even know it. 229 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:31.200 Some of you are edifying people, exhorting people, and comforting people all the time 230 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:38.240 via Holy Spirit. And that makes you prophetic. And prophecy is meant to build people up. I'm not 231 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:43.120 talking about flattering people. I'm talking about building them up into their identity in Christ, 232 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:49.120 edifying them. It's meant to exhort people. Exhorting means encouraging. Raise your hand 233 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:53.360 if you've ever received an encouraging word from a friend. You know who's exhorted me more than 234 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:58.560 anyone else? My own children. I'll be having a hard time and my kids will come with an exhort, 235 00:12:58.560 --> 00:13:02.720 an exhortation, a word of prophecy. They don't even know they're doing it. Like, hey mom, I was 236 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:08.800 thinking about you and this is what I was feeling. And they'll tell me. And it's just so right on time. 237 00:13:08.800 --> 00:13:11.920 And what does that do? That gives you the courage to keep going, doesn't it? 238 00:13:13.520 --> 00:13:20.400 It lets you know that God sees you, doesn't it? Mickey was just at a retreat in Austin this summer 239 00:13:20.400 --> 00:13:27.360 and God exhorted her, didn't he Mickey? He exhorted you. You guys, when it's used correctly, this is a 240 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:34.000 beautiful, beautiful way that Holy Spirit moves in our lives. And then the last thing is comfort. 241 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:41.120 All of us are going to go through hard times and having a word that's spoken to us in due season, 242 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:45.520 the Bible says in Proverbs, it's like apples of gold in pitchers of silver. It's priceless. 243 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:53.520 So this is what prophecy is. So let me just tell you right now, if anything comes in the 244 00:13:53.520 --> 00:13:57.840 form of prophecy that feels controlling or confusing, if anything replaces your 245 00:13:57.840 --> 00:14:02.640 responsibility or your agency, because you have free will, it's already off. 246 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:10.160 It's already not under the guidelines of what the prophetic is. If it causes confusion, 247 00:14:11.520 --> 00:14:15.840 if it feels like you have to do it, even though it's out of left field, you're like, oh, well, 248 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:20.400 the prophet said it, so I've got to go do it. I've never thought about doing this in my entire life. 249 00:14:20.400 --> 00:14:25.440 You guys, prophecy should come as a confirmation to you. There's some times that I've received 250 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:29.680 words that are just out of left field, and it's not anything that I've ever thought about before. 251 00:14:29.680 --> 00:14:34.000 And you know what I do with that? I write it down in my prayer journal. I don't just throw it out. 252 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:38.240 Now, if it's off the word of God, and I'll talk about that in a second, 253 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:44.240 if it's completely opposed to God's word, then I'm going to throw it out. That's how you judge it. 254 00:14:45.040 --> 00:14:49.600 My good friend says you either keep it or you flush it. And that means down the toilet, 255 00:14:49.680 --> 00:14:56.640 right? Some of us receive words of judgment or correction from someone that we don't know, 256 00:14:56.640 --> 00:14:59.840 something that feels totally off. Instead of allowing condemnation, 257 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:01.320 come to your heart like, oh my gosh, 258 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:02.840 is this the way God sees me? 259 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:04.640 No, just flush that. 260 00:15:04.640 --> 00:15:08.040 If it makes you feel confused or afraid, just flush it. 261 00:15:08.040 --> 00:15:10.200 But if it's neutral, 262 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:12.460 if it's something that you just haven't thought of before, 263 00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:13.880 but it's not necessarily bad 264 00:15:13.880 --> 00:15:16.840 or it's not necessarily in misalignment 265 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:19.180 with the word of God, just write it down. 266 00:15:19.180 --> 00:15:20.120 Pray over it. 267 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:22.080 Show it to some trusted friends. 268 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:24.480 Remember, we judge these words in community. 269 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:26.440 Say, hey, what do you think about this? 270 00:15:27.800 --> 00:15:28.840 Okay? 271 00:15:28.920 --> 00:15:31.640 Now let's talk about what prophecy is not. 272 00:15:31.640 --> 00:15:32.680 We just talked a little bit. 273 00:15:32.680 --> 00:15:35.360 You guys, this is a very brief overview. 274 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:37.860 And if you guys need a deeper teaching, I will do it. 275 00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:40.320 But I wanna get to the word of it being a guidepost 276 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:41.140 and not a map. 277 00:15:43.160 --> 00:15:45.320 What prophecy is not, 278 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:48.360 is it's not a map or a blueprint for your life. 279 00:15:49.760 --> 00:15:52.320 It is not a substitute for decision-making. 280 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:55.000 I know people personally love them, 281 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:57.840 but they go to a church that operates in the prophetic 282 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:01.000 and they go up to the prayer line every Sunday. 283 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:03.000 Every Sunday, there's people at the front of the church 284 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:05.360 at the end of service that will give you a word 285 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:08.280 or will pray over you or agree with you for something. 286 00:16:08.280 --> 00:16:11.160 And they go up there every single week 287 00:16:11.160 --> 00:16:13.400 to get something different, a new. 288 00:16:18.920 --> 00:16:21.400 That is a recipe for confusion, friends. 289 00:16:23.640 --> 00:16:25.600 That is someone trying to outsource 290 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:29.400 their spiritual discernment to other people, 291 00:16:29.400 --> 00:16:32.580 outsource their spiritual life to other people. 292 00:16:32.580 --> 00:16:35.240 Remember, the prophetic is not a replacement 293 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:36.580 for relationship with God. 294 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:39.320 You have to pray. 295 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:40.720 You have to read your word. 296 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:43.240 God wants to mature you. 297 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:44.880 He wants to stretch you. 298 00:16:44.880 --> 00:16:45.880 And he's not gonna do it 299 00:16:45.880 --> 00:16:48.800 through you getting your spirituality via other people. 300 00:16:50.040 --> 00:16:51.680 So it's not a map for your life. 301 00:16:51.680 --> 00:16:53.640 It's not a substitute for decision-making. 302 00:16:53.640 --> 00:16:54.700 You've gotta make decisions. 303 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:57.220 You can't always go up and get a prophetic word 304 00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:59.540 about whether you should turn right or left, 305 00:16:59.540 --> 00:17:00.380 zig or zag. 306 00:17:00.380 --> 00:17:02.020 You can't do that. 307 00:17:02.020 --> 00:17:03.660 You cannot outsource your discernment. 