Keep Prophesying Simple
KEEP IT SIMPLE WHEN PROPHESYING:
3 POINTS OR LESS
This funny quote from a Golf Magazine reminds me of some prophesies I hear from the microphone!
“He has this massive detour at the top of a swing. Kind of like going to Philadelphia to New York, by way of Pittsburgh.”
I am not very good at reading or listening to long articles, sermons or prophesy. My mind goes off and it is hard for me. Many people are like me, especially kids. We have a shorter attention span than others. Rabbit trails are good when you are a teacher and wanting to fill in details. People take notes and like to ponder these things later. But rambling prophesies are not easy for people to remember. Rarely if ever does a person sit and take notes at the time another person is prophesying.
In writing classes, they teach you how to make just one sentence that introduces the subject of that paragraph, and then write the rest of the paragraph about that sentence.
In sermon and speech classes, they teach you how to choose only 3 main points to your entire sermon because no one will remember past 3 points.
All this to say, that no matter what form your Word takes, it is best to stay narrowed down so people will remember it. Often times, when I hear a prophesy or even a sermon from the podium, it rambles. It flows from one subject to another, to another to another. When these kind of Words come, I simply just “soak” in the Presence of the Lord and just let the Words wash over my soul. I listen instead for a quickened sentence, something that is pertinent and something I can take home with me.
FLUENCY IN PROPHESYING
Speaking or writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit is a wonderful experience. It usually flows and you don’t need to spend time worrying about grammar, sentence structure or format. Just speak it as you would naturally speak.
Prophesying does not need to be in King James language, or in a strange tongue. Just like God sent Jesus to us as a man, God speaks to us on our own level, and you are the perfect person to speak to others in the language they will hear. Don’t make your prophesy sound religious, pious or spiritual. Just speak it in a simple manner that conveys God’s Word.
2 Peter 1:20-21 NKJV Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
Fluency under the anointing does not necessarily mean without preparation. Most people think that receiving a prophesy from the Lord is feeling the anointing and then speaking without thinking about it first. Those who have that gift do so fluently, however some repeat themselves, and some take tangents off the main subject ending up somewhere else. If you are downloaded with a Word or revelation from the Holy Spirit, it is OK to take a couple minutes to ponder it before you speak. This may save you from rambling.
Before you share:
- Ask the Lord for the parameters, perhaps where to start and where to end.
- Ask Him for the inspiration of an example that would describe what He is saying.
- Ask Him to help you keep to His main point and stick with it. It is best if the Lord gives you one revelation, to keep it very simple and only speak a few sentences that backs up that revelation.
- Ask Him for scriptures that back up His Word. This grounds the truth of the prophesy and people will remember it that way.
PROPHESYING WITH SIMPLE CLARITY
HEARD AND SAW:
2/09/13 FOCUS ON ONE SIMPLE WORD
Introduction. Satellite it. Pan in. I saw this huge, huge waterfall that was going in slow motion down to the earth.
Needs to have a focus. You will see improvement. Open up, one word. White. Doable. Therefore we really need you to concentrate. Just one subject, that’s all. No sidebars.
2/10/13 A CLEAR WORD
Entanglement. Expensive present. When we clarify with allegories, it confounds the problem.
WORD TO PONDER: FOCUS AND PROPHESY WITH SIMPLICITY 2/09/13
Dear ones, in a world inundated with words and media, when you prophesy try to keep it as simple as possible. When one enters a room or looks at a painting, sometimes it is so cluttered it becomes exhausting just to find one’s focus. Allow enough empty white space to give the eye of the heart places to rest. Make the issue at hand, the main issue. Let it sink in without any other distraction. Give Me room to work in the Spirit of Simplicity.
So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
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1/29/11 HOW TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DIFFERENT AUDIENCES, DETAILS VS SNAP SHOTS
How do we weave in and out and tell a story? It’s simple. I will help you. Balance. Do not be afraid. Pray about it first. Dont overload. Pray about it before you send. I saw that I had pointed to the letter P. We are using every opportunity.
I saw that Wayne brought something in from the mail box. It was the back of a calendar and it has 12 thumbnail pictures of the months inside. It was a small snapshot view of the whole year. It’s the right way to post. Simple, not too complex.
Magnified. Hoping to see a magnifying glass. The detailed view. You have different audiences. What you are doing is a clear Word. I saw the rhemaindex.htm file.
