Woven yourself in your Mantle'And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.' (Col 3:17) To weigh of your calling will be woven you into that ministry. The Apostle Paul began his ministry serving in the local Church at Antioch. Despite the powerful prophetic call on his life, he waited until church leaders confirmed the timing of that call before he launched out in his missionary calling. (Acts 13)
Some might say that
Jesus was the last mantle that we wear in most cases, this is God, and Jesus
gives it by the Holy Spirit trust. However, we are guarantee to wear His
mantle. We are also to wear the mantle: case and point let any unwholesome talk
come out of your mouths, but only what helps build others up according to their
needs, that it may benefit those who listen (Eph. 4:29). We need to be
intentional about what we are speaking.
Our prophetic words
count have the power to create realities. Life and death are in the power of
the tongue (Prov. 18:21). The world is starving for encouragement. We get the
opportunity to proclaim what God says about them instead of what the world has
told them.
How to Activate an
Individual •• Do everything you can to encourage them to hear from God. Leading
& Activating Others in the Supernatural, Steve & Ruth Moore • Help
create a safe place for them to practice. Share stories where you got it right
and wrong and celebrated every time they take a risk. • You can do the group
activations from the following section or one of the following: Pick a friend
on your Facebook that they do not know.
Show them the profile
picture and ask them to describe your friend. Point out that what they may have
thought was good intuition is prophetic. Give feedback and ask increasingly
specific questions. Help them learn when they are guessing and when they are
hearing God. Do the exercise, too, so that you can model risk and be
comfortable with getting it wrong. We are all learning! o Call your friend and
ask each other questions like, "Did you have ...... for dinner?"
"Is your mother's birthday .....?" When you are out and about, in
group situations, spur each other to get encouraging words for people.
Celebrate no matter how small or simple your friend might think their Word is.
• Continue to share with them how you hear God and share the prophetic testimonies
to create an expectancy and hunger for it.
Activities to Lead a
Church/Group in a Prophetic Activation Before you start, ask the leader the
right questions to find out whether they have built a foundation or not. If
they are nervous or new, we recommend beginning from
Activity 1. If they
are more confident, you can start with some of the more advanced activities.
These are a few suggestions to get started. Feel free to add and experiment
with your own. Exercise 1: Demonstrate Getting Prophetic Words • Pick someone
in the audience to give a prophetic word to. Politely ask their name and ask
them to stand. • Give them a prophetic word but explain how you received each
part of the Word as you give it. Tell them what you are feeling, seeing,
sensing, and then how you interpret each piece.
Leading &
Activating Others in the Supernatural, Steve & Ruth Moore • Ask the person
for feedback and explain its importance in learning and growing. • Do this with
a couple of people to demonstrate the different ways God speaks and how to
deliver a prophetic word.
The Word of the Lord
came to me, saying you are entitled to everything that was taken from you. This
is a prophetic word for someone given to me three times in. What the enemy has
stolen from you. You shall receive a double portion. You shall receive a double
portion. You shall receive a double portion of what the enemy meant for a bed that
will turn it around for your good. The Lord is strong and mighty. It is
He who shall save you from self-destruction. You shall not and will not
self-destruct. We declare and decree it in the atmosphere. Therefore, God is
releasing a supernatural blessing that Pompey can pour out by the releasing and
outgoing the Spirit of the living God. We stand with the Lord, strong and
mighty. We declare decree blessings of the Lord shall come down. We declare and
decree that this too shall come to pass. Every One who shall receive this
prayer knows this prayer from Heaven But everything that the enemy has stolen
from you, I shall receive a double portion of blessings. I am blessed and
highly favor the Lord. I am highly in favor of the Lord. I am the sparrow of
God.
Therefore I shall
rejoice because I have victory; I will rejoice because I am victorious.
Therefore no weapon formed against me shall prosper. It cannot go any; further,
it cannot grow any further because of the Spirit that Liz and me, so I declare
and
the name of the Father
in the name of the Son and in the name of the Holy Ghost you shall receive a
double portion.
Decree right now in
the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Nothing can come nigh
because God sent His warring angelic angels to war on my behalf. Gods angels,
they are watching over me. We are not prone to this world. We are just
traveling through. Therefore we must put on our safety garment, which is the
whole Armor of God.,
He sent his angels to
encamp around me day in and day out nothing can come nigh unto nevertheless,
who shall I fear?
Your Father is a God
of liberality, and ‘without measure’ means there is no end to
the supply of His Spirit to you.
- Choose a Wardrobe that Honors
God Every Day
‘…put on the new self,
created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness (Eph 4:24b, NIV)
In receiving the
baptism of the Holy Spirit, God has supernaturally clothed us with His power
(Acts 2).
The New Testament also
makes clear that we have a responsibility to cast off our ‘old self’ with its
sinful ways and to wear (put on) our new life in Christ (Eph 4:20-32, Rom
13:12).
When we operate in the
gifts and power of the Spirit, people are receiving from God through us,
so walking
in integrity is vital.
Make it your heart’s
desire to be sensitive to the person of the Holy Spirit and to live a lifestyle
that is compatible with His holiness.
This is not through
your own strength, but through the grace which He freely supplies (Rom 8).
See yourself walking
in that colorful and powerful garment that is the Person and Presence of the
Holy Spirit and His anointing on your life.
And choose a wardrobe
that honors Jesus every day.
Related Articles:
If this topic is of
particular interest to you, I encourage you to read the following posts:
- Do not Let Personal Weakness Stop Your Calling
- How to Receive the Mantle God has Destined for You
- Intimacy, Prayer, and Releasing God’s Power
Notes:
[1] The Greek word
translated ‘clothed’ or ‘endued’ (NKJV) in the Holy Spirit is endow (G1746).
