 I hope you can hear me because I'm not too sure. Yes, master. Okay. You can hear. That's great. So we can begin with a word of prayer. Would anyone like to leave please? I mean someone who hasn't led this semester yet. I'm fine. I'm fine. You can go ahead. Dear Heavenly Father, I come before you, Father. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to come and learn. It's such a wonderful God, Father. Thank you for who you are. We commit all our students and our teachers of the Marais that are dancing to thy hand, Father Dehover, and that it will be later as you guys will join us in this study, Father Dehover. Thank you for your honor and glory, Father Dehover. Thank you, Father, for all the fellow students. They have a whole and other platform that are starting with us this class. If you commit a tragedy, it's going to be well, but it's very trusting in the mighty name of your family. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Kennedy. This morning we had a question about knowing one's direction, knowing how God would lead us in the ministry and things like that in Mentalinga. So those of us who could not be a part of it, if you would like to check it out, that would be nice. That is a question related to what we are discussing here regarding the prophetic. So till now, we have covered different aspects of the prophetic anointing. We've understood how it was seen in the Old Testament, how it was seen in the New Testament. And then we went ahead to see that the prophetic anointing is demonstrated in various ways. So one was the prophetic word, which brings God's message to us. Then we also said that there can be prophetic intercession, prophetic power. And the prophetic song that released the prophetic anointing. So the expression of the anointing can be in various ways. And we are trying to look at each of these more specifically and understand what we can gain. The last class we touched on the prophetic word. As the word comes, we've seen the basic impact that it makes. We saw that the simple gift of prophecy is for edification, exhortation and comfort. And the prophetic word is not just limited to that, but we saw how the prophetic word will release the prophetic power. The prophetic word can be spoken to rulers. It can transform nations. So the prophetic word will accomplish what God has intended. Now today we are going to consider the prophetic intercession as the next expression. You might feel that this is sort of overlapping with our first year subject, prayer and intercession, because over there we talked about prophetic prayer as well. So there can be a slight overlap, but please bear with me those of you who have attended that other class. Prophetic intercession simply means praying as God leads us. Praying based on what we hear from God. So that is what prophetic prayer means. Now we also know that the very first time somebody in the Bible was called a prophet which is Abraham in Genesis 20. God told Abimelek that there is Abraham, he's a prophet and he's going to pray for you and healing will come upon you, upon your women and cattle and flock. God is going to heal you because of the prayer of a prophet. So intercession is strongly associated, prayer is strongly associated with the prophetic anointing and the release of the prophetic can also come in the form of prophetic intercession. So Abraham was one who interceded for Abimelek and the healing came upon Abimelek. And we also see that when God was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham was aware of what was going to happen and so his intercession was based on what he knew from God. So he began to ask God, if there are so many righteous men, will you still destroy? So intercession is talking to God on behalf of others and that's what he was doing on behalf of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah because his nephew was there. That was his greatest concern. He started speaking to God and seeing whether he can negotiate in some way and protect the life of his nephew as well as the people who lived there. So Abraham is our earliest reference with regard to prophetic intercession. We've seen that prophetic intercession brings about different results. We've understood that it's about hearing from God and then praying that through. Now prophetic intercession can delay or avert God's judgment and prophetic intercession can foil the enemy's plans, Satan's attacks against people. Prophetic intercession can protect people. It can also release people's destiny in God. Now we are going to look at each of these outcomes one by one. The first one being delay or avert God's judgment. The example given here for us is from the ministry of Amos. Amos was somebody that God used as a prophet. He would hear from God. God would communicate to him visually as you read the accounts of Amos. You would find that he saw this and he saw that. So God communicated to him and told him that judgment would be poured upon the children of Israel. The reason being their hearts have gone far away from God. So God had spoken to Amos that this is going to happen and he showed him that there were two judgments that would come upon them. The first one, in the prophetic communication, God showed him a swarm of locusts that went and destroyed the crop. So in that manner, God said that the people of Israel are going to face judgment. The second way in which God showed him that there is going to be judgment is through fire. Through fire