Developing Your Prophetic Gifting,9780800793265

Developing Your Prophetic Gifting

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ISBN13: 9780800793265
ISBN10: 0800793269
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Pub. Date: 2003-02-01
Publisher(s): Chosen
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Summary

Prophecy has tremendous potential for encouraging vision, stimulating faith and bringing revival and renewal into the hart of the Church. Misused, however, the gift can engender strife, division and confusion. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Graham Cooke has been involved in prophetic ministry since 1974

Table of Contents

Foreword 13(2)
Introduction: Understanding Prophecy 15(2)
Understanding Prophecy
17(12)
Prophecy and Scripture
17(2)
Strategy and tactics
19(1)
Humility is a prerequisite
20(1)
Prophecy and history
20(1)
Getting hold of the false
21(1)
Overcoming the negatives
22(1)
Counterarguments to release prophecy
23(6)
The Value of Prophecy
29(14)
Prophecy restores people's dignity and self-respect
29(1)
Prophecy edifies, encourages and comforts the church
30(1)
Prophecy can bring correction and warning
31(1)
Prophecy can provide direction and enhance vision
32(1)
Prophecy provides an agenda for prayer
32(3)
Prophecy opens up the teaching of the Word and confirms preaching
35(1)
Prophecy can provide evangelistic breakthroughs
36(1)
Prophecy can release the church into new doctrine or practices
37(1)
Prophecy provides insight into counseling situations
38(1)
Prophecy provides a spirit of thanksgiving and praise
39(1)
Prophecy provides a faith injection
40(1)
Prophecy is vital to spiritual warfare
41(2)
PART 1: The Gift of Prophecy 43(74)
First Steps in Prophecy
45(16)
Preparation
46(6)
Desire to prophesy
52(2)
How does prophecy come?
54(7)
The Practice of Prophecy
61(18)
Objective ... the burden of God's heart
61(1)
Diagnosis and prognosis
62(5)
Negativity and judgmentalism
67(1)
Deal with frustration
68(1)
Don't be superspiritual
69(1)
Revelation and information
70(2)
Don't look for clues!
72(3)
Consider the person you are ministering to
75(2)
Recording prophecy
77(1)
Personal and private prophecy
77(2)
Guidelines for Handling Prophecy
79(16)
Judgment before delivery
81(3)
Bring in outside perspective
84(2)
Revelational prophecy and character
86(3)
Interpretation
89(3)
Application
92(3)
Personal Prophecy
95(22)
What is the presbytery?
97(1)
Prophets in the plural
98(1)
Who needs prophecy?
99(1)
When is it right to prophesy and when to open the Scriptures?
99(1)
Leaders, ministries, people doing well
100(2)
Prophecy is incomplete
102(1)
The mercy of God never condones sin
103(2)
Prophecy is ongoing and developmental
105(5)
Prophecy is provisional and dependent on obedience
110(7)
PART 2: Prophecy in the Church 117(2)
Judging and Weighing Prophecy
119(1)
SECTION A---THE MAIN TESTS 119(26)
The biblical pattern
121(3)
The tests
124(17)
How do we handle negative prophecy?
141(3)
How do we apply the tests?
144(1)
SECTION B---THE SUBSIDIARY TESTS 145(34)
Focus on the outcomes
145(3)
We prophesy in part
148(2)
There are different categories of prophetic words
150(2)
Examine the track record
152(1)
Distinguish between false prophecy and poor prophecy
153(3)
We must always ask for God's permission to speak
156(2)
Don't make any adjustments
158(1)
The Role of the Christian Prophet
159(16)
The gift of prophecy
159(1)
The prophetic ministry
160(2)
The office of a prophet
162(1)
The importance of development
162(2)
Features of Old and New Testament prophets
164(3)
The Christian prophet
167(8)
To Be or Not to Be?
175(4)
Christian fatalism
175(4)
SECTION A---ACCEPTANCE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT 179(13)
Established opinions hinder response
179(2)
Witness of the spirit
181(1)
Parable of the sower (Matthew 13:19--23)
182(1)
Disobedience prevents us from hearing the Lord
182(1)
Register the elements of truth
183(1)
What happens when the opposite of the prophecy occurs?
184(3)
There will be a contesting
187(2)
Examine your faith for a good confession
189(3)
SECTION B---ABSORPTION AND ASSIMILATION 192(13)
Open the prophecy for comment by mature people
192(1)
Accountability
193(3)
Prophecy contains a moral imperative
196(1)
God has His own agenda in prophecy
197(1)
Don't neglect the character response
198(4)
Prophecy will cause a shaking
202(1)
Prophecy will test us
203(2)
SECTION C---ACTUALIZATION AND ATTAINMENT 205(32)
Recognize our responsibilities
205(2)
Timing and preparation
207(5)
True Christian hope
212(3)
Patience and perseverance
215(2)
A Framework for Prophecy in the Local Church
217(14)
Inspirational prophecy
218(1)
Encourage good habits
218(13)
Keeping Prophecy Alive
231(6)
PART 3: The Leadership Role in Prophecy 237(2)
The Leadership Role in Prophecy
239(1)
Leaders can despise prophecy
239(3)
Prophecy tests the leadership
242(2)
Prophecy affects the status quo
244(3)
Corporate morality
245(3)
Holding people's histories against them
248(3)
Create a climate for prophecy
251(2)
Handling Wrong Prophecy
253(1)
Know the difference between false and poor prophecy
254(4)
Handling wrong prophecy in the meeting
258(4)
Giving constructive criticism
262(1)
Handling frustration and private opinion
263(1)
Have integrity when cleaning up the mess
264(3)
The Prophetic Partnership
267(1)
Controlling or releasing?
267(1)
General criteria
268(1)
Training, equipping and releasing the prophetic
269(1)
Active cross-pollination
269(1)
External ministry
270(1)
Good leaders promote the interaction of ministry
271(1)
Creating a prophetic team
272

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