Do you have people you would like to give a message from God to? Maybe loved ones or family members or co-workers or friends? Maybe you'd like to minister to the entire body of Christ, in service to the Lord somehow. The following teaching addresses how to go about it:
5 And [Jesus] said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? 8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs. 9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” (Luke 11:5-13)
When you read this parable from start to finish, the subject matter is about going to God for spiritual food to minister to someone you care about who is in need of it, and has come to you for it. Certainly receiving a leading to speak a specific passage of scripture over their lives could apply here, but I strongly believe that things like receiving a word of knowledge or a prophetic dream about their situation could apply as well. The parable ends with the admonition that our Heavenly Father will give "the Holy Spirit" to those who ask for Him, so as to feed someone we care about spiritual bread from Heaven. So one way or another, this parable seems to apply especially to ministering divine utterance and Spirit-breathed words (in their many forms) to those who come to us in spiritual need.
Thought I would share. If anyone has any testimonies, questions or comments, please feel free to add them.
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5 And [Jesus] said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? 8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs. 9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” (Luke 11:5-13)
When you read this parable from start to finish, the subject matter is about going to God for spiritual food to minister to someone you care about who is in need of it, and has come to you for it. Certainly receiving a leading to speak a specific passage of scripture over their lives could apply here, but I strongly believe that things like receiving a word of knowledge or a prophetic dream about their situation could apply as well. The parable ends with the admonition that our Heavenly Father will give "the Holy Spirit" to those who ask for Him, so as to feed someone we care about spiritual bread from Heaven. So one way or another, this parable seems to apply especially to ministering divine utterance and Spirit-breathed words (in their many forms) to those who come to us in spiritual need.
Thought I would share. If anyone has any testimonies, questions or comments, please feel free to add them.
Hidden In Him
@marks, @charity, @Mayflower, @Backlit, @Pearl, @Nancy, @lforrest, @Josho, @Heart2Soul, @Triumph1300, @rockytopva, @CharismaticLady, @Berserk, @Devin Wintch, @Helen, @amadeus.