Here in Australia we are in our summer season and many people go on vacation from Christmas well into January. In other parts of the world, many of you are celebrating Christmas in winter. (We salute you from our BBQ!)

5 Ways to Keep Your Prophetic Gift Activated

Whether you are taking a short break to celebrate and reflect, or a longer summer vacation, I want to encourage you today to stay fresh in your walk with God and keep your prophetic gift active.

1. Stay Intimate with God.

Australians have a slang word for just about everything. We have a word that we use for people during the holiday season. We say, they have ‘gone troppo.’  What we mean is, they have checked out of ordinary life and are solely focused on leisure. It is well known that trying to get an Aussie focused on work, study, ministry or business when they have ‘gone troppo’ is impossible!

Time dedicated to leisure and rest is a very good thing. However, we are doing ourselves a great disservice when we neglect our relationship with God and the gift of the Holy Spirit that He has placed within us.

In fact, holiday seasons and vacations, short or long, provide a great opportunity to connect with our Heavenly Father during a time when we are not focused on other things.

Now is the time to walk with Him, to talk with Him, to stop and worship, to listen to His voice.

Be expectant.

Get ready to receive fresh insight and hear a personal word from your Father that will change your life.

2. Take time to Record your Insights

Significant occasions on the Christian calendar, such as Christmas and Easter, provide us with a source of Bible stories for meditation, prophetic reflection and prayer. [1] As you receive fresh insights from God, through being with Him and enjoying time in His Word, be intentional about holding on to them. 

We need to record things God speaks to us personally through some form of prophetic journaling, so that we do not forget them.  This does not need to be time-consuming and can take the form of brief note taking on a portable device, a journal or even an audio recording.

When you do, your heart and mind is free to receive even more!

3. Pray for Others Around you and Sense What God is Saying

Are you spending time with close friends or family members? Sometimes we think that prophecy is solely for people we minister to, or for evangelism. We can forget that Father has those close to us on His heart too.

Maybe He wants to use you to speak a word in season, and bring Heaven’s intention into someone’s life. You don’t need to preface it by saying it is a ‘word from God’, just be natural, speak words of encouragement and life and see what He does. [2]

The Holy Spirit may reveal something to you that He is doing a loved one’s life for you to agree with God about. In this case, it is not a prophetic word, but a strategic prophetic prayer that will prepare the way for breakthrough.

4. Take Time to Pray concerning God’s purposes for the upcoming year

Take time out to pray and hear from Father about your coming year.

• He may give you a specific word for the New Year. [3]

• He may encourage you and give you fresh insight concerning your identity and destiny.

5. Take the Opportunity to Locate and Feed on Resources.

Holiday or vacation times can be a great opportunity to reflect and read. Of course, the latter can also include audio books and listening to the Bible. Take time to meditate on Scripture and ask the Holy Spirit to give you a fresh hunger for God’s Word. He may give you a passage, a book or a story to receive from.

Many resources are available to encourage you in your gifts and walk with God. I have already downloaded a book on my iPad on the topic of worship.

In closing, I share greetings from the  David McCracken Ministries team. Thank you for sharing the journey with us during 2013!

Notes:

[1] Here are some Christmas meditations from Enliven Blog:

• New Beginnings: You Can Trust God With Them
• Christmas Advent is a Time to Encounter God
• Angels Herald Jesus’ Birth and the Beginning of a Supernatural Era

[2] See Take the Pressure off When You are Growing in Prophecy

[3] See How You Can Receive Your Own Prophetic Word for the New Year

© Helen Calder Enliven Blog – Prophetic Teaching

Helen Calder

Helen Calder is a prophetic minister and writer, and founder of Enliven Ministries. Helen has a unique gift of equipping in prophetic ministry and prayer. She is known for Enliven Blog (est. 2009), an online resource that reaches thousands of people globally.