308 00:17:03.660 --> 00:17:05.520 God wants to sharpen you. 309 00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:08.180 And you know what that's gonna require? 310 00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:10.300 It's gonna require you making wrong decisions. 311 00:17:10.300 --> 00:17:12.339 I know people don't wanna hear that, 312 00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:14.780 and I know we're so afraid of making wrong decisions, 313 00:17:14.780 --> 00:17:16.440 but let me just tell you something right now. 314 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:19.339 If you make a wrong decision with the right heart, 315 00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:20.380 let me tell you that again. 316 00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:23.240 If you make a wrong decision with the right heart, 317 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:25.680 you're still gonna get to the right destination. 318 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:30.440 If you go left instead of right, 319 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:33.020 but you are doing what you knew to do, 320 00:17:33.020 --> 00:17:34.820 God will still take your feet 321 00:17:34.820 --> 00:17:36.440 and put them on the right path. 322 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:39.080 I've experienced it so many times myself. 323 00:17:40.820 --> 00:17:42.560 I'm doing what I know to do. 324 00:17:42.560 --> 00:17:44.220 I'm doing all that I know to do. 325 00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:45.580 I'm doing it prayerfully. 326 00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:47.540 I'm Proverbs 3, fiving it. 327 00:17:47.540 --> 00:17:49.900 In all my ways, I'm acknowledging him 328 00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:51.980 and expecting him to direct my path. 329 00:17:53.340 --> 00:17:54.580 And he does. 330 00:17:54.580 --> 00:17:55.420 Because why? 331 00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:56.480 Because I'm God defended. 332 00:17:57.660 --> 00:17:59.740 I'm God defended, you guys. 333 00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:01.420 When I don't know what to do, 334 00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:08.380 I trust that God knows where I am and who I am 335 00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:10.340 and what I need and how to get it to me. 336 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:13.000 This is called maturity. 337 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:17.220 You cannot use the prophetic for a substitute 338 00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:20.980 for not making bad decisions or decision-making in general. 339 00:18:21.760 --> 00:18:23.640 You can't outsource that. 340 00:18:25.080 --> 00:18:27.120 It's not a loophole to avoid responsibility. 341 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:29.040 You guys, there's no Easter eggs in the kingdom. 342 00:18:29.040 --> 00:18:30.800 There's no shortcuts. 343 00:18:30.800 --> 00:18:32.080 There's only process. 344 00:18:32.080 --> 00:18:33.440 I know we don't love process, 345 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:35.840 but this is what comes with the promises of God. 346 00:18:37.040 --> 00:18:41.720 So there's no spiritual shortcut to avoid maturity. 347 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.840 There's not. 348 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:48.600 So here's some more things that prophecy is not. 349 00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:50.960 Prophecy does not override scripture. 350 00:18:53.300 --> 00:18:54.140 Okay? 351 00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:57.780 It also doesn't override your maturity process, 352 00:18:57.780 --> 00:18:59.940 the character process that God has you in. 353 00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:01.900 You may have an amazing prophetic word, 354 00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:03.660 maybe even a series of them, 355 00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:07.120 of something that God is preparing you for in the future. 356 00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:09.540 And I've done this myself. 357 00:19:09.540 --> 00:19:11.380 You run out and you try to do it right now 358 00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:12.380 because it's an alignment. 359 00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:14.340 It's a confirmation to something God was speaking 360 00:19:14.340 --> 00:19:16.140 to your heart in your private prayer time. 361 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:18.840 And then you get all kinds of words that confirm it. 362 00:19:18.840 --> 00:19:19.680 You know what that is? 363 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:22.320 That's an invitation to a process. 364 00:19:22.320 --> 00:19:24.480 When you get prophetic words that confirm something 365 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:26.620 that God has been telling you in your heart, 366 00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:28.040 something that you haven't done yet, 367 00:19:28.040 --> 00:19:30.000 something that you aren't yet. 368 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:32.400 God gave me a prophetic word about television. 369 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:34.960 He told me that I was gonna be working in TV. 370 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:36.600 Friends, I didn't even own a TV, 371 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:39.040 but he was saying that to my heart. 372 00:19:39.040 --> 00:19:40.380 And then guess what? 373 00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:43.640 Prophetic voices of edification started to come around me 374 00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:45.200 and say, hey, you know, when I look at you, 375 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:46.800 I see television. 376 00:19:46.800 --> 00:19:48.740 When I look at you, I see you on TV. 377 00:19:49.820 --> 00:19:50.660 What was that? 378 00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:51.880 Those were confirmations. 379 00:19:53.340 --> 00:19:54.540 And what did I do? 380 00:19:54.540 --> 00:19:56.740 I put feet on those prayers. 381 00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:59.660 I called every single TV station in my phone book. 382 00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.500 This is how. 383 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:05.920 oldest story is and until one of them gave me an internship because I believed the word 384 00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.920 of the Lord. 385 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:08.880 It had been confirmed and I wanted to take action on it. 386 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.880 What's the Bible say? 387 00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:14.200 Through the mouth of two or three witnesses, let a word be established. 388 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:16.640 You guys, I was discipled by a Bible believing church. 389 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.640 They weren't perfect. 390 00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:19.040 In fact, you guys know the story. 391 00:20:19.040 --> 00:20:22.600 The pastor went to prison, but some good things came out of that because I was taught the 392 00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:23.600 word of God. 393 00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:25.000 I was taught how to read the word of God. 394 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:26.480 I was taught how to study the word of God. 395 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:33.760 I was taught how to, you know, um, to get into and, and honor the word of God. 396 00:20:33.760 --> 00:20:38.640 And because of that, when I received all of those confirming words to my private prayer 397 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:44.160 closet communication with the Lord, I knew that I needed to activate it. 398 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:47.100 Now, does that mean that I was going to be on TV the next day? 399 00:20:47.100 --> 00:20:49.880 Some people think that, no, there's a process. 