came and it began to destroy. Now, as Amos heard this, he could have been somebody who said, Okay, I saw this wonderful vision. God is using me mightily and that's about it. God is speaking to me and stopped at that. Or he could have just taken this word and gone to others, letting them know that this is going to happen. However, what we see Amos do is he starts to intercede for the people. So when he knows the judgment will come upon the people, he starts to intercede. And we see God's response to God. All of this is in Amos chapter 7. So you could go back and read it. My God listens to Amos' prayer and says, This also shall not be. So both what God showed him in the vision, God tells him that some judgments are not going to happen to the people of Israel. So this is incredible because it's as if a sovereign God, a God who has made up his mind about what needs to be done is actually relented based on the prayers of a human being. So that gives us encouragement that even we can go before God in prayer and God is a God who will hear us. So the kind of prayer that Amos was engaged in in this scenario is a prophetic prayer because something was communicated to him already and he prayed through on the basis of that. So these prophetic prayers are very, very important. They are based on revelation. And this revelation obviously comes from the prophetic anointing. And when one receives such revelation, it benefits. It benefits God's people, it benefits the body of Christ. And you know, we can pray very specifically into whatever it is that needs to get done. So that is the, if you want to call it an advantage, or that is the benefit of prophetic intercession. So all of us can desire to be prophetic intercessors. We can ask God, God, please begin to reveal to me how this prophetic intercession could be for ourselves, could be for our families. You know, when God tells us, okay, these are the things that are going to unfold, or this is the direction in which I'm leading you. We know, okay, come on, let's pray this through. And in the context of what we are dealing with now, averting judgment, if God were to reveal to us, okay, so let's say for a region that people here have, their hearts have departed away from me and they are going to experience some calamities. Why don't you rise up and pray? So we can become those intercessors and we know that our prayers will make a difference for the kingdom of God, for the people of that region. I know of several ministries where they engage a lot of people. They all come together, they seek God's face and as a lot reveals to them about their state or their nation, they pray things through and they see God's hand upon there or the things that go on. So prophetic intercession, it averts God's judgment. It is based on the revelation that we received, the things that God chooses to disclose the purpose of his heart. And the beautiful thing once again is that God listens to the prayers of his saints and what a privilege, isn't it, that God would relent when mortal man petitions him. Of course, we discussed this in our prayer intercession class that when we say God relents, we don't mean that he will do anything particularly to his nature, but within the framework of his nature, what he has already spoken in his word, within that, in confirmation to his word, he can still change judgments and things like that. So prophetic intercession is very beneficial. Another place where we see this kind of intercession to remove judgment is Moses. You remember the people of the children of Israel were very rebellious. They were filled with unbelief. They demonstrated their disobedience time to time. So Moses was dealing with a very challenging crowd and at certain points, God himself got upset with these people and said that I'm going to destroy them, but Moses stood as the intercessor and he was the one who requested the Lord to intercede for any judgment to be removed from them. So that is the first point here, awarding judgment. So the second thing that we see here with regard to prophetic intercession is it foils Satan's attack. It forms a protection over the people of God or it could be, you know, even if the people are not believers when we are praying for our nation, our state, our prayers are going to protect the people from the attacks of Satan. So this is based on the verse from Hosea 12 and verse 13 where you read, by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt and by a prophet he was preserved. Preserved here is the term Shamar. The term Shamar, the Hebrew word which means to hedge or to guard or to protect. So through a prophet there can be protection, protection against what we know that here on the earth we have an adversary who's constantly looking to hinder the people of God in whichever way possible. He's ready. He's actively looking for opportunities. So we need protection against anything that he does. And here very specifically we see that protection, how is it preserved by a prophet. So the understanding is that we can receive that Shamar or that protection or that hedge through prophetic prayer prayed by a prophet or it could just be prophetic prayer. It could be through a prophesied believer or something in the prophetic ministry. So what's happening? Once again very similar to averting judgment on the basis of revelation one is praying for protection. And when that happens the schemes of the devil whatever forms we know we've studied this as well. There