What's my response when I sense God speaking?
WELCOME to Issue #212 of The Seedhead from Alex and Hannah at Dandelion Resourcing - a weekly confidence booster to help you step into naturally supernatural discipleship and mission!
When you sense God speaking to you for someone, what should you do? Learn 4 options for your next step!
Prophecy, in its simplest form, is hearing from the Holy Spirit and sharing what He said.
Jesus made clear that God loves to talk with us, and for us to interact back with Him. Jesus said in John 10:27, “My sheep listen to my voice.” Hearing (and obeying) God should be a normal, everyday experience for every believer
When we pray for others and sense God might be speaking prophetically, be aware that there are actually 3 parts to that prophetic word - revelation, interpretation, and application.
REVELATION = “What is God saying?” - This is the actual thing that we sense from God, such as a Bible verse, an image in our mind’s eye, or something we ‘hear’ internally.
INTERPRETATION = “What does it mean?” - The next step after the revelation is to weigh it (“Is this really from God?”) and then consider what it might mean.
APPLICATION = “What’s my response?” - Once we understand what God is saying, we need to decide how to respond. This could mean praying, sharing the word, or taking a specific action.
Today we’re thinking about that third part, application.
Once God has given a prophetic word, whether directly to you or through someone else, and you’re pretty sure it is Jesus speaking, then the third step is to ask Him what to do with it and when.
Too often we assume that just because God speaks then we must immediately share that sense. While that can quite often be true, especially when praying with someone one-on-one, don’t assume that’s always the case. Sometimes He just reveals some background info to help you pray privately, or interact with them in a more helpful manner.
In this video, we share 4 options you can use to decide how to respond to what Jesus is saying:
Next Steps
Which of the 4 options listed in the video comes most easily to you? And which one is least used by you? How can you lean into a broader range of responses?
Ask God for the opportunity to pray with another believer this week, to receive a simple prophetic word, and to then select from these different options for what you do next.
We love the prophetic gifts, since the Bible tells us to eagerly desire them (1 Cor. 14:1), and also because we’ve seen on countless occasions how helpful they are to others. Let’s choose to become people who handle them with boldness and wisdom!
With love,
Alex + Hannah
ALEX AND HANNAH ABSALOM
P.S. We have a book on this very topic! Check out Hearing the Voice of God and purchase it for yourself and your team - it comes with application questions that will fuel some life-changing conversations.
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