400 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:51.680 There's a process of maturity. 401 00:20:51.680 --> 00:21:00.520 God gives us prophetic words and confirms them to invite us into a process. 402 00:21:00.520 --> 00:21:05.080 And so for me, that process looked like an internship. 403 00:21:05.080 --> 00:21:08.080 It looked like me learning about television. 404 00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:10.640 It looked like me going to broadcasting school. 405 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:11.840 Some of you may not know that about me. 406 00:21:11.840 --> 00:21:13.960 I went to broadcasting school. 407 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:17.480 It looked like that for me. 408 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.480 And that's what this is. 409 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:22.600 That's what this is supposed to be about besides just exhorting us and comforting us. 410 00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:26.200 It's supposed to be a guidepost that says, Hey, you're on the right road. 411 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:28.760 Keep going. 412 00:21:28.760 --> 00:21:30.240 Is anyone getting anything from this? 413 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:33.120 Let me see your hands. 414 00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:34.120 I know it's quick. 415 00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:37.400 I'm going fast. 416 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:47.040 So prophecy does not override our responsibility to put some time in. 417 00:21:47.040 --> 00:21:51.920 In fact, prophetic words, they require you to ask questions. 418 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:56.040 They require you to do some work. 419 00:21:56.040 --> 00:22:00.000 Okay, what's this look like? 420 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:05.440 How do I walk this out? 421 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:09.200 So when God woke me up in the middle of the night, kept waking me up with the idea that 422 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:12.120 it's a guidepost and not a map. 423 00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:14.460 It's a metaphor kind of, right? 424 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.720 So a map is what? 425 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.720 What is the map? 426 00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:19.080 The map is scripture. 427 00:22:19.080 --> 00:22:23.600 The map is wisdom that you gain over time by making the right decisions and the wrong 428 00:22:23.600 --> 00:22:25.120 decisions sometimes. 429 00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:30.360 And also the community that you're around of wisdom, the people that you do life with. 430 00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:34.040 The map is wise counsel and a multitude of counselors are safety. 431 00:22:34.040 --> 00:22:39.480 The map is your character that's being tested and tried over time. 432 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:45.520 And guideposts are just inside along the way, along the road that you're already walking. 433 00:22:45.520 --> 00:22:48.220 This is how you should be treating prophecy. 434 00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:55.040 They are signs and guideposts along the way to let you know that you are on the right 435 00:22:55.040 --> 00:23:00.880 or wrong road, what you should maybe do differently. 436 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:06.220 And you guys know that guideposts only make sense if you're already moving. 437 00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:09.640 So if you're standing still right now and you're waiting for the prophetic, and this 438 00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:14.200 is what I was receiving in my DMs, people asking me questions about the prophetic. 439 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:20.560 So if you are waiting for God to tell you through somebody who to marry, when to move, 440 00:23:20.560 --> 00:23:25.280 what job you should take, what decision to make, this is how you're using the prophetic 441 00:23:25.280 --> 00:23:27.120 incorrectly. 442 00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:29.280 You should be praying about that. 443 00:23:29.280 --> 00:23:34.080 You should be talking to wise counsel, people that know you, people that have a vested interest 444 00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:35.760 in you. 445 00:23:35.760 --> 00:23:39.000 That's what you should be doing. 446 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:47.720 And then if, if prophetic confirmations come as you're walking that road, amazing, wonderful. 447 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:51.040 Otherwise you're asking prophecy to do a job that it was never assigned to do. 448 00:23:51.040 --> 00:23:52.920 And this is where we get in trouble. 449 00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:55.160 And that's why we're seeing so much damage now. 450 00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.840 And you guys, we are in a reset. 451 00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:59.560 I know that you can look around and be like, Hey, the whole world's on fire. 452 00:23:59.560 --> 00:24:00.560 No, it's not. 453 00:24:00.560 --> 00:24:01.680 We're in a reset. 454 00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:06.760 The Bible says that shaking comes only so that what can be shaken will be shaken so 455 00:24:06.760 --> 00:24:10.720 that what can't be shaken can remain. 456 00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.880 And that's what God's doing. 457 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:15.000 He's removing all the junk right now. 458 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:20.160 He's removing all of our human interpretations and all of our human theologies to get us 459 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.360 back to the basics. 460 00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:23.240 He's taken us back to study hall friends. 461 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:25.780 That's what's happening. 462 00:24:25.780 --> 00:24:30.200 We're seeing fallout because prophecy has been elevated above process. 463 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.380 People want the quick fix. 464 00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:34.520 They want the shortcut and then they want to blame it on somebody else when it doesn't 465 00:24:34.520 --> 00:24:35.840 work out. 466 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.920 Right? 467 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:40.800 Charisma has been elevated above character. 468 00:24:40.800 --> 00:24:44.160 I know there's all kinds of people on platforms and they become famous because they have a 469 00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:46.080 gift and okay. 470 00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:48.960 What about accountability? 471 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:51.440 What about looking at fruit? 472 00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:54.200 I'm going to talk about a false prophet and what that is in just a minute. 473 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:58.160 It's not probably what you think it is. 474 00:24:58.160 --> 00:25:00.160 Just because people have a revelation gift. 475 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:03.720 or a reputation to have revelation 476 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.840 doesn't mean that that's for you. 477 00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:07.080 In fact, back in the day, I used to tell people, 478 00:25:07.080 --> 00:25:09.680 look, the internet's amazing, it's wonderful, 479 00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:11.740 but the problem is is that we're no longer 480 00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:13.760 in communities with a pastor. 