 Good morning everyone. Welcome. Thank you for connecting on this call where we are studying about the prophetic ministry. We'll continue to learn about personal prophecy today. Let's get started with the word of prayer. I want to request one of us here on the call to please lead in prayer. Let's pray. Okay. Father Almighty God, we give you thanks. We thank you for a gift of life. Thank you for bringing us today again. We thank you for the grace to attend the class. Father, Lord King of Glory, let your ministering angels come and guide us, protect us, give us wisdom and understanding. We also pray for our colleagues who have not yet joined that Lord, quicken their steps to join. We pray all this in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Brother Paul. In the last class, we talked about how to hear from God and we said that the Spirit also has senses, at least five or even more. And we said that each of those senses is able to perceive the message from God and then, you know, as it comes into our spirit, we can then, you know, use the soul part of us for the analysis, the reasoning, the understanding, and then comes the action steps. So we also went through, you know, sometimes seeking the Lord, getting words from one another. And that's how we actually flow in prophecy. And the more we practice hearing from God, the better we get at it. So today we are in chapter 10 where we want to understand how to interpret, test it. First of all, test the prophetic word which has been released to us and then go ahead and interpret. Because we said that the word of God comes to us in parts, it comes to us in the form of symbols, in the form of dark sayings. So we must interpret the message that God is trying to convey. So as we look at the prophetic word, we know that there is a process involved and in that process of receiving the prophetic word, there are a couple of elements that can be enumerated such as revelation, presentation, interpretation, application, timing and confirmation. So we will discuss each one of these in detail. So firstly, coming to revelation or the origin of the prophecy, where does the prophetic word arise? So that's important to ask whenever we hear a prophetic word, a genuine prophetic word, it should be from the Lord because it's the spirit of God who's communicating to us. But then sometimes what happens is a people of their own mind, of their own imagination, their own thoughts can also convey a word. Now if we take that as a prophetic word, obviously God has no obligation to fulfill such a word. He gets ready to perform his word, not the imagination of man. And so we must try to distinguish between a word from man and a word from God. So the source can be God, the source can even be man. There are passages of scripture where God warned the people. We've seen some of these earlier in Jeremiah 14-14. He says, the Lord said to me, the prophet's prophesy lies in my name. I have not sent them, commanded them, not spoken to them. They prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing and the deceit of their heart. So you see there, it's not a genuine word from God, but it's coming from the hearts of the prophets. So we must be careful. There are other passages, I'm not reading all of them, but we understand. One source is God and that's what we want to stick to. But when there is a message coming from a person's heart, we should be able to discern it and not take it up as a prophetic word. Now the third source for a prophetic word is a lying spirit or a false spirit, a spirit of divination. So there are various names that you can give to a demonic spirit which gives forth the prophetic words. So here are the three sources, one is God, one is people, the other is demonic spirits or false spirits. So our intention is to discern a word which is coming from the Lord. Now coming to presentation, presentation. So I've heard a word and I know that it's genuinely from the Lord. I now have to communicate it or put it across. So that would mean my method of presenting it. So in the method of presenting it, there is a human element involved. So this human element has to do with the personality of the person, the way they communicate. And so a lot depends on the person who's communicating the word. Now one thing we must understand is that God will not take control and take charge of our human faculties and push us to minister in a certain way. That completely depends on the individual. Like we've seen the scripture in 1 Corinthians 14 and verse 32 where we understood that the spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet. So a person can control or they can regulate how they want to share a message. Now if I want, I can shout out a message or if I want I can talk softly or I can put it in a simple way. Or if I want to make it sound very grand, I can kind of spice it up in my communication. So it depends on the delivery of the individual. So one must be careful to make sure it's put across in a manner that can be received by others. And also that we don't tamper with the actual message of the word which God wants to convey. So these things we must keep in mind as we present the prophetic word. And now that we understand this, it also helps us stay cautious because yes the word of God, the prophetic word can come from God. Like we've been saying the gift is genuine, the gift is perfect. But the human vessel is the carrier of that word. So when somebody gives us a prophetic word, we still have to check whether entirely it is from the Lord or other parts or portions of the prophetic word which due to the communication of the individual or the presentation of the individual are slightly altered. So we can also be cautious. I'm just going to go on with this but feel free to interrupt me at any point if you have doubts pertaining to that particular section. So we said that revelation and then presentation. Now coming to the