PROPHETIC Guide

PROPHETIC HANDBOOK
BY
ABIDOGUN KAYODE.M

WHO IS A PROPHET? (NEW TESTAMENT PROPHETS)
A prophet is a man separated from other people with a special
anointing to tell the counsels of God and His ordinances. A prophet can
then be called the mouth piece of God through which He speaks to
people.
According to Cambridge dictionary, a prophet "is a person who is
believed to have a special power that allows them to say what a god
wishes to tell people, especially about things that will happen in the
future." This is the case in the old testament, that when men want to
hear God talk they have to wait on the prophet to speak to them and
show them what the Lord is saying about them.
This means God could not have said a thing to you without
communicating it through His prophet. This is the work of the old
testament prophets, they speak the counsels of God directly. In-fact
God needed a prophet to communicate to the People because this
anointing is only available for a selected few and even with such an
anointing they do not hear God all the time only when they are inspired.
Coming to the new testament prophets, this is a different ball game
because God does no speak to His people through the prophets again,
He ceased talking to the people through the prophets but by His son:
Hebrews 2:1-2
1. On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to
our fathers through the prophets.

2. But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He
appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
Now God speaks to all the believers through His son and not through
His prophets. The moment Jesus paid the price and was glorified the
order changed and whole administration of God’s people was handed
over to Jesus the Christ. At this point the prophets could have been
ruled out and we wouldn’t have heard of such a thing again but the
book of Ephesians 4: 8 -11 said..
8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity
captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first
into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all
heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
It was Jesus Christ who gave the 5 fold ministry as we know it to the
Church as a gift. The prophets happens to be part of this gift of Jesus to
the Church, the question remains if God doesn’t speak through the
prophets again to his people, why then do we have prophets as a gift?
Ephesians 4: 12-15
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ:

13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the
Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ:
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and
carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and
cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things,
which is the head, even Christ:
Compared to the old testament, the new testament prophets have a
serious responsibility of making sure Christ is formed in the people and
the discipline to know “not just what is happening but what God is
saying” at the moment.
The Bible is making us understand that the 5 fold ministry are given as
gifts for the maturation of His people, there is no maturation without
understanding.
Seeing the structure and the nature of the church to be a prophetic one,
we still need this anointing not necessarily to tell us what God is saying
but to guide us as to how to go about these things that God has spoken.
The new testament prophets still give words of prophecy, and personal
words of knowledge and wisdom. This is not wrong at all just that this is
not their primary place of assignment. Anyone can give accurate word
of wisdom and knowledge but the place of the assignment of the new
testament prophet is to help us navigate the seasons in which the
Church is currently in and what the church ought to do in this particular
season.

The new testament prophet is sent to the church not to be a
soothsayer but as a guide of the whole system and help the church
mature by means of accurate guidance and inspired timely teaching of
the word of God.
MY PERSONAL PROPHETIC VISION
In 2016 I was Given a vision by the Lord in regards to the prophetic
realm that made me understand better what this realm is like.
Sometimes in 2016 I was taken in a vision while worshiping and I saw a
door to a house, on this door was written “THE PROPHETICS”. The door
was opened by a Prophet inside the house and I was ushered in.
Inside the house, by the door was an angel standing who gave me two
things; the first is a map to the house and the second is a compass. The
angel told me this realm is too dangerous to walk without your map
and your compass, when I entered, the house was full of treasures and
a lot of valuable things and this house is very big and this was the end
of the vision.
INTERPRETATION OF THE VISION
Now there are 3 main things to take note and pay serious attention to
in this vision and those 3 things are
1. The House;
2. The Map and
3. The compass

THE HOUSE: A house is a building for human habitation, i.e it's a place
where man can feel free about himself to do whatever he wants. It’s a
place of rest. A house is a place where a man can be the king of his own
kingdom without anyone’s help or involvement.
The house in this vision signifies divine enablement, “an anointing” that
makes you flow in places of treasure and rest. This anointing lets an
ordinary man do extraordinary things. This anointing let’s a man be
above his peers and make others behold him like a “superman."
Although all of these things are there, there is a strong limitation to this,
because the house is so big you are going to be needing the Map to
track where you are. Many people that find themselves in these
category are often frustrated because they know there is more to them
and what they can do but it’s just sad, because without the map, it will
be like trying to fly a plane without even at least reading the manual.
THE MAP: A map is a diagrammatic representation of an area of land or
sea showing physical features, cities, roads. The map, the Angel further
told me, is the word of God. The house becomes more enjoyable in a
way that you can reach anything you want.
Many people that are in this House with the Map are the ones people
really run to in this generation. The anointing is present and they have
the map, they know exactly what to do to get what result.
Many of these people become so full of themselves because they never
receive any direction from anybody. They literally lord it over and
exploit people because they know what can impress them. They are not