are all kinds of schemes. There is deception, accusation. It could be some sort of a witchcraft. There can be certain spirits of worldliness, legalism, various kinds of attacks that there will be plans against individuals and communities of people. All of this can be dismantled through prophetic prayer. So we as God's people can act as watchmen. The scriptures talk about intercessors being watchmen, watchmen on the walls. How are we watchmen? We are protecting through the prayers that we pray. And so we must engage in praying for others. A classic example is that of Jesus. When Jesus in Luke 22 verses 31 and 32 he prayed for Simon Peter. And he said, Simon indeed Satan has asked for you that he may sift you as wheat but I have prayed for you that your faith should not fail and when you have returned to me strengthen your brethren. So Jesus discerned. What is this prophetic? Nothing had actually happened to Peter yet. But Jesus could discern it through the prophetic anointing that Satan has a plot. And he is going to work against Simon Peter in such a way that his faith could be at risk. He could be weakened in his faith. And so how does Jesus try to counter this? He goes ahead and he prays. He covers. That's why sometimes we say this phrase, cover please cover them with your prayer. So cover is like your shaman, the protection which comes upon God's people because of the prayer based on one's discernment or revelation. So prayers can protect people from Satan attacks. Prayers can also release one's destiny in God. We saw earlier that John the Baptist, as soon as he was born, you find Zacharias, his father prophesying over him. He speaks various things over his life. It's almost like a prayer as well. So in what he's saying, what's happening is there is a release of that person's destiny. What John is going to be like. Things that John is going to engage in and how God is going to accomplish his plans through John's life. Similarly, today we can pray prophetic prayers over people's lives and over their destiny. And as we do that, things begin to line up in the spiritual realm. This could also have to do with, because I mentioned John and Zacharias' children. You can pray over your children based on the revelation that God has given you about them. And it could be very early on in their life and very early on in your parenting, you recognize, God is going to use my child in these ways that God is going to cause them to thrive in the marketplace or God is going to call my child as a leader, a worshipper in the house of God. So whatever it is that God puts on our hearts, we can begin to pray. We can begin to intercede for that child. And as we do that, the prophetic anointing is at work and we know that all this revelation is given to us so that we can invest in prayer and the life of that child is strengthened that things are set in motion, things are set in motion in that child's life. We also have very many examples of mothers praying for their children. There are times when the preachers have testified that they had nothing to do with God and they had gone very far away from God. But there were mothers who knew that God had a destiny for this person to be in the ministry or to teach God's word and they discerned it. Even though the child was so far away from God, they interceded based on the revelation which they had received and we see how God set things in motion for those individuals. God had a way of bringing back that individual to their destiny. Praying through on the basis of revelation can also release one's destiny in God. We must remember that. The prophetic anointing will also work in this manner. One quick thing. We will deal with this while we touch on the practical aspects of how do you prophesy? What should you say? How should you say it? But one point that I want to make right now is everything that God reveals is not for communication. By that what I mean is if I see something, if I see a dream or if I have a vision or I get a picture and I recognize that this is what God is saying that does not mean that I go and share it with anyone or a concerned person. It's not required till you are clear that it is supposed to be shared with someone. Instead we could keep that in prayer. So prophetic intercession is something that we can engage in when we receive revelation. So when you receive revelation, begin to pray about it. If God doesn't tell us to share, then just keep it in prayer. So maybe that's all God is requiring of us to just pray through. So prophetic intercession is a way of releasing the prophetic anointing. Now we move to the next chapter here, which is prophetic power. I'll pause for a moment very quickly. If you have any questions, we can discuss that and then continue with prophetic power. Anything with regard to prophetic intercession? Yes. Yes, Christopher, please go ahead. Yes, this is just actually more of a question around Luke 22, 31 versus 31 to 32, where Jesus talks about praying for Simon Peter. And he mentions about it in verse 31, 32. Then subsequently after Peter has said that he will give up his life for Jesus and go to prison, Jesus replies and tells him that he will deny Jesus three times. So I wanted to ask the question around, while Jesus mentioned that he had prayed for him, that his faith should not fail, he also knew that the devil was going to plan to shake Peter's faith. So I just wanted to understand how that pressure actually sort of actually was made. Given