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- Today I want to share with you a very REAL, but INTIMATE experience in my life with...PROPHECY. Yep, that's right. I want to share with you an experience from my life where I believe God spoke to me through a prophet.
Now, I also want to share with you some specific ways in which you can tell if a so-called "prophetic word" is from God or not. So, I hope you not only enjoy my very interesting story, but you also learn something valuable about prophecy and prophetic words.
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Hey BEAT family! I hope you enjoy this pretty personal and intimate story from life AND pick up a few pointers on how to truly evaluate what is and is NOT a "prophetic word" from God. Thanks and enjoy!
Awesome! We need more teachers like you with the “cautious continuationist” view. We should be cautious to live tethered to the scripture. But we should also be cautious to not “go beyond what is written”. 1 cor 4:6. Cessationists, i believe, go beyond what is written, because the scripture does not say any gifts have ceased. However, there is much too be cautious about in the charismatic/pentacostcal movement. They are not often not tethered to the scripture enough. And there is demonic deception going on too, which of course complicates things.
Thank you for all your videos. So much of the “Prophetic speak” we hear today is wrapped up in prosperity, name it & claim it, declare & decree that, as you pointed out, many begin to completely dismiss legitimate biblical prophecy. I think we should also remember that the Prophets of the Old Testament often brought messages from God that were not pleasant for the people to hear. The only prophetic message an individual has ever given me that was truly accurate was a woman who told me that our daughter would give us a great deal of grief and heartache, years of it. It was not good to hear. But she was right. And in my heart I felt the Holy Spirit agreeing with her as if to lovingly prepare me.
I commented below and thanked you for having the courage to share this. I also had a similar encounter with prophecy. I also agree that we need to test every spirit and am well aware of the abuses when it concerns prophecy etc. I absolutely cringe when ppl go the generalized prophecy route like back pain etc. What is your position on tongues as a prayer language? I prayed for it over 10 years ago and received this gift a year ago, to be honest before this experience I wasn’t sure if it was even real. Nobody prayed over me, it was during a time of spiritual warfare in my life. I prayed and asked God why this was happening to me. I felt something in my mouth and when I spoke it suddenly came out of me. An actual language not just gibberish. It edifies my prayer life and isn’t something for corporate worship. According to scripture I don’t think this gift is for everyone, and the Holy Spirit gives gifts as he wills. I also hate when churches over emphasize the gift of tongues and create division in the church by creating a theology of the haves and have nots. I was told for years that I didn’t have this gift because I lacked faith. This really saddens me, but on the other hand I’ve had ppl tell me I’m demon possessed and under false teaching. These comments have even come from ppl on your channel and a few others when I’ve tried to share about it. It seems like we tend to attack those who abuse the gifts of the spirit, but aren’t those(cessationists) who ignore them just as wrong? I just wanted your thoughts on it! Thanks and God bless.❤️
@@andy_in_taiwan I could not have said it better than you just did. Thanks so much for your comment!
Brother Allen, could you one day do teaching on "Church Discipline", based on 1 Cor 5. which is not really talked about much in the Body of Christ ( hate to say this, but especially in predominantly in black churches).
My favorite thing about this channel is how clearly spoken he is. Everything is communicated with clarity, and there's no room for confusion. He's such a talented speaker- I love this channel! God bless
You are so kind. Wow. Thank you!
Praise God such a channel like this exists.
Yes - that took great courage, humility and obedience for Allen to step forward that day, and what a reward he has received and is still receiving.
Just for clarity, what was spoken in the powerful illustration in this video was a “word of knowledge.”
There are the gifts of: “word of knowledge,” “word of wisdom” and “prophecy.”
The speaker in this instance spoke a word of knowledge had “knowledge” about Allen and didn’t appear to speak any future “prophecy” for Allen’s life. He simply spoke what he saw that had transpired the night before and God’s response to Allen in his seeking forgiveness and the Lord being pleased to grant it..
The gifts were used interchangeably here (as in “beware of people telling you you’re about to get a job next week”) but the minister on this occasion solely spoke of the past and what he knew concerning Allen.
We can take comfort in recognizing the distinction in this gifts as the Holy Spirit gives us discernment in each gift.
A word of knowledge about us is - for lack of a better word - “easier” to discern and receive because it either applies specifically to us or it doesn’t, it either happened to us or it didn’t or it is true about our life situations or it isn't. But when we hear “words of prophecy,” this is about the future possibly concerning us, There is a higher and deeper level of faith (and obedience) required to receive and take by faith these prophetic words as for us, and to walk in them in their application to us. (This is seen in the Word in the form of prophets and angels coming and telling people “You will have a baby (Sarah/ Hannah/ Mary/ Zechariah et al)... you will do great exploits, .. you will go up and win this battle, (Jehoshaphat, Joshua,) you will go and do this and that.”) These words spoke of the future and the hearer had the option to act on them or not but they first had to take the words by faith before anything else to set the words in motion in the future.
It’s simple to debunk “words of prophecy” and “false prophets” in this regard since the words have not yet happened - and may not happen immediately or “soon” as we think of “soon” in our concept of “time”) but just because they don’t happen right away, it does not make the words any less true, the prophetic speakers any more “false” or “time” any less accurate. Many prophecies in the Scriptures took years to be fulfilled in people’s lives - and that still remains true in our lives - as there are appointed times for promises and fulfillment of the Word. We need to have a clearer understanding of the distinctions of these gifts, the implementation of our faith and the overarching role of the kairos timing of God, His seasons and times when understanding these gifts.
(Last thing for clarity.... for an example of a “word of wisdom,” this is found - along with a “word of knowledge” and “prophecy” - in the prophet Nathan’s word to King David after King David had Uriah killed after sleeping with Uriah’s wife, Bathsheba, and impregnating her.)