ignorant of what the “HOUSE” contains and they know exactly how to
get certain result.
Many of these folks are Prophets, Pastors , our leaders, they know too
much about the “anointing” or “the ability of God” upon their lives,
while this is not bad but they have so much focused on it that they
want to build an empire because of this graces on them. These are the
prophets who give “accurate prophecies” even when the Lord has not
said a thing! These are the pastors who preach “powerful” messages
without the Holy spirit saying anything that relates to that.
Those found in this house with only the map are confused people. They
have no idea where they are going but people are drawn to them
because they are in the house and know where the treasures are?
Because these people are so confused they end up manipulating people.
How can you lead when you do not have a destination? They are lost in
themselves. They do not really care about what God wants, why should
they? They can do all things, little do they know that there are things
more valuable and more costly than what the house provides.
THE COMPASS: A Compass is an instrument for finding direction, with a
needle that always points to the North.
The angel told me the compass is the Holy Spirit, now you understand
why the earlier set of people have really missed it. The have mastered
the house without the Holy spirit so they have become a confused
people because a moment they are here and the next moment they are
there. They do not have stamina, though they prophesy with serious
accuracy, they cannot tell what God is doing at the moment. They
cannot tell because they do not have the compass. They cannot tell
which direction their assignment is. They do not know the north from

the south, they don’t know the west from the east and these are the
people we call leaders. People that are not led, people that are full of
themselves.
Without the compass you will be very busy doing nothing, the first
reason why God put you in the House is to perform a specific
assignment. A very specific assignment that only the compass can help
you navigate not even the Map (even though it is very needed). The
compass gives directions and instructions that have the ability of
leading you to your place of assignment and it’s fulfillment.
Also while walking and navigating with the compass you are in the
same frequency with God.
MATTHEW 7:22-23
22. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in
Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many
miracles?’
23. Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you
workers of lawlessness
These people in Matthew are examples of guys that walked without the
compass and Jesus said he will tell them He never knew them! Jesus did
not lie, He actually never knew them! They worked their lives building
empires for themselves. They took advantage of everything and
neglected their place of assignment.
LUKE 10:20
20. Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but
rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

Another word from Jesus in the book of Luke. Jesus said they should
not be happy because they are in this house! Don’t be joyous because
of the anointing! Rejoice because you have directions and instructions!
Rejoice for you name is written in the book of life!
It’s not about the activities! Yes, It's all about the compass! It's all about
the Holy Spirit! It's all about knowing what to do!
Imagine if I hired a gatekeeper for my house and he will walk round my
compound everyday just to keep them clean and this person will always
keep my gates opened. I ask you today, should I pay him for a job well
done? I want to believe you also said No, because at the end of the day
only things commanded will be rewarded.
Friends in all you find yourself doing make sure you always have your
compass in hand. You don't have to do it because you can do it, instead
do it because you are directed to do it. We are limited by time on earth
and the quality of your time will be used to reward your works. I tell
you again, always walk with your compass.
THE PROPHETESS ANNA
Reading from the book of Luke chapter 2 verses 36 through 38, we can
see the prophetess here, I intentionally want to share from this
particular chapter of the new testament because it was not really
emphasized, a little was said about her but it is weighty.
Luke 2:36-38 (NIV)

36. There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe
of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years
after her marriage,
37. and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the
temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
38. Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God
and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the
redemption of Jerusalem.
This woman got married and became a widow after 7 years of marriage,
one naturally would have expected her to remarry considering she's
very young but Scripture says she never left the temple, her duties
there were simply worship and praying.
Studies have shown that this prophetess was in the temple all her life
interceding for the coming of the Christ. One of the first things we must
understand is that nothing happens by coincidence in the physical
realm, if God needs to achieve something, He needs people to pray and
intercede, likewise the devil, he needs people too, this is because the
realm we live in is the realm of man.
Psalms 115:16(KJV)
16. The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath
he given to the children of men.
This verse means if any spirit wants to have an activity on Earth, it
needs the permission of a man! In this case God needed an expression
on Earth and He needed a vessel to stand in the gap. I'm showing us

this so you can understand one of the very important responsibilities of
a prophet.
It's a ministry that requires your mind to be suspended because often
times you will be picking up things that are extremely spiritual. The
Prophetic ministry is a ministry of Trust and God will ask you to put all
your weight on it. It will also come with a burden attached, this is the
marking of true prophetic ministry. It will be marked by burdens for
people and the body of Christ. This Burdens may be Greater in a case
where you're a Prophetic intercessor.
An average Believer may have a glimpse of what the new season is and
may even try to share, such audacity is given only to the utterance of
people that bear the Prophetic Mantle. Prophets undergo these Burden
in order to bring forth the New seasons in the realm of the Spirit and
announce it to the church or the world as the case may be.
A prophet is that person that stands in the gap until the manifestation
of the will of God is done, that is why the nature of this calling is
different, these set of people are usually very jealous about the things
of God and His laws, their emotions can be easily stirred in that aspect
and this is because there is a great responsibility attached to their office
which is calls burdens.
A burden is a weight that is on your heart, it sometimes cannot be
explained verbally and it is so strong that it can make you stay until it is
lifted, an example is the prophetess Anna, burdens reconfigures you.
God can give you a burden because of a person which would see you
fast for the person and the person does not even know, it can be for

