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Note from Er. Callan:
For those of you who attended the teaching on prophecies,
I strongly encourage you to continue to boldly activate and exercise your gifts.
For those of you who missed the teachings, you
can purchase the audio tapes and obtain the notes from us. However, please find below a summary of the Bible Study teaching
held on Monday 3 June 2002.
REPORT ON 3 JUNE BIBLE STUDY
PROPHESY TO VICTORY!
Background
Er. Callan again led Monday nights Bible Study on
the topic of prophecy, which was the third and final installment Prophesy to Victory in this current series on prophecy. We
continued to learn how to actually activate our gift of prophecy that God has placed in each believer using the Book of Obadiah
for spiritual gems. Becoming stronger and stronger in this gift by continuing to step out in faith and activate your gift
by actually using it will eventually equal incredible breakthroughs
in your life! This was one of the powerful, direct and fresh revelations of God that night (in which Er. Callan firmly
believes)! How awesome!
Introduction
We learned that one can prophesy against his or her spiritual
adversary. Obadiah 1. We know that our adversaries are not flesh and blood and that God is the ultimate Judge.
Every unusual physical and violent reaction has a spiritual
cause.
Ephesians 6:12
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the
heavenly places.Dont judge! Fair warning. Just pray. He is the Judge!
And He will judge righteously. Just pray for His righteousness to be manifested.
Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God,
and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their
works, by the things which were written in the books.2 Timothy 4:1
I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ,
who will judge the living and the dead at. His appearing and His kingdom:
Our words, including prophetic ones, have a very powerful and real effect on other people, whether we know it or not.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who
love it will eat its fruit.
Definition of Prophecy
It was established in the Bible Study through the Word of God
that (Godly) prophecy is from God, Exodus 7:1-2 NIV.
The 3 main points of the evening were established as such:
1) Prophecy should be released and
sealed in a prayer and is the key to opening the doors of Kingdom power and purpose for Gods people.
2) Prophecy is God speaking through
man to man; and
3) Prophecy is the Holy Spirit speaking
through us.
Dont despise
prophecy, but rather desire it. 1 Corinthians 14:5 NIV.
When you release Godly prophecy, release it in the form of
a prayer and seal it in Jesuss Name amen.
What does one do with Prophecy?
Simple!
1) Conceive it
2) Birth it and
3) Bathe it
Through continued prayer (and as called by the Lord fast).
The Holy Spirit in Prophecy
We need the Holy Spirits help in prophecy. Romans 8:26-27 NIV.
He will prompt us in prophecy.
We also need Gods wisdom: this is very important. And all we
have to do is sincerely ask for it.
He enables us to do the following:
1) Prophesy Gods directions or message;
and
2) Prophesy according to Gods thoughts
and intents.
One of the greatest prophecies was about Jesus, the Christ
Himself. Luke 2:40 NIV. Dont wait for your mighty destiny in Christ! Take hold of it through His Word and His prophets whom
He may send to you to guide you along the way! 1 Corinthians 13:9 NIV. And prophesy!
Now Prophesy to Victory!: 7 Points
1) Believe that there will be deliverance
(victory).
Belief overcomes fear. For example, meditate on David and Goliath.
2) Our Sovereign Lord is in control
(holiness, presence of God).
3) We shall possess the Promised Land
(our inheritance). Please dont wait for 40 years like the Israelites did!
4) The power of God is available to
you and authorities subject to you for His glory (as represented by the fire and the flame where Joseph is the flame and Jacob
the fire).
5) The devil is defeated (stubble)! Amen and amen.
6) Your spiritual adversaries are annihilated
(totally destroyed and no survivors)!
7) The Lord has spoken: therefore His Word is
established.
This is complete
victory. Full stop.
Join us on Monday 17 June 2002 for our next series entitled
Three Days and Three Nights from the Book of Jonah.
If you have ever felt rubbed raw and dry and ended up feeling
like salmon sashimi from the (necessary and good for you) refining work of God in your life, then come along and discover
why!
Godbless you with Him.
