A bonsai has the capability to grow into a magnificent tree. In the Japanese art of bonsai, the plant is placed in a small container to restrict its growth. It is a miniature of what it can be. The potential and the DNA of a bonsai exists for growth, but enlargement does not take place because it is restricted. This concept can be related to the prophetic ministry. There is tremendous capacity hidden within us, however, for some reason, our gift is not growing in the way we would like to. There can be several reasons, such as our church environment, our pastor or leader, a spouse or a family member, the lack of opportunities, or the lack of available mentors.

We can give a lot of reasons why we are limited. However, in reality, is it possible that the real limitation is actually in our own thinking? The mindset—that someone or something external to you is holding back your gift and ministry—can actually disempower you. Whatever it is, no one can truly hold you back.

External environment cannot truly hold you back. Your spouse, family member, leader, or pastor cannot hold you back. God is faithful and sovereign over your prophetic gift.

Here are the words of Jesus, who is holy and true.

He holds the key of David. No one can shut what

he opens. And no one can open what he shuts.

(Revelations 3:7)

You are not a victim, and you don’t need to be. You do not need to remain in a stuck cycle. The only one who can neglect or limit your gift is you.

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If you honestly evaluate your prophetic life right now, is it as powerful as before?

Limitations will not just disappear. You have to deal with them. If you do not work to remove them, they can remain. You must be intentional about removing them in your life. Unfortunately, limitations are powerful because they can be as personal and internal, as they are external. Limitations have no respect for any person; this means everyone has a limitation he must face.

It’s a matter of how the person deals with limitations that would determine how he is affected by it. As a prophet of God, as His mouthpiece, the enemy will not simply allow you to do your job.

He will oppose you every step of the way. But the power of the name of Jesus is more powerful. Intermediate School of Prophets Secret # 236 The power of God will break the power of limitation in your life. Limitation limits one’s effectiveness. They hinder you from becoming fruitful. They also bring retrogression. Unfortunately, limitations have frustrating powers. They wage war against advancements. Remember, as a believer in general, you are already in a spiritual warfare. However, as a prophet of God, as His mouthpiece, the enemy will not simply allow you to do your job. He will oppose you every step of the way. But the power of the name of Jesus is more powerful.

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Declare the limitation to be powerless in the Name of Jesus.

Name the limitation, because you cannot master what you

cannot name.

Disappointment

Disappointment happens when our prophetic ministry has not been listened to, encouraged, or appreciated. Moreover, leaders who have not recognized our gift or have not made room for us to exercise or grow can also make us feel disappointment. We tend to make it personal.

What other ways can we experience disappointment in the ministry? Sometimes, mentors or people we look up to in the ministry let us down. There are also times when ministry opportunities have been taken from us. If you have experienced these disappoints over the years you have been in ministry or if you are only experiencing this now, do not worry. You are not alone. Imagine how Joseph went through a lot of challenges with regard to his gift of prophetic dreams and interpretation. He was also criticized, rejected, misunderstood, and passed over for many years before God raised him up and released him in his call.  Joseph was not bitter. He took each time as an opportunity to see God’s favor and faithfulness. God may allow us to go through tests as part of our development and growth in the Lord, but as we overcome, God can use us in greater ways.

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An unforgiven hurt or disappointment will not only affect your ability to prophesy or to grow your gift of prophecy, it will hold you back in different areas of your life as well. When you can trace the blockage of a prophetic ministry to a hurtful even that took place in your past, then you are sustaining an old wound.

You can also see this in how you hold back because you are afraid of being criticized, hurt, or rejected. You may find it difficult to trust leaders or other people in the church to recognize or to release you in your gift. You are going through cycles, and you might move from one church or ministry to another, and yet you never get recognized or released to the degree you desire to be. You may also experience the same pattern of stepping out in the prophetic ministry, and then getting hurt or disappointed. It may seem to happen repeatedly.

Experience the Power of Prophecy as a gift to open your mind to receive the Mind of Christ.

Believers would share with us that they believe they possess the gift of prophecy, but they are unsure of how to use it or to develop it further. The modern-day school of prophets I’ve set in motion over the years is intended to help individuals in this situation. Let us focus specifically on identifying if your prophetic gift is being held back. How do you know if you are gifted and being held back, versus not being gifted in this area after all?

I’ve encountered believers who expressed fear and embarrassment about stepping out in faith with a prophetic word. Most of these prophets lacked the confidence for their word, their gifting, and unfortunately, sometimes even for the Holy Spirit. Prophetic people can flow in the gift of prophecy, but feel blocked or closed down in the current, compared to how it used to be. What do you think blocks the flow over time? These Christians reminisce about the better days in the prophetic ministry, when they newly received their gifts and saw miracles as a result. How come these prophetic occurrences slowed or ceased?

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If you honestly evaluate your prophetic life right now, is it as powerful as before?

The seventh and last river in which the Spirit of prophecy flows is of course, the Body of Christ, the church of Jesus Christ. Being a member of the church of God allows you to flow in the prophetic. In the church, there are apostles and prophets who hold a special office and a more intense anointing in the prophetic realm. It is the Body of Christ, the believers, who can truly access the prophetic realm because the Spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus. The testimony of Jesus is the only reason why the church exists.

The body of Christ, if it moves corporately, can powerfully move into that seventh powerful river of the river of prophecy. The last two rivers were not available in the Old Testament. The seventh river is reserved for the family of God on earth, the church of Jesus Christ.

So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind?

But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in

while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted

of sin and are brought under judgment by all, as

the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will

fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is

really among you!” (1 Corinthians 14:24-25)

The whole church can move into the river of prophecy. Paul was talking about the rivers of prophecy, flowing as a church, is corporately united together. All would be sensitive to God and to each other. When each member of the body is doing whatever God wants him or her to flow in the things of God, there can be such a strong prophetic element that when an unbelieving person comes, his heart is revealed, and he is convicted to give his life to Jesus.In the local church, there are usually prophetic presbyteries that allow this river of the body of Christ to flow. It is not about a single person’s ministry; it is about a corporate prophetic ministry (1 Tim. 4:14) that we want to establish in the church.

Experience the Power of Prophecy as a gift to open your mind to receive the Mind of Christ.

How can the church keep the prophetic river of the Body of Christ flowing?