THE WARFARE OF PROPHECY PT 2

Struggling to hear God’s voice? 

We unpack how prophetic guidance moves from theory to action, the difference between logos and rhema, and how to step with clarity and integrity.

 Real stories, practical steps, and tips for discerning God’s voice in your everyday life.

Transcript

Prophetic Word As Initial Alignment

Logos Versus Personal Rhema

Light For The Path And Faith Pictures

The Rhema Word As Reliable Guide

Your Responsibility To Use The Sword

Receiving And Discerning God’s Voice

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Hello everyone, welcome to the warfare of prophecy. In the last episode, we started looking at the a combination of 1 Timothy chapter 1 from verse 18 to 19 and also 2nd Peter chapter 1 verse 19, and we began to glean through the scriptures to give us a combined message. And so we said that number one, the two verses of scriptures show us that life is likened to a voyage in the dark. And then we said, number two, because life is likened to a voyage in the dark, you need the prophetic word to first align you with God's plan and purpose for your life. And we call this initial alignment. And under that, we talked about the fact that God is the only one who knows his plans and purposes for your life. It is the manufacturer that will be able to tell us the use of a manufactured product. Alright. And then we also said that when you catch a glimpse of God's plan for your life, you need to trust him. And then we also said that afterwards, you need to watch for his divine guidance and that you will hear a voice behind you saying, This is the way, walk in it. Alright. So those two points that we've looked at, life is likened unto a voyage, and you need the prophetic word to give you initial alignment. So number three, the prophetic word is not in reference to the logos. The logos is the entire word of God. You know, the Bible. I mean, it's not just only the Bible, like it is a diet that is just for you alone. Is a prescription that is for you alone. Somebody else cannot take that prescription. I've had prayers with my kids, you know, and would have fellowship together, and God will speak to my children separately. Do you understand? Well, after we pray, we usually have times of listening, and God will speak to them specifically, giving them specific instructions as to what they are supposed to do or attain. Do you get? And they will share it with me, but it is still their responsibility to carry out the instructions that God had given to them specifically. It's a diet. It's a diet. I've seen scriptures that my daughter will tell me that this is what Lord gave to me, right? It'll be funny for me to take her scriptures and start to meditate on it. It's not my diet. Do you understand? It's for her and it's good for her. Do you get? So it's it's a dynamic and a the the word of God with prophetic word comes to you in a dynamic and a personal way. Now, number four, the Rhema word now is what we're talking about. And we said it serves as a light in the dark, is a guiding light. Just the same way a lamp will illuminate a dark path for you. The Rhema word will give you clarity, it will give you direction, it will give you illumination on your journey of faith so that you're not journeying blindly. When we talk about faith sometimes, you know, when I was younger, or as a young Christian, I used to feel like faith having faith was a burden. I felt like having faith was a burden because why can't God just give us everything that we want? Why do we have to believe God for it? It looked as if it was just a game that God was playing with us, you know, to strengthen us and all of us. It's none of God's fault. Since none of his fault. Do you understand? It's none of his fault. But you see, when you have pictures, that's the reason why God gives you pictures and gives you the remote to help you to create pictures in your mind. Once you can see those pictures, it will help you in your journey of faith. Your faith can latch on to something because you are seeing something. Do you get you're seeing something, so your faith can latch onto it. It's very important. Second Peter chapter 1, verse 19. We have also a more sure word of prophecy, whereunto you do well that you take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place until the day dawns and the day star arises in your heart. So this emphasizes what we've talked about before that the prophetic word is what? Reliable. It is reliable, and not just that, it has illuminating nature. Alright? The rhema word will guide you until the full manifestation of God's glory. The Rhema word is your guiding light, it will lead you in the path of righteousness, it will lead you in the path of righteousness is justice, it will lead you in the path of truth, it will lead you in the path of divine purpose, it will provide clarity and direction so that you navigate navigate the challenges and the uncertainties of life, and it will bring you closer to God's will and God's plan. Alright. The next point that we have to note is that you bear the responsibility to utilize the Rhema word or the prophetic word. The prophetic rhema word, it is your responsibility to use it. It is your responsibility to use it. I can buy you a brand new phone. If you don't need it, you have another phone that you're using and you put it on your table, that phone will never come on. Do you understand? It is your responsibility to use it. If I give you a brand new sword, which is what the Bible calls the Rhema word, is the sword of the spirit. Okay, so we say the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. It's not the entire Bible that is the sword of the spirit. It's the Rhema word that is the sword of the spirit. Do you get? So I give you a sword and you do not use it. You have a shining sword that is so powerful, and yet demons are disturbing you, they are stressing you, they are making you feel depressed, you can't see anything, you are down, you are depressed. You oh my gosh. You have to use the Rema word, use it anyhow. I found out that even if it's just one, it is powerful like that because it is the word that the Lord gave you. Do you understand? If it's the word that God gave you on prosperity, for example, it will still work over demons that are disturbing you, over maybe clarity in your mind, over any other thing, even over healing, it will work. Everything is connected. Just use it already. Okay, use the Rhema word as a sword of the spirit. You bear the responsibility to actively use the rhema word in your life. God will initiate communication with you through his spoken word. You must receive it, you must understand it, you must apply it to your circumstances. Okay, so for you to be able to use the Rhema word, we're