481 00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:17.460 We have all kinds of pastors on Instagram 482 00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:19.140 that are not our pastor. 483 00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:20.580 Those are strange pastors, friends. 484 00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:21.420 That's not your pastor. 485 00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:23.220 They don't know you. 486 00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:25.820 So why are you taking words from them for your life? 487 00:25:25.820 --> 00:25:30.820 Get in proximity. 488 00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.460 It doesn't even have to be a church. 489 00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.580 It could be a home group. 490 00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:35.140 God has family for you. 491 00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:36.220 That's what I'm out here doing. 492 00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.940 I'm out here supporting my family. 493 00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:39.340 I'm out here learning from my family. 494 00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:41.540 It's a business group, but it's my family. 495 00:25:41.540 --> 00:25:42.780 It's my spiritual family. 496 00:25:42.780 --> 00:25:44.020 It's my spiritual community. 497 00:25:44.020 --> 00:25:45.540 Do I have a home church at home in Austin? 498 00:25:45.540 --> 00:25:48.140 Sure I do, but they don't know me even half 499 00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:49.620 as well as these folks do. 500 00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:52.460 I would trust these folks' wisdom and discernment. 501 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:54.420 I would put my decisions before these folks 502 00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:55.980 before I would even do it at church. 503 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.700 Not because I don't love my church, 504 00:25:58.620 --> 00:26:00.280 but your spiritual community should be a place 505 00:26:00.280 --> 00:26:01.900 where you're known. 506 00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:03.060 And if you don't have that, 507 00:26:03.060 --> 00:26:05.060 Proverbs tells us that God takes the solitary 508 00:26:05.060 --> 00:26:07.860 and he puts them in family, and you gotta get in family. 509 00:26:08.780 --> 00:26:09.980 That's where the prophetic works, 510 00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.660 and this is where it's gone wrong. 511 00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:13.340 We have all these prophets on the internet 512 00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:14.820 just throwing out prophetic words, 513 00:26:14.820 --> 00:26:17.820 and yeah, they sound good because they sound spiritual, 514 00:26:17.820 --> 00:26:19.580 and you might go ahead and grab it, 515 00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:21.380 but this is not name it and claim it, friends. 516 00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.220 That doesn't work. 517 00:26:22.260 --> 00:26:24.900 You can't just grab it and say it's for me. 518 00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:26.100 You can't. 519 00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:27.420 Now, if you happen to hear something 520 00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:29.580 that's a confirmation of something God's already speaking 521 00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:31.020 to you, great, wonderful, 522 00:26:31.020 --> 00:26:33.180 but what about all the other prophetic words out there 523 00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:34.580 that cause confusion? 524 00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:38.020 You can't just cherry pick. 525 00:26:38.020 --> 00:26:39.780 You can't just be out here shopping 526 00:26:39.780 --> 00:26:41.700 for spirituality on the internet. 527 00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:46.540 I'm not saying that the things that they're saying 528 00:26:46.540 --> 00:26:47.900 are not true or relevant, 529 00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:49.740 but they might not be true or relevant for you 530 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.860 in the season that you're in. 531 00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:54.980 We've gotta respect the season that we're in, right? 532 00:26:56.500 --> 00:27:00.380 And yes, this is a prophetic community of sorts 533 00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:02.380 just because I'm a spirit-filled believer 534 00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:03.660 and I'm the leader of it. 535 00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:08.020 And you guys are here, 536 00:27:08.020 --> 00:27:09.580 and this is part of your community, 537 00:27:09.580 --> 00:27:11.700 and it's part of your accountability, 538 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:13.660 but only if you get known here. 539 00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:15.300 For those of you that are just always here, 540 00:27:15.300 --> 00:27:17.940 your camera's off, you never share in group, 541 00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:20.460 you never let people know what's going on in your life, 542 00:27:21.060 --> 00:27:23.300 you never invite feedback from the coaches, 543 00:27:23.300 --> 00:27:24.340 we don't know you. 544 00:27:26.540 --> 00:27:28.780 We want to know you, but we don't know you. 545 00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:32.900 Do you guys understand what I'm saying? 546 00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:36.820 Just because people out there have audiences 547 00:27:36.820 --> 00:27:38.740 doesn't mean that they have authority. 548 00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:43.380 We have to be held accountable to who we're listening to. 549 00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:44.740 Just because they have a huge audience, 550 00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:46.340 they have a million followers on Instagram 551 00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:47.620 doesn't mean they have authority, 552 00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.980 doesn't mean they have accuracy, 553 00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.820 it just means they have an audience. 554 00:27:54.300 --> 00:27:56.340 And here's another thing. 555 00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.860 A prophetic word can be accurate, 556 00:27:57.860 --> 00:28:02.500 it can be from God and still not be for you. 557 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:04.540 And also, depending on who the person is 558 00:28:04.540 --> 00:28:07.580 that's delivering it, it can be immaturely delivered. 559 00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:08.980 God could be speaking to them, 560 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:10.820 but they can be adding their own stuff to it 561 00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:13.300 because they don't know, they're immature in the spirit realm 562 00:28:13.300 --> 00:28:15.420 and they're just doing their thing. 563 00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:18.620 Just because they're gifted doesn't mean they're mature. 