It is used in other parts of the New Testament to describe putting on physical
clothing, including the story of the prodigal son, and is also used in the
symbolic sense. Matt 6:24, 27:31, Mark 1:6, 6:9. Luke 15:22. For more examples,
see https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G1746&t=KJV.
[2] See ‘How
to Receive the Mantle God Has Destined for You’ for more on this
[3] Strong’s G4164 (I
recall learning this from John Paul Jackson)
[4] Strong’s G3623
[5] In 1 Tim 4:14-15
and 2 Tim 1:6-7, Paul holds Timothy personally responsible for the growth and
stewardship of his gifts and ministry. See the article ‘Break
Out of Limitations and Grow Your Spiritual Gifts’
[6] Strong’s G4137
[7] Acts 4 is an
example of this. See ‘Pentecost
and the Language of Hunger for God’
The Holy Spirit is the
Third Person of the Trinity–equal with the Father and Son in essence. The Holy
Spirit has the Attributes of a Person. The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of
the Trinity–comparable with the Father and Son in the heart. Since one of the
significant aspects of God’s nature is that he is a person, it follows that the
Holy Spirit is a person. Since one of the important characteristics of God’s
character is that he is a person, it follows that the Holy Spirit is a person.
Isaiah cited an example of how Israel “rebelled and vexed his Holy Spirit.”
(Isa. 63:10). The Holy Spirit can respond emotionally to the ideas and
experiences he encounters. The Holy Spirit also has the ability of will and the
ability to exercise it. Even as Christians, it is possible for us to be unaware
of one of God's most awesome blessings. Although we may know we have been
saved, we might not realize that the Holy Spirit came to live within us at that
moment. And even if we have heard this truth, we may not understand who the
Spirit is or why His indwelling presence is significant. The Scripture tells us
everything we need to know about this fantastic gift of the Holy Spirit sent to
us from our heavenly Father to enable us to become and do what He desires. The
apostle Paul noted the intellectual ability of the Holy Spirit when he asked,
“What man knows Eth the things of a man save the spirit of man which is in him?
Even so, the things of God know Eth no man, but the Spirit of God” (1 Cor.
2:11). The rational capacity of the Holy Spirit was expanded to include wisdom
and communication when Paul’s prayer request for the Ephesians had “That the
God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit
of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him” (Eph. 1:17). The Holy
Spirit's emotional ability is evident in the word of the apostle, “the love of
the Holy Spirit” (Rom. 15:30).
One of the problems
associated with emotions is the possibility of being grieved by someone who is
loved. The Bible warns Christians, “Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God” (Eph.
4:30). Isaiah cited an example of how Israel “rebelled and vexed his Holy
Spirit” (Isa. 63:10). The Holy Spirit can respond emotionally to the ideas and
experiences he encounters. The Holy Spirit also has the ability of will and the
ability to exercise it. By his own choice, the Holy Spirit accomplishes several
specific acts, such as giving spiritual gifts. “But all these worketh that one
and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will” (1 Cor.
12:11). The Holy Spirit performs the actions of a person. The Holy Spirit does
several things only a person can do.
It should be noted
that the Holy Spirit is not a Person because he does those things attributable
to personality, but instead does the actions of the essence because he is a
person. Consider the following chart to see how the Holy Spirit does those things
which only a person can do.
The Acts of the Person
of the Holy Spirit
- He teaches – John 14:26
- He testifies – John 15:26
- He guides – Rom. 8:14
- He speaks – 1 Cor. 2:13
- He enlightens – John 16:13
- He strives – Gen. 6:3.
- He commands – Acts 8:28
- He intercedes – Rom. 8:26
- He sends workers – Acts 13:4.
- He calls – Rev. 22:17
- He comforts – John 16:7.
- He works – 1 Cor. 12:11
The above actions
cannot be accomplished by a mere influence or force. Only a rational, emotional, and active person could do all that the Scriptures teach the Holy
Spirit accomplishes.
The Holy Spirit was
Addressed as a Person.
The New Testament
clearly shows the early Christians recognized and affirmed the Holy Spirit as a
Person. Peter obeyed the Holy Spirit when he was commanded to go to Cornelius’s
household (Acts 10:19). Philip followed the leading of the Holy Spirit in his
ministry also (Acts 8:39). Against his better judgment, Ananias came to Saul,
obeying what the Holy Spirit had revealed to him (Acts 9:10-17). Paul and Silas
were constantly led by the Holy Spirit in their ministry (Acts 16:7-10). The
Bible also records the story of two disciples who attempted to lie to the Holy
Spirit (Acts 5:3).
At his trial, Stephen
addressed the Sanhedrin, saying, “Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart
and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.”
(Acts 7:51). Jesus also warned about blaspheming the Holy Spirit (Matt. 12:31),
and the Bible also warns of the consequences of insulting the Holy Spirit. “Of
how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath
trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant,
with which he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the
Spirit of grace?” (Heb. 10:29). Is it any wonder the writer concludes, “It is a
fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Heb. 10:31)? This
would not be so if we had a proper reverence for the Person of the Holy Spirit
as did David (Ps. 51:11).
Association of Persons
A fourth scriptural
illustration of the Holy Spirit as a person is seen in Trinity's references.
Jesus commanded his disciples to “teach all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” (Matt. 28:19). Jesus
acknowledged three distinct Persons of the Trinity but recognized their unity
in a simple name. In our understanding of the Trinity, we realize that what is
true of God is true of each part of the Trinity of God. God the Father is a
personal God interested in us (John 3:16; 1 John 3:1). God the Son is also
shown as a personal God interested in us (John 13:1). If the teaching of
Scripture was unclear concerning the Holy Spirit's personality; his association with other members of the Trinity of God as an equal indicates that
he too is a person.
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