SPECIAL REPORT ON 27 MAY BIBLE STUDY
(BELOW POINTS)
Prophecy is the guided rhema
(for a season) Word of God and is living, active and ready does not foretell your future but...
...is more
than able to perfom, lead and build you to the incredibly awesome destiny that God has in plan for you!
Do you want an awesome destiny? Then
read on...
Over the last two Monday evenings, we saw the power
of God being demonstrated and manifesting through spirit-filled believers: prophecies were divinely released by God's
anointing through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Many could not believe that they really can prophesy - but
the Bible proclaims that the Spirit of the Lord will be poured out onto all flesh including His people - sons and daughters
so that they shall begin to prophesy in the last days.
Hey! Are you a son or a daughter of someone? Mmm...if
you are, then wow you are qualified to prophesy! *joy* So come and join us: The School of Prophets!
*smile* Not only will we learn how to prophesy through a study of His Word but also through action or demonstration.
What better way to learn?
Oh
hallelujah, glory be to God. Amen.
General Note on Bible Study
In these last days, many will see visions, dream
dreams and prophesy. Did you know that prophecy can be conceived and birthed by, bathed in and brought into
existence all through the divine power of God?
Many of you have probably received great and Godly prophecies but can't
quite fully understand their entire meanings. Or else the prophecies don't seem to be coming to pass, lingering
in the spiritual and not yet tangible in the physical.
DON'T BE KEPT IN THE 'DARK' ANYMORE
ABOUT PROPHECY!...
...So come on over to our upcoming Bible
Study with expectant hearts, and surely the Good Lord above will bless you and answer your "Whys?": that's His great and wonderful
promise, amen!
Remember a moment of favour from
the Lord lasts a lifetime or a day in His House is better than a thousand days in the world amen. Why? Because
God is eternal, everything He does is, too, eternal. Hallelujah!
God bless you and your loved ones, indeed He blesses
in Jesus's Name amen!
2 Timothy 2:15
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a
worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Since I began the Bible study,
more than a year ago, the Lord has guided me by His Holy Spirit to teach Christians on how to stand strong and firm in faith
and in the faith - and to withstand the wiles and scheme of the evil one.
Many attendees' lives have been changed by the teachings. Attendees have understood the importance of and
how to maintain thise intake of God's knowledge (in this area) to successfully withstand every affliction sent by the evil
one.
If you are still searching and still don't quite understand how to take up that shield of faith to quench
every fiery dart coming your way, then why wait?, come and join us and fight the spiritual warfare together VICTORIOUSLY in
Jesus's Name, amen!
About the Speaker:
Er. Joseph Callan ( Overseer ) believes in receiving fresh revelations directly from the Spirit of God
in the areas of visions, words of wisdom and knowledge. By the Word of God, his sermons and teachings help many Christians
break out of bondages - and as a result enable the blessings of God to begin to flow into their lives. Many have
been transformed: thoughts, minds begin to line up with the mind of Christ. Consequently, they are no longer subject
to the torment of the evil one.
REPORT ON 27 MAY BIBLE STUDY
PROPHESY: Real-Life
Testimonies
A relative's life was saved from a potential accident
by the protecting Hand of God as prophetic prayer was released in faith and covered by corporate and electrifying prayer.
A young lady, it was accounted, was truly set free from the lure of the world when the Lord revealed it graciously. And her
brother re-consecrated when charms, abominations to the Lord, adorning the motorbike he used to share and ride daily with
a friend and unbeknownst to the brother were exposed by the divine and all-consuming power of Gods light.
Two sweetly delicate ladies were released into, edified
by and confirmed of, their sparkling destinies as princesses of God. Deliverance in water, new life, was confirmed for another
person. This same persons strong prophetic gift was determined and her voice, heart, soul and mind attuned to that of a worshipper.
A lovely lady was blessed into her future as a worshipper for Jehovah as a vision of worship instruments surrounding her was
shared. The power of Godly healing took flight in a prayer on wings of faith for a faithful sister. And someone was released
into her mighty destiny, in a vision of a butterfly, as a dancer of Christ.God
is good and God spoke over two nights Monday 21 May and Monday 28 May through ordinary people but extraordinary in Him.