that Jesus knew that Peter was going to deny him. Yes. Yeah, Christopher. Thank you. That's a really good question. Jesus told him that Jesus told Simon Peter that Satan was going to test him, attack him. But then Peter still failed. So your question is, though Jesus prayed, why is it that Peter fell? Is that your question? Yes, in a way that is a question. And I mean, Jesus knew that Peter was going to deny him. So in spite of that, he prayed. So I just wanted to also understand, sometimes when we are praying, we may have this, sometimes we have this doubt or we could feel that it may be something that's impossible. So in the view of that, given that Jesus knew that he was going to deny him, why did he pray? And I mean, in spite of knowing that Peter was going to deny him. Yeah, Christopher. Okay. So Christopher, the way I understand this is Jesus prayed for Peter, which gave him that protection against Satan's attacks. Now, yes, Peter, in his action, he showed that his faith was not strong. Okay. But then I think overall his faith was reserved because we see the way things progress from then. Isn't it? He denied. Now, we know that that was wrong. However, his faith remained in Christ. And then he became one of those leaders of the early church. So what I'm thinking is, in the overall picture, the overall scheme of things, the prayer of Jesus strengthened and protected Peter. Now, had Jesus not prayed for Peter in that manner, maybe beyond the denying of Jesus, we don't know what are all the other ways in which he could have fallen and maybe even gone away from the faith. But since Jesus prayed, though there are those incidents, I think in the overall, in the grand scheme of things, he was protected and led properly. And of course, also another aspect that is at play here is Peter's own will. You see, again, this is amazing, right? Like Jesus prayed, but it was not a control. Jesus never exercised any kind of spiritual control on Peter that he couldn't make his own decisions. No, there's always free will at play everywhere. But what one can do with prayer, Jesus did for Peter. And thankfully, he aligned himself to the plans of God and overall his faith didn't fail. That's how I'm looking at it, Christopher. I hope somewhere I answered something. I think that's a good insight. I'm just starting to add, maybe it's another perspective to this is also that while Peter was denied Jesus the first time, second time, and the third time, I think he did this in a very human way in the sense that because he did it out of fear that he would get lynched by the mob or the people over there would actually go and arrest him also. So he did it out of fear and maybe at that time it was a very human sort of response and he didn't feel he was actually... He knew he was denied Jesus, but he wasn't really... I don't think he actually remembered what he had told Jesus. Only when the cock crowed, that's when he actually remembered what Jesus had said and that's where his conscience actually sort of really came into play. And that's when he sort of on his head and cried. So I think that's where possibly it also occurs with us as human beings. Sometimes when we sing, we are singing as human beings and then our conscience will take over from there and that's when we really realize the enormity of what we are doing wrong. And I guess in a sense when the conscience actually goes out of play or it doesn't affect us, that's when I think we are in a situation where it's quite dangerous from a point of view of we are really singing and we are not even feeling that we should feel bad about it or our conscience should not even... It's not even over there. So just something to add here. Sure, Christopher. Thank you for sharing your insights as well. So that's nice. What we'll do is we will take up other questions that have also come up. I know we're kind of digressing a little from our key subject here but that's okay. We'll quickly answer the questions that have come up and then we will move on. Vangi, I saw your hand lifted up. Did you want to ask a question or...? He answered the question. Okay, thank you first. Yeah, thank you. So, Aninda, I'll come to you because I saw Kennedy's question first. He asks, why did Jesus not pray for Judas Iscariot? Okay, so Kennedy, we don't see a Jesus selling a mad disciple like son Peter. I have prayed for him but that doesn't mean that Jesus did pray for his disciples. If you look at the passages in the book of John, you'd see that Jesus might elaborately pray for his disciples. He prayed for those who would receive him and those who would receive his sacrifice on the cross, those who would become believers. He prayed, all those passages from John chapter 14, 14, 15, 16. As you begin to read all those passages before he was crucified, you would see that he prayed for everyone which includes the disciples. So I'm sure he would have prayed for Judas Iscariot but as I mentioned, free will is something that God will not try to manipulate. So, yeah, Judas made his choice. God would have known that in his fore knowledge but yet Judas had a free choice and he did whatever he wanted to. So I really hope that answers your question, Kennedy. Okay, great, yeah. All right, thank you. Yes, Anita, please go ahead. First, I just wanted to make a comment where Christopher highlighted, Peter's state of mind when Jesus got arrested. This thing came to my mind. The way we are learning that prophecy is our edification