interpretation part of the prophetic word. So what is interpretation? Interpretation is the understanding of the meaning of the prophetic word and testing it out. Actually the word is what this person is presenting it to be. So why do we require interpretation? That's the first question. Now we know that prophecy has a lot of imagery in it. We talked about visions. God said in Hosea 1210, I have multiplied visions. I have given symbols through the witnesses of the prophets. And number 12, we saw how it talks about God speaking to Moses directly but then him giving vision and dream to the others. So because God speaks in this way, in imagery, we have to then try to get the meaning out of it. So interpretation of what? Interpretation of symbols, interpretation of the parables, interpretation of some kind of comparisons, dark sayings. You know what we are receiving? That becomes very important. So if we miss in the area of interpretation, the meaning of what God is saying can be completely different. For example, one could see a car in their prophetic word and a person standing next to the car. So when we see this image, there are so many things we could interpret this as we could say that the person has bought a new car, or his car is under repair, or the car was stolen, or he is going to gift the car to someone, or he is going to start a car business. So you see there are emptied interpretations of one image and which is why the right interpretation is important. And once you have the right interpretation of what exactly that is, then the application will follow and the person will be able to apply it in the proper way. So when we see the image, it's like saying we are seeing, but one must also hear from God. So as we are looking at this image, we ask the Spirit of the Lord to minister to our hearts and by the Holy Spirit, he will put it in our hearts. Okay, it's actually that this person is going to start a car business. So you tell him that and you pray with him. So that's how one would actually come to interpret an image that they are seeing. Now while interpreting these images, it's like some of the messages that God is speaking can feel quite overwhelming. For example, when a message came to Mary that she is going to be the mother of Jesus, she said, how can it be? A child will be born of the Holy Spirit. She says, how can it be? So we don't fully understand how God could say certain things. Maybe at a point in time, it's unbelievable to hear a word like that. If it's a genuine prophetic word, no matter what meaning it conveys, we have to just go ahead and release it because we have talked about the fact that the prophetic word will bring encouragement, isn't it? Encouragement, edification, exhortation to the individual and it carries the power to do what God wants it to do. So after having interpreted it and released it, hopefully the response which an individual will have is to believe the prophetic word. Remember in first, second chronicles 2020, we have a call, believe in the Lord your God and you shall be established. Believe his prophets and you shall prosper. So believing the prophetic word is what one must do to receive the fullness of the message. And also to have an attitude like Mary when she said, be it unto me according to your word. So she yielded herself completely to the prophetic word. So you see, action depends believing, acting on the prophetic word and thereby the interpretation of the prophetic word is very, very important or rather the accuracy of the interpretation. So action will depend on that. Alright, so few more things with regard to interpreting the prophetic word. When we share a prophetic word, it also is important for us to note that when the message being carried is let's say the image that we saw, there is a person, they have a car business and God is saying that you would be very successful in your car business. So this is the message which is coming through. However, even the things which are answered in the, in the, in that message. Now let's say God is talking about a car business, but then there are, when you're talking about a business, there will be hard work. There will be diligence, there needs to be wisdom, there need to be good decisions. So many things are answered. But we must remember that we are interpreting, you know, some part of it and we are giving it to the person. But there's actually so much more that the person needs to do to be able to really be successful or effective in that business. But we are interpreting the part that we are getting and we are telling the person. Okay. Now, yeah, the final thing about interpretation is if the prophetic word is not interpreted correctly, then it'll make like it doesn't produce fruit in the other person's life. Because, you know, for example, same thing, same example that we can take that we are looking at a person. And when we are praying for them, we get some musical notes somewhere, maybe a musical note next to them. And we feel that God is saying there is a connection of music with this person. So now, if that person is not musically skilled and I say something like leave everything, go and join a music academy, learn music, it'll hinder that person's, you know, actual calling. Because they are not skilled musically. And here I am giving a wrong interpretation to the message. So, people get affected when we interpret things wrongly. Now, God might just be saying that you're going to join in a company as an HR and the company is a music company or you're a business person, you're going to sell instruments. You see, there's still a connection of music and the person, but it's not what we are thinking it is. So wrong interpretation generally leads to problems. And so what one can do is to check out the prophetic word. So in the case of confusion, you can go to a more mature person and request them, hey, I'm seeing this and I feel this way. Do you think this is