states or even nations or any sector or even about things you don't
understand.
Sometimes ago, the Lord told me that the journey was a lonely journey,
this does not mean you would not have friends or get married or
someone close to you, what it means is that you might not have the
luxury that others enjoy such as being close with everybody or getting
attached with everything or total commitment into another thing this is
because at any point burdens can come on you and the people around
might not even understand.
Prophets are usually people that are alone, in this regard it is not a bad
thing, there would be seasons where the Lord will require that you be
alone and in those seasons are seasons of revelation.
Amos 3:7
7. Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto
his servants the prophets.
The first set of people that pick a new season in God are prophetic
people, they usually have a drawing to the secret place and most often
than not, the discussions are not even personal.
Most of your dealings will not be about yourself but about the church
of God because you were appointed for the church, the prophetic grace
is about the church, it is for other believers, it is for other people God is
sending your way, if you do not understand these things, the people
God has sent you to may have limitations in their walk because you
have not understood what God has given to you.

In my walk in this office, I have understood that giving someone a word
of wisdom or knowledge can fast track the person's journey. Prophecy
edified, gives comfort but the problem is that many people coming up
in this grace and anointing do not yet trust the voice coming, they have
not yet learnt to trust the vision they are seeing
HOW CAN WE TRUST THE VOICE, VISION AND DREAMS
The first step is knowing that these things are wired into you, it's not
like you are trying to get something, the same way you're breathing
without effort is the same you can prophesy without effort, it is in the
nature.
The things that matter is that you need to grow in your level of
understanding.
The second is that you need to pray those stuffs out, you cannot
maximize the prophetic grace except being a man or woman of prayer.
You need to pray a lot because when the grace starts growing and you
start getting visions and dreams and words, it is accompanied with a
lot of doubts. Prayers would help you sieve the words/visions/dreams
you receive, this is also what scriptures help you do, but one cannot go
without the other.
Everything done in the Kingdom of God is done by faith, you must be a
person of faith. When you do all of these things, you would discover
that many of the things you have been receiving all of these are true
but you were afraid. You have to take that step! Many times the
entirety of the word or vision will not come until you start talking to the
person.

Another question that begs for answer is that, will you be accurate
eveytime you speak? No! As a prophet you should be humble, you need
a lot of humility because the calling is a very bouyant one, people will
be very vulnerable to you and would want to honour and respect you.
Another reason why you need to be humble is because you can be
wrong, sometimes it is not that you're wrong, it is just that maybe
what you're talking about is not ripe yet at the moment.
When talking to a believer you can tell them to also pray about it
because the Spirit of God speaks to every believer, if why your saying is
true and accurate, the Spirit of God in them will confirm
SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND OFFICE
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
[1] Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you
ignorant.
[2] Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols,
even as ye were led.
[3] Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the
Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus
is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
[4] Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

[5] And there are differences of administrations, to every man to profit
withal.
[8] For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the
word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
[9] To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by
the same Spirit;
[10] To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to
another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to
another the interpretation of tongues:
From verse 8, the first gift mentioned by the Apostle is what we call the
Word of Wisdom, then the second is Word of Knowledge, then Apostle
Paul mentioned the Gift of Faith.
We must understand that out of these 9 gifts there are gifts called
prophetic gift and part of them are the Word of wisdom, word of
knowledge, distinguishing (discerning) between spirit, the gift of
prophecy, different kinds of tongues as well and the interpretation of
tongues ; these are the gifts we refer to as prophetic gifts.
Word of knowledge is when you begin to see someone telling you the
things you already know and you're wondering how they know or the
manifestation of calling people out by their names etc.
Word of wisdom is when someone begins to foretell you the things that
are ahead of you and giving you the counsels oof God about the

decisions you have to make. The word of wisdom and the word of
knowledge are connected, a person might start out with the word of
knowledge and manouvre into the word of wisdom.
Word of knowledge deals with the past and and at most presently while
word of wisdom moves from present to the future accompanied with
the counsels of God concerning it.
Distinguishing between Spirit or discernment of spirits as put by many
translations, this is the ability to see the thin line that many people are
not seeing, this was evident when Paul the apostle rebuked a girl on
one of his missionary journeys, from this passage, c we see the girl
proclaiming what we would have called the gospel but Apostle Paul
picked it and rebuked the spirit, that is a clear picture of discerning
between spirit. People with this enablement sometimes have visions,
they might see what people celebrate and they would see that the
source is wrong.
Prophecy, is the gift that speaks the mind of God.
Pardon me to digress, that you have these gifts does not mean that you
are matured in the things of God because gifts is different from
maturity and from character. Maturity and character are what the word
of God will chisel in you.
Prophecy is speaking the mind of God, it is when the inspiration of God
dawns upon a person and he begins to speak the mind of God,
sometimes it is as though every fiber of this person is controlled by
another spirit. Prophecy is the spirit of God speaking through a person.
It can come as words, some people carry this out by writing.

