The prophet's handbook

As we have said, prophesying is a divine communication, coming from God through a vessel. Specifically, it is the delivery of God’s word to the earth, which may comprise His will, plans, teachings, purposes, and disposition on a matter. Generally God does this through people, though He has been known to use other means: Balaam’s mule, angels, visual signs in nature, or dreams and visions. These all constitute the tools of the prophet‘s trade. God has community, neighborhood, regional, or district prophets. Novice prophets may start out in one of these areas and later be promoted to city, state, national, or international watchmen—not a rash or hasty move on God’s part. (Only the devil is in a hurry.) To God, timing and preparation are critical, and His omniscience makes good use of both. Regarding territories, a body of states or other geographical area may be served by a union of several prophets who guard its supernatural realm, intercede for its protection and safety, and overturn demonic enactments and institutions. They do all of this to stay the tide of satanic onslaughts. Needless to say, regarding the above, the broader a prophet‘s scope and the wider his range of influence (sphere of domain), the greater the problems he or she is likely to face. God’s wisdom knows this means stronger spiritual endowments are called for if the minister is to do his job effectively. Faculties and capacities are intensified to equip the minister to perform at peak levels when needed. Frankly, the reason God makes these distinctions is because verifying prophets’ work responsibilities demands varying levels of dispensation and anointing. Warfare, confrontation, and demonic contact all determine who gets what, at what time, and for what reasons. One need not be a genius to know that national or regional demons are more shrewd, cunning, and powerful than state or community spirits. Consequently, a prophet’s dispensation invariably fits the need. God is not given to foolish excess and power for power’s sake when dealing with mankind. Furthermore, the oracular sides of the ministries too are not the same. The amount of verbalization needed to serve a church body is far less than that needed to serve a nation. Visions, communications, perceptions, and the like all differ vastly within the designated territories. Prophetic abilities and capacities are wisely dispensed by God accordingly. When they are upgraded, it is because a promotion is pending and the increased dispensation is needed for the new or higher office’s demand. Prophetic Training