what God is saying? And then share the prophetic word so that it is not applied wrongly. So that's about a little bit about the interpretation of the prophetic word. Right. So let's keep moving on. So we said that the prophetic word must be interpreted correctly. Now, the prophetic word must also be tested. Why test the prophetic word? Any thoughts on that? Why should we test the prophetic word? We can just take it, right? Prophecy is from the Lord. We need to test whether it is genuine or the quality of the word, whether it is taking us, as you had mentioned earlier, like taking us towards God or taking us away from God, like in that sense. Yeah, true. So we see whether it's fulfilling its purpose, which is to draw us close to God. And also today, we talked about the source, isn't it? We said a word can be from the Lord. It can just be something from the imagination of people or even a demon spirit. So then I have to really test what is being spoken. And that's why testing it is important. And we must not look at it as being put down, let down or judged. In 1 Thessalonians 5 and verse 21, it says, Do not despise prophecies. Test all things. Hold fast to what is good. So we must test it. Test is whether it is genuine or not, whether it is from the Lord or not. So that's what we mean. And interpretation also, whether the interpretation is accurate or not. So these are the questions we are asking when we are testing a prophetic word. So how do we test it? So the first test, obviously, is to check whether a prophetic word is aligned to the written word of God. So the written word of God should be the highest standard. There should be no, I mean, there cannot be any prophetic word which is above the written word of God. So if there is a prophetic word, and I think I gave you some examples, like you can't have a prophetic word which says, Okay, go be a Robin Hood, go steal the bank and help the poor. It cannot be because it goes against the nature of God where God said in his word, he spoke and said, Be holy as I am holy. So how can we reconcile, you know, stealing or anything else, any false, false things that draw us away from the character of God as a prophetic word. But there are words going around which don't align to the scriptures and yet people put their faith in them and trust in them. So this is our first and main test. Does it align itself to the written word of God? Then we also ask the question what Divya was sharing. Does this word move me closer to God and his will for my life or does it do the opposite? So there are words that may be given to a person which might actually take them away from the Lord. For example, if there are words such as you're going to become very rich. Okay, now if it's a genuine word from God, well and good. But sometimes what tends to happen is that a word like that you're going to be so rich and you will own all the riches of the land and all. Now, it in a sense exalts the individual. It puts the individual in the spotlight and it makes one feel very valued and precious. So the tendency is that a person may become very self-absorbed and not necessarily want to trust the Lord or walk with the Lord. So there is a tendency like that. I'm not saying a word that God is going to make you rich cannot be from the Lord. But just an example or even in the ministry, right? Like God is going to give you an international ministry. You are going to be so many. You will go and preach on different stages this and that. Everything sounds very nice but sometimes when these things are not from the Lord, they can begin to inflate one's ego and not lead them towards God. So here is the danger. So from a prophet's own idea, now if a prophet is doing that to get prophet, you know, it's quite sad. And it doesn't help the people. It actually leads the people away from God. And even people sometimes, you know, they have those itching years where they want to hear such things that boost their self, boost their self and not necessarily glorify God. So when such things happen, we clearly know that a word is not, you know, genuinely from the Lord. It should exalt God. It should help me to live a life which is full of the fruit of the Spirit, full of the power of the Spirit and, you know, walk in the character of God. Now, next thing is, does the Spirit bear witness to the prophecy? We also have mentioned earlier that the Holy Spirit, He bears witness with our Spirit. So how can we get the message of the witness? We will have a sense of peace, a sense of comfort, a sense of confidence, assurance in our inner man or in our heart, which will tell us that this word is from the Lord and we can take it forward. But what to do if we are hearing a prophetic word and there is a sense of unrest, we feel like something is wrong. It sounds really good, but you know something is really, really wrong. Then we have to test it out and we have to take some time to actually evaluate the prophetic word and act on it. So don't immediately act on it. You can wait to check it out. So this is another thing we have to wait for the inner witness of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes some prophecies are very drastic. Like, you know, they talk about location change or they talk about a career change. Particularly these kind of prophecies, you have to be even more careful because it's asking us to change the course of our life or change the direction of our life. Now if we don't test and we take the step, it can be dangerous. So that is why what is the Holy Spirit saying? Are you feeling peace about what is being spoken to you? Are you willing to make the big decision based on, you know, this prophecy and all that. So you have to check really, what is the Holy Spirit saying to me? Now, what are other things that will help us identify whether a word is from the Lord? We can also check if it is in line with the overall plan and purpose of God for our lives. So