Speaking in different kind of tongues and interpretation of tongues, this
is different from the normal prayer tongues, it comes with
interpretation.
Every of these gifts are like a chain tht connects to one another. Having
these gifts do not transcend you to being called into a prophet, these
gifts are not a testament to being called into the office.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROPHETIC GIFTS AND THE OFFICE OF
THE PROPHET
Ephesians 4:9-13
[9](Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first
into the lower parts of the earth?
[10] He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all
heavens, that he might fill all things.)
[11] And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
[12] For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ:
[13] Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of
the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of
the fulness of Christ:

These are offices, privileges accompany these offices, taking away these
privileges do not make him less of being in the office. Spiritual gifts are
the privileges attached to the office. Offices are as a result of a divine
calling and a divine appointment.
Calling a person a prophet because of the manifestation gifts is an error,
we cannot judge a calling by gifts. Accuracy in these giftings do not also
make you called although the person called into the office might not
be as accurate. The responsibility of a prophet is more than the
operation of gifts.
Prophets are known for terrible utterances, bearing burdens and
announcing seasons. They come to announce new seasons, they come
sometimes with the judgement of God, essentially they come to deliver
the mind of God.
We must also understand that it is not every time that God speaks just
like seasons do not change every time. This is the differences between
the calling and an office.
PROPHET'S ASSIGNMENT IN THE CHURCH
Previously we spoke about Prophets being burden bearers. Anything
that will inform the Church about what God is saying holistically to a
sector or a group in the church will be done by the Office of the
Prophet. You must understand also that the prophets are like the
nerves of the Body to the Church.
Let us Consider Habakkuk

Habakkuk 2:1-2 (KJV)
1. “I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will
watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I
am reproved.
2. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it
plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.”
See the Message translation
Habakkuk 2:1-3 (MSG)
1. “What’s God going to say to my questions? I’m braced for the worst.
I’ll climb to the lookout tower and scan the horizon. I’ll wait to see what
God says, how he’ll answer my complaint.
2. And then God answered: “Write this. Write what you see. Write it
out in big block letters so that it can be read on the run.
3. This vision-message is a witness pointing to what’s coming. It aches
for the coming—it can hardly wait! And it doesn’t lie. If it seems slow in
coming, wait. It’s on its way. It will come right on time.”
The Prophet knows how to handle his office well, you can know this by
how the message version puts it; "I'll climb to the lookout tower and
scan the horizon." Can prophets scan in the spirit? Yes they can, Elisha
said to his servant concerning the woman that her child died.
2 Kings 4:27

Surely this woman is griefed and the Lord has hidden it from me.
Let me call your attention to something, sometimes a prophet can be
very sharp that it will take God to hide some things from him. Prophets
can scan in the place of prayer and gain access to many things and
information but they may not be permitted to say many things,
because in this Kingdom, If it does not edify, It should not come out of
your mouth.
There was a day, I was walking on the road and a lady walked past me, I
picked it up in the spirit that she was a witch but she doesn't even know
yet because her time of activation has not come and there also there is
no leading to pursue that route, what did I do? I minded my business
because it is not everything your eyes sees that your mouth should
dance about
As a Prophet you're going to know a lot about many things when it all
opens up, someone may ask, is it only concerning bad things? No!
There was a day a pregnant woman walked past me and i knew in the
spirit thwt she was carrying a Prophet in her womb. Did I tell her? No! I
minded my business because God did not send me to tell her.
You can not be a Prophet and you love gossip and gisting about
everything because sometimes those words are not for the outside ears,
sometimes those words are not yet ripe for the physical world, so you
must be a good prophetic person and seal it.
You will see things when this grace is activated and comes to full
capacity, you will feel things, you will dream things, also people will tell
you things, which will be secrets, only the leading of the Spirit can
preserve you not your prophetic ministry.

Remember if it is not going to edify, do not let it come out of your
mouth. You must be sure that it is not to prove a point or to show that
you see also. You have to grow up so God can trust you with bigger
matters.
I believe personally one of the Life training God makes Prophets go
through is the training of humility, there will be times in your life when
You will go through things that may look like they diminish your status
before friends and family and God would not interfere because
prophets need that training.
He's training you to become someone tens, hundreds and thousands of
people will trust for His counsel. I don't know if you have seen where a
true prophet is worshiping? They are as broken as sand, they cannot be
proud because it is dangerous. You have to be a broken vessel and it's
more easier for them to be proud.
Please learn to see People how God sees them and learn to be humble,
I keep emphasising on the people in a church setting, If you happen to
have a pastor that does not understand what is happening to you, you
may be termed proud and rebellious very quickly.
In the spirit there is an order, irrespective of how the anointing is
pushing you do not just go about giving people messages in a church
without the approval of the pastor in charge too. It's a common mistake
you're likely to make. These are stuffs we have to learn, I have made
mistakes, done things wrongly because I thought I was been led, I
seriously confused the grace in operation to the leading of the spirit.