564 00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:21.860 So we have to test prophecy, we have to judge prophecy, 565 00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:24.340 and we have to do it without becoming cynical, you guys, 566 00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:27.140 because once again, one of the greatest teachers 567 00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:32.140 of our entire life, world, Christianity, is Paul. 568 00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:38.180 And Paul says that prophecy is important 569 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:39.860 and we need to take that to heart. 570 00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:42.900 It's an important thing because what does it do? 571 00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:45.220 It matures us, it edifies us, it exhorts us, 572 00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:47.540 it builds us up, it helps us to grow. 573 00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:52.100 So the Bible doesn't say to reject prophecy, 574 00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:54.220 it says to test it, to judge it. 575 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:55.780 And here are some things, you guys, 576 00:28:55.780 --> 00:29:00.140 that I have written down that you can test prophecy with. 577 00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:02.580 First and foremost, does it align with scripture? 578 00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:06.300 Write it down, does it align with scripture? 579 00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.940 And if you don't know, 580 00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:12.700 then you need to get in your Bible and find out. 581 00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:15.340 Don't ask someone else, hey, does this align with scripture? 582 00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:18.420 You do the heavy lifting. 583 00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:20.540 You get in the word. 584 00:29:20.540 --> 00:29:23.460 If you have dyslexia like me and so many other people, 585 00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:26.540 I learned how to sight read, you guys. 586 00:29:26.540 --> 00:29:29.220 I can read because I have an amazing memory 587 00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:31.020 and I have memorized the words. 588 00:29:31.020 --> 00:29:32.820 I know what they are from memory, 589 00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:35.220 which means if I see a word that I've never seen before, 590 00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:36.620 guess what I cannot do? 591 00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:40.460 I cannot say it, because I don't know what it is. 592 00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:45.420 And so many of us have these types of limitations, 593 00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.300 but you know what? 594 00:29:47.260 --> 00:29:48.620 You can just download an app. 595 00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:51.380 My son-in-law built an app, it's called Sword, 596 00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:55.100 because he has dyslexia, and it will read the Bible to you. 597 00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:58.580 It will read the Bible to you. 598 00:29:58.580 --> 00:30:00.380 So if you have trouble with reading. 599 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:06.040 in reading comprehension. You have no excuse in this tech age. You can read the Bible. 600 00:30:06.040 --> 00:30:10.040 And I know that Trevor would love it if you would download his app because he built it 601 00:30:10.040 --> 00:30:14.480 to solve a problem for himself and it's really good. He's a little baby genius is what he 602 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:22.320 is. All right. Does it align with scripture? Does it produce peace in your heart when you 603 00:30:22.320 --> 00:30:26.600 receive it? Did it make you feel afraid? Did it make you feel judged by God? Did it make 604 00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:31.840 you feel like you want to run away from God or did you feel peaceful about it? Did it 605 00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:37.440 bring clarity or confusion? The only way that it's going to bring fruit in your life over 606 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:47.360 time, the words you're receiving, is if it's going to bring clarity and peace. Okay. Here's 607 00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:53.840 another way you can test it. Does it confirm what God is already working in your life? 608 00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:56.880 Maybe someone comes and gives you a word about patience. You're like, Oh yeah, God's 609 00:30:56.880 --> 00:31:00.800 really been talking to me about that. Maybe God comes and give, maybe someone gives you 610 00:31:00.800 --> 00:31:06.080 a word about judgment. You know, I'm not a judgmental person. You guys, I'm really a 611 00:31:06.080 --> 00:31:10.240 live and let live person. I have a hard time judging people because I know where I came 612 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:16.680 from. I really do. I remember, you know, that song that says, I can't remember what I was 613 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:21.440 doing before I met you. Well, I do remember what I was doing before I met God and I was 614 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:27.960 partying hard. Okay. Remember, I met him in my twenties. I do remember the road that 615 00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:31.480 I was on and it was a road of destruction. So it's really difficult for me to judge other 616 00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:37.280 people's mistakes. I really am not a judgmental person, but God starts speaking to me at the 617 00:31:37.280 --> 00:31:43.120 end of last year about being even less judgmental, about having such a clear heart lens that 618 00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:47.840 I can see the why behind the what the people do. And why is that? Because he's preparing 619 00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:56.360 to take me somewhere, I believe, where people are acting badly. They're behaving badly. 620 00:31:56.360 --> 00:32:04.360 And he wants me to be able to correctly discern, you know, their hearts, not their behavior. 621 00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:09.580 And so I'm being prepared for that. So maybe you receive a prophetic word that is just 622 00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:14.480 in agreement or in confirmation of something that you know that God is already working 623 00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:22.000 in you. Another thing that I always look for, is it spoken in humility? You know, is 624 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:26.120 the person like, you know, are they coming and saying, Hey, you know, I don't know, you 625 00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:30.400 know, this may not resonate with you at all, but I just really feel like God was really 626 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:38.720 speaking to me about you. And this is what he said. Is it, is it delivered with humility? 