Prophetic Ministries Today

Everyone assumes they can tell the difference between an angel of the Lord and a fallen angel of Satan. I have found that it is very easy to trouble the angelic host of God causing them to depart and leaving you without direction. We are lead by the Holy Spirit, as He appoints over us His angels (ministering spirits) to direct us.

"Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?" Hebrews 1:14

In order to properly discern the will of God, you must be very sensitive to the ministering spirits appointed to you. If you provoke one of these appointed angels, you can leave yourself wide open for a demonic attack.

"Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him. But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries." Exodus 23:20-22

God will never leave you nor forsake you, but you can quench the Holy Spirit causing Him to withdraw His protective angels. When ministering, it is very important not to quench the Spirit. I cannot express the importance of how careful you must be not to transgress the ministering spirits that are appointed to minister for you. It is a frightening thing to stand before a group of people telling them you are going to hear God for them, and then the spirit of prophecy not be there for you.

And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." Revelations 19:10

Not only do you have to mind your manners in the presence of the ministering spirits, but the people must be in line with his desires as well. It only takes one blaspheming word, thought or deed to cause the spirits of our heavenly Father to leave you high and dry.

"Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?" Hebrews 12:9

I recall back in early 1995, I was ministering in a church of about two hundred and fifty good old country folks. During those days I did not know that the Lord would show you whom to call out of a crowd to receive a word of prophecy. So I would just have everyone in the building that wanted a word to form a single line in front of the pulpit. I would minister until everyone who wanted a word on tape had one. Now this could take hours. The longest period of time I have ministered non-stop is five and one-half hours. That’s without any kind of break at all; no water, no sitting down, no stopping. With the supernatural strength of the ministering spirits, you do not have any physical needs; you are in the realm of the spirit.

Now after I had preach my sermon I offered the people in this little country church to line up if they wanted a word from God. I did not really think many would believe I could hear God for them because none of them had even heard of me before that day. To my surprise, everyone in building that I could see jumped into formation ready to receive. After ministering to the first hundred or so, from the corner of my eye I saw a bright light flash by and depart from the Sanctuary. I stopped ministering and turned to the Pastor and Elders who were standing right behind me. I said, "Someone has angered the Lord and the spirit of prophecy has just left the building. I cannot minister to anymore of you I am sorry." The crowd was confused and the Pastor and Elders began questioning me about what had happened. I told them that the last person I had ministered to caused the angel to depart. They said, "It couldn’t have been this person he is very sensitive to the Holy Spirit. It had to be the person you ministered to right before him because she is not living right." I knew who had offended the messenger of God and it was not the person who the Pastor and Elders thought it was. Six months later I received a call from the Pastor and he had a report for me. He reported that last Sunday morning the person I had said offended the angel of the Lord came before the congregation. He confessed he had believed my ministry was not of God and asked the people for forgiveness for being wrong. Since then I have ministered to that same congregation more than ten times.

"Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?" I Corinthians 6:3