for our encouragement and as you spoke about free will also. So maybe when Jesus told him this prophecy that it is kind of a prayer and at the same time the prophecy that Satan is asking for you but I have prayed for you and you're not going to fail. Maybe that would have reminded him when he was denying Jesus every time. No, the God has instilled in me and I'm not going to fail and then he would have got back. I think that just I could correlate with that what prophecy means. Thank you, Pastor. Yeah, thank you, Anita. That's an interesting point because later on we see that. Yes, ma'am, I was. Okay, sorry, I muted you because I thought it was by mistake that the sound was coming. Yeah, can I just finish, Elisha? I'll just add a point for Anita and I don't mind you could unmute after that and share your thoughts. So what I was telling under is Paul writes to Timothy and he says, wage a good warfare with the words that were spoken over you. So if at all Peter would have reminded himself of what Jesus said, I pray for you that your faith will not fail. I don't know if the story would be different now. If you would have had the strength to not deny Christ. So I just wanted to add that. Yes, Elisha, please go ahead and sorry for muting you there. Okay, thank you very much. The thoughts I wanted to share on Jesus praying for Peter is that we all don't know the extent of failure that Peter would have come to had Jesus not prayed for him. I believe that it was even the prayer that Jesus prayed for him that held Peter to his feet and he didn't fail. Though he failed to a certain point, but I always ask myself, have Jesus not prayed for him? What would have been the extent of his failure? So I believe that Jesus' prayer worked effectively in the life of Peter. Just as the prophetic intercession prayers could work in the life of people, we will see some level of discouragement when we are praying for them because we see that it is not working as we expect it to work. However, in God's architect, that prayer is really working in the life of that individual. So we shouldn't be discouraged when we don't see clear resource, but I believe that it is working. Our prayers is working in the lives of people. Thank you very much. Yeah, great point there, Inesha. That's true. That's all the courage that our prayers are working in people's lives and we must continue to pray for them even if we are failing. And in fact, when we read the book of Hebrews, we see that for those who are wandering away, the Lord Jesus, He is the one who saves them from the atmos and intercessions that need to be made for especially those who are wandering away. And so, yeah, prayers are very, very important and God wants people that they may not fail and the research prayers are effective. Okay, so good discussion there. And we can quickly touch the next chapter here, which is on prophetic power. Prophetic power is another expression. So when the prophetic anointing is at work, either I say the word of God and ask what God wants it to do, or I see something that God is revealing and afraid to do, or there is prophetic power which is demonstrated. It could be after I say something or do something or it could just happen. Because of the prophetic power, it's also something we see demonstrated to the prophetic. Now in general, when you consider the ministry offices, you would find that there is a release of God's power as per the requirement of each of those offices. For an apostle, God's power is released in a multifunctional way where the apostle, like a forerunner is able to advance the kingdom of God, find new frontiers for God, do new things, establish many communities, cause unity in the hearts of people for the kingdom of God, release signs, wonders, miracles. So based on that particular calling, God's power is at work. Similarly, all the other offices, if you look at somebody in the office of an evangelist, God's power is at work as required by that person. So when they are preaching God's word and drawing the hearts of the people to the cross and the Lord Jesus, you would see that repentance happens, healing takes place, miracles take place, which are all leading people to Christ and you see thousands one into the kingdom of God. So God's power is always at work. It works on the basis of the ministry that people are engaged in. And when we talk about the prophetic office, similar demonstrations of God's power would be seen where God is mightily glorified by the things that happen. The prophetic office is not the only position in which the prophetic power of God is seen, but it can be seen at various other levels as well. So in someone's prophetic ministry, we could see that the prophetic anointing releases God's power in certain ways. Similarly, when someone is a prophesied believer, there also we see the supernatural demonstrations. But what does this power in general do? We see some reference in the incidents in scripture, so we'll talk about that here, but it doesn't mean that this power cannot work in any other way. It can definitely work in many ways. The first one is deliverance to captives. So we recognize that prophet Moses. We don't call him a prophet, but we clearly know that he was a prophet, mightily used by God, had revelation from God and moved by God's eating. And he was somebody who demonstrated the power of the prophetic anointing. Do you recall the plagues? And then you had Moses go in front of Pharaoh and do all those wonderful