Nathan spoke a “word of wisdom” over the circumstance in the parable, in which he spoke of the man and the ewe lamb. He then spoke what he knew about David and his prior act with Bathsheba. Then, Nathan foretold of future events in David’s reign as a result of this event. We see the breakdown of these three gifts in one in the word to David and we can further learn how these three gifts and types of words apply to the hearer.) Fyi
Blessings
Totally agree, Allen is such a good communicator!
My unborn child had a prophecy spoken over him while in my womb that he would be a worship warrior for God. My son is the drummer for our church worship team since the age of 8 years old! His gift from God is remarkable! I feel the exact same way you feel about prophecy! Blessings and thanks for sharing!
Wow! That is amazing! See, now that's a true prophecy that has remained true throughout time. It's either that, or your son self-fulfilled what was already spoken over him. Lol.
this next generation is who God's going to use, WE are responsible to teach our kids to pray and study the bible daily, we are the example, it's been many MANY years since parents have been an example, I wasnt raised with parents reading/studying the Bible, that bow I feel I have to be my childrens example, not even knowing what Im doing, reminds me of Joash, heh heh. just like the Israelite's, when all is going well, we forget about God, "What do I need to know His Word for? Just lsten to a church teach it..." ugggh, we HAVE to inform and teach our kids how easily we can be deceived if we dont have relationship with God. tht proverb, "A person who is full refuses honey, but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry." think of spiritual food - The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet. Proverbs 27:7
I had one prophecy. I was watching the 700 club and in need of a job(long story). They prayed for a person in my situation and I felt it was me so I claimed it. Within one hour I received a phone call from one employer. In the second hour I received another call from another employer. Both offered me employment. Ultimately I went to work for the first company and spent 27 very good years with that company. Thank you Pastor for this and many other teachings.
Sometimes we have itching ears, and are deceived by false prophets.
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Lol
@@mandyg9119 may God have mercy on us all 🙏
As someone who is disabled and mostly wheelchair bound I have heard too many false or yet to be fulfilled prophecies over my life. Im still praying for healing. A false prophet once tried to push me over at the altar, to “slay” me in the Spirit. The force he used confirmed in my heart that he was working in the flesh. Most would fall under that physical force without it being a miracle. But God was with those seeking Him and met them there though the preacher was false. The altar had become about the preacher and not about Jesus. I was bolstered by true prayer warriors who kept me standing while the preacher was pressing his thumb to my brow to try to make me fall. He tried to the point he was frustrated and made comments about me and went on to the next person. I dropped to the ground, ashamed. I started to see the storm around me instead of realizing Jesus had held me up temporarily and I wasted that opportunity to be used to correct the scene. I just became part of the blubbering dissatisfied on the ground. I do see now that God is still with His people even while they are mislead. The misleading is on the false leaders to some degree. I am still disabled but another time years later I was prayed over by a person who was seeking to give God the Glory and I received gains of strength for a year and a half before a time of great difficulty and survived that tragedy in part because of the gains of strength. I have deteriorated since then and feel it is because I started to waste my strength on worldly pursuits. Maybe not, maybe so. Now I am alive past the time the drs had prognosticated and am grateful to be alive. I am either going to be healed or not but whichever way helps my walk or roll is best and is up to Him. I am not a cessationist and regret times of speaking doubt about what The Holy Spirit does. Its really been more of being jaded against false people and at times false me than ever truly thinking The Holy Spirit to be false. Jesus is Lord and His Spirit is True.
God bless you Garrett. It frustrates me when people try to use disabled people as a tool for selfish gain under the disguise of prophecy. I'm sorry that's been your experience and I hope you're doing much better now.
God is faithful and your disability brings no shame to the Kingdom or the message that we preach about Christ, rather it further elevates it, because just like Paul being in chains for the sake of the gospel and still holding on, you continue to place your trust in Jesus even when others would tell you to curse Him.
'But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.'
2 Corinthians 4:7 ESV
I was in a nightmare living situation 25 years in the making. Had no hope in getting them out. None. Then, only 4 years ago almost, a friend from church, while we were on a church trip in Florida told me, God told me to tell you that you will win. She knew nothing about my living situation. Through the Lord, I did win. They are no longer in my home. 25 years of hell over!!!
"Confess your sins one to another " sometimes God just calls us out! God bless you brother great testimony and coaching. God be with us in these last days of darkness! Keep shining!
Amen!! And definitely humbling.
One to another not the entire church where not everyone in attendance may be a Christian.
I've had him do that before.
The Bible specifically says we are not to despise prophecies. The gift of prophecy is very real but the more skeptical you are the less likely you are to experience it. The main purpose is to encourage us and to give us confidence as we confront the enemy in our lives. Praise God for this amazing gift in our spiritual arsenal.
The same verse also says “test everything” … so do not be overly fast to accept anything that comes your way. There are a lot of false teachers and false prophets. God bless!
@@RandomBoxingGuy I totally agree! I believe that testing everything shouldn't be intellect based though, it should only be Scripture based. Trying to figure out if a prophecy is merely a coincidence or not is very logical but it's not Scripture based. We can lose a lot of blessings if we lead with our logic first.
The Bible also say we can own slaves.
@Boaz Cardinal Now Scotty's a PROPHET.....or just very intuitive and also human
We don’t need prophecies to be encouraged - we have the word of God alone !
