In recent weeks I’ve heard respected teachers speak against decreeing/declaring and prophesying to “see a shift in the atmosphere.”
One teacher called it an “occultic practice.”
I encountered that same claim this past weekend in a firestorm attack on social media. One of the issues surrounded a book I quoted in which the author, Mark Batterson said, “Prayers are prophecies. They are the best predictors of your spiritual future. Who you become is determined by how you pray.”
Several commentors seemed to lose the book’s message about praying/decreeing scripture over our families and situations and instead got derailed over an example he used about creating a circle of prayer.
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What are “prophetic declarations?” Are they biblical? The prophetic received a black eye after the election. Because of it, some now run from anything that says “prophetic.”
The last few nights I have awakened in the middle of the night and couldn’t go back to sleep. Think. Think. Think. Once my mind started, it wouldn’t stop as I thought of various friends, family and situations that were in chaos.
When our kids were young, we purchased a travel trailer so we could go camping and create family memories. We took vacations with other families camping together in various states. We were part of a homeschool group where we enjoyed camping weekends together. The kids ran and played outdoors while the parents sat around the campfire enjoying coffee and fellowship. We used that trailer for many, many years and it was a blessing. Until it wasn’t. 