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It was an honor to participate in the 4 day school of the Prophets with Apostle Juda Bertelli.
Débora and I ministered in a session speaking about the prophetic journey that accompanies a prophetic word. There are no superhero christians in the Kingdom of God. We all are on assignment doing our parts. Débora and I shared our journey in life of how we came to be where we are now. So many people were crying as they identified with the testimonies of our desert walk, the hardships and what may have seemed to be detours or failures along the journey, that are actually working together for good in God's prophetic plan that is being worked out in life. People often covet an anointing on another person's life and ministry but have no idea the tears, desert experiences and trials faced to get to the place where God trusts them in the Spirit of Authority and Power that comes from the Him. After this conference we heard from many how our journey and testimony empowered them and gave new perspective into their own lives and ministries.
Consider Joseph, he had a dream that his brothers would bow down to him. When he shared the dream his brothers were jealous and angry. They plotted to kill him, then changed their mind and sold him as a slave. Lying to their father, they told him Joseph was killed by a wild animal. Then Joseph was sold again to the house of Pharaoh in Egypt. While there he was framed and accused by a woman for something he didn't do and was thrown into prison and forgotten. Imagine, nothing looked like the prophetic Word Joseph had received and believed in. In fact, everything looked opposite. Years later he interpreted a dream the pharaoh had that no one else could interpret. "7 years of plenty followed by 7 years of famine were coming." He was elevated to 2nd in command over all of Egypt. He stockpiled and prepared in the seven years prior to the famine. When the famine came, there was no food outside of Egypt. People came from all over to buy food from Egypt. Including his brothers, who traveled to Egypt in search of food. They approached Joseph, not recognizing him or knowing who he was. They bowed down to him in humility asking to buy food. Imagine in Joseph's life, he had a word, a promise, a dream from the LORD and a prophetic journey was activated! Along the way it may have seemed he heard wrong. He was taken to be murdered, sold into slavery, shipped off to Egypt, was framed, thrown into prison. In his life everything happening seemed the opposite of the promise. It looked nothing like the prophetic word. The dream embarked him on a journey and 17 years later Joseph's brothers found themselves in Egypt bowing down to their brother. Joseph's journey and his faith led to saving both Egypt and Israel and ultimately the fulfillment of the prophetic word given to him.
My friend, not one star is out of place without God's knowledge. He spoke all things into existence with a Word. Don't give up. He cares for your life and though it may seem that everything looks wrong and out of place, and maybe things don't look like your promise, I encourage you to let God be God and He will work it all out. Just trust and believe Him, it's a journey!
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