This funny quote from a Golf Magazine reminds me of some prophesies I hear from the microphone!

“He has this massive detour at the top of a swing.  Kind of like going to Philadelphia to New York, by way of Pittsburgh.”

 

I am not very good at reading or listening to long articles, sermons or prophesy.  My mind goes off and it is hard for me.  Many people are like me, especially kids.  We have a shorter attention span than others.  Rabbit trails are good when you are a teacher and wanting to fill in details.  People take notes and like to ponder these things later.  But rambling prophesies are not easy for people to remember.  Rarely if ever does a person sit and take notes at the time another person is prophesying.

In writing classes, they teach you how to make just one sentence that introduces the subject of that paragraph, and then write the rest of the paragraph about that sentence.

In sermon and speech classes, they teach you how to choose only 3 main points to your entire sermon because no one will remember past 3 points.

All this to say, that no matter what form your Word takes, it is best to stay narrowed down so people will remember it.  Often times, when I hear a prophesy or even a sermon from the podium, it rambles.  It flows from one subject to another, to another to another.  When these kind of Words come, I simply just “soak” in the Presence of the Lord and just let the Words wash over my soul.  I listen instead for a quickened sentence, something that is pertinent and something I can take home with me.

FLUENCY IN PROPHESYING

Speaking or writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit is a wonderful experience.  It usually flows and you don’t need to spend time worrying about grammar, sentence structure or format.  Just speak it as you would naturally speak. 

Prophesying does not need to be in King James language, or in a strange tongue.  Just like God sent Jesus to us as a man, God speaks to us on our own level, and you are the perfect person to speak to others in the language they will hear.  Don’t make your prophesy sound religious, pious or spiritual.  Just speak it in a simple manner that conveys God’s Word. 

2 Peter 1:20-21 NKJV Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. 

Fluency under the anointing does not necessarily mean without preparation.  Most people think that receiving a prophesy from the Lord is feeling the anointing and then speaking without thinking about it first.  Those who have that gift do so fluently, however some repeat themselves, and some take tangents off the main subject ending up somewhere else.  If you are downloaded with a Word or revelation from the Holy Spirit, it is OK to take a couple minutes to ponder it before you speak.  This may save you from rambling. 

Before you share:

1. Ask the Lord for the parameters, perhaps where to start and where to end. 
   
    

2. Ask Him for the inspiration of an example that would describe what He is saying. 
   
    

3. Ask Him to help you keep to His main point and stick with it.  It is best if the Lord gives you one revelation, to keep it very simple and only speak a few sentences that backs up that revelation.
   
    

4. Ask Him for scriptures that back up His Word.  This grounds the truth of the prophesy and people will remember it that way.