for example, you know, if I was just talking about that prophetic word where you see a man, you see a musical note and that person has no ability to sing or play an instrument and the prophet says something like go join music school, learn keyboard, learn vocals. So what's happening? You know, there is a course that God is taking this person on and maybe they are meant to be in the business of musical instruments and their expertise is, you know, managing resources, managing people, making a business thrive. Now if they, their entire life, that's what they've done. Now a prophet comes and says go learn music. What's happening is, it's not in harmony with the overall purpose of that person's life. Because what are we asking them to do? We're asking them to make a U-turn, like complete. I'm not saying that such prophecies, you know, can't happen, but there'll be some connection to what the person can do or what the God has done in that person's life for 40 years, 50 years. Suddenly coming and saying something that is, you know, totally off may not actually be a prophetic word. It may not fit because we're asking them to change the direction of their life. So that's another thing that one must be concerned about. Usually God doesn't work like that because, you know, he doesn't create confusion, lead you in one path for whatever 30 years, 40 years, give you so many prophetic words regarding that purpose, grace and gifts in line with that purpose. So everything is aligned. Now suddenly leave everything and do something else. How can that be a prophetic word? So even if a prophet comes and speaks to us like that, we have to check. Because you can't just leave all that God has been doing in your life for all along. Now another important question we would ask is two or three witnesses. So what is this? Initially, of course, the word of God, does it agree with what is being spoken? Do I have an inner witness within me? Now in addition to that, we can go and check with a pastor, a mature person and do other things to actually test it out. But at least it should be aligned to the word of God. It should be in line with what the Holy Spirit is speaking to us. So that is two or three witnesses. So this is in line with testing the interpretation which we have received. So I hope that's okay. Any questions right away regarding this matter? This was about interpretation, understanding and testing the prophetic word. I think it's quite clear. Now let's look at application. How do we go about applying the word? So as I stated, when we prophesy, we prophesy in part so everything doesn't get said. Let's say we have told someone that you are going to have a successful business. So now successful business means that God will also take this person through a journey of rigorous preparation, equipping, training in order to fit into that place of running a business. Now once a person is there, it's going to require hard work, labour, discipline again, you know, some more training, acquiring knowledge, skill, experience. So there are so many other things which have not been said by the prophet or the prophetic word, but they are necessary. So when we try to apply what God is saying, okay, I'm going to raise you up as a mighty minister. It is not independent of many other things that the word of God says. We know these are all principles from God's word only where one needs to be diligent. The hand of the diligent will rule the Bible says. So that's how we apply it. That's how we apply it. We must be ready to go through everything pertaining to the fulfillment of that prophetic word. So the person has to take tremendous responsibility to fulfill that prophetic word. Yes, God will lead us towards it and it is his responsibility to fulfill. But then there is a responsibility from the side of the person also. Now, of course, the person who is releasing the prophetic word must also take up responsibility to be as accurate as possible. So when they are accurate, then a lot of the issue is solved because there is accuracy in what is being spoken. Now, another thing that we must understand is that while we apply the prophetic word, all prophetic words are conditional. All personal prophetic words are conditional. Let's put it that way. So what does that mean? It simply means that if God is saying something, right? Like we've said, okay, you'll be successful in your business or you'll be successful in your ministry. It is subject to the responsibility of the individual as well. So a person cannot hear a word like that. Okay, I got a word. I'm going to be successful in my business. But from today, I just relax. I just like sit down. Like, okay, anyway, I'm going to be successful in my business. So what's happening? Now, the individual is not doing their part because all personal prophecy is conditional. It is subject to the obedience of the person, the hard work of the person and all of those things. And so if the word fails, he didn't become a successful business person or that individual didn't become a worship leader or that person did not raise a thriving church. Is it God's fault? No. Was the prophetic word genuine? Yes, we have tested it and we've noticed that a prophetic word is genuine. Why didn't it happen? Because there is a part for the individual to play. There is a condition. That's why we are saying it is conditional. So all personal prophecy is conditional. God has the intention and he communicates it to us. But if I don't take it up, then the prophetic word will not happen. Okay, so that also we must remember. So that is, you know, in our understanding of the application of the prophetic word. Okay, so some more insights regarding the prophetic word. What to do? Our prophetic word has come. What do we do with it? First, of course, is to believe it. Remember, 2 Chronicles 2020. Believe in the Lord your God and you shall be established. Believe his prophets and you shall prosper. So