Table Of ContentThe Tongue of the Learned
How to Flow in the Prophetic Anointing
Steve Porter
The Tongue of the Learned
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DEDICATION
To my daughter, Alyssa, with love
“The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned,
that I should know how to speak a word in season to him
that is weary.”
(Isaiah 50:4)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special thanks to our editors and publishing team, Nancy Arant Williams
and Ken Darrow.
Special thanks to my dear wife, Diane, for her love and support.
My beautiful girls, Alyssa and Britney.
My very loved Dad and Mom.
Thank you to the late Wade Taylor and late Walter Beuttler who imparted
so much to me through their ministries over the years.
Special thanks most of all to our Beloved Daddy God, who holds us so
close in the palm of His mighty hand.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Section 1: Hearing the Word of the Lord
Chapter 1: Hearing His Heartbeat
Chapter 2: Running Ahead of God
Chapter 3: Climbing the Mountain
Chapter 4: Deeper Truth
Chapter 5: An Ear to Hear
Chapter 6: “A You” and “A Them”
Chapter 7: How to Develop the Inner Ear
Section 2: Speaking the Word of the Lord
Chapter 8: Angry, Mean Prophets
Chapter 9: Humility: Who is the King of Glory?
Chapter 10: “One Out of a Thousand.”
Chapter 11: The Tongue of the Learned
Chapter 12: “A Hearing Heart.”
Chapter 13: The Secrets of the Lord
Chapter 14: Speak to These Bones
Chapter 15: The Voice of the Turtledove
Chapter 16: Excellency of Speech
Chapter 17: Hidden Wisdom
Chapter 18: Untangling the Knots
Chapter 19: The Voice of Another
Chapter 20: The Fellowship of His Sufferings
Chapter 21: Imparting Spirit and Life
Chapter 22: He Awakens Me Morning by Morning
Chapter 23: Answering the Knocks
Chapter 24: Waiting on the Lord
Chapter 25: Spirit of Prophecy
Chapter 26: Reflecting My Glory
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PREFACE
T
his is the book that almost never was—a book that took several
years to live out first before I ever put ink on paper. I took my sweet time
in the several years it took to write. Going over sermons and other
miscellaneous notes I wrote on the subject, a new revelation was born.
Hours were invested proofreading and fine-tuning my thoughts. The time
finally came for me to send it off to my editor and the unthinkable
happened… I accidently deleted my manuscript with a copy and paste
and could not retrieve it no matter how hard I tried. All seemed lost. I
was heartbroken, and I didn’t have it in me to start over and rewrite the
book.
After a sleepless night and some encouragement from a dear Indian
prayer partner and friend from London, England, I prayed again the next
morning, and the Lord reminded me of an old copy of the book I’d saved
in another location. This copy was very outdated with none of my
corrections and additions, but at least I could access the original
document. At that point I began again, this time asking the Lord afresh
for any further changes He wanted to make and praised Him along the
way that the book was not lost. Although I believe the enemy tried to
hinder this message from finding its way into your hands, it’s finally been
birthed into the world! This second time the result was so much better
that I couldn’t help but be amazed at God’s ability to turn around for
good what the enemy meant for harm. This is the incredible, living story
of the prophetic anointing! Let’s take a journey together of divine
proportions into the presence of the Lord. Read on precious one…
INTRODUCTION
I
n Numbers 11:29 Moses says, “. . . Would God that all the
Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put His
Spirit upon them.” When I refer to a prophet herein, I’m not limiting it
only to those who hold a five-fold ministry but also using the word in the
general sense as being a “spokesperson for God”. That is a representative
—someone who has ears to hear the Spirit of God speak to the body of
Christ.
We know the Lord wants each of us to be an expression of His very heart
and to share His yearnings through us. In Deuteronomy 18:18, God said,
“. . . and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak
unto them all that I shall command him.” He simply needs
someone to speak for Him.
“But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the
prophets, saying, ‘Prophesy not.’ Behold, I am pressed under
you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.” This passage in
Amos 2:12-13 reveals the very heart of God, with a deep yearning to speak
a word in season to His people, but often His voice is stifled. In this
passage, we see the Lord as a voice that was not welcomed or honored,
and it broke His heart.
In this treatise, I also want to address His desire for us to become
prophetic as a people. It was John the Baptist who said, “I am the voice
of one crying . . .” (John 1:23) In fact, he didn’t stop at merely speaking
prophetic words; he also gave expression to God’s deepest emotions. In
other words, John did more than prophesy; he carried a prophetic
anointing and actually “became” prophetic. We will talk more about that
later on in the book.
