8 ways to prevent prophetic abuse in your church

How can your church create a safe, biblical culture around the powerful gift of prophecy? David Shadbolt shares wisdom on guarding against the manipulation it’s vulnerable to, while making room for the Spirit to move

Eagerly desire it. Do not despise it. Use it for the building up of one another.

These are just some of the instructions Paul gives in the New Testament for how and why Christians should value the gift of prophecy. The ability to discern what is on God’s heart is incredibly valuable. Look at how Jesus told Nathanael what he saw in him and where he had seen him. Two short prophetic words utterly transformed Nathanael and changed the direction of his life (John 1:47-49).