627 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:42.920 And another thing is that if it's given to you from a stranger, okay, you need to weigh 628 00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:46.880 it. You need to write it down. You need to judge it with people that are not strangers, 629 00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:51.480 your family, your friends, your community. You know why? Because that person's not accountable 630 00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:57.640 to you. You don't even know them. Anytime we get received anything prophetic from someone 631 00:32:57.640 --> 00:33:03.760 that's a stranger, we don't discard it. If it lines up with all this other stuff, it 632 00:33:03.760 --> 00:33:08.280 aligns with scripture. We have peace, you know, brings some clarity, but we judge it 633 00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:14.520 with people that do know us, people that are accountable to us and we're accountable to. 634 00:33:14.520 --> 00:33:19.040 And most importantly, does it leave room for discernment? I know that there's a saying 635 00:33:19.040 --> 00:33:23.080 out there that delayed obedience, delayed obedience is disobedience. I actually don't 636 00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:29.760 believe that. I believe that God gives us words because he gives it to us kind of in 637 00:33:29.760 --> 00:33:36.280 the timeline of how he knows us. God knows how I operate. He knows on my MO. And so when 638 00:33:36.280 --> 00:33:40.520 he says something to me, he knows what I'm going to do. He knows that I'm going to think 639 00:33:40.520 --> 00:33:45.520 about it. I'm going to ponder it. I'm no longer the person that just goes zero to a hundred 640 00:33:45.520 --> 00:33:50.200 miles an hour on something as soon as I hear it. Why? Because I've been face first into 641 00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:58.960 too many brick walls. Now, I am a fast start in certain ways, but I believe that God gives 642 00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:06.720 us things knowing how long it takes us to kind of really be able to step out on that. 643 00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:11.760 And he'll confirm it. You guys, this whole kingdom is about grace, truth, and time. And 644 00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:18.239 if you're not giving yourself grace to apply truth over time, then you're not in the right 645 00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:33.280 kingdom. Anytime anything makes you feel like you're pressured, you're pushed. You got to 646 00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:40.960 really look into that because God woos us. He leads us. He draws us. That's what he does. 647 00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:48.639 And healthy prophecy always invites you to be able to have some discernment time. Unhealthy 648 00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:57.880 prophecy is always going to demand immediate submission, right? Immediate obedience. It's 649 00:34:57.880 --> 00:35:00.000 not that we're being disobedient. We're trying to be 650 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:01.640 discerning, there's a difference. 651 00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:05.840 All right, so you guys, this is a maturity shift 652 00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:08.040 that we need, we need it because God wants us 653 00:35:08.040 --> 00:35:12.220 to make us wiser, more grounded, right? 654 00:35:14.160 --> 00:35:16.440 The world is watching, friends, they really are. 655 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:18.260 They really are in a lot of ways. 656 00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:20.400 I have a lot of friends that are pre-believers 657 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:22.360 that are like, hey, what's up with that? 658 00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:24.960 So it's important that we mature, 659 00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:27.760 especially in this because it's so important. 660 00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:29.280 I know it'd be easy to say, okay, 661 00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:31.000 let's just get back to the basics. 662 00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:33.200 Let's get back to just Bible teaching 663 00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:37.160 and just dry Christianity. 664 00:35:37.160 --> 00:35:39.200 But you guys, we have to have the spirit. 665 00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.880 We have to have the spirit. 666 00:35:44.560 --> 00:35:46.920 So it's time for us to get back to responsibility. 667 00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:48.960 Prophecy should activate our responsibility. 668 00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.880 It's not gonna replace it, it's gonna activate it. 669 00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:52.280 So really quickly, I just wanna tell you 670 00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:53.600 what makes up a false prophet 671 00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:56.020 in case you guys were wondering, people have been asking. 672 00:35:56.020 --> 00:35:58.080 So I'm just gonna give you an overview. 673 00:35:58.160 --> 00:35:59.600 You guys, there's so much more to this 674 00:35:59.600 --> 00:36:04.040 than what I'm saying, okay, and I'm not a theologian. 675 00:36:04.040 --> 00:36:04.880 I'm not. 676 00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:09.760 But from what I know, a false prophet 677 00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:11.560 is not someone who misses it. 678 00:36:11.560 --> 00:36:12.880 We can all just give something 679 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:14.880 that's sort of out of alignment. 680 00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:16.260 We're stepping out in faith. 681 00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:18.120 We're wanting to encourage someone 682 00:36:18.120 --> 00:36:20.560 and maybe they don't really seem to receive it 683 00:36:20.560 --> 00:36:22.180 or maybe it seems to miss the mark. 684 00:36:22.180 --> 00:36:27.160 That does not make it a false situation, okay? 685 00:36:27.160 --> 00:36:30.340 So not everyone who misses the mark is a false prophet. 686 00:36:31.640 --> 00:36:34.480 And another thing, not everyone who has a platform 687 00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:37.840 that calls themselves a prophet is a true one. 688 00:36:39.080 --> 00:36:40.480 So how do we know the difference? 689 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:44.660 Well, biblically, we have to look at fruit. 690 00:36:47.520 --> 00:36:48.720 All right? 691 00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.840 We have to look at fruit. 692 00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:51.960 And in the olden days, I'm trying to remember, 693 00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:54.000 I think that false prophets, 694 00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:55.240 they were just defined as people 695 00:36:55.240 --> 00:36:57.640 who gave prophetic words that didn't come true. 696 00:36:58.880 --> 00:37:00.040 That was kind of the fruit. 697 00:37:00.040 --> 00:37:01.760 And you're like, well, why would anyone wanna do that? 698 00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:05.400 For favor, think about who the prophets were talking to. 699 00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:07.240 A lot of times they were talking to leaders, right? 700 00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:10.240 Back in the Old Testament, they were talking to leaders. 701 00:37:10.240 --> 00:37:12.440 And so you kind of wanna tell people 702 00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:13.660 what they wanna hear, right? 703 00:37:13.660 --> 00:37:16.280 Especially if they're an important person. 704 00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:19.080 And I know in the book of Daniel, especially, 705 00:37:19.080 --> 00:37:21.640 Daniel was told not to listen to the prophets, 706 00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:24.080 that they were prophesying something that wasn't true. 707 00:37:24.080 --> 00:37:27.240 They were saying that the captivity was gonna end. 708 00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:29.520 The Babylonian captivity was gonna end. 709 00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:32.120 And yet God said, no, 710 00:37:32.120 --> 00:37:35.000 it's gonna actually go on for 70 years. 711 00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:38.280 They were telling people what they wanted to hear. 712 00:37:39.640 --> 00:37:41.520 I'm not saying that these were prophetic words, 713 00:37:41.520 --> 00:37:44.520 but you guys remember when COVID first started 714 00:37:44.520 --> 00:37:45.520 and people were like, oh, 715 00:37:45.520 --> 00:37:47.440 this is gonna be over in two weeks. 