The Bible is filled with examples of how God speaks through dreams, visions, and prophetic words to give direction, strategy, and understanding to His people. He literally gave direction to Mary and Joseph through prophetic dreams in order to protect Jesus from Herod (Matthew 2:13, 14). He spoke to Jehoshaphat and the people through a prophetic word that saved them from certain destruction (2 Chronicles 20). He spoke to Paul through a vision which led to the Gospel of Jesus Christ being preached to the Gentiles (Acts 10:9-16). By these and many more examples, we see that God speaks profound things to us through prophetic ministry. Job 33:14-16 says, “For God again and again, in dreams, in visions of the night when deep sleep falls on men while they lie on their beds. He opens the ears in times like that and gives them wisdom and instruction…” (TLB)
I love how God interacts with us through these various ways. However, I want to be very clear that I am in no way suggesting that we are to seek prophetic encounters, nor that we should exalt those who have them. We seek God! The purpose of spiritual encounters is always to point us to Christ and to cause us to seek God and His wisdom through the Word of God. Prophetic ministry is given for specific purposes, but God also has given us a more sure word of prophecy, the Bible (2 Peter 1:19), and we must never neglect It! Holy Spirit will always synchronize His workings with the Word of God. True prophetic encounters should always cause us to draw closer to God and to delve deeper into His Word for clarity and understanding.
Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ in us. He speaks to us on behalf of God in various ways: through the preaching of the Word of God, words of wisdom, words of knowledge, etc. He also speaks to us through dreams, visions, and prophetic words to show us things to come, to prepare us with wisdom and insight, and to empower us to make Christ known. Now, more than ever before, we need to embrace and receive supernatural, prophetic encounters as an avenue of hearing and discerning God’s voice for our times.
God often speaks to me through prophetic encounters, and I am so excited to have this opportunity to share some of those things with you through the pages of this website. Please follow the links below to read some of the prophetic words, visions, and dreams that God has given to me concerning the Body of Christ and the times that we are in. May they give you hope, inspiration, revelation, and wisdom for your life and for your journey.
Gina Gholston