'The church is not a place of comfort or tradition, it is a launching ground for destiny. God's design for the church is to equip, activate and send every believer into their divine assignment. Anything less falls short of His apostolic blueprint.'
Stephanie Harawira
Your Prophetic Foundation
Do you know and understand the 'Prophetic Foundation' of your life and your church?
The tragedy in church life is that often, over time, a church moves away from it's God-given purpose. It 'evolves' into something different to that for which it was raised up of God. This is why it is so important to know God's purpose for that particular church and to keep that church within the purposes for which God raised it up, which is it's legitimate reason for existing. When there is a separating, or moving away from the foundation, a downward process begins that can end in total destruction.
The Biblical Foundation
There is nothing more fulfilling than knowing God's call, will and purpose for your life and walking in that. According to Ephesians 2:20-22, the Church is built upon the foundation of the Apostles and the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself being the Chief Cornerstone. The Biblical Church is based upon believers being equipped and sent forth in the power of the Holy Spirit Ministry that glorifies Jesus as the Risen Head of the Church!
One of the reasons why there is lack of power in churches today, is because they (generally speaking) have gotten away from the foundation of the Five-Fold ministries (Ephesians 4: 11-12) and the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit (1Corinthians 12:14), all very necessary provisions of God for maturing the Body of Christ. There are no substitutes or alternatives to that which God has laid down. We cannot ignore the operation of the nine spiritual gifts and the five-fold ministry and expect the Church, the people of God, to come to fullness of maturity. God gave these ministries and gifts specifically to build the Church spiritually and supernaturally.
The Holy Spirit must listened to, and heeded to, if we are going to fulfil His purposes for the church today.
1 Corithians 3 is very clear about the absolute importance of building on the right foundation - Jesus Christ himself. Any other foundation will either fall or simply not reach the fullness of its divine calling.
Be Where Your Calling Can Be Fulfilled
For us, individually, we need to know God's will and call on our life, so we can then know where He wants us church-wise. If you know God is calling you to a missions emphasis, you need to be in a missions church. If He is calling you to develop your life in Holy Spirit ministry, then you need to be in a church were the gifts and ministries of the Holy Spirit are allowed and encouraged. God's purpose for church (as we know it) is to enable us to get where we should be going, according to His will for our life. Church is about releasing us into God's purposes for our life.
There is nothing more fulfilling than knowing God's call, will and purposes for your life and walking in that.
Prophet Rodney Francis
Do You Know And Understand?
Do you know and understand the Prophetic Foundation of God for your life personally?
Do you know what the will of the Lord is for you?
Do you know and understand the Prophetic Foundation of the church you attend?
'...do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is (Ephesians 5:17 NIV)
'Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfil it' (Colossians 4:17 KJV)
