hey guys Jennifer LeClaire here author of the making of a profit senior editor of
charisma magazine founder of the ignite Network doing all kinds of things for
Jesus I wanted to take a few minutes tonight to talk to you about Elijah and
Elijah see who's your Elijah everybody needs an Elijah in their life
in other words everybody needs a mentor in their lives especially in the
prophetic everyone needs prophetic training I believe every believer needs
prophetic training you know the Jesus says it Paul said rather in Ephesians
four verses 11 and 12 and so on if you read that passage you'll see that when
Jesus ascended on high he gave some apostles some prophets some evangelists
some pastors some teachers for what for the equipping of the Saints the training
the alignment of the Saints for the work of the ministry to the edifying of the
body of Christ so we all come to the unity of faith growing the stature of
Christ so a prophets and apostles pastors evangelists are called primarily
in the New Testament to equip you to be your Elisha if you're in the prophetic
ministry if you have a notion to prophesy you need training and we see in
the Bible and first kings that Elisha understood the need to raise up somebody
else God told him I'm giving a prophet I'm installing a prophet in your place
in other words Elisha knew it wasn't all about him despite the mighty battles
that he won there at the carmel this showdown at mount carmel despite the
powerful miracles that he saw in his ministry despite how close he was with
god in the trust he had with God and the trust God had for him he knew that it
didn't end there he had to raise up another in his place and so Elijah
understood this we all need an Elijah we needed a lot especially if you're a
prophet if you are someone who is looking to grow in the prophetic you
need an Elijah in your life you need someone in other words let me put it to
you this way someone who will release your prophetic voice every prophetic
voice need a release every prophetic voice needs
someone to mentor them to train them to help them hone their hearing their
accuracy Elijah understood this and he found
Elijah God directed him to Elijah so let's read this passage here in first
Kings 19 verses 19 through 21 the Bible said so he that speaking of Elijah he
departed from there and found elisha the son of shaphat who was plowing with
twelve yoke of oxen before him and he with the twelve and allowed to pass by
him listen now Elijah passed by him see if you're not careful if you're not
paying attention you will miss your release you will miss your launch you
will miss your Elisha you'll miss your Elisha you've got to be deserting you've
got to cry especially those who are praying to God for a mentor who are
praying to God for the right training for the right equipment for the right
alignment if you're praying for this you've got to keep your spiritual eyes
and ears open because God will send you and Elijah Elijah rather he might send
you a soul first you've got to be careful not to come under up under a saw
for longer than your season laughs with us all David came under assault so
celebrated him for a moment but then when David was rising Saul wanted to
kill him so sling javelins at him so hunted him down in the wilderness Saul
was not with him in the end Saul was not about releasing David into
his prophetic anointing into his prophetic mental Saul wanted to stifle
David so be careful when you pray for an Elisha that Saul doesn't come knocking
on your door you don't come into alignment with a Saul who will crush you
who will try to kill you look for the Elisha if you're praying for mentorian
the prophetic look for the Elisha so here it says Elisha passed by him and
threw his cloak on him he threw his cloak on him another he threw his mantle
on him it was a prophetic act there was a prophetic symbol it was a prophetic
sign Elisha was saying I'm going to raise you
up I'm going to to pass on something to use like Paul said
desire to come unto you that I might impart some spiritual gift to you that
you might be established Elijah was directed by the Spirit of God - and
Elijah he need Elijah Elijah relationships are not to be entered into
lightly it's got to be divine connection it's got to be a divine alignment it's
got to be divine appointment it's got to be in the Kairos so you have hunted for
an Elijah and you've come under sauce so let me a bunch of enter Elijah's and
you've been frustrated because you cannot find the Elijah sometimes there's
a appointed time an opportune time that was such the case with Elijah and Elijah
he threw his mantle on him and what a lie what it allows you do
he left the option and ran after Elijah here's the thing when you find your
Elijah when you find your spiritual father your spiritual mother that mentor
that one that's supposed to train you you got to pursue that Elijah the sons
and daughters do not the the fathers and mothers do not pursue the sons and
daughters the sons and the daughters pursue the fathers and mothers are you
with me see many people they believe that the mother in the fog of the
