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I do not normally prophesy over non-Christians outside of a church setting OR an organised Christian evangelistic activity.

I have often thought about taking prophecy out into my ‘normal’ everyday life, as I know I am hypocritical if I do not and I live a dual existence which I hate - eg.: ‘my church life’ and ‘my normal life’ - and these two actually should be one and the same. I also know it is what Jesus did naturally too - with all the spiritual gifts. My heart yearns for the lost, and I know God has given me bread from heaven to feed them - as well as the church - with. He wants to use my prophetic voice to call, to woo, to convict. The apostle Paul said that prophecy, more than any of the spiritual gifts, would convert an unbeliever.

So I have ‘dreamt’ about prophesying over the checkout at Walmart as my baked beans run through the till, and imagined myself prophesying over the unsaved manager at the Chinese restaurant as I collect my carry-out, but when push comes to shove I do not tend to take prophesy out of the ‘church’ out into day to day life because if I am to be truthful, I do not dare, I am a coward….:(. ‘He who dares wins’ and all that.

Anyway, last week that all altered. A Christian friend of mine told me about a lady who worked in our local photoshop. She mentioned that the lady was ripe for the gospel. ‘Quick, let’s write this down!’ I said as suddenly words came to me about this lady. ‘God tells me that this lady has been in mourning for a lost life. Her life has been full of regrets and lost opportunities, but God says if this lady comes to Him, she will no longer live a life of regret.’ Other specific information also followed to pass on to her. The next day, we went to the photoshop and I prophesied to the woman then and there at her place of work with what God had told me. As I spoke, I saw the woman’s eyes widen in amazement, as she stared at me, and I also then saw the puzzled expression sweep across her face. Her eyes almost bulged out of her head when we were done as I knew that God had given her a very specific picture from her past to explain about himself that none could have known but God. She looked at me, then looked at my friend, then back at me. ‘How did I know all this?’ her face spoke volumes. She had certainly not told my friend what I had said. But I knew too that this woman had more faith that many Christians did, and I was also very aware of the Holy Spirit over the lady as we talked and knew He was doing his work on her using my voice. I then explained that I did not say what I said to be some kind of ‘mystic meg’ type psychic or to show off in any way - I was nothing - but I said what I said to reveal that God loved her, God knew her inside and out, God was correcting some misapprehensions about himself she had - eg unlike her earthly father he had time for her - and that God was calling him to herself and was giving her a ’sign and wonder’ to reach out to her and to ‘prove’ himself to her.

It - prophesying to non-christians - actually went really well and I encourage others to go out and do the same as it really is not as bad as you imagine when you step out. (It reminds me of the time when I’d gone up to some Moslem neighbours and asked to pray for their crippled child. I was alone at the time and terrified of rejection I think. But they did not stone me, neither did they laugh at me or quote sections of the Koran to ward me off. They were touched that someone cared enough to pray about their child.) So I encourage us all to confront our fears as far as prophetic evangelism goes.

Earlier that day too, before visiting the photoshop, I had visited a woman and her unconverted husband whom I had never met before. I prophesied over the husband for what seemed like ages and afterwards he gave his heart to the Lord. As I spoke over him, the prophetic flow seemed more strong somehow, more urgent and much more detail was given than is normally the case -stronger than even when I prophesy to church leaders - but then God’s heart is with the lost and the broken and he knows what it takes to woo them and will give them as much as they need to be convinced and to know He is God. I then prophesied over his wife and more revelation was given specifically for her. His wife asked ‘How do you know all this when I have told nobody?’ and I said ‘God knows all and God cares. I am nothing, but we have a supernatural God who is reaching out to you.’ I also explained that I was not some sort of psychic circus act trying to prove how much I knew supernaturally, neither was stuff given in order to judge her or for my benefit of my ears. Neither, I assured her, did other people in the church know about her painful past with its horrors. I had only been told to reach out to her and help heal her by pointing her to my master, Jesus Christ.

How do I/we know what I/we know? Through God and only God. I am not a natural intuitive. I have not been ‘psychic’ since birth, neither have I been through countless occultic initiation rites, dream walks and rites of passage and so on to be where I am. I am a supernatural prophet only since receiving God’s Holy Spirit and prophesy only what God says. If He is silent I can say nothing

Why? To Glorify Him and testify to his son, Jesus Christ and to encourage one another on ‘building up the church’.