Brother Allen, thank you for sharing. God knows what we need to hear, I know we have his word but sometimes he uses people. A few years back I was going through the valley as God was refining me (long story). It was a Wednesday night and we were having an evangelist speak at our church. At the end of his message he starts calling specific people out of the congregation to pray for them. I go up to the alter, wanting God to speak to me through this man. I needed to know God was listening to my cry’s. The evangelist kept passing me up, choosing the person to the right of me or to the left. Discouraged, I went back to my seat. After a few minutes my mom came over and said let’s go back to the alter (she knew what I was going through). I agreed and this time the evangelist stopped in front of me and was about to lay his hand on me to pray but then he stopped and pulled me close and hugged me, the kind of hug that a father would give and he whispered in my ear “the victory is in your praise” several times. I broke, you see earlier in the day at my apartment, where no one could see I was in tears feeling discouraged with everything I was going through and I told the Lord how much I wish He would appear and just hold me in a hug, like a father! He did through this evangelist.
The words “the victory is in the praise” reminded me that in the middle of my struggle I was to Praise the Lord because this was a demonstration of trusting him regardless of the storm I was in. It’s what I needed at that moment in my life! God bless you!
Amen. Thats awesome
Amen🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
JESUS is so sweet to us🙌🏾
Wow! God knows what we need when we need it!
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Oh thank You Lord. He knows how to bring us back in. What a wonderful example of obedience and humility. You didn’t care what anyone thought, only the Father
Technically what happened to you Allen was not prophecy. It's called a Word of Knowledge gift in charismatic circles. Prophecy is where God gives you a knowledge of future events.
@@RageBaby587 hi friend. Actually this was prophetic flowing out of a word of knowledge. Sometimes the prophetic expression can be from a vision, word, dream, sense, audible voice of the Lord, etc. Prophecy doesn’t only foretell the future (if that were true then fortune tellers would be considered to be prophesying, but we know they are not; I believe God specifically placed a distinction on the prophetic for this reason)
Prophetic utterances exposes God’s heart for a situation, people, nation, etc, uncovers what is hidden (as in this case), it discerns times and seasons, gives strategy with the goal of salvation, deliverance and redemption, releases things through natural materials (Elijah)
A prophet does all these things as well, among a couple other functions. The first mention of a prophet is Abraham (genesis), and we see God calling him a prophet in order for him to pray for a king under God’s judgment.
Abraham also discerned to give a tithe to Melchizedek, establishing the actual amount to be given (10%). Im still studying out tithing in genesis and Malachi, but it seems that’s Abraham gave the tithe in honor to King Melchizedek right before it was time for him to face the opposing kings
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IAngry Newborn - yes... word of knowledge. An example would be even Jesus HIMself while speaking to the woman at the well... “you’ve had 5 husbands/ the one you are with currently is not your husband”... not a prophecy about her future, simply “I know this about you”
I had a man prophecy over my life that I had a heart toward God (like David) to worship Him. I was not involved in worship, this man did not know me. I had no instrumental background. I was only in like seventh grade at the time when he spoke this, but I ended up becoming a worship leader in my church for fifteen years. It was something that I have never forgotten.
Several years ago...I saw what looked like a hand out stretched in the clouds and heard that I am in the palm of His hands. The next day I went to this church service that openly admits to performing prohectic words and the guy spoke over me and he said "God has you in the palms of hands." He didnt know what I saw in the clouds and how I felt about the cloud. It was eye-opening. And someone else, also several years ago, told me God sees me as a beautiful sunflower. Earlier this year I was at a different church and wondering if I still truly believe God exists or if all these people (myself included) are just really that desperate and will believe just about anything. Well, as I'm sitting there during their musical worship part, a lady put their hand on my shoulder and said to me "God sees you as a beautiful sunflower". God is real. And if someone says to these things "oh that's just coincidence" I reply with my favorite saying I saw on a church sign once: coincidence is just God answering anonymously.
I had an experience when I was in rehab about 10 years. I basically "challenged" God. I told him to prove that He's real and to show me that being sober wasn't going to be a boring life or else I'd go right back to the drugs. We were in a church at the time and I was just angry that my life had gotten to this point and that ""God"" allowed it. So, we were all being prayed over and a woman leading the prayer was looking directly at me, crying and said, "I'm real, don't believe the enemies lies and I'm going to make all of your dreams come true." My dream, a decade ago, was to have a decent, normal life. Fast forward to today, I have an amazing work from home job, the best of friends, mended relationships, a new car, a stunningly beautiful daughter and I'm almost financially set to buy us a house. I cannot deny that God spoke through that woman that day. My life changed after that!! Bless you brother! I think true prophesies are few and far between!
Are you married? Because you mention your daughter, job, house and car but no husband..
@@adamclark1972uk lol yep but doesn’t meant God didn’t still bless her.
You have a beautiful testimony. Thank you for sharing.🙌🏾
Praise God for your deliverance. But take this from someone who has been clean and sober for 34 years and and have walked with the lord for 29 of those years and have gone through a lot: Good job, crappy job, lots of friends and few friends, no money and good money, no car, new car, house and homeless, obedient and disobedient children, to name a few And what I praise the Lord for the most was that God has taught me to live Philipians 11:13 . Do not rely on those things that you mentioned as your anchor of faith because any of those things that you mentioned: the job, the house you are about to buy, the car, even the child can go away and it’s going to be just you and God. I’m saying this because I love you in the Lord. Let your faith in him based upon his character and his word and not the stuff. So be prayerful because there’s gonna come a day in your walk where Life is going to deliver a blow to you so crucial and none of that stuff is going to anchor you. God bless you.
@@Asneeded yes ma'am, I understand completely. I mentioned the blessings, but there are trials and tribulations that I didn't speak on either. And they have crushed and refined me as gold in ways that nothing else would have. I have a new appreciation for suffering. If you live for Christ, you will be persecuted. And congratulations on your clean time, very inspiring!