spiritual mother father the mentor should baby them and Pat them on the
head and and and soothe their feelings and chase them down it doesn't work that
way you've got to pursue one of my spiritual
father's many years ago told me you will get what you pursue now but I pursue I
don't mean stalk I don't mean harass and and chase after in a way that you're
annoying but I mean a healthy pursuit of servant a servant a servant with a
certitude you've got to have humility when you go after your Elijah so he went
after him and he said please let me kiss my father and mother and then I will
follow you see Elijah followed Elijah Elijah didn't expect Elijah to follow
him we've got it backwards many times and he said to him go back for what have
I done to you he was testing his pursuit many times when you hook up with a
mentor and the prophetic when you hook up with a mother or father in the
prophetic and there's going to be a test I don't mean a test like a mean test
I just mean there's a test of your resolve will you follow me when it's
difficult will you follow me when I'm mad when I'm
angry when I'm having a bad day will you follow me when I'm under all kinds of
warfare will you still stand with me will you still pursue me will you still
follow me when I'm having a hellacious trial many times that's when those who
are not really sons those who are not really daughters those who are not
really called to be aligned with you will flee because they can't handle it
true sons and daughters will stand with you when you're going through your worst
days hell hold up your arms when you're going through a battle and pray for you
you said go back for what have I done for you so he returned from following
him I took a yoke of oxen and sacrificed them and all their flesh with the yolks
from the oxen and gave to the people and they ate then he got up and went after
elijah and ministered to him now here's two things if you're serious about
prophetic training you want to press in have a true prophetic mentor you've got
to be willing to leave some things behind if you want to release your
prophetic voice if you want to step into that release you've got to leave some
things behind Paul said all things are lawful for me but all things are not
profitable to me in other words there's some things I've got to leave behind
Paul said I'm pressing paths to pass almost towards the mark of the prize for
which Christ Jesus called me upward we've got to be those who are willing to
leave behind childish things Paul said when I was a child I thought like a
child I've talked like a child but now a man I got to leave these things behind
it's time to get ready to leave things behind that are going to hinder your
prophetic release that's a word for somebody now there's things you need to
leave behind because they are going to hinder your prophetic release and then
he went after Elijah we talked about that and he ministered and he served him
he served and he poured water over his hands he served him and there came time
where there was a time where Elijah had to serve Elijah he didn't get released
automatically he didn't get sent out on assignment automatically he didn't get
you know maybe affirmed automatically but there came a day when Elijah was
going to go on up to heaven and they were walking together here here here the
Bible doesn't say King nine versus a second Kings two
rather versus 9215 the Bible says as they were crossing a lie just said to
Elijah see they were walking together they've been walking together for a long
time if you want a real true prophetic mother prophetic father prophetic mentor
you gotta be willing to walk with them for the long haul because you're going
to get as much from that enlightenment from being aligned from being in their
in their spiritual purview in other words from their prayers for you as
you're ever going to get by actually and sitting down and having a Coke or a
coffee that's good and that's fine but spiritually being connected spiritually
will get you things you can't get any other way even from a conversation it's
the spiritual done in it that you're looking for in your release and Elijah
said to Elisha ask something and I will do it for you before I am taken away for
you so Elisha saw that he was soon going to depart and he wanted allows you to
have something from him that's the true heart of a father a mother and Elijah
said what a double portion of your spirit come upon me so that's a bold
request Elisha saw all these miracles that Elisha did and he said I want
double praise God I want the twofold the double portion that was a bold request
but he's been walking he's been serving he had been ministering to Elisha and so
he had earned the right to ask Elisha invited Elisha did not presume Elisha
did not like you know John and James and said let us sit next to your right hand
to your left they have their mama go ask Jesus when they when you go up in glory
let my son sit one on the right handed to the left they were presumptuous they
didn't ask in that way in that in that spirit Elijah Elisha didn't ask them
