At the beginning of each New Year I try to set aside time to pray and listen for prophetic direction for the coming year. The Bible teaches that we should seek after and value prophetic direction. In Jeremiah 33:3 the Scriptures declare, “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” The Amplified Version reads, “Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand).” As we pray and wait in the presence of the Lord He gives revelation about things we are experiencing and about the future. The Prophet Amos penned these words in Amos 3:7, “Surely the Lord God does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.” We must be careful to remember that prophetic ministry is for our comfort, exhortation, and encouragement. We learn in 1 Corinthians 14:
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