I sure admire your transparency and humility. Some preachers have abused prophecy, but it is still real. God bless you brother
Satan has convinced Americans that the gifts of the Spirit have ceased, but around the world 🌎 the gifts are in abundance! Cessationism is not Biblical! In this case, John Macarthur is wrong.
Cessationism is demonic! Because its false and all false teaching is from the devil!
The prophetic office is contaminated. In Africa false prophets have multiplied. They take history and prophesy from that. They make people to pay for their prophetic words on one-on-one sessions. They use lots of mediums like water 💧, wrist bands, stickers, oil, perfumes, handkerchiefs and their teaching is prosperity gospel only. It's all about seeds, sacrifices, Thanksgiving money, tithes, offering can be collected up to 3x in one service.
@@mokgadimanaka3682 I agree. I'm in Ghana and it's very prevalent here. Many people really want "your best life now" and many empty promises the prosperity gospel gives. Some have noticed tho, and I believe that's why a lot of people don't believe that prophecies can actually be true (that even used to be me)
We simply have to discern everything which would be much easier if people actually read the bible for themselves (which, unfortunately, many Africans don't do). Prophecy is still a gift that is present in the church. The presence of a counterfeit doesn't mean the real thing isn't there
@@thisisjudith amen and amen 🙏
@@frankpichardo5299 I never said it was demonic, just not Biblical. This is not an American issue but a world wide issue. Cessationism is not demonic, just a hindrance to the real gifts that have not ceased. Talk to other Christians around the 🌎 and you will see that the gifts from the Holy Spirit are all still in use.
I've only witnessed true prophesy once, and it was at a women's retreat. A woman got up to speak, and she admitted she was a prophet. But she spoke into individuals' lives just like what you had spoken for you. It was so detailed, and personal, and real, and she wasn't trying to get glory from it. It was truly a beautiful experience! But most of the time, like you said, people are just blowing smoke. I'm very, very skeptical when someone says they are a prophet and they have a word from the Lord.
How do you know it was a true prophecy? What was it? Someone said it came true in their life? Just curious Thanks.
@@theprodigal7143 yes good questions and also, did what she prophecised come true or not?
Amen sister! Amen. I agree wholeheartedly!
I too am critical of people saying they want to speak over your life. Follow the biblical principles here & we can't lose
@@jollygoodgordon5580 a prophecy doesn't necessarily have to come true,the Bible says the prophecy that God desires is like what the people of NINEVEH did,they repented .A prophet can say bad things about your future but if that person changes course and repent, that doesn't mean the prophecy was false .
Back in 1974, I was praying about a decision to move to a different part of the country to go to bible college. It was something I really wanted to do. An visiting evangelist knew nothing about this, and spoke directly to me that I should do what was in my heart to do, which I think was more a word of knowledge rather than a prophecy. There has been way too much emphasis on the gifts of the spirit and not enough on character. When there are visiting ministers--who prophecy also need some kind of accountability, like a way to let the pastor of the local church know when the prophet or minister is wrong.
I had a prophesy come to pass not to long ago. God gave me a vision in 2020 to get a van, travel the country and help small churches grow. And earlier this year I drove from Michigan to Texas and a minister laid hands on me, prophesied all that and that it was coming soon and God was calling me to California. No joke, when I got back to Michigan I got a fully custom built van for living in with a bedroom in the back, and everything I needed, for FREE. And I spent a month with my family and loved ones before shipping out and I been serving in California ever since. Everything fell into my lap after that prophesy.
Brother Allen,I really appreciate you speaking such truth infront of the whole world and yes,it is the Holy Spirit that brought this truth outside of you because only Holy Spirit can convict our heart and bring our unrighteous deeds in light...God bless you brother.
Not sure if I've ever commented on any of your videos but I had to. This is the 2nd video of yours within the last week that was a direct answer to 2 specific prayers that I made to God. I have too many thoughts to put here but I just want to say THANK YOU!!! There are a lot of voices in the world but yours is one that I listen to on a regular basis. To God be the glory for your obedience and passion for The Truth! God bless you, and your family. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I had been unemployed in 2019 and went to a job interview. I was unsure whether I would get the job. I went to church the following sunday and was helping the ushers collect offering (I don’t usually do this). Once I had finished collecting , I was sent to a man at the the church and td to give the offering tray to him and he would ensure its all put away. Anyway I had seen this man before and new he was a church elder but had never spoken to him before. He knew nothing about me. I told nobody in that church I went for a job interview. As I handed the man collection tray he took it, looked at me and said, “Don’t worry you’ll get the job”. Anyway, I got the job. Thats my testimony. I did not strike up any conversation with this man at all but in my mind I was worried because I was in a desperate situation financially. God can use people to communicate things.
This subject is such a slippery slope. I like the way you handled it brother!
Thank you Brother Allen for sharing! I had a similar situation happen to me, when i was saved in 2018 my family turned against me (long story) i felt horrible. the thought of ending it all was in my mind all week and i didn't tell anyone about it then the church had a guest speaker. he told us the Lord had something to say to someone in the room and that it was for a woman she is thinking of ending it all because of family i went up and i was told that our father in heaven loves me and through him i have a new family after that all the guilt and feeling of ending it all left. since then i got married my family and i are getting along i have the Lord to thank for all this.
Thank you for this testimony, Allen! I know God can still work through prophesy, and I went through something similar. Might take a while to read this story.
This happened around five years ago, I'm 26 as I'm writing this. I was a very rebellious, lukewarm christian, was convinced God was real, he answered prayers in the past so I knew how he worked but I really never knew Him. Had a Gf who grew up catholic but had a lot of New Age beliefs and I never put too much thought on it. We were together for 5 years at the time, and we lost our virginities together when we were 19, making sex a habit since then. I joined my parents going to a small church that had the Holy Spirit moving through it, first time someone gave me a specific word from the Lord I started crying painfully, since it had to do with my resentful and rebellious attitude towards Him. I started to pray and read the bible consistently, couple more of times I had specific word from God regarding the things I spoke with him alone in my bedroom.
