Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

tank. I want to use discretion and wisdom when saying this, but some of these movements are filled with what I call “cereal saints,” meaning they are full of flakes and nuts. Many times they are stepping out in faith to speak but have a hit-or-miss ratio of about 50 percent that are accurate and 50 percent that are wrong, which is about the same percentage of an alleged psychic who attempts to predict someone’s future! I was blessed to be raised with and around great men and women of God who prayed hours each day, fasted extensively, and would never open their mouths and say, “The Lord said . . . ” until they had a true burning inspiration from the Holy Spirit. My own father commonly would receive special inspired messages, including words of knowledge and warnings for individuals, and in my lifetime I never saw him miss the mark when giving a prophetic word to a person. He was so accurate that it created an awesome presence and fear of the Lord among those in the congregation. A second personal observation about those alleging to give a word is that the “word” often is a word of great, future blessing and prosperity without the requirement for a life of sacrifice or holiness. Throughout the Bible true prophets would call out those in sin and rebuke those in arrogance and pride and give warnings while weeping at the same time. A true prophetic word is not just for edification, exhortation, and comfort (1 Cor. 14:3), but throughout the Bible, including the New Testament, a word can bring an advance warning. J UDGING A P ERSONAL W ORD