The Apostle Paul charged Timothy to keep “the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fght the battle well, holding onto faith and a good conscience” (1 Tim1:18-19). It is so important for us to steward prophetic revelation well – weighing it to hold on to the good, praying and where necessary acting upon these “now words” of the Lord. As an eldership we have been doing that, as we have been reading Phil Wilthew’s “Developing a prophetic culture” and pondering the prophecies over The Gateway Church.

To help us do that, I produced an infographic of key prophecies over the church, which you can also download as a PDF.

How do we steward prophecy well?

Weigh it – In 1 Thessalonians 5:20-21 we are exhorted to weigh prophecy and hold onto the good. The questions I ask

Does the speaker have a track record of hearing God well?

Does it line up with what God says in the Bible?

Does it line up with other things that Lord has been speaking about?

Does it bring peace?

Do something! Then I will be looking at what the Lord wants us to do in the light of the what has been prophecied. Do we need to do something differently? Do we need to exercise faith? Pray it in? Some prophets see a long way ahead and others are more for the moment. Many of the prophetic people see what the Lord wants to do far in the future.

There’s plenty of fuel for your prayers here, why not print it out and stick it on the fridge to pray everytime you open the door?

I’m going to do one for the building too, so watch this space.