This is why it is vital to learn how to distinguish the Voice of the Spirit or
simply put distinguish when he wants you to speak and how he wants
you to speak, they are different.
FEELERS
Some of you don't understand you are feelers, You suddenly enter into
a place and you're like oh my God, there are so many angels here,
people ask you, how do you know? Your answer is simply can feel them
or when you pray for people you can literally feel what they are feeling
in their life.
Feeling is a serious dimension of the Prophetic, you are praying and you
are feeling joyous or angry or feeling bitter and the Lord will not permit
this feeling to go until you pray to a certain point, you are a Prophetic
intercessor that operates by feelings
Talking In the dimension of Prophetic Feelers, there are sometimes
when you will feel things physically. Some operate very well on this
plane while some will experience it once a while, a long time ago I was
with my friends and we were praying, after the prayer, one of my
friends approached me and told me that in the cause of the prayer,
somebody tapped his shoulder, he was like at first he didn't open his
eyes and the person tapped him again and he opened his eyes, he was
a little bit scared to find out that there was nobody behind him. It's a
prophetic dimension.
In my own case, I have been woken up from my sleep at least twice by
physical taps of angels. That is the supernatural relating physically, you
are literally feeling physically the activities in the spirit. A hand on their

back, someone holding them physically, some can feel anointing oil
running on their head. Sensations of literal heat and cold on their body.
One Day I was ministering somewhere, this was when I was still in
Ukraine (quite a cold season around -4 or colder), after this ministration
I discovered that my head started becoming hot, my ears were
becoming very hot, I initially thought it's just normal, until I could not
handle the heat and I had to rush out inside the cold without jacket. I
had to literally stay outside for about five minutes for my body to settle
down.
These things are angelic ministrations, some are uncontrollable
vibrations, hot hands and feet. So sometimes prophetic messages can
come with physical or bodily manifestations, not only in the spirit.
Sometimes you will feel them physically but beyond the experience,
you must enquire what these things or visitations means
HEARERS
You hear, some even hear the thought of people, like a voice
whispering it to your mind. Informations are passed to you through
hearing this is a serious dimension of the Prophetic.
SEERS

As the name implies, Seers see, they have dreams, they have visions
and trances.
In Visions, Your mind is still aware of your surroundings when you have
a picture information in your mind transferred from your spirit while In
a trance, it is as though you yourself are taken to a place where this
information is going on wnd your mind is not aware of your bodily
environment.. (in this case users might have to hold you for quite a
while
There are 3 types of Visions;
The first vision is what you can call Spiritual vision. This is actually the
most common of all (and of course mostly neglected) what happens
here is that a vision is given to you by the Holy Spirit that manifest in
your mind. This will come to you and you will be so tempted to think
that it's just your thoughts, how you will know it's not your thought is
that you never even know or thought about what you just saw that is
how you will know this is a vision from the Holy Spirit.
That's the first type of Vision, don't forget also as a prophet you are
expected to be operating on a crazy faith because You will see things
that your own intellect will question. Some have seen angels this way,
seen demons this way and a whole lot of things. Let me add this, Vsions
come irrespective of what you're doing, The first time I had an open
vision, I was in the toilet as God showed me what was to happen later
in the day, I was not praying!
The second type of vision is what is called the Open Vision. Here your
physical eyes will see a vision, you will see it like you're seeing your

phone right now but at the same time you will be aware of your
environment.
Asides vision of course, we have dreams, which is another powerful
kind of vision, just that you have them when you are sleeping.
The third type of vision is what we call a trance. A trance is like being in
an enhanced open vision but you will not be aware of your current
environment.
What I want to draw out of this is that no vision is superior to the other.
The spirit of God can choose to speak or communicate to you in any of
these ways. We need to understand that everything about us is very
spiritual and can have interactions
I believe you know sometimes a vision that could be translated to 7
pages could just be seen in 5 seconds this is because there's no time in
the spirit.
PROPHETS AS THE SENSORY CENTRE FOR THE CHURCH.
Prophets pick up important data in the spirit so that the church will act
on them according to the season that we are.
Another way to illustrate this is by understanding how a house and a
watch tower works, think of it this way, the church occupies the house
but the office of the prophet is that watch tower.
Watch towers are constructed with the intention to be very tall so has
to see the things or people that are afar off from the destination you
are. As a Prophet .... This construct is part of you. This means eventually