As God is so good and His Word is living, true and a promise,
many of us were able to accurately spoke words of prophecy. The prophet Ezekiel states that dry, dead bones can become living
again through prophecy: "Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!"
Ezekiel 37:4. NKJ.
As Er. Callan, by the fresh and direct wisdom of God,
lead the group into the realities of biblical prophecy, faith arose to actually prophesy! Faith, I can move the mountains.
I can do all things through Christ! You better believe it! Faith, which arose in worship and was conducted to a crescendo
by the Word of God at the end of the sermon, is certainly required to prophesy because it means you trust God. Humbly, you
acknowledge His Sovereignty.
The 4 main points that Er. Callan highlighted in his
sermon were as follows:
1) Prophecy is a spontaneous divine
utterance spoken, sung or danced transmitted through prayer originating from the Lord to birth the receiver into his or her
mighty God-given destiny.
2) Prophecy brings life. We learn from
the Book of Ezekiel that the prophet Ezekiel prophesied to the dry bones and eventually they became a vast army! Can you imagine?
Life from absolutely dead, dry bones actually happened! God is great! Actualised prophecy will take time as we learn that
the dry bones first rattled a little bit, then there was a shaking, then finally they all came together amen! Hallelujah!
Really stop for a second to imagine this truly and absolutely
astounding scripture! What is the power of God? Take a deep breath. Take your time. Draw it into the depths of your lungs.
You live because you have Gods breath inside of you. Now imagine how Ezekiel must have felt when he was told to prophesy over
bones. Dead, dry bones.
So speak to your problem and breathe life into barrenness and
prosper in all things.
Birth and bathe your prophecy in prayer to establish its origins
from the Lord because "we know in part, and we prophesy in part." 1 Corinthians 13:9. Also, His Word shall be established
in the mouths of two or three of His witnesses. 2 Corinthians 13:1.
1) According to Acts 2:16-18, in the last days the latter rain all believers shall
prophesy.
2) Surely practice is required,
however it doesnt make perfect! It is however faith exercised for faith without works is dead faith. Please exercise your
faith because it can grow, just as you would your physical muscles! If you dont move your legs, you dont walk! If you dont
open your mouth, you dont prophesy! Be patient, too. Wait on the Lord. Er. Callan emphasised that although you
are bound to make mistakes because your own human borders (voice of the human spirit and the enemy voice limit you), the Holy
Spirit is your guide and you must lean on Him!
3) Acknowledge and thank the Lord at
all times! For He is the One who makes this, and all things, possible. He is worthy. Cast your gaze to the cross. Simply,
He is worthy.
Those who attended the bible study could feel excitement growing
in the air as the time drew very near to actually prophesy!, prophesy! Pens were quickly snapped back into bags, notebooks
shut with a decisive thud, and Bibles snuggled back into haversacks.
Er. Callan led us in prayer for the anointing of
the Holy Spirit to be over each one of us to speak and sing propheticallyand so the above introduction wonderfully serves
as testimonies.
In each step, we relied on God. In each seeking, we set our face towards His. In each heartbeat, we
gave thanks and awesome glory unto our God.
And we prophesied.
Footnotes
1 You are my lamp, O Lord; the Lord turns
my darkness into light. 2 Samuel 22:29
2 Testimonies have been edited,
and names omitted.
3
Ezekiel 37
The
Valley of Dry Bones
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the
middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor
of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" I said, "O Sovereign LORD,
you alone know." Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! This
is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. I will attach
tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life.
Then you will know that I am the LORD.' " So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise,
a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin
covered them, but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and
say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they
may live.' " So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet-a
vast army. Then he said to me: "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up and
our hope is gone; we are cut off.' Therefore prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people,
I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you, my
people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. I will put my Spirit in you
and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done
it, declares the LORD.' "
4But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: "And it shall come to pass in
the last days", says God, "That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your
young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out
My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy."
5James 2:17
In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not
accompanied by action, is dead.
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