So, did you know there are different kinds of prophetic words?
Okay, great. You're already ahead of the game.
I discovered this because I run the prophetic lab
and I work with teams and I started to notice like,
oh, yeah, this guy always does call and purpose
or this girl always talks about identity.
At BSSM, actually, we do a lot of identity words.
And knowing your identity is so important
because you can't get to where you're going
until you know who you are, right?
And so, we see an example of identity in Judges
when the angel appeared to Gideon and he said,
the Lord is with you, mighty warrior.
Okay, so your identity, God created you
and thought about you before the foundations of the earth
and that is who you are,
whether you currently believe it or not.
So, we see this because when Gideon,
he was hiding in the wine press.
Warriors don't hide.
But God is like, no, that's my mighty warrior, right?
Like, it's kind of crazy.
I have this theory that is very shaky,
so don't take it home or anything.
But I just feel like the spirit realm,
whether you believe it or not,
the spirit realm responds to your identity
when you walk into it.
You know what I mean?
And so, I love identity words
because I think they're the game changers, okay?
Now, practically, what do identity words sound like?
They can sound like many things.
You can prophesy for a while,
but sooner or later, you're gonna land on a phrase.
Usually, it sounds like a you are phrase.
Here is an example of one.
You are the deliverer of hope.
That's actually my friend, Abby,
who's in the front row.
She is the deliverer of hope
and it is so, when she got that word,
it's so her
because Abby brings hope into any situation.
Even, like, kind of annoying
when you're kind of mad and you're like,
just let me be mad about this for a second, right?
But it's the best because she carries hope.
Now, do I, Lindsay Ryman, carry hope with me
wherever I go?
Totally, because I know Jesus.
But I am not the deliverer of hope.
She is.
Do you see the difference?
Yeah.
I, this one's mine,
sometimes it can sound like a see you as a modern day Daniel
so I see you as phrase, that's mine,
which makes sense for me.
If you heard me speak before,
I go into Babylon and I step into dark places
and I declare the God of Israel still speaks, right?
Just in a modern way.
Or it might be a you're like a phrase.
Like, you're like a bridge between worlds.
This is my friend Catherine's identity word
because she works in,
she's a very prominent voice in the church,
but she's also a very prominent voice
in the realm of television.
And she's always creating a bridge between the two
and shuffling people back and forth, right?
So these are kind of ways that they sound
in a modern way, right?
Today, for the sake of learning,
because you could express an identity prophetic word
and there's a million plus one ways
to communicate something.
But for the sake of learning today,
I'm gonna limit your language, okay?
What I want you to do, don't do it yet,
I'm gonna tell you when it's time to find a partner,
we're gonna do-si-do.
I want you to partner up with somebody
and say you are.
This is, you know when Paul tells Timothy,
Timothy my son, he talks about stir up your gift
which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
I love that verse, for me it was so important
because I thought like prophetic had to be
this sort of like organic divine moment
and those do happen and I live for them.
But this gave me permission to be like,
oh, I'm gonna stir it up.
And that's what we're gonna do here today, okay?
And so I want you to find a partner
and I want you to start your prophetic word off with
you are the whatever you get.
Does that make sense?
And I wanna give you a hot tip
that Steve Backlin taught me once.
If you're gonna say like you are a teacher,
before you release that,
maybe stop and ask for an adjective.
What kind of teacher are they?
Are they a fiery holy spirit teacher?
You see what I'm saying?
Does that make sense?
Okay, so in a minute I'm gonna say find a partner.
When you find a partner,
you will each have one minute to prophesy
and I want you to prophesy the whole one minute
but then you also have to stop when the minute's up, okay?
Does that make sense?
So you are allowed to, once you release the you are the,
say whatever else you want but you must start with that.
Okay, find a partner.
I need Jeopardy music up here.
Okay, okay, it looks like you probably have a partner.
Okay, and online find someone in the chat.
Yeah, start.
Okay, pause.
The spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet.
All right, you are now done.
Switch partners.
Okay, pause.
Okay, that is time.
Everyone bring me your eyeballs.
Let's wrap up.
Okay.
Can you get me a...
Can you...
No, I need...
I need your attention.
I need a horn or something.
Yeah.
Hey, guys.
I really want you guys to be able to do rounds of these,
but in order for us to do them, I need your cooperation.
So when we say time...
We're going to start.
We're going to, like, play an amount.
I just...
I know it feels good to prophesy,
but it's also good to stay within limits too, okay?
So the spirit of the prophet and the prophetic people
is subject to the prophet and the prophetic people.
Okay.
Did anyone get a good word?
Okay.
Amazing, amazing.
All right.
We're going to do this one more time,
so find a new partner because it's good to practice.
Hurry.
Do-si-do.
You can do this quickly.
Online, find a new person in the chat.
Okay.
Here we go.
Okay.
Sorry.
Yeah.
Okay, that's time to wrap, time to wrap, switch partners.
Time to wrap and switch partners.
You have one minute.
I didn't sleep at all last night.
Okay, that's time, that is time.
Okay, everyone, time to find your seats.
Sit in your new identity.
Revel in who God is calling you to be.
I'm just going to give it a minute.
Okay, find your seat.
Now is the time to wrap up and find your seats.
Okay.
Who likes giving that kind of word?
Who likes receiving that kind of word?
Right?
Fun.
Okay, yeah.
I love identity words.
Take it, chew on it, and hey, if you got something and you are like, I don't think that's me,
before you toss it, I encourage you to let some friends listen to it, because sometimes
we need an outside perspective, right, on who God's really calling you to be and who
you really are.
Okay.