Does Prophecy Just Happen or Do We Have to Work For It?

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Here’s another question from a reader of my newsletter. I’d appreciate having your thoughts on it.   Question: I have a question about discernment of a True prophet vs False prophet. I was recently told if a prophet speak a word to you, you are responsible for working to bring it to pass.  It confused me because the Bible states when a true prophet speak it will come to pass.  Why would we make that word come to pass and [...] Read more »

Are you disobeying a prophetic command on your life?

Now remember, we need to know how to steward our prophetic call. Often God will give us a passion for something well before we can start living in His vision for us. He does this so we start walking in the right direction. That’s not what we’re talking about here. When He tells you to start something…and you choose to use the excuses not to obey…He’ll start by letting you reap what you sow then, when it becomes urgent, He’ll [...] Read more »

Boundaries Can Be For A Prophetic Command

God often doesn’t let us keep on disobeying. He let’s us reap what we sow. If that doesn’t work to get our attention, He reserves the right to work against us. The people of Israel returned from exile. Nehemiah rebuilt the walls, set up the Levites and singers in the temple and told the people to bring in the tithe so that the Levites and singers could give themselves to the ministry of the temple (Nehemiah 12:44). Nehemiah returned to [...] Read more »

An Introduction to Blessing Boundaries

I’ve got some questions for you to consider: Have you planted much but harvested little? Do you eat but never have enough? Do you drink but not to your fill? Do you put on clothes but are not warm? Do you earn wages but put them into a purse with holes? Have you expected much but have seen it turn out to little? If you are it could be because you’re not understanding the Key of Blessing Boundaries. When we [...] Read more »

Why Should I Declare God’s Promises?

There is something about agreeing with God’s will with our words and actions. Some people will say, “It creates a convergence in the quantum field.” That may be true, but there may be another more Biblical explanation. Consider the role of angels: Therefore, angels are only servants—spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation. Hebrews 1:14 (New Living Translation) These Spirit-beings are hear to help us. And the exciting thing is, they listen for the commands of the [...] Read more »

How Can I Know My Destiny Without Prophetic Words?

You may have never had a spiritual father or mother speak words of promise over you. Does this mean you can’t use this key to refocus from the pain to the promise? You can use this tool when you ask the Father to reveal the treasure He’s hidden in you. Invite Him to bring to your memory a passion from your childhood, or an encouragement from a teacher or pastor or friend. It’s as simple as praying: Father, I need [...] Read more »

3 Steps to Remembering Prophetic Promises

In the garden the serpent asked “Did God really say…?” and that’s a question satan keeps asking us today. It is so easy for us to forget an encouraging word spoken to us. They are like to seed that falls in the rocky ground: The seed on the rocky soil represents those who hear the message and immediately receive it with joy. But since they don’t have deep roots, they don’t last long. They fall away as soon as they [...] Read more »

What is a Prophetic Command?

Can we miss a prophetic command? Download the Entire Message at Expectancy Press What is a Prophetic Command? We need to be obedient to prophetic commands. The good news is we can’t miss them…although we can miss the timing. This is a message “The Key of Blessing Boundaries” by Trevor Lund of revtrev.com   Subscribe via iTunes Tweet Read more »

Why You Can’t Hope in The Prophetic

I’ve come to understand that I was raised with an unspoken assumption that most Christians don’t have. I was never taught this, but somehow absorbed it into my psyche. It’s wrong, but I need to mention it because I know I’m not alone. I understood that when a prophetic word “came” – what I mean by that is someone spoke a word of encouragement and it resonated well with my spirit – it was a done deal. God had revealed [...] Read more »

The Focus of Our Hope

As I write booklets for followers of Christ, I usually see how I can take the principles and “cross-over” to mainstream media. I have no problem taking universal truths and introducing people to our amazing God through them. Forgiveness is a universal principle based on what Christ did for us, but you don’t need to know “while we were sinners Christ died for us” to understand “if you don’t forgive that person, it’s a poison to you and it will [...] Read more »

WHAT IS GOD’S VISION FOR YOUR LIFE?

By Len Buttner (Auckland, New Zealand) This is the second guest blog by Len Buttner on Vision. You can read Defining Your Vision if you like this post, and be sure to check out www.eagleascend.com What is God’s Vision for your life? • That I may know Him more and more! “This is the way to have eternal life – to know You the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the One You sent to earth” (John 17:3, NLT). Jesus [...] Read more »

How to Steward Your Destiny Point – Shut the door so you Can Dream

We’re continuing our series on How to Steward Your Destiny. I’ve already written about how to seek wise counsel, look to what you have, and borrowing. In this post we’ll  see what we can do shut the door. The women in 2 Kings 4:1-7 was told to shut the door. You need to shut the door as well. Dream about your prophetic word. What will it look like?  It’s important how we consider our prophetic call. If you’ve got them [...] Read more »

How to Steward Your Destiny Point 2 – Look to What You Have In Your Nature

We’re continuing our series on How to Steward Your Destiny. I’ve already written about how to seek wise counsel - that’s something I’ve been doing the last couple of weeks as I’m seeking God for timing of prophetic answers – in this post we’ll talk about the principle of looking to what you have in your nature. I’m assuming you have a prophetic word, but what if you don’t? It doesn’t mean God isn’t interested in your destiny. It may simply mean [...] Read more »

10 Questions I Would Ask Before Launching A Ministry

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I’ve had some more time to prayerfully think about my first response for advice on starting a ministry.  If you haven’t listened to my podcasts on How to Steward A Prophetic Call Part 1 and How to Steward a Prophetic Call Part 2, you’re welcome to do it. 10 Questions to Ask Before Launching A Ministry 1. Have I Heard God? I’ve learned to look for three parts to any call. There needs to be a call – anything from [...] Read more »

How to Steward Your Prophetic Call – RevTrev Radio 1_2

Episode 1.2 – How To Steward Your Prophetic Call (Part 1) I’m so excited to be launching the first real episode of RevTrev Radio on my birthday. I had some trouble with my machine, so I’m doing this from memory at my sister’s house as I wait to take them to the airport. This is the first part of “How To Steward Your Prophetic Call”… I think. Like I said, I’m doing this from memory and I know I’ve done [...] Read more »

0n RevTrev Radio the First Week of July 2010

Here’s the rundown of what’s on RevTrev Radio this week. You’ll want to subscribe by iTunes or better yet, come back here Tues and Thursday to listen to the episodes and/or leave your comments about the episodes. How to Steward Your Prophetic Call When God speaks to you is it a done deal? What role do we play in seeing a prophetic call come into being? Can we trust the Word if we do nothing to work towards it? Based [...] Read more »

How I Operate in the Prophetic

How do I operate in the Prophetic? The gifts that are for strengthening, encouragement and comfort of others are for every spirit-filled believer. We are not all called to be prophets, but Paul was clear, he wished that all would prophecy. (1 Corinthians 14:5) Here’s how I started operating in the prophetic. 1. I eagerly desire. We are told to eagerly desire spiritual gifts. (1 Corinthians 12:31, 14:1, 14:12, 14:39) If we do not have a strong desire to move [...] Read more »

This is the Way, Walk In It

Wynne Lewis was coming to Auckland to visit his son. I hadn’t seen Wynne since the 2002 FCA International Convention I helped organize. We’d exchanged email fairly regularly since. It was only 500 and some km from Palmerston North, so I thought we’d go up for the weekend. Problem is: they don’t believe in straight roads in New Zealand. I was told it was a 9-hour drive. Alberta is flat until you get to the mountains. Nine hours would take [...] Read more »