One time I was praying during worship at church, almost everyone left their seats and went in front of the worship team, so while alone I asked God:
"Lord, what is the next step in order to receive your spiritual gifts? What's next to get where I want to be?"
He responded "you need to leave her".
"What?!"
"You need to leave her."
"Why?"
"Because she has hurt you."
I was confused. Hurt me? When? How? If anything, I am the one who hurt her couple of times. Then I thought, ok, usually when God asks us to sacrifice something He rewards us with something better, and I had a small crush on a classmate that later on became a friend of mine, so I asked:
"If I leave her, what will you give me?"
"I do not promise you anything, just do it."
This, of course, pissed me off and then stopped the conversation. That same afternoon, my girlfriend called me, she wanted to talk at her house, then we argued (for the first time in years) about our future and what i was going to teach our children (regarding religion), if we had any at some point. I talked to her couple of weeks before about leaving sex until marriage, she felt offended so she confronted me on the matter that day. That was my opportunity to break up and obey the Lord, but I didn't. I didn't know how to tell her "Hey God told me to break up with you" without sounding like a lunatic.
Fast forward a few months, fell into depression, the crush I had on my classmate grew and felt guilty since I already had a gf, I started to lose weight unhealthily, and this urge to leave my gf grew stronger. One time the pastor came again to pray with me at church and opened with THE EXACT SAME WORDS the Lord told me. "You need to leave her, because she has hurt you. I know you told me you wanted her to be The One, but she isn't! You believed this lie from the Devil, that no one could ever love you except her, but that's not true! You are NOT going to be left alone! You are a handsome young man!" This made me cry like a baby (I was struggling with low self-esteem issues) and was overwhelmed by his love and compassion.
At the end of the year right after christmas we broke up. Told her everything, told her none of this made sense, that I needed to be alone, we had no future specially since I was getting stronger in my faith and we would have fights regarding religious beliefs, we confessed that we had feelings for other people. Lord knows I loved her, and I cried painfully days after that. But it was necessary. Now I understand.
Four years since then, no gf, no dates or interests in anyone (besides from that one friend, which by the way rejected me months after the breakup and I was obsessed with that thought for months), and of course no sex, totally celibate. Now I understand the will of God: to marry a godly woman, someone who seeks Him and fears Him, someone who wants to get closer to his presence just like I do. I don't know when that person will come, don't know how long is gonna take. But waiting has a purpose. I need to learn how to love the Lord above anything else.
Wow. Glory be to God and may you delight in the Lord as you wait. And yes it's much purpose .....before I got married, I too was wondering what to do while I wait and I had the best bibles studies with people, I learned so much about God's purpose for marriage, I learned from other brothers and sisters about marriage as they gave their testimonies, and all this I didn't necessarily plan although I would turn on the Am 1500 station or show up at bible studies with people I really didn't even know. I was lead and enjoyed all the clarity and truth in God's word. So much so that it stopped feeling like I was waiting on marriage specifically but whatever God had for me. I actually became so content with our time that I was not anxious at all as I was for so many years. I was glad to finally trust God with all my heart and boy did he surprise me when the time came. I reunited with my first love after 18 years of never seeing each other or even knowing what happened with each other. We met as teenagers at church, which was an outreach in southwest Detroit. Buses would cruise the neighborhood picking up 100s of us to hear the gospel and have fun! We liked each other me 14 and he was 16 and at that time all we could do was talk on the phone.....theres many more details but too much to text...I'm pretty slow with it lol. But I moved and his life went on and so did mine......one day I go to church same place and saw a friend who knew the both of us. He went on to tell me that he had my husband phone number and he didn't know why cause they really didn't talk or have a reason too....so of course I was like call him now!!!! You have to tell him we ran into each other....he did and we were inseparable every since that was in 2016. He shared with me all that God had done with him and how he was waiting, even being laughed at because he told his friend a year earlier that he would meet his wife by next year. He said he knew it was coming....again way more details to this but............,.well you know. Long story short. Waiting on God is the best position to be in right now cause to watch him orchestrate the plans he have for you is great to see and experience. He really is extraordinary and Mighty and truly Love us!!! Glory be to our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
Waoo, you experience is somehow like mine. Be encourage God will surely give you the best. I was dating this guy while in university and we promise to get married but I got save before our graduation. The Lord spoke to me to break up with him that he is not His choice of husband for me, I did and it was very painful then. But today am married to a Godly man , that loves me, God, our children and people. Am telling you every day I keep thanking for giving me the grace to have broken up with that bf. Its pays to serve and obey Jesus
@@nicolewilliams3638 that's an amazing and beautiful story, thank you for sharing it! I'm getting more engaged in reading the Bible, studying it, learning about apologetics...it excites me to learn more from the Lord and be in his presence. This is the right time to focus on that.
@@hgdbless1555 well what an interesting coincidence! haha
Thank you for your story and your kind words!
Wow. Interesting story. Thanks for sharing it. God bless you.
Great message, brother!
Many years ago, a friend and I was looking at used cars. We saw a Ford Maverick and he wanted to buy that car. But we decided to wait 3 days, as our Lord spent 3 days in the tomb.
On the third day, we were told that the car was sold shortly after we left. But the timing belt broke shortly afterwards. The dealer told us it is was fortunate for us that we waited instead.
