07-01-2018, 09:41 PM
(06-30-2018, 04:02 PM)Ed Hurst Wrote: Re: prophecy -- That's one of those things Paul said we should pray for, but I agree it's hardly a widespread gift. I never expected it for myself until that day some dozen years ago when I was crushed by that prophecy about the US attacking Iran. I say "crushed" because that was a very heavy experience that left me weak and weepy for a few days. It took nearly another decade to get rid of a bunch of internal junk that interfered with the gift. I'm actually far more careful now than when it first began. All I can is there are times when I feel this overwhelming urge and I spend time trying to discern it because I can't keep it inside. But most of the time it's all about comforting and reminding folks of the promises. I suppose it depends on whose reading it whether it should be called "prophecy" or something else, but it's all very nearly the same thing to me.
It seems to me like it's a very specific sort of phenomenon--"specific" as in, unmistakable. Like, there'd be next to no doubt entertained that it's from God.