716 00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:48.280 Remember that? 717 00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:51.040 Remember the spiritual voices that said, 718 00:37:51.040 --> 00:37:52.080 oh, this isn't gonna last. 719 00:37:52.080 --> 00:37:52.920 It's just gonna be over. 720 00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:55.400 It's gonna be over in two weeks. 721 00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:58.080 As quickly as, I remember hearing this prophetic word, 722 00:37:58.080 --> 00:38:00.000 as quickly as it came, 723 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:02.000 cause you know, it kind of happened overnight. 724 00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:04.360 That's how quickly it's gonna leave. 725 00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:06.920 Well, y'all, that was really not accurate, was it? 726 00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:10.520 It's still lingering. 727 00:38:10.520 --> 00:38:12.200 I still see people with masks on. 728 00:38:12.200 --> 00:38:14.320 I still see people's families torn apart, 729 00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:16.960 not even like getting together for holidays anymore 730 00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:18.960 because people are vaxxed or unvaxxed. 731 00:38:20.200 --> 00:38:21.800 It was a whole thing, wasn't it? 732 00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:27.000 So in the olden days, in the Bible days, 733 00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:28.600 back in the Old Testament, 734 00:38:28.600 --> 00:38:32.200 they actually would put you to death for this, okay? 735 00:38:32.200 --> 00:38:33.240 It's not good. 736 00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:34.080 It's not cool. 737 00:38:34.080 --> 00:38:36.560 You definitely didn't wanna be falsely prophesying. 738 00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:42.080 But you guys, we live in a New Testament church age. 739 00:38:42.080 --> 00:38:45.800 We live in a new dispensation, a dispensation of grace. 740 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:48.040 You know, it's not just about one prophet. 741 00:38:48.040 --> 00:38:51.160 It's about the prophetic and we need the prophetic, 742 00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:53.240 but we also need reform. 743 00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.680 We need to test. 744 00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:57.480 We need to weigh, weigh words. 745 00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:58.320 Sorry, guys. 746 00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:59.160 We need to pray. 747 00:38:59.160 --> 00:39:00.000 We need to confirm. 748 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:01.000 We need to walk wisely. 749 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:02.040 We need to take accountability. 750 00:39:02.040 --> 00:39:04.120 We need to take responsibility. 751 00:39:04.120 --> 00:39:06.960 And we don't need to call everyone who says something 752 00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:08.720 that we don't like a false prophet. 753 00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:12.800 Now, in the situation that's happening now, 754 00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:14.600 for those of you that know about it, 755 00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:18.080 it seems to be that people are talking about 756 00:39:18.080 --> 00:39:20.960 that there's a lot of pride instead of repentance going on. 757 00:39:21.720 --> 00:39:22.880 You guys, that's not good. 758 00:39:25.160 --> 00:39:29.000 We wanna always have a heart of repentance and humility. 759 00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:31.720 There's a lot of prophetic people out there 760 00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:34.160 that are monetizing that gift. 761 00:39:34.160 --> 00:39:37.520 And that's manipulation instead of service, you guys. 762 00:39:37.520 --> 00:39:39.520 We wanna serve people. 763 00:39:39.520 --> 00:39:40.640 Wanna serve people. 764 00:39:40.640 --> 00:39:42.720 With the gifts of the spirit, we're supposed to serve people. 765 00:39:42.720 --> 00:39:45.120 Remember, we're not supposed to be gift inspectors. 766 00:39:45.120 --> 00:39:47.040 We're supposed to be fruit inspectors. 767 00:39:47.040 --> 00:39:50.200 You're not gonna know whether or not someone is good news 768 00:39:50.200 --> 00:39:51.200 just by their gift. 769 00:39:51.200 --> 00:39:53.360 They might have a really amazing gift. 770 00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:55.000 It's by their fruit. 771 00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:57.440 We're fruit inspectors, not gift inspectors. 772 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:04.840 feel manipulated, take a pass, pass on that. 773 00:40:08.160 --> 00:40:09.440 If someone that you don't know 774 00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:10.840 is trying to bring correction to you, 775 00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:13.120 correction happens within relationship. 776 00:40:13.120 --> 00:40:15.480 It happens within community relationship. 777 00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:18.960 Oftentimes. 778 00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:22.860 Now, if you're really going 100 miles an hour off a cliff 779 00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:25.120 and God just uses some person that's standing there 780 00:40:25.120 --> 00:40:28.480 to grab you by the back of your neck before you fall off, 781 00:40:28.520 --> 00:40:31.360 okay, there's definitely exceptions to the rule 782 00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:33.640 where God may give you a strong word through someone 783 00:40:33.640 --> 00:40:36.960 you don't know because you're wild and out 784 00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:38.800 and you're about to crash out. 785 00:40:38.800 --> 00:40:40.600 Yeah, that definitely happens. 786 00:40:40.600 --> 00:40:41.760 But for the most part, you guys, 787 00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:46.560 I'm talking about most of the time. 788 00:40:46.560 --> 00:40:48.800 I'm not saying that there's never exceptions. 789 00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:54.640 So instead of just blaming and pointing fingers 790 00:40:54.640 --> 00:40:57.360 at what we want to say are false prophets, 791 00:40:58.200 --> 00:40:59.960 let's start taking responsibility 792 00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:01.820 for the prophetic in our own lives. 793 00:41:03.120 --> 00:41:05.520 Don't blindly follow prophecy. 794 00:41:05.520 --> 00:41:08.600 Don't surrender your agency and your free will. 795 00:41:08.600 --> 00:41:10.180 Test and weigh and pray. 796 00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:12.860 Walk wisely, you guys. 797 00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:14.100 Get in community. 798 00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:17.600 Don't get into any community that discourages questions. 799 00:41:17.600 --> 00:41:19.040 That's a flag. 800 00:41:19.040 --> 00:41:21.040 If you have questions and they don't have answers 801 00:41:21.040 --> 00:41:23.000 or they don't think you should be asking questions, 802 00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:25.640 they think you should just submit and listen, 803 00:41:25.640 --> 00:41:27.040 that's already unhealthy. 804 00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:30.280 And I want you to know right now 805 00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:33.120 that God is not embarrassing the church. 806 00:41:33.120 --> 00:41:34.240 He's not. 807 00:41:34.240 --> 00:41:36.040 He's protecting his people 808 00:41:36.040 --> 00:41:39.820 and he is giving out a mass invitation to maturity. 809 00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:42.560 This exposure that's happening right now, 810 00:41:42.560 --> 00:41:44.840 I believe it's mercy. 811 00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:46.120 It's a revealing for healing. 