The tendency of prophetic ministers today is to be black and white with everything. The gray areas are very questionable to some of us. But in a deeper sense, the gray areas are the ones that helps us understand grace, minister in love and bring freedom by not pushing the person.
"Jeremiah 31:2-3 Thus says the LORD:”The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest, the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you...."
Freedom in Christ is a choice by the person in bondage. If the person ministering tries to put or implement his own tactics over a person then we are no longer ministering as the Holy Spirit directs but by manipulation. We all know how manipulation tries to overpower people and that's the one thing we don't want to do or manifest.
"Hebrews 4:16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need."
Another tendency we have is the discipline is to follow protocols without administering so much love. We fully love the Lord but hate the enemy and all the more love the person in bondage. Unless our gifts is ministered through love can there be freedom that comes from manifesting the right attitude. I actually call it wisdom. We need to be very vigilant about choosing the right words to say with authority and acts to administer grace.
"Acts 20:32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified."
We only work our giftings through the work of grace in our lives. We can never walk in freedom unless we recognize that it is only through the grace of God that we walk in freedom, living a life filled with the love of a father whose grace is sufficient for all of us.
"Acts 4:33 And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all."
My prayer is that as prophetic ministers, we administer and admonish love rather than just discipline. I am a solid follower of protocols but the Holy Spirit doesn't always work like that as He administer His fruits which includes so much that can only be defined as GRACE.
The many great wonders done by the apostle Paul (and the rest) is because grace was sufficient for them. They acted in love instead of just solely in authority. I believe in the power of the Holy Spirit but it is also a need to minister through love because it manifests the grace of God in us and through us.
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