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Prophet Discontent in Local Church

Published Monday, August 18th, 2008 in Prophetic

I recently received a question from a prophet in a local church in America. The question went something like this:

What do you do when there you are discontent in your local church? Although I am in an apostolic/prophetic church, I still see so much that makes me want to run. In fact, I believe in being a part of a strong local assembly, but have been so badly wounded by people who know better but are themselves struggling to come into that new place. I just feel “STUCK” in this “PLACE” that I now feel I am “man-pleasing” and going through ritualism just to STAY IN CHURCH!!”

While we don’t understand the total situation of this prophet, there are some guidelines for safety that might help us avoid making the wrong decision about leaving a church God intends for us to stay in.

If it’s a dead church where the Holy Spirit isn’t hanging out, get out. If the transition of a church is slow, that’s normal. No church is perfect.

The devil always tries to get us to unplug and run from where we are really supposed to be. The devil will always try to drive a wedge between the prophets and the apostles/leaders. The devil will always find plenty of people to agree with what’s wrong in a church.

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If the leaders are in known sin, then get out from under that covering. But if it’s presumption or just personality clashes or your own frustration over other people’s failure to “catch on” or transition quickly enough, that’s not the right motivation for leaving.

Could it be possible that if the prophets came together and prayed for God’s foundation to be laid and a strong apostolic-prophetic ministry to be built that you would see a change in time?
Mind you, I am talking about praying His will, not praying witchcraft, i.e. praying for people to change or to do something you want them to do.

No matter what, it’s our responsibility to pray for the leadership. Pray for wisdom, grace, strategies. If we aren’t doing that, then we have no right to complain. Ultimately, we need to hear from God on the matter.

But the Holy Spirit doesn’t speak with a forked tongue. If He called you there, you shouldn’t be too quick to leave without making sure He’s calling you to leave. It could just be that the Holy Spirit is using a situation to break you so He can put an even greater anointing on you.

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Recent Comments

Dennis

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

The main problem is that she is in an “apostolic/prophetic” church. I am a pentecostal minister but most of what passes for pentecostal, charismatic, apostolic or prophetic is not biblical. THAT is why she doesn’t feel the moving of the Holy Spirit, because He will not move where so much false doctrine is being taught. I feel that it is the Holy Spirit telling her to get out of a church which has a name that it is alive but it is dead. I have seen many of these churches on television and on the internet and even been in a few of the services within my own denomination where everything points to the man and not to Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior Who shed His blood for us.

We are to follow God rather than men as the apostle Paul illustrated in the book of Galatians where He had to withstand Peter to his face for being a hypocrite. Peter was being a “man pleaser” and God rebuked him through Paul.

As far as a “covering” goes, I am covered by the blood of Jesus, not a man! I submit to my pastor because he is submitted to Christ and preaches the message of the cross as outlined in 1 Cor. 1&2. There are many today who are actually enemies of the cross, preaching in pulpits and taking their congregation to sure destruction because they want to be preeminent. If we would humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God and seek His face and His heart rather than His hand, He would move and no man would be able to try to usurp the Glory of His presence and His work. We need to fall on our faces and not our backs then He will move and we will see true signs and wonders rather than C. Peter Wagner and Rick Joyner’s false teachings and false signs and wonders!!

Elaine Edington

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Thank you. I believe this is a condition that many churches are experiencing. For so many of us we are in assigned places to pray and believe, because the church is out of order. And when that happens we feel the Spirit leave and so many don’t even know that He is not in our midst, the anointing leaving is so painful. My desire is to leave as well, but we must not allow Jezabel to chase us away. We must boldly stand for righteousness in the body of Christ.