812 00:41:46.120 --> 00:41:48.080 It is not judgment. 813 00:41:48.080 --> 00:41:49.700 It is not judgment, you guys. 814 00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:52.360 Okay, it's a reset. 815 00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:54.320 Back to accountability, back to humility, 816 00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:57.880 back to shared discernment within trusted community, 817 00:41:57.880 --> 00:41:58.980 back to wisdom. 818 00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:01.080 That's what it is, all right? 819 00:42:01.080 --> 00:42:02.480 The prophetic is a guidepost. 820 00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:03.640 It is not a map. 821 00:42:03.640 --> 00:42:04.760 All right, who wants to pray? 822 00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:06.120 You guys wanna pray for a minute? 823 00:42:06.120 --> 00:42:09.600 And then I'm gonna go jump on a wisdom challenge, 824 00:42:10.560 --> 00:42:12.720 talk about more wisdom. 825 00:42:12.720 --> 00:42:13.680 It's gonna be good. 826 00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:17.520 All right, so Father God, we come before you right now 827 00:42:17.520 --> 00:42:20.000 and we're acknowledging that you are the same yesterday, 828 00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:21.920 today and forever, Lord. 829 00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:23.880 And you're not confused 830 00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:26.400 and you're not the author of confusion. 831 00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:28.680 And we're asking you personally right now, 832 00:42:28.680 --> 00:42:30.600 we see that you're doing a prophetic reset. 833 00:42:30.600 --> 00:42:32.660 We see that you're doing a reset in the earth, 834 00:42:32.660 --> 00:42:36.480 but we're asking for a prophetic reset in our own hearts. 835 00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:39.440 Any place where prophecy has replaced discernment, 836 00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:42.560 we're asking you to restore balance in our hearts. 837 00:42:42.560 --> 00:42:45.560 Any place where we've been seeking revelation, 838 00:42:45.560 --> 00:42:48.080 but it's replacing relationship with you 839 00:42:48.080 --> 00:42:50.840 or trusted others that you've brought into our lives. 840 00:42:50.840 --> 00:42:52.620 Father, we're asking you to bring us back 841 00:42:52.620 --> 00:42:54.100 to a place of intimacy. 842 00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:57.700 We're asking you to bring us back to a place 843 00:42:57.700 --> 00:43:00.780 where these words that we receive, God, 844 00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:04.600 they are just a confirmation of the relationship 845 00:43:04.600 --> 00:43:06.040 that we already have with you. 846 00:43:06.040 --> 00:43:08.940 We're not elevating them above wisdom. 847 00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:10.700 We're asking you, God, to fill in any cracks 848 00:43:10.700 --> 00:43:13.700 in our foundation where there might've been wrong teaching, 849 00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:17.580 anything that we've been given that's wrong theology. 850 00:43:17.580 --> 00:43:19.980 Lord, this is the time, take us back to study hall, 851 00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:21.160 show us what's true. 852 00:43:22.620 --> 00:43:23.960 Show us what's true, Lord. 853 00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:26.060 And I just wanna pray for all of you 854 00:43:26.060 --> 00:43:27.340 that have received prophetic words 855 00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:28.940 that have caused confusion. 856 00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:31.100 They were misused or mishandled. 857 00:43:31.100 --> 00:43:33.580 Maybe you just misunderstood them, I don't know. 858 00:43:33.580 --> 00:43:35.820 But Father, I pray for all of those hearts 859 00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:38.020 that have been hurt and now they're unsure, 860 00:43:38.020 --> 00:43:39.700 they don't know what to believe. 861 00:43:39.700 --> 00:43:42.480 They've actually shied away from your spirit, Father, 862 00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:46.940 because of the mishandling of this area of the kingdom. 863 00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:48.980 Father, I just pray right now that you would heal them, 864 00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:52.380 that you would show them that you alone are God and not man 865 00:43:53.140 --> 00:43:54.220 and that they would put people 866 00:43:54.220 --> 00:43:56.820 into their proper perspective and place, 867 00:43:56.820 --> 00:43:59.320 not on pedestals, Lord, ever again. 868 00:44:00.540 --> 00:44:02.380 They would trust you first and foremost, 869 00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:04.380 and then you would show them through good fruit 870 00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:07.300 who they can trust as far as in human form. 871 00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:08.980 You are the source, but you are the head 872 00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:10.900 of the human resource department, Lord. 873 00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:13.260 Send human resources into our lives 874 00:44:13.260 --> 00:44:17.220 that can help edify, encourage us, build us up, mature us, 875 00:44:18.060 --> 00:44:20.860 and that we can find our place in community again. 876 00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:23.200 Father, break unhealthy dependency on voices 877 00:44:23.200 --> 00:44:26.140 that were never meant to replace your spirit, Lord, 878 00:44:26.140 --> 00:44:28.820 and teach us to value your word, Lord, 879 00:44:28.820 --> 00:44:31.780 above any sensation, above any encounter, 880 00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:36.780 above any goosebumps, above any supernatural situation. 881 00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:39.140 It's time for us to come back to a place 882 00:44:39.140 --> 00:44:41.660 where we're looking for fruit over fame, Lord, 883 00:44:41.660 --> 00:44:45.940 character over charisma, and Father, most importantly, 884 00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:49.340 community where we can be seen, known, and loved 885 00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:53.860 and we can continue to grow, in Jesus' name, amen. 886 00:44:53.860 --> 00:44:55.660 I love you guys. 887 00:44:55.660 --> 00:44:56.940 I love you so much. 888 00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:58.340 I love this community, you guys. 889 00:44:58.340 --> 00:44:59.580 I pray for it. 890 00:44:59.580 --> 00:45:00.420 That's why we. 891 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:01.560 We have prayer seven days a week. 892 00:45:01.860 --> 00:45:03.240 We want to be people of prayer. 893 00:45:03.240 --> 00:45:04.280 We want to come together. 894 00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:05.480 We want to know each other. 895 00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:09.320 We want to help each other through this season and the seasons ahead. 896 00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:11.080 Do you think singleness is hard? 897 00:45:11.080 --> 00:45:12.080 Marriage is hard too. 898 00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:12.700 All right. 899 00:45:12.700 --> 00:45:13.640 And we need each other. 900 00:45:13.840 --> 00:45:16.340 We need each other and we need to be accountable. 901 00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:20.720 So find people in proximity that you can be accountable to be accountable 902 00:45:20.720 --> 00:45:22.920 here and anywhere else God leads you. 903 00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:24.220 I love you guys. 904 00:45:24.240 --> 00:45:25.040 I'll see you soon. 905 00:45:25.240 --> 00:45:26.720 Hopefully you'll come to the wisdom challenge. 906 00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:27.640 Bye everybody.