FUSION Ministry School now includes a Prophetic Foundations course for either full college credit or audit. This course will include most of this material plus more on the prophetic in an interactive learning format.
Introduction to the Prophetic
All of the units have slides linked and additionally a YouTube video with voice over.
Unit 1 – (video) Abiding, listening, connecting to God – here is an article about the topic
Unit 2 – (video) Compassion for others – here is a video example of prophecy
Unit 3 – (video) Biblical basis for prophesy – OT versus NT
Unit 4 – (video) Prophetic protocol and testing words
Unit 5 – (video) Dreaming Biblically
Unit 6 – (video) Interpretation: Biblical symbolism and images
Unit 7 – (video) Words of Knowledge (WOK)
Unit 8 – (video) Discerning of spirits
Unit 9 – Corporate prophesy and intercession
OTHER TRAINING:
Here is an older eight week set of trainings
HANDOUTS:
Possible Ways God Speaks
Possible Images God May Use
RECOMMENDED READING:
- How to Hear God’s Voice – Dr. Mark & Patti Virkler – we use this as a college text on how to hear God and grow on regularly hearing God
- Surprised by the Voice of God – Dr. Jack Deere – introduction to the prophetic gift and hearing God today (focused at evangelicals and cessationist beliefs)
- You May All Prophesy – Dr. Steve Thompson
- Developing Your Prophetic Gifting – Graham Cooke
- Through the Eyes of Love – Shawn Bolz
- The Voice of God – Cindy Jacobs
- The Prophetic Voice of God – Lana Vawser
- The Prophecy Series – Graham Cooke
- The Prophetic Ministry – Rick Joyner
- Dreaming With God – Bill Johnson
- Hearing God – Dr. Dallas Willard – understanding God still speaks today and then how do we hear Him
- Approaching the Heart of Prophecy – Graham Cooke
The Prophet’s Manual: a guide to sustaining your prophetic gift -with recommended activations and prompts – John Eckhardt
Basic Training for the Prophetic Ministry – Kris Vallotton
The School of the Seers – Jonathan Welton
Seeing in the Supernatural – discernment book – Jennifer Eivaz
God Secrets: A Life with Words of Knowledge and Translating God – Shawn Bolz
The Prophecy Series – Graham Cooke
There is More – Randy Clark (focused at cessationist beliefs)
The Spiritual Gifts Handbook – Randy Clark and Mary Healy (focused at Catholics)
Activations –these can be used in a Life Group or Prophetic training group. We regularly break into groups of three and do these types of activations during trainings.
—Ask God for a picture of how He sees you.
—Ask God to show you a memory of your life and then ask Him to show where He is in that memory.
—Ask God something He would like to do with you.
—What percentage of joy (peace, authority, grace…) are you experiencing? Did you lose it or give it away? Ask for it back (forgive anyone if needed). Now what percentage is it?
— Ask God for a piece of the armor of God from Ephesians 6. Then bless the person with that piece of armor and also the part of the body it protects. ex. bless their hands, feet, mind, heart, legs, lungs…
— Listen to God then bless the person in an area of their life. ex. career, family, home, ministry, health, finances, marriage, relationships…
—Listen to God for a miracle that was done in the Bible. Then bless the person to see or experience that type of miracle. ex. healing, deliverance, provision, abundance, victory,…
—Listen to God for fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 6. Bless the person with it. ex. love, joy, peace, patience,…
—Listen to God for a spiritual gift. Bless the person with it. ex. healing, prophecy, evangelism,…
—Listen to God for a Bible verse. It may be part of a verse or a reference. Then share it.
—Listen to God for a specific kind of Bible verse. ex. Psalms, Gospel, prophet,…
—Listen to God for more of some spiritual attribute. ex. hearing, sight, feelings,…
— Listen to God for a question. Then ask the question.
—Listen to God for a picture or words over your city. Share.
— Listen to God for a color. Ask for an interpretation for the color. Share.
— Listen to God for a Bible character and a specific attribute of that person that stands out.
— Listen to God for a gift He wants to give the person. This may need an interpretation. ex. I saw a teddy bear, God wanted to give them comfort.
—Listen to God. And call out a spiritual gift the person has, and describe how God uses that gift. A particular gift may be used in unique ways in different people.
—Listen to God about your current or future callings. Share. Then listen about any roadblocks.
— Words of knowledge. Ask God for names, phone numbers, house numbers, house color,…
—Meditate on Colossians 3:1 – “seek the things that are above.” How do we set our heart or mind on things above? Ask God about something specific above that you can think about. (here are some verses about heaven to meditate on, or do art, or write songs about)