Lessons I Have Learned Growing In Prophetic Ministry
"Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy ." 1 Corinthians 14:1 (NIV) When I first began using the gift of prophecy, I wondered whether this was actually good to desire to prophesy. Maybe it was prideful or wrong of me to want to prophesy and to heal the sick? Maybe I would be misled and it would be dangerous? But then, when I re-read that Paul says to " eagerly desire spiritual gifts," I wrote in my journal in big letters, "I WANT TO PROPHESY! I WANT TO HEAL THE SICK! I WANT TO CAST OUT DEMONS! I WANT TO GET WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE! I WANT IT! I WANT IT! I WANT IT! That day I remember getting a word of knowledge for someone on Facebook about him having pain in his right foot. " How did you know that?!" was his response. I called him and after praying for him the pain was gone. After my first four years of living in Holland as a missionary, I began looking for mature