hi it's Jennifer LeClaire you probably know me from books like the making of a
prophet or the heart of the prophetic or even a prophets heart written a lot
about the prophetic ministry over the years but I want to talk to not just
prophets today but prophetic people and if you're born again if you're filled
with the spirit if you have the Holy Spirit living in you you have a measure
of the prophetic because the Holy Spirit comes and he brings his gifts and then
he manifests them as he Wells according to Scripture so I want to talk to you
today about your prophetic expression what is your prophetic expression I
believe we all have a unique prophetic expression to the degree that we yield
to the Holy Spirit so I want to talk with you about that today you know if
you listen to my teachings on prophetic ministry for any length of time or even
for just a few minutes you're probably going to hear me say this you can't put
a prophet in a box yeah you can't put a prophet in a box in other words no two
prophets are alike don't try to paint this box and and put the prophet in
there and you know this is how you're supposed to flow and this is how you're
supposed to move and this is the way your words are supposed to sound and
this is your expression no it doesn't work that way you can't put a prophet in
a box no two prophets are alike and I talked about this at length in my book
the making of a prophet as it relates to the office of the Prophet but I want to
talk to you today about how it relates to prophetic people so today I'm gonna
say you can't put prophetic people in a box okay you can't put prophetic people
in a box you can't put anybody in a box I mean think about it for a minute
you know God created us all as unique individuals okay we're all different
we're all unique we all have unique right fingerprints right we all have
different looks we all have different personalities sure there are
similarities between us because we're all created in God's image but you know
I believe that we're God's masterpiece according to Ephesians two and ten and a
masterpiece is unique there might be other masterpieces that look similar the
Impressionists have a certain style the postmodern it's painters have a certain
style but there are all unique okay they're all unique even twins are or
identical twins have some sort of uniqueness whether it's in their
personality or their expressions or whatnot so if this is true and it is if
no two of us are exactly alike and we're not then wouldn't it make sense that
there would be different prophetic expressions as well I believe it does in
my experience and watching people move in the prophetic whether that's the
simple gift of prophecy or a ire level of prophetic minister of the office of
the Prophet there are different unique prophetic expressions that flow from
different people so you can't put a prophet in a box and you can't put
prophetic people in a box let's talk about the Bible the writers of the Bible
now we know the Bible has a number of different authors but as they were
chronicling the Oracles of God you can sort of see their prophetic expressions
in other words if you're really familiar with the Bible then you'll be able to
quickly discern was that John writing was that Paul writing was that Isiah
writing you know was that moses writing and not just because we've memorized
scriptures but because their personality comes through their understanding of
god's nature comes through the revelation that they have of Jesus it
all comes through in their prophetic expression so all the Bible was inspired
by the Holy Spirit you know all those words that are recorded but you know it
wasn't like God just like turned a switch on their back turn him into a
robot sent record no their their paradigm is expressed through their
writings even though they were all inspired by the Holy Spirit
we have a different tone we see with Paul than we do with John and then we do
with James much different tones and it's not just because God was speaking
something different it was because of who he was speaking through in their
personality and their life experience and so on so you're gonna find that as
you read the Bible now another example is prophetic Psalm ists think about that
for a minute great example God is speaking to the
heart of many many prophetic psalmist but do they all sing the same song no
and even when they do sing the same song you'll hear the same song maybe recorded
by different artists right do they all sound the same no I've
heard the same song sung by several different people and it sounds different
I mean they they have a little different cadence to the way they sing maybe they
do a little faster maybe they do it a little slower so you know prophetic soul
myths they all have the gift of the Holy Spirit they all have that prophetic edge
but the way they express it is different aren't you glad I mean aren't you glad
there's more than one song I mean you know come on I love music I love singing
I love writing songs and I'm glad there's not just one song I mean God
says you know them up in the back we sing a new song so there's always new
songs that the Lord is is is is creating and expressing through the psalmist to
thank God for that then what about prophetic preachers
right I mean their unique expressions their own personalities their their life
experience comes through and their prophetic preaching and you could say
the same for prophetic teachers prophetic artists prophetic people of
all sorts and you know it depends on your personality God has created you in
His image yes but God is His image is like a minute his beauty is like a
many-faceted diamond I mean you could explore the depths of his beauty the
angles of his beauty forever and so we are created in God's image but I believe