I always watch your videos all the way from the Philippines! I learned so much and I am so blessed I found someone like you here in youtube. Please continue in spreading God’s Word! God bless you Brother
Great teaching, Allen! I consider myself a "recovering Evangelical" regarding the spiritual reality of prophecy and healing which was not taught to me by my wonderful Christian parents. These gifts of the Spirit are STILL real and available. But they also must be handled with discernment, truth, and wise counsel ... like all things in life.
AMEN 🙌🏾
Amen 👏🏽 ❤ 🙏🏽
Yes Jesus is still in the healing business. I believe in doctors but I always consult with THE GREAT PHYSICIAN first. 2 different medical conditions I had requiring surgery were resolved through prayer..I was healed before ever seeing the surgeons. A customer I had who had 6 months to live, terminal cancer I would hug whenever she came in . As I hugged her I would pray Jesus heal her and told her He would. A year later she was cancer free.
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Amen and yes yes yes Indeed! 🙌
I got engaged at 22. After seeing my parents go through a lot in my childhood, inwardly, I made up in my mind I didn't want to be a failure as a husband and a father. I never had this conversation with anyone. Just my inner prayer. I went to church one Sunday during that time only to get prayed for. I visited a new church my mom and dad were going to. I went up to get prayed for. I was going to ask him to pray a blessing over my upcoming marriage and my unborn child that my fiance was carrying but before I could make the request, the pastor stopped as he walked up to me and asked me what my name was. I told him my name. He looked at me and said "Andre, God is telling me to yell you, if you surrender yourself to him, he will make you the husband and father that you want to be". Mind you....I've never seen this man in my life! He spoke directly to me about something that ONLY God knew I was thinking about inwardly! I'm right there with you bro. Sidenote.....my wife and I will be celebrating our 21st anniversary on next Saturday. God is faithful!
I had a similar experience a few years ago. I had made a "vow" to God that once I get married, I would never step out on my spouse. We we separated for about 2 years and I ended up blowing it & boy did I feel condemned! Even after hearing God tell me that He was gonna use this for my good, it still wasn't enough for me to stop condemning myself. The next day I went to church, and out of all people, my mother in law came over to me while I was on my knees praying, and said, when she looked over at me, she heard the Spirit say, tell him there is no condemnation. After that I knew that God loved me and that I was truly forgiven and I've never made a terrible choice like that again.
looool wow, he said 'we we wait for you, we are not in a rush' i would definitely find it awkward too! God bless you brother Allen!
Yes, there are people who can speak word of knowledge over you. I had this done over smoking, I asked for help in prayer, went to church and the Pastors wife spoke, someone has just asked the Lord to help them with smoking, you said to the Lord, I have tried Lord and you have seen what has happen to me over and over where I have failed. This is the very words I spoke, the Pastor laid hands on me, I never spoke again, never went through withdrawals. My family could not believe it, my husband and family came to the Lord over this deliverance. Praise God.
I have experienced something similar but not in church. 15 years ago when I wasn't saved yet.
i was walking down the street and someone i didn't know put his hand on my shoulders and he told me exactly what i was doing wrong in my life with my girlfriend. Something no one could know at that time. That scared me very much. at the end he told me you have a good wife and don't do those things anymore cause God going to get angry with you if you keep doing the things you do. and then he walks away and disappears into the crowd. That scared me very much that day. But 5 years ago i was saved and now i know it was God who gave me this warning 15 years ago tro this person
True prophecy is specific to the point and absolutely accurate with no confusion... Not vague or blanket statements like majority use today!! Words of knowledge work the same.
Thank you! People talking about: "I prophesy that there will be a wave of salvation somewhere!!", please just be quiet.
This!
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@@EmmaneTheCreated I’m sorry I know I shouldn’t be laughing but I am cracking up!!!!!! I needed this tonight. Laughter is good for the soul. Blessings to you. ❤️🙏🏼
Brother Allen, I agree with your assessment on prophecy. However what you received that night was "a word of knowledge " of your present reality. This is one of the gifts of the Spirit found in 1 Corinthians 12. God uses this gift to get our attention, so to speak... Prophetic words/ prophecies always have to do with your future potential in the will of God or purpose in life.
Love you brother ALLAN!! I love your smile, your positive and joyful presence and how you speak truth with love and compassion!
I was in a church that discouraged prophetic words but a series of events lead me down a path that I met a prophetess that gave me several words over 20 years that prophesied the 9 11 attack, the Northridge earthquake, and many other events very personal AND TRUE (specific). This woman, now with the LORD, was a member of a COGIC church and we became very close friends for years
Many times the Lord has used His word - in my Pastor’s sermons, a song on the radio, or a page of my Bible I randomly turn to - to address my specific prayers. He’s very much active and speaking today if we are willing to carefully listen. Thank you for your wise words!
All spirits must be tested! So much destruction can be done with false prophecy. Even if that person is sincere.
When you have a critical spirit toward the gifts of the Spirit you will always discount anything you see or hear, or anything that comes your way.
I can’t believe this showed up as a new video in my feed today-this very topic was discussed at a bible study last night! This is so clarifying-thank you!
This is great teaching. I experienced a similar thing when I was at a youth conference. They knew exactly what I was struggling with and spoke a word from God that really touched me.
I just found your channel and I’m so glad I did! Being raised in a Pentecostal church, so many of these spiritual gifts were abused, and like yourself, I thought something was truly wrong with me because I wasn’t filled with these gifts, but I loved God with all of me. Thank you so much!
Test every prophecy. Our church teaches us to process the prophetic. It’s a blessing. I’ve had so many prophetic words come to pass and bless me tremendously. God does speak today, through his word and through his people.
Growing up, there used to be so many prophecies about my future. Now as a collage student, everything prophecied is really happening. I mean, there were many prophets who said the same thing about me in different churches, I would just sweep everything under the rug coz I've had experiences with false prophecies. I ddnt accept the prophecies, but now I really see whats going on.