you'll know what is on the mind of God before it comes into
manifestation, God makes the prophetic office to pick many things
before time so that they the body of Christ will be able to prepare and
act accordingly.
Another advantage of this watch tower is that when you speak from
there, your voice will have little resistance, a lot will be able to hear you
clearly. This speaks of the utterance given to the prophets in
announcing prophetic things.
As a prophet it is important to have the heart of God, it is not the desire
of God to let evil things happen so do not make it your desire to see
every bad vision you see coming to pass, it shows you're bad at your
work there's no pride in that.
From this tower you can see enemies days away and warn the church
ahead, will people doubt you and your calling? Yes! Not everyone will
believe you and when they start believing you, not everyone will
believe you're of God. You must always remind yourself that your
ministry is not to impress any man, your Faithfulness is to God.
The prophetic ministry in it's truest form is very needed in the direction
of the churchurch, if the church did not need it, Jesus would not give
prophets as gifts to the church.
It is also important that a prophet knows that prayer is his best friend
because of the nature of this ministry. Prophets are spiritually tough
people, they can live without the many luxury others in body depend
on.
A prophet speaks as led not as he wishes knowing the will of God is
one, once you enter an alternative stream, you may be giving voice to

satanic spirit, a false prophet is one who has deviated from the streams
of the Holy Spirit.
THE 3 NATURE OF MAN
The reason why many of us are yet to manifest fully in our potentials is
because of a lack of knowledge, even Jesus said you shall know the
truth and the truth shall set you free. Understanding of light has a way
to set freedom to one's mind
Every man has the spirit nature, the soul, and the body. Some say we
are spirit, soul and body. Others say we are spirit that has a soul and
lives in a body.
Every believer must understand this, the Holy Spirit is inside your spirit,
your spirit is fully possessed. Then you have your soul which comprises
of your mind, intellect and your will. Finally, you have your body.
You must Understand something, Scriptures says when you pray in
tongues, your spirit prays but your "Mind" (soul) is unfruitful. This is
what happens in the normal speaking in tongues, this is why you can be
praying in tongues and be reading chemistry or praying and watching
movies, because it's possible they both are doing two different things.
ENVIRONMENT AND THE ANOINTING
One important thing I also love to share about prophets or prophetic
person (which could be peculiar to each prophet) is how environment

stirs the anointing.You must by the reason of journeying know the
secrets that stir your anointing.
I will start with the popular ones sounds and music.
2 Kings 3:14-15 (MSG)
14. “Elisha said, “As God-of-the-Angel-Armies lives, and before whom I
stand ready to serve, if it weren’t for the respect I have for Jehoshaphat
king of Judah, I wouldn’t give you the time of day. 15. But considering—
bring me a minstrel.” (When a minstrel played, the power of God came
on Elisha.)”
I want you to notice something here, notice that prior to this time he
was angry with King Joram the King of Israel, but he knows that in a
moment of time, he can stir his prophetic anointing. Prophet Elisha
understands the kind of environment that can stir his Prophetic Grace,
all he needed was an anointed minstrel and the Bible said as the
minstrel played, the hand of God came upon him. What did that
minstrel play? Sounds.
If you ask me why this is so, I honestly have no response for you but if
you ask me if this is true, my response will be a big yes! It's just a
peculiar secret you might have to find out about what stirs your
anointing.
For some it is some quiet, no sound, no noise, just keep quiet. For
another it is noise when he ministers, he wants to hear noise, It
provokes his anointing. I know a prophet that operates this way, it stirs

it up. You must understand what stirs yours up, what is it you can do
that will put you in that atmosphere in less than three minutes? What is
your quick switch? Some need to pray in tongues in capital letters for
about 5 minutes.
There may be days you do not feel like ministering but you know in
your spirit you have to, you would need to put yourself in the mood like
Prophet Elisha.
What ever your stir is you must know it because it will help you.
You need to also know God might ask you to say what is bigger than
your mouth. You must understand that prophets are most times sent
the dirty Job, this is the aspect that prophets are termed rebellious,
proud and ill mannered.
This is why God had to encourage Prophet Jerimiah too
Jeremiah 1:7-8 (NIV)
7. “But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go
to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.
8. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,”
declares the Lord.”
Do not say I am too Young! When God speaks through you, God is the
main man not you so don't fear any man God sends you too rather fear
God! I have because of fear refused to deliver messages to people
because I was afraid what they would say or how they may take it and

years later everytime I see them or think about it I wish I delivered the
message.
Bishop David Oyedepo once said PROPHETS ARE SPIRITUAL
TERRITORIAL COMMANDER, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO PITY ABOUT
THEM, THEY ARE HEAVILY DEFENDED!
Do not be afraid of their hostile faces! The amplified translation of the
bible puts it better;
Jeremiah 1:8 (AMP)
“Do not be afraid of them [or their hostile faces], For I am with you
[always] to protect you and deliver you,” says the Lord.”
This is why you must completely let God have His way! God's Word that
is given to you is strong enough to deliver generations in Nations,
Please believe it!
God is still saying, deliver the message anyway!
HOW DO I KNOW I AM A PROPHET
First I will love to mention that don't go about seeking with all your
effort and attention to know if you're a prophet or not, my advice is just
go ahead and love God and journey with him the way you know how as