we all have a slicer or a bent or a certain expression of God so what's your
prophetic expression think about it for a minute you're gonna have to go we'll
pray some of you might know this is how I move this is how I flow some of you
might not some of you might not even realize you have a prophetic expression
some of you maybe you haven't learned to yield to the Holy Spirit yet in the
prophetic so what but think about it and pray about it what is your prophetic
expression ask other people around you what is my prophetic expression you know
our soul are flushing the devil we're just too often like us to be a copycat
of somebody else would like us to mirror somebody else's prophetic persona would
like us to just you know act like somebody else you know that hey that was
powerful so I'm gonna do it like that well that might not be how God called
you to do it and if you flow you try to to tap into a prophetic flow that God
has not called you to guess what my friends might not have the anointing on
that thing okay you need to be true to who God is called you to be that
requires you to yield to the Holy Spirit in every area but even beyond the
prophetic you've got to be true to who God has called you to be you've got to
move and speak and live and walk and talk it and do everything according to
how God has called you to do it and that might be completely different than this
powerful prophet over here or this powerful singer over there just be
yourself let God express himself the way he wants
to through yield to that it doesn't matter if anybody likes it or not
somebody's gonna like it somebody's not no matter who you are or what you do
there's gonna be people that like you there's gonna be people that don't
that's just the way it is so you got to get used to that you can't worry about
that you can't get hung up on that you can't you know let that stop you or slow
you or hinder you or squelch you in any way you've gotta let the Holy Spirit be
who he is through you in you with you let God be God amen don't put yourself
in a box alright so there's nothing wrong with having role models okay but
we need to learn how to yield to the Holy Spirit allow him to express his
prophetic ministry through us and with us we're cool laborers with Christ he
doesn't want robots he wants to work with us we need to keep yes the the the
the word of the Lord pure I'm not talking about sort of massaging a
prophetic word I'm talking about prophetic expressions singing dancing
writing preaching okay so God has created us all in His image
but here's the thing he's given you a unique prophetic expression you don't
have to be a prophet listen you don't have to be a prophet to have a prophetic
expression I want you to get that today if you're filled with the spirit if the
Holy Spirit lives in you you have a measure of the prophetic in you now he's
gonna manifest it as he will so you can't force that you can't you know
we'll to have a prophetic word like well by golly I'm gonna have a prophetic word
at church today at 9 o'clock and I'm gonna get up in front of the church and
I'm gonna pray come on you can't do that but what you can do is you can yield to
the holy you can see only spirit I would like to
speak for you today I would like to encourage someone today I would like to
edify and comfort someone today with your word buy a Rhema word you know if
you would like to use me God I'm here I'm willing and be willing be a willing
vessel they'll take you really far so you don't have to be a prophet again you
just have to yield to a spirit let him move through you you know if you more
for yourself if you're gonna morph yourself into somebody else's image if
you're gonna try to be like somebody trying to be like Jesus okay I mean
morph yourself into him by gazing on his image by by trying to walk like he
walked and talked like he talked okay and that wow that is the most
fascinating that is the most glorious prophetic expression that we could ever
hope to have ever hope to manifest amen so think about it today what is your
prophetic expression what is it I encourage you to find out what it is
pray about it pray about it today I'm gonna pray for you now father I thank
you right now for the anointing on your word and I thank you for the anointing
that abides with that all those listening to my voice yes the anointing
abides you have an anointing somebody out there listening to me you've been
told you don't have an anointing you've been told that you've lost your
anointing you've been told you were never anointed to begin with you've been
told wrong things but the Bible says the Holy Spirit abides the anointing abides
and so I thank you God for that prophetic flow to come out of each and
everyone listening lord I thank you that you express yourself through them as you
will not as we will not as they will not as but as you will God and I thank you
God for the for that anointing for that for it to increase as we decrease as we
set our hearts to humble ourselves before you and and let you be magnified
and exalted I thank you God that that your anointing would increase in that
many people will be touched and helped and encouraged by your gift of prophecy
however it's expressed in Jesus name but be sure to subscribe to my youtube
channel I'm putting out these videos every week now and every one so I'll do
an extra one but I really am passionate about
equipping people in the prophetic there's so much confusion out there
about prophetic ministry I just really like to clear that out so
that people can really learn to receive the gifts and flow in the gifts and so I
bless you today I will see you next week check me out at Jennifer LeClaire.org or
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