One day at church I was sitting across from a lady at a meeting. She didn’t look well so in my head I silently asked God to let me know if there was something I could do for her, and if there was anything she needed. A few weeks later at church that woman walked up to me, called my name and said, “The Lord just laid it upon my heart to tell you that I don’t need anything. I have everything that I need.” Then she walked away. I don’t call that a prophecy. I just believe God heard my prayer and spoke to me through the woman I had prayed for. I have had other similar experiences.
Thank you for having the courage to share this. I had a similar experience with prophecy. I agree with you about ppl abusing the gift of prophecy. We should test every spirit!
when someone gives prophecy to me, i always take it back to God in prayer. the man of God that has discipled me for the past 6 years is extremely accurate when he gives a word to people and i honestly haven't seen him miss this whole time. he taught me how to spot the fakes long ago. listen to Allen. he is on point.
How to can I test and spot the fake?
@@dashelledisna6239 allen said a lot of it here. the main thing is that they have to be specific. there should be details in the situation that noone knows but God. i personally have something that i asked the Lord to do to let me know its Him speaking to me.
on top of that you should have peace and be able to feel His presence in the situation, even if its a word of correction. it will never contradict scripture, ever.
most importantly, always take it back to God to confirm and verify what you were told. even with the man of God that discipled me, i take it back to God. ive never seen him miss, but he is still just a man so its always good to check with God.
Thank you for sharing this amazing message. We KNOW in our hearts when God and the Holy Spirit are working or speaking to us. We just know in our hearts. It’s a feeling that can’t be explained or described.
pastor Allen you have so much i agree on
you are amazing Man of God I my spirit has joy and truth when God speaks tbrough you you are real . 🇮🇸Þakka þér kærlega fyrir
Excellent presentation with scriptural references/support.. Thanks for sharing your personal experience. Yes, gifts and prophecy are still very real and needed in the body of Christ.
Amazing Story! Thanks for the COURAGE to share this Allen. It's also an awesome EXAMPLE to many that CHRISTIANS sin. We struggle, but we repent and we turn back to God. Committing sin, doesn't mean we are not SAVED - PRAISE GOD!
Allen, I absotively appreciate your courage and truth, in sharing your life journey and experiences. Prayers appreciated for my bile duct cancer diagnosis, I'm experiencing massive pain. HUGS and GOD bless us everyone ❤
Allen, that is such a beautiful story of what happened to you! And what a way for God to speak to you to remind you of His faithfulness and His abounding and unfailing love for you! Thank you for sharing this! I'm sure it wasn't easy. Not just because of the whole debate and concern about the prophetic, but because it was so personal for you. But thank you!
Thank you Allen, you are inspiring, God is so good! He turned your life to Him, and now you bless us, my husband had an experience like this, actually in a Catholic Church, pastor spoke of walking and coming to two roads , which will you take? He chose a drug free life with me, and we began a life walking with God, still had bumps but after 35 years , still together and God’s guiding us through his word to do life🙏❤️
I love your honesty and your willingness to be open. I feel the same way about prophecy as you do. Thanks for sharing.
Have had some powerful experiences with some prophecy, have even been used to give insight into someone’s life. The real gift of prophecy is biblical first and foremost, builds up the body, and is always Christ glorifying.
Yup The Lord blessed me with this beautiful gift
almost 30 yrs ago, my pastor and his wife prophelied to me that I was going to marry this one man in our church... I was young and foolish and believed them. they prophelied to him the same message several times. We got married (even though we weren't attracted to each other and had nothing in common). we had 9 yrs of a misserable marriage. I thank God all the time that he eventually divorced me! Thank GOD!! and now I have been with the real man God wanted me to marry, we've been super happy together for the last 5 years. This man is from God and I'm so very thankful!
Thank you for sharing, Brian! I’m struggling with my faith lately and I think it has something to do with listening to online “prophets”. I don’t listen to them anymore but it did damage. I’m praying for real wisdom from the Lord.
You shouldnt have remarried. That is adultery in God's eyes. If I were you I would repent.
Brother Allen, I feel the same way. I've often felt that God don't gossip, he won't tell someone my business. But I recently an old coworker prophesied over my life. It was confirmation.
God bless you and your ministry.
A couple years ago my brother became an atheist and he would often say things on the way to church to try and undermine our faith, and one day, church started and the pastor said something along the lines of "somebody in this service tonight is trying to undermine" and also something like "we need to run the devil out this service tonight" and everybody started shouting and worshipping and in that moment I got goosebumps and started tearing up, and I felt like God really cares about me and he lifted me up in my doubt's and strengthened me. since then my whole family, cousins and all have left the church, though they claim to still be Christians. But God has lifted me up and kept my through everything that has happened. Many of nights crying scared of what's going to happened, doubting if I'm even saved, wondering if I will ever be able to go back to church, seeing as I live with my parents and don't have a way to go back at the moment. But God has been faithful and kept me and strengthened me in my fear and doubt. Just know that whatever your going through, God is there for you and cares deeply for you, and above all, he's got your back.
Amen!🙏🏼Test those spirits & ask for confirmation!💯Especially in this day & age, because now not only are there a plethora of false prophets- there’s also witches trying to infiltrate the church.😑Timely message, thanks Allen!🔥
Thanks brother. Very useful. With so many people claiming to be prophets especially on UA-cam
Im really glad you shared this. A topic where I always love to share with others but they seem to doubt. So this video is great! Will share this to them. Thank you Allen!
I love how real you are as a Christian. We all sin and fall short in God’s eyes. I’m so thankful for His forgiveness.
