Zac Poonen - How God Enables Us To Prophesy

Zac PoonenMarch 21, 202227mWatch on YouTube

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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: How God Enables Us To Prophesy Date: 03/20/2022 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

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The central message emphasizes that Christian life requires becoming an exact reflection of Jesus through personal purity and functioning within the local church. The speaker stresses that true spiritual gifting, like prophecy, comes from being filled with God's encouragement and comfort, which is received through personal experience with God's word during difficulties. A key takeaway is that God treats us according to how we treat others, making forgiveness and kindness essential for spiritual growth.

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Having an ear to hear the Holy SpiritThe early believers in Hebrews struggled to understand deep truths because they lacked an inner hearing ear to receive what the Holy Spirit was saying.Hebrews 5:11

God treats us the way we treat othersGod mirrors our own behavior back to us, showing mercy to the merciful and hardness to those who are harsh with others.

The daily attitude of forgivenessJesus taught us to pray for daily provision and to daily forgive others with the exact same attitude we expect God to use when forgiving us.

Controlling our inner attitude instead of memoryWhile we cannot erase painful memories, we have total control over our inner attitude to choose kindness and forgiveness toward those who hurt us.

How Paul received his ministry through comfortGod comforts us in all our difficulties so that we can pass that exact same encouragement on to others facing similar struggles.

Trials are our true Bible schoolTrue prophetic ministry does not come from attending bible school or reading commentaries, but from persevering through real-life trials and hearing God.

Finding encouragement through a younger brotherEven the Apostle Paul faced outward conflicts and inward fears, and God humbled him to receive comfort and deliverance through a much younger brother named Titus.2 Corinthians 7:5–6

Overcoming dullness of hearing through humilityPeople miss out on God's word and become dull of hearing when they are too proud to accept encouragement from younger believers or family members.Hebrews 5:11

The three parts of prophecyProphecy encompasses building up, challenging, and comforting others, and anyone can participate in offering simple words of encouragement.

Pursuing love to prophesyWe cannot effectively prophesy or bring a healing word to others without first actively choosing to love them.

Children learn from parental interactionsChildren absorb their behavior and speech patterns by observing how their parents talk to and treat one another.

Husbands loving and wives respectingBefore children can properly obey their parents, husbands must actively express love to their wives and wives must genuinely respect their husbands.Ephesians 5:33

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