you learn His words more, if you are called to be a prophet, your
journey will begin to reveal it in you.
What I mean by that is, time in the school of the spirit will reveal who
you are in Christ including your destiny on Earth.
The first signs and knowings you will feel will be personal, then with the
confirmations of others, you will be sure, because it takes the witness
of two or three to make a matter established.
So first is personal convictions then confirmations from Spirit led and
inspired people.
OPERATING IN SPIRITUAL GIFTS
The prophetic ministry as we have already discussed is endowed with
peophetic gifts, we have earlier established that the fact that you walk
in all or one of the prophetic gift does not make you a prophet but
similarly we should talk about these gifts.
There is a way to be constant in maintaining these gifts, you must first
know and understand that God gave us these gifts so we can use them
well, of course, you have to use them as directed and led by the spirit
of God.
Once again I will explain that the fact that you operate in a gift does not
mean you are doing God's will, God is a purposeful being, He has a
purpose for everything, you must even understand that before God
created you, your purpose preceeds you that iswhy the scripture says
"it is the glory of God to conceal a thing and it is the honour of Kings to
search it out."

You have a major assignment of searching and seeking to find out what
is it the Lord has in mind (this will also build communion and fellowship
with God). God gave you those prophetic gifts because it is connected
to your purpose, the question is how do you operate in them? How do
you grow in them?
1 Timothy 4:14
4. Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through
the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the
elders.
Here we find Apostle Paul telling Timothy not to neglect the gift that is
in him, Can a gift be neglected? Yes! Can you choose not to walk in
some of your giftings? Yes! This is exactly why Apostle Paul is telling
Timothy, do not neglect these gifts that was given to you, in this case
through laying on of hands.
You can contact gifts by laying on of hands and gifts can be activated
through prophecy but office cannot be transferred by laying of hands,
you are born into an office! If you are a prophet you were born a
prophet, if you are an envangelist, you were born an evangelist and for
other offices likewise.
The office is not impacted or transferred, this is the pattern in the old
testament, the sons of Levi are born priests, in the new testament,
Jesus picks as He wills "And it was He who gave some to be apostles,
some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors
and teachers". So it is an error to assume that because the father of a
child is occupying a certain office that the children will have the same
function unless God reveals and wills it.

Rule number one to walking in prophetic gifts is do not neglect the
gift.How do you not neglect it? It means you should use it as the Spirit
leads you and grant you peace.
Rule number two is do not overlook the little things! You know some
people have this attitude of "It's just something little," people have had
what you call "little" messages and refused to deliver them. For
instance you are having a nudge to tell someone not to go out
tomorrow, and sincerely you do not know why you are feeling that way,
still you have to obey.
We have spoken about how the prophetic ministry or ministrations will
actually require you to suspend your mind. God does not think like you
and it will/may actually take some time before God begins to trust you
with people's secret and His secrets.
How can one suspend his or her mind? You have to learn how to follow
the basics, using your Spirit to insist on trusting God over what your
mind is sugesting
Rule number 2 again is that the little things matter alot!
To walk in prophetic gifts or any gifts at all, you will need to walk by
faith. You have to choose to take that leap of faith, you already have
the gift and you must come to terms with it! I have the gift of healing, I
have the prophetic gifts, I have the word of wisdom etc if your mind is
asking you how you know, your reply is because God told me and i
have confirmations in my spirit!
When the lord was beginning to open me up to the prophetic
dimension, I would see a picture or have a word for a particular person
and I would feel a great push to go talk to this person, I would think

sometimes but i do not even have the full picture or know what I am to
say fully but remember every gift needs faith in God, you have to
believe God more than your mind.
I started to realize everytime I obeyed and go to talk to these people, it
is at that very point the remaining words come in everytime! It
happened repeatedly more pictures, more words sometimes it would
come so strong the person I am speaking with will burst in tears or fall
down for the accuracy they would never believe that the person
speaking to them was clueless three minutes ago. You have to have
faith in God and in what He has given you.
Rule number three is you must be very humble when you are wrong,
sometimes you may not even be wrong, the truth is this, the prophetic
realm is very wide, there are many stuffs that will take time for you to
understand, I am still learning, in fact recently I still bought a book on
the prophetic ministry, if you are speaking to someone and you sound
off especially in specifics and this person is not relating with what you
are saying brothers and sisters apologise and move on. Learn to be
humble not force words, it will help you to even grow faster.
I tell people to sieve everything I have said by the Spirit, You don't have
to follow what I have said if it is not resonating with the Holy Spirit in
you this is why sometimes you might actually be delivering a message
that is not yet ripe, sometimes you are not wrong but the Spirit of God
is not yet saying that. May God give us understanding.
You have to know this Jesus already gave the Holy Spirit to his church, a
prophetic voice can be a voice of instruction but it MUST be secondary