I so understand that struggle. Sex is really hard for me. I wish I was married. That guilt of falling to temptation.. it’s awful. But I’m doing good now 😇
Just like addiction to alcohol and drugs, you have to fight sex addiction every minute of the day!
Common, God is amazing. God is absolutely using prophetic people to help others.
Really needed to hear this.. Thanks bud 🙌
Thank you, brother, for sharing this. I can relate. I've had a couple of prophecy experiences similar to yours in my life which I've guarded in my heart. Haven't shared them with anyone. I trust that God will see me through to the fulfillment of these promises. Thank you for the principles you mentioned.
This is by far one of your best videos. Thank you so much brother Allan for sharing this. God bless!
Allen, I appreciate you sharing this with us.
God Bless!
I wrote a book, sent it to a publisher, but had no peace. I felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to retract the book. I did. Nobody understood, not my husband(but he did support me) not my family. They thought I was a loon. I asked God often to confirm that this was from Him, one day in a Bible study group, a man came to me and said: God saw your sacrifice." He didn't know me, he knew nothing about my situation. It gave me tremendous peace and strength.
I was on a hike four years ago and I go to the top of the mountain. I was on a different path than I always take and there was a group of people worshipping and playing guitar. A stood there for a minute and a man came over while everyone was singing aloud and stood in front of me. He told me as he looked at me that I would regain my relationship relationship my father and brother. Well, after years and years of not having any relationship with my father, my dad's wife died and he moved back to Utah area which is close to me. My dad was in need for me and I was there for him of course. Now my father is terminally ill and he wants me to help him. This isn't exactly what someone would want the story to look like but I do know God gives prophesy to let us know he is beside us during trials. He knows some of us are hard headed and he hits the nail on the head. He is specific and clear. Don't believe prophesy channels. Someone who is a prophet doesn't claim it all the time. Prophets cannot just pull a prophesy out of a hat. Prophesy is randomized, irregular events and specific.
Thank you for sharing this experience with us. Evangelical Christians too often don’t want to acknowledge the gifts of the Spirit. On the other hand, Charismatic Christians try to minimize the fruit of the Spirit. WE NEED BOTH!!!!! Pursue Love and desire spiritual gifts. Especially that we prophecy.
I had a similar thing happen back in college. Had a woman speak to me about something I hadn't told anyone. I love your Biblical perspective on this and agree with your stance/viewpoint. We have to have discernment and bring everything to His word. Thanks for sharing!
thank you so much Allen, this was an amazing video... lots of love for you brother from South Africa
you an inspiration
NONE OF US ARE PERFECT, ONLY OUR LORD AND SAVIOR GOT THIS RIGHT. POPE IVA. 🕊🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕊
Hey I'm from Cleveland😊! No coincidence lol We have to stop putting God in a box , when its from God we'll know, the main thing is it has to line up scripturally, most prophesies are warnings or encouragement with forgiveness, Thanks again for another awesome video
Thank you Allen for sharing. Be blessed!
Thank you for another really good video and for sharing your story Allen. This is such an important message. Too many people being caught up by false prophets.
I believe that you will know when that prophecy is directed at you if you have been carrying the sin heavily on your heart for some time. As a kid you never owned up to something that you didn't do, but the squirming you did by being caught out was enough for your parent to know. I agree with Allen, I don't care who knows my sin so long as I can receive forgiveness for it!
Well said. Thank you for the courage and the message. Good to hear that these points are still being shared like this today
Thank you so much again brother. I love your videos. They truly bless my life. I’m so blessed that you’re a part of my life. Thank you again
This was an awesome video! Shoutout to that pastor that was confident in what God was telling him to prophesy! I hope and pray God will develop in me that kind of confident obedience to his word!
Truly needed this video! I have been so torn over the legitimacy of spiritual gifts like this. Truly God uses fellow believers to encourage and edify us! He IS all we need but He is a loving Father who gives us abundance 🤍
I Most Definitely Did!..About 5times In My Life..And It Was PACIFIC..I Can TRULY Say JESUS Knows EVERYTHING ABOUT US Even When We Think Something. HE KNOWS
Allen, As always I apreciate your honesty and transparancy.
This is good, a true prophet said this same word during a zoom call my bishop had. Very true word!
Thank u so much! I've have been blessed by ur videos! I'm learning or relearning what I knew. I left the church I was at at went to a church I felt the spirit at in the past! I'm glad I'm home again! Thank u!
This is amazing! Thank you for sharing. You going forward publicly that day was preparation for your public ministry today! God has honored your repentance and obedience.
So glad you chose to share this. This message has blessed me in many ways.
Stay blessed!
I really really aspire to be diligent and articulate like you Allen. Thank you so much ! ❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾
Thank you for being transparent and sharing your testimony.And thank you for the guidelines
Wow!!! Hallelujah praise our great GOD!!! Thanks for sharing♥️🙏✝️
Thanks and repeat on being so open on your slip-up. Refreshing to hear and helpful for all of us!
Amen & appreciate your transparency regarding your previous experiences before your strong walk with our Lord!
Thank you for this, now i think i have more clarity on some prophecies i have received in my life and I’m being filled with joy
Thank you for sharing. Sometimes what is spoken over us, God in His time will bring it to past. His word will not return void. We just need to surrender ourselves to God and let Him take charge of our lives. Thank you and God bless.
Thank you brother for sharing this!
Honestly haven't ever had an experience like this, but thank you for showing me what to look out for Brother Allen. Hope your path shines brightly and your eyes fixed on the destination. GOD bless.
I had a prophetic encounter as well. This encounter really showed that I shouldn’t lean on my own understanding and instead wait on God’s timing.
Thank you for your truth may others take heed from your experience and practise Gods righteousness in life . Amen 🙏🏻