this whole believing happens after we have tested out whether it's a genuine word or not. Now I know it's a genuine word. What should I do? Believe. Yes, like Mary may sound impossible. How can it happen? But believe it. That's how we accomplish things in the kingdom of God. Believe it. Second, God expects us to obey his word. He expects us to fulfill the word which he is speaking to us. So walk in it. So have a response to the prophetic word act on it. Then we may need to use the prophetic word in spiritual warfare. So one needs to pray through in other words because that's what Paul taught Timothy. Now we all receive prophetic words, but we just forget about it or it's a feel good. We feel good. God said that he will connect me to a minister of God and we are going to work there. And we just leave it. We forget about it. Yes, God said, forget about it. But Paul told Timothy, you wage a good warfare. You fight with the prophetic word. So when we start to pray the prophetic word through, what happens? We are working towards the fulfillment of the prophetic word. So that is our responsibility. Do you have a prophetic word? Pray about it. Pray through because that is also something that God expects. So we believe, we act, we pray and we understand that for the fulfillment of every prophetic word, there is a due time. So things may not appear immediately after the word is spoken. So one may have to wait on the Lord and it's only God according to his plans and purposes who knows the duration of the time which is required for that prophetic word to be fulfilled. So we really have to trust God. So seeing the fulfillment of a prophetic word is a faith journey because we believed. Now we are holding on. We are trusting God for the due time of its fulfillment. So a little bit more about praying a prophetic word through. There is an example given in our notes about Daniel, how he knew the timing of the release from Babylonian captivity of his people. And so he knew that this word was already spoken over his community and his nation. And you know, when we know that this is the time, it's going to happen, we can just sit down and wait for it to come upon us. But Daniel did not do that in Daniel chapter 9 verses 1 to 3. He prays diligently towards the fulfillment of what God had spoken. So intercession, pray intercede in line with the prophetic words that God has made. So that diligent prayer is a requirement to see the fulfillment of the prophetic word. Then we go through the necessary process. This I've already said, you know, there's the whole human element of taking responsibility because every personal prophecy is conditional. And there are some areas which are not addressed, obviously, we've said that only a part is revealed in the prophetic word and the other things are also important. Like you could say, for example, there's a prophetic word and in that prophetic word, the prophet is only addressing ministry. And saying, oh, ministry will be like this. God is strengthening you in certain spiritual gifts. You will minister with the anointing of the... They never mentioned anything about, let's say, the individual's marriage or their family life. Now, I cannot disregard other areas of my life thinking God is only speaking about ministry or ministry is important. No, I need to know that every part of my life is important before the Lord. Yes, right now, for whatever reason, God has put the focus on my ministry. But that doesn't mean I hold everything else loosely. I must ensure that I am, you know, walking with integrity as far as my family life is concerned as far as, you know, other things, my personal finances. So all those areas, God is not speaking. Maybe every time I go to a prophet, he's only saying ministry. God is going to bless you in your ministry. God is going to bless you in your... But areas which are not addressed are equally important. Now, why is it that the prophetic word is not coming regarding those matters? We don't know. Why is God highlighting only ministry? Maybe he wants us to, you know, pay attention and build faith in that particular area. So that's why he's highlighting it, but don't neglect other areas because that is also important. So these are some insights that will help us while we apply the prophetic word. So now let's talk a little bit about the timing of personal prophecy. So we've already mentioned that there is a due time, God's due time. How much time? Because we are in a very, you know, like a microwave generation. Quick, quick to put it in. We want it now or we want it yesterday. So that's how our world works. And so waiting is not the easiest thing for us as people in general and, you know, God's people in particular. So due time, how much time will it take for the prophetic word to be fulfilled? So God's way of looking at time is very different from our way. Now, when we read about Jesus and his birth in Galatians 4-4, it says that Jesus, you know, he was made manifest in the fullness of time, the fullness of time. So when was this fullness of time? It was so many, you know, thousands of years after the creation of the world. So in Genesis 3, 15, I think, 15, 16, there, we already read how God said that you will crush the head of the, your seed will crush the head of the serpent. So he's talking about the Lord Jesus. 