going to break it down now and show you how this responsibility has several key aspects. Number one, you must receive it. You have to be attentive and receptive to the remmer word when it is spoken to you. Imagine you're in a meeting and a little child prophesies to you. If you are not attentive, you will miss it. Again, you may be attentive, you hear the word. You know this is your word because it jumps at you. But then you now consider the nature of the vessel from which the word came to you. Some of you maybe is a pastor that you don't even like, or some of you believe that we female females, women should not be ministers of the gospel, women should not preach or teach a man. So when you now hear me now prophesying to you and giving you the word that you have been craving for for the past four or five years, you look at the verse, you say, No, it can't be with the word of God. Sorry for you. So it requires sensitivity for you to understand and know the prompting of the Holy Spirit because the Holy Spirit in you will leap for joy. Do you understand? The same way, once you hear the Holy Spirit in that person speaking to you, I'm telling you. So you have to have a willingness to listen, you have to discern God's voice amidst the noise of life. It's see this chasing after experiences, yeah. Um nothing wrong with it. Chasing after experiences like worship experience, world experience, which other experiences again? Prayer experience. Nothing wrong with it, okay? When you are done with that collective experience, you need to do some homework. Do you understand? If you're done with class, you go home and do your homework. There's a reason why it's called a homework. That homework is the one that sharpens you, not the one that you are all together in a collective. I'm telling you, these ones are very beneficial because the exchange of power, the spiritual power, you know, it can it's it's fast, it can fast-forward a lot of things in your life, but you must go back and do your homework. Are you hearing me? You have to go back, and then you have to learn to listen, discern God's voice. Do you understand? Some of you are so used to hearing God's voice in the collective. It's only when you are in an experience, a meeting for experience, you know. That's when you hear God's voice on your own. If I ask you, when was the last time God spoke to you? You don't know. You only just believe that God is speaking when the man of God is talking. You could see, you are very far from the truth. So you need to go and learn. Jesus said, My sheep hear my voice and they know my voice. They know, they know my voice. If he calls you on the phone, if you if Jesus calls you on the phone, do you know his voice? How can you tell is his voice? If you hear God's voice, how do you know he is the Holy Spirit that is teaching you? How do you know? So it's easy when you hear a voice in your heart telling you to go and commit adultery. It's easy for you to say, no, it is not God because it is plainly written, right? But what about some certain situations in the office? It's situations that have to do with justice. How would you know if you don't know the voice of God? Because the Lord is teaching us every single day what we ought to do in such situations. Let me give you an example. Years ago, I had a maid, I've given this example many times. I had a maid, you know, who was with me. We signed a contract, and by the contract, you know, she was supposed to serve me monthly basis, I pay her on a monthly basis, right? And at the end of the month, I would supposed to give her a certain amount of money, and she was supposed to attend, like be at work every single day that we agreed she was going to be at work apart from her off days, right? Now, if she was to miss any of those days at work, then it meant that I was not supposed to, if she was to, if she did not finish, okay, if she didn't finish her term, like we let's say we start at the first of February now, and we were supposed to end at the end of February, right? And then she doesn't, she starts at the beginning of February and she doesn't end the month. She stops maybe two weeks into it. She's to forfeit all the money that she has worked. Do you get that? Was our agreement, right? And that's the law in the country that I was in, right? But now this lady goes away. She works with me for like 12 days, and after 12 days, I didn't see her. She even had my key. I was so scared because she had the key to the estate gate, she had the key to my flat, you know, and that area, that community is one that was very well known for thefts and all manner of you know, murders and all manner of things. So I was scared. My heart was in my mouth the entire time when I was trying to reach her and I couldn't reach her, her phone was unreachable, and so on and so forth. So I just was praying, anyways. One day, one day out of the blue, she comes to the house, and this time around, she comes to say she's not working anymore, and she gives me her keys. Then she says to me, she gives me back my keys, then she says to me to pay her for the days that she worked, when she knew quite alright, but that by our contract she did not deserve any of the payment. She was supposed to forfeit it, especially if I had gone to the police to make reports and all of that, she would have been in a very bad position. Okay. Anyways, after she says that, I take my keys from her and I shut the door in her face and she leaves. Do you get? I was leaving because the audacity for her to come after putting me through all of that and then come and ask me for money after breaking, you know, the contract, the audacity. But do you know? As I slept that night, God spoke to me and he said to me very clearly, give Winnie her money. One of the few times I hear God speaking clearly directly to me. You know, he said, instruction, very clear instruction. There was no joke about it. He said, Give Winnie her money. Count all the days that she has worked and pay her to the last penny. Then he said to me, He said, For a laborer is worthy of his wages. Ah, that has to be the voice of God now. Nobody told me. The next day I went, collected money today. Like I calculated the day she has worked to the last penny, to the point that I had coins. Do you understand? According to the instruction, I had coins and I put it in an envelope and I called my neighbor's maid who was supposed to be like her friend, and I gave it to her. I said, give it to Winnie. In such a situation now, you can see that the voice of God, if I didn't know the voice of God, the voice of God played a very vital role in giving me instructions. Now, I thank God that I heard God because it was all bordering upon justice. Do you know? In that same flat, I left that flat, I eventually got.