always to the Holy Spirit, any man that seeks to control another man
outside the jurisdiction of the Holy Spirit is operating the spirit of
witchcraft irrespective of the office they may occupy
GROWING IN THE PROPHETIC
On the aspect of growth, You have to be faithful with the little things.
Luke 16:10 (NIV)
10. “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with
much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest
with much.”
By now you must understand that anything that pertains to God is
growth related as much as God can't wait to endow us with all the
fullness of a particular gift, there's also a part in God that is very loving,
The Father in God will not make you jump processes.
Like every other thing, God will start with you on a little scale and He
will watch your faithfulness. Faithfulness is doing it God's way only
irrespective of pressures and suggestions from outside. God told you
about a person's secret, are you able to tame your lips irrespective of
how tempting it is to spill? Even when the person is offending you?
Little things.
I share once in a while with people close to me how that secrets fall in
my hands a lot, it is either it is revealed to me by revelation or I'm told
or the persons hemselves come to me and start talking, It took me a

while to understand those are angelic activities too. If you see them as
coincidence you will never master the spirituality behind it, because my
calling is very attracted to spiritual things books, movies, talks, It's as if
these things call to me so talk about messages on angels, books on
angels etc Count me in! I'm interested!
Can God trust you with secrets? Can God tell you a secret all because
He wants you to pray about it? Can God tell you like John to seal a
revelation and He will be sure actually no man will hear of it till it is
time. faithfulness in little things will make God to elevate you, increase
your gift and cause you to walk in higher realms.
Second rule to growth;
2 Peter 1:2 (NIV)
2. “Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of
God and of Jesus our Lord.”
Apostle Peter is praying here and also showing us that grace and peace
multiplies through knowledge. Knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.
The grace of God in your life can multiply or be in abundance through
the knowledge of God!
Imagine as a Prophetic person you have been having sensations on your
hand for years, you never researched, you never asked, you never read
concerning it, you know nothing! You just know that you have
experiences, those experiences will stop there making no impact
because you have decided not to seek knowledge.

Hosea 4:6 (NIV)
6. “my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you
have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you
have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.”
God despises those who intentionally have decided to be ignorant
because if you do not want to stay ignorant you have to grow, if you
hate growth that means God cannot use you.
I was ministering alongside a Prophet, he's a seer, very detailed and
specific and I was paying attention to his ministration, he picked up
something very detailed it takes accuracy to pick what he picked and he
said, "actually to pick something like this and paint it so clearly you
must first know of it's existence." Knowledge helps the prophetic gift to
grow.
If you're called to be a prophet or you have the prophetic gift, what will
help you more is to know what this office means, it's possibilities, the
activities in it, read andWatch messages around this area meditate
around it, it will help you.
I do not struggle with visions the way I do in the time past, that is
growth and it is God's will for us all.
Lastly, your experience. A prophet cannot be separated from his
experiences. If God has called you to be a prophet your experiences will
work along your ministry and this will produce growth.

This is the toughest of it all, God will make it that you become your
message, no matter how tough headed you are, in this message will be
humility, prayer? Giving? Repentance? Name them, you will be your
own message, this may take years but it will happen in full eventually.
Experiences such tough times, abuses, isolation, burdens, persecution
will bring out the prophet in you.
WE KNOW IN PART AND PROPHESY IN PART
1 Corinthians 13:8-9 (KJV)
8. “Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall
fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be
knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.”
I know probably a lot of us have heard and read this and took notice of
it, verse 9 of this scripture says "we know in part and we prophecy in
part." Knowledge is divided the same way prophecy is divided. The
same way a man cannot know all things that's the same way prophecy
works. No matter who you are or how sharp you are, you must always
remember that prophecy is divided.
The best you can achieve is to be the best or to capture the full scope of
the part God has given you to capture, you must have this mindset
always so it will build in you a humbling and receptive spirit. You must

be eager after you have delivered to welcome other part from people
yet to deliver.
1 Corinthians 14;29(KJV)
29. Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh
carefully what is said.
You must remember you are not the only prophet alive or you are not
the only one with a prophetic gift, therefore give ears to listen to God
from others because that is another part, they may even continue from
where you have stopped.
God has done this so that we can remember that we are still men, we
don't have everything.
Another reason for this is so that we can also fellowship with one
another.
1 John 1:3(KJV)
3. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also
may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and
with his Son, Jesus Christ.
You should know that when you fellowship with others in Christ you are
in fellowship with the Father and Son. God made it so, enjoy it, be
eager to be blessed by others, learn to be a good receiver and never
allow pride set in, the best you can capture is the part that is given to
you, always remember you are not God!
We know in part, we see in part, we dream in part, we prophecy in part.

The last thing I will love to share here is that if you have a spiritual
father stay connected and committed to him/her, It will help you so
much. Let me quickly clear this, if God has placed someone over you as
a spiritual authority, do you think God didn't know what he was doing?
Also I must add, I am not talking about a spiritual Father that you found
for yourself or the person you started following because you felt he/she
is cool and good for you, I am talking about the person God actually
told you to follow, God that created you and knows your destination
and your dealings took you and placed you under a spiritual authority.
God already knows you will have questions, He knows you will have
challenges, He knows you will need explanations and believe me where
He has placed you will help you achieve that.
So if God has placed a spiritual authority over you, you must stay
connected and committed to that authority, this way you'll be
accountable, corrected and helped to achieve more of God's potentials
in You