things at the rod and then leading the people out of Egypt, the parting of the Red Sea with the famous rod of Moses. So there might be miracles through that rod of Moses. And what was the outcome? Deliverance. God's people were delivered from the clutches of slavery. So today, as we see the demonstration of the prophetic power, we can expect that God will bring deliverance. So today, oppression by demonic spirits, we see all kinds of activities of Satan and his demons putting people in bondage, addictions that people go through, various kinds of things. So the use of the prophetic power can bring a release to all these things. So it will set people free. In other words, that's what the prophetic anointing has demonstrated in scripture. And today we can continue to expect that people will be set free. Then prophetic power confronts the works of demons. A classic example is the life of Elijah where we see that he had the prophets of Baal opposing him. And it was a very tough time. If you recall, he had to demonstrate that God is alive. So on Mount Carmel, he called down fire. But God's power was very real and greater in the face of demonic powers trying to show their grandeur. So the prophetic anointing is such that it will confront and even overcome demonstrations from the demonic kingdom. Elijah is a good example. Again, the example of Moses in Pharaoh's court is there for us to see. So today, if there are false doctrines, witchcraft, demonic assignments, things that are going on, we can expect the prophetic anointing to subdue those things. And we can expect the prophetic anointing to confront and expose demonic activity. So it's that powerful and we must trust God for things like that. The prophetic power can cause unusual miracles. Once again, all the prophets that we have in scripture read their accounts one by one. You have Elijah and Elisha, even if you were just to study their lives, unusual miracles. How did that happen? Supernatural events, supernatural things took place, all that through the prophetic anointing upon their lives. Some of them were even overriding natural laws. So that was the greatness of the demonstration of the prophetic anointing. And of course, the prophetic power is something that can impact leaders, national nations, rulers and things like that. And again, we see various prophets who did that. They demonstrated God's power, Moses, Elijah, Elisha, Samuel, Nathan, all of these people. Daniel, a lot of the supernatural was working through their life and it was influencing and impacting leaders of their times. So this is the manner in which we have seen prophetic power being demonstrated. So I'm just going to stop here and we will pick up from the next chapter, which is the expression of the prophetic anointing through song. So tomorrow we will do prophetic song. Any questions with regard to prophetic power? Yes, please go ahead. Pastor, I just want to know that when we speak about the prophetic power. So as a prophet or as a Lord leads him and can we change the situations which is standing against us? Can we cause dead situation into a life situation when we speak? That's my question. Yes, Shri Kumar, the answer would be yes, dead situation into something that is alive. Now, if you look at incidents in the ministry of Elijah, Elisha, they are saying literally they raised people from the dead. So the situation turned around. Now, if you just translate that into the spiritual, yes, of course, it can affect our atmosphere. It can affect our circumstances. The prophetic power can release that kind of life. Thank you. Thank you, Pastor. We have two more questions and actually we are kind of running out of time, but let's see if we can quickly accommodate. Kennedy says, how do you sustain prophetic power? Sustaining prophetic power is dependent on our connectedness with God, Kennedy. So everything that applies to our relationship with God would come here. So when we maintain the right relationship and I think the most important thing is submission. The more we are submitted to God, the greater the anointing on our lives. And if that is to do with prophetic anointing, then yes, the prophetic anointing under the release of prophetic power. So that would be my answer to you, Kennedy. I hope it's fine. Anitha, quickly, can you tell me your question? Pastor, you mentioned about that there are some prophecies which are not to be shared. Like, can you differentiate? Yeah, so we'll have to discern, Anitha, not everything which is revealed to us is for us to go and tell somebody. So again, you need to pray and ask God. When God gives you an impression to tell, then you're dead. Okay, so I think I will stop with that. Can we pick it up tomorrow, Anitha? Yes, sure. Okay, we'll start with Anitha's question tomorrow. Alright, so let's pray and close. I'll say a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we thank You, Lord, for this time in Your presence in Your Word. Lord, we pray that You will continue to give us deeper understanding and greater emulation. And Lord, strengthen us, Lord, strengthen us in our work with You. Come with Myself and everyone, Lord, in this class, in Your hands. Father God, go before us, Lord, even as we do different things throughout today. In Jesus' name, we pray. Okay, class, take care. Bye for now. God bless you and we will meet again tomorrow. Thank you, pastor. God bless you. Thank you, pastor. God bless you. Thank you so much. God bless you too. Bye.