expert Elijah invited him to ask anything and Elisha said I want a double
portion and his mothers were right and he said you've asked for a difficult
thing a hard thing some translation say but if you see me when I am taking from
you it will happen if not it will not in other words you've got to stick with me
to the net today and Elisha if you want your prophetic release you've got to
stick some things out to the end if you want to tap into your prophetic
anointing you want to increase go deeper in God in the prophetic you've got to
stick through some things to the and you're going to go through some
things you're going to have some trials you're going to have some work there
you're going to have some conflict you've got to stick through to the end
you got to be faithful to those who God has called you to walk to walk with walk
walk walk by walk whoa next to be aligned with and he says as they
continued walking and talking so here they are Elijah still walking and
talking with Elijah a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of
them and Elijah went by the whirlwind into heaven and Elisha was watching and
crying my father my father the cherry of Israel on his horseman and he did not
see him again he was with him till the very end
he was faithful then he grabbed his own clothes and he tore them into pieces and
he picked up the road of a lot a robe of Elijah and that self from him and he
returned and stood on the bank of the Jordan and when he took the robe of
Elijah that fell from him he stroked the water and said where is the Lord God of
Elijah he was testing it and when he had struck the water it parted from one side
to the other and Elijah crossed over see Elijah crossed over that was his
prophetic release that was the release of his prophetic voice he crossed over
he had the double portion he had been faithful to me and he had served he had
done his part he had paid the price he wasn't looking back and there came a day
for his prophetic release he crossed over his time for some of you to cross
over because some of you have been held up under a salt for too long some of you
have not recognized the Elijah some of you have been waiting for the Elijah and
the Elijah is coming that training that mentoring I want to train you I want to
link to you I want to help you release your prophetic voice God has given you a
prophetic voice he is giving you an unction if you are a child of God you
hear his voice and the voice of another you want to follow the Bible said in
Corinthians that the Holy Spirit divides the gift as he wills but the Holy Spirit
is only inside of you the gift of prophecy that simple get the prophecy
lived on the inside of you might be a prophet you might not you might have a
strong prophetic ministry you might not yet but every believer should be
prophesied should be prophesied you should be real
your prophetic voice why because God has need of your voice God has need of your
voice I want to give you the opportunity to get into my prophetic training and
get released get get set get equipped it's at Jennifer LeClaire.org slash
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practical is to be instructive I'm going to activate you going to help you
discover your unique prophetic expression overcome the obstacles to you
releasing your prophetic voice and operating in spiritual gifts you know
the enemy doesn't want you to prophesy Jezebel wants to silence you religion
wants to love you but it's time for your prophetic release some of you you know
it you've been waiting for credible training there's a lot of goofballs can
I say that again there's a lot of goofballs out there on the internet
offering prophetic training they've got no authority to do it they've got no
credentials to do it they've got not the right spirit in doing it they get it
wrong so I'm just telling you you know it's true watch out for that stuff I
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prophetic just like I'm growing in the prophetic you know I wrote the book the
making of a prophet many years ago now several years ago now
but it took me about 15 years before I can write that book why because either
walk some things I had to learn some things I
had to grow in some things I had to find my wide alignment I've had many
prophetic mentors over the years sometimes your mentors received them
sometimes your Elijah's are seasonal others they stick with you for a
lifetime and so you need to get rightly aligned go to a mag now go or check that
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Jennifer LeClaire.org slash release I want to pray for you before I find our
Father I thank you for your anointing I thank you for your grace for your mercy
I thank you for those who are listening to the sound of my voice lord I ask you
to stir up that prophetic gift on the inside and we'll give them a strong
unction to prophesy Kai leave them and guide them to the right mentor to their
Elijah to their spiritual might their spiritual
father to the right training God but open though I do open a year speak to
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