4,000 years ago, Jesus was introduced, he was spoken of, he was prophesied about. But not until what we call the kairos or the fullness of time, Galatians 4-4 says, 4,000 years later Jesus came. So I'm not saying that every word that God has spoken to us will take 4,000 years to be fulfilled. But you see, there is a timing of God. And that's why I'm saying it's a faith journey to see it fulfilled even in the life of Abraham. If you take it up 25 years is what is estimated as the waiting time for Abraham. From when he received the promise to when he actually saw Isaac being born. So he had to trust in the Lord and he is, you know, father of our faith. That's how we look at him because he trusted God and he waited. So we must, you know, understand the prophetic word in the same way. Now there are passages in God's word where you say a day is like a thousand years, a thousand years is like a day for the Lord. And certain places, for example in Revelation 22 verse 12, God says, behold, I come, I'm coming quickly. Quickly in my understanding is right now. It's, you know, maybe even tomorrow. In God's calculations, we don't exactly know the duration. So one must wait, one must trust the Lord. And when it comes to personal prophecy in our individual lives, you know, things take depending on the prophecy. Now there can be a prophecy that has to do with me. And so it'll be in my lifetime. So I'm talking five years, 10 years, 20 years, maybe even 30 years, certain words for their fulfillment. But maybe there is a prophetic word that has to do with my family or my descendants. And so I can trust that God would do it in the generations, you know, maybe the next generation or the generation after that. So prophetic words that have to do with nations, that might take some years, you know, maybe even some hundreds of years or prophetic words that have to do with the church. Again, that might be a longer duration. So we must go by what God is indicating and not so much by what we interpret that timing to be. And in scripture, there is a concept known as prophetic foreshortening. And that simply means the variation in time. The good example is the passage from Isaiah chapter nine, verses six and seven, you know, that it's a during Christmas, we always say this for unto us a child is born unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon his shoulder. And his name will be called wonderful counselor, mighty God everlasting father, Prince of Peace of the increase of his government in peace. There will be no end upon the throne of David and over his kingdom to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. So as we look at this, you know, there are thousands of years gap in that same passage that is prophetic foreshortening. It's first talking about unto us a child is born unto us a son is given the birth of the Lord Jesus that we know, you know, it happened in the fullness of time. Galatians four for Jesus was born then now it's going off into way into the future and the saying and the government will be upon his shoulders. Now we all know when the government is going to be upon his shoulders. You know, his millennial rule and reign, which we talk about in eschatology. And even later, as we talk about the white, you know, white throne judgment, we talk about the new heavens, the new earth. So we are going way into the future. It's like jumping. Oh, wait a minute. You just talked about the birth of Jesus. And in the same prophetic word, we are talking in different timelines, we're talking different time zones. So can this happen when it when we are listening to a prophetic word, it can happen. Even in a personal prophetic word, it can happen. One might be addressing a now situation, but suddenly addressing something to do with, you know, the future 30 years later and then the next generation 100 years and something, something. So interpretation of the prophetic word, we really have to do it by the power of the Holy Spirit. That's when we get it. What is God trying to say? Otherwise, if you're trying to just go by our logical way of addressing it, we may not, you know, get what God is saying. So you see, this is how God speaks. And so we should get an idea about it. Now, when it comes to personal prophecy, when it comes to timelines, we usually say, don't mention a timeline. Okay. So what does it mean? So let's say I have a prophetic word and I'm praying for someone and I get a word about their marriage. And I say something like sister, by the end of this year, you will be married or a home house purchase. I say something by the end of the year, you will purchase a home or in two years, you're going to have a baby or you see, I'm putting a time to it. Is it wrong to put a time to it? We say in the practice of simple word of prophecy, right? Believe us gift of prophecy. Try not to put that. What if what if you interpreted it wrong and you share it with somebody? So what has happened in a practical way is people have been disappointed by such prophecies where there is a timeline attached in the next two years. You're going to get this business deal. You're going to get married. You're going to do this. You're going to do that. But it doesn't happen. And so what happens to the individual, they're like, why is God not doing it? Or am I not good enough? So people have gone into disappointment, discouragement, sadness, even depression because the timelines have not matched. So it's best when we are interpreting. Maybe you know the timeline, but try to avoid presenting a timeline. Let the person walk with the Lord. Now we are not saying that you should not at all mention the timeline. There are some instances and we would generally leave it to somebody who's in the office of a prophet or who's leading a prophetic ministry to speak timelines. But in the simple operation of the simple gift of prophecy, better not to touch on timelines. Okay, so all right, let's just go in for a break. A few more things to talk about personal prophecy. These are all very important subjects. So that's why I'm kind of doing it a little slowly. Once we grasp this, hopefully the next week, we can try and wrap up prophetic ministry. The other sections we can go through a little faster. And a couple of weeks in April, we can touch upon apostolic ministry and wrap up our course. So that's the plan. Anyway, let's go for a break now. 10 minutes and let's come back. If you have any questions or experiences to share, that would be really lovely. Okay, see you at 10 o'clock. Thank you. Thank you, man.