How to Interpret Dreams and Visions Perry Stone

curse. I have heard of deceivers who would manipulate the masses or use their alleged prophetic gifts to draw in income for their own selfish greed. One-self acclaimed prophet came to a church in Georgia to preach , claiming he was gifted with a special anointing to increase your blessing under one condition: if you gave an offering to his ministry. The only catch was that the length and type of prayers he was anointed to pray for a person were based upon the amount of money that person gave to him in the offering. The man organized four different lines: the $50, $500, $1,000, and $5,000 lines. Those giving $50 got a slap on the head and a “God bless you.” The $500 folks got a longer prophecy with more benefits guaranteed for their obedience. The one woman who gave $5,000 received a long word , a long prayer, the personal address of the selfacclaimed prophet, and his private phone number. The sad aspect is that Christians sitting under this shyster’s ministry believed he had some hotline to heaven that could release God’s special favor. For some reason, many of these selfacclaimed prophets and prophetesses link their ability to be a blessing to you on the amount of money that comes from you. Can you imagine the apostle Peter’s reaction today if he was a false prophet and Simon the sorcerer from Samaria came to him and said, “I’ll give you money, if you will give me the gift of laying hands upon people to receive the Holy Spirit”? (See Acts 8:18–19.) Some of today’s socalled prophets would grab Simon, bring him to the platform, and shout, “Folks, God is moving! This man is a sorcerer, but he has felt impressed to plant a large seed in the ministry. You know God can bless a man even if he’s not all right at this time, so raise your hands