Prophetic Activation Internship MSS

118 Pages·2014·0.61 MB·English

by  Russ Walden

Demystifying the
Prophetic:
Prophetic Activation

Russell Walden
Copyright © 2014 Russell Walden
All rights reserved.
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DEDICATION

To my dear wife Kitty. Without you, this book would not have been
written.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments i
1 Simplicity of the Prophetic 1
2 Fluency in the Prophetic 17
3 Receiving a Group Word 30
4 Prophesying to a Range of People 38
5 The Visionary Response 45
6 The Acoustic Response 55
7 The Perceptive Response 62
8 Ministering from a Pure Stream 68
9 Rightly Discerning What You Hear 78
10 Prophetic Evangelism: Jerusalem 87
11 Public Prophetic Demonstration 97
12 Mentoring in the Prophetic 103

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

With gratitude I acknowledge the thousands of people I have been
privileged to prophesy to over the years. With your cooperation and
patience the gifts of God in my life were honed and clarified. May
you receive the reward of your service and support of Father’s Heart
Ministry.
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CHAPTER ONE: SIMPLICITY OF THE PROPHETIC

Introduction:
 The
 Simplicity
 of
 the
 Prophetic

THE
 BIRTH
 OF
 A
 PROPHETIC
 MINISTRY:

I
 was
 standing
 at
 a
 lectern
 relating
 to
 a
 group
 of
 people
 an
 experience
 of

hearing
 God’s
 voice.
 Abruptly
 from
 the
 crowd
 I
 was
 rudely
 interrupted:

"That's
 the
 problem
 I
 have
 with
 guys
 like
 you...

 You
 are
 always

claiming
 ‘God
 told
 me!’
 God
 never
 talks
 to
 me
 like
 that,
 I
 just

don't
 accept
 it.
 God
 can't
 be
 telling
 you
 everything..."

I
 stared
 back
 at
 the
 man
 silently,
 unsure
 what
 to
 do
 next.
 It
 was
 1988

and
 I
 was
 speaking
 to
 a
 group
 of
 about
 70
 pastors
 and
 their
 wives
 at
 a

monthly
 minister's
 luncheon.
 The
 host
 was
 a
 good
 friend
 of
 mine
 who

had
 been
 leading
 this
 group
 for
 many
 years.
 The
 crowd
 seated
 before

me
 represented
 denominational
 pastors
 as
 well
 as
 independent

ministers,
 all
 who
 subscribed
 in
 their
 doctrine
 to
 “charismatic”
 truth
 and

the
 Holy
 Spirit
 led
 life.
 I
 was
 the
 young
 upstart
 so
 my
 response
 to
 the

challenge
 would
 have
 significant
 consequences
 for
 me.

The
 pastor
 who
 had
 interrupted
 me
 held
 the
 pulpit
 of
 a
 large,
 successful

full
 gospel
 church
 in
 this
 moderate
 sized
 city
 in
 the
 Deep
 South.
 His
 rude

objection
 to
 my
 off-­‐handed
 remark
 was
 met
 with
 murmurs
 of
 approval

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across
 the
 room.

 What
 had
 I
 said
 to
 provoke
 such
 an
 outburst?

To
 illustrate
 my
 message
 to
 my
 fellow
 pastors
 that
 day
 I
 had
 referred
 to

something
 the
 Father
 had
 said
 to
 me,
 prefacing
 my
 remark
 with
 "The

Father
 told
 me
 the
 other
 day..."

After
 loudly
 interrupting
 me
 with
 his
 words
 of
 ridicule,
 my
 well
 dressed

provocateur
 leaned
 back
 in
 his
 seat
 with
 a
 self
 satisfied
 look
 on
 his
 face,

acknowledging
 the
 tacit
 approval
 of
 many
 in
 the
 room,
 who
 all
 seemed

to
 agree
 that
 "God
 just
 didn't
 talk
 to
 people
 like
 that
 anymore..."

Usually
 I'm
 not
 very
 fast
 on
 my
 feet
 with
 a
 "quick
 come-­‐back".
 Under

normal
 circumstances
 I
 would
 have
 mumbled
 an
 apology,
 finished
 my

message
 and
 made
 a
 hasty
 exit
 after
 the
 meeting.
 Today
 was
 different.
 I

felt
 the
 fire
 of
 the
 Holy
 Spirit
 flash
 from
 my
 feet
 to
 my
 chest
 and
 I
 shot

back
 in
 a
 strong
 clear
 tone:

"You
 mean
 to
 tell
 me
 that
 you
 are
 NOT
 on
 speaking
 terms
 with
 your

Father?"

The
 pastor
 hesitated,
 looking
 around.
 The
 smirk
 on
 his
 face
 slowly
 faded

to
 something
 more
 like
 embarrassed
 anger.
 I
 continued,
 addressing
 the

group:

"Are
 we
 saying
 that
 the
 norm
 for
 Spirit-­‐filled
 believers
 is
 to
 NOT

hear
 the
 voice
 of
 God,
 and
 anyone
 who
 DOES
 is
 considered
 an

ODDITY?"

Needless
 to
 say
 I
 didn't
 get
 invited
 to
 speak
 to
 that
 well
 heeled
 group
 of

pastors
 very
 often
 after
 that.

 Driving
 home
 that
 afternoon
 to
 the
 small

rural
 church
 I
 had
 pastored
 for
 nearly
 a
 decade,
 I
 determined
 in
 my

heart
 that
 the
 people
 I
 pastored
 would
 be
 trained
 in
 hearing
 the
 voice

of
 God
 with
 clarity
 and
 activated
 in
 speaking
 the
 Father's
 words
 to
 those

who
 couldn't
 hear
 for
 themselves.

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