| Foreword | p. 13 |
| Introduction: Understanding Prophecy | p. 15 |
| Understanding Prophecy | p. 17 |
| Prophecy and Scripture | p. 17 |
| Strategy and tactics | p. 19 |
| Humility is a prerequisite | p. 20 |
| Prophecy and history | p. 20 |
| Getting hold of the false | p. 21 |
| Overcoming the negatives | p. 22 |
| Counterarguments to release prophecy | p. 23 |
| The Value of Prophecy | p. 29 |
| Prophecy restores people's dignity and self-respect | p. 29 |
| Prophecy edifies, encourages and comforts the church | p. 30 |
| Prophecy can bring correction and warning | p. 31 |
| Prophecy can provide direction and enhance vision | p. 32 |
| Prophecy provides an agenda for prayer | p. 32 |
| Prophecy opens up the teaching of the Word and confirms preaching | p. 35 |
| Prophecy can provide evangelistic breakthroughs | p. 36 |
| Prophecy can release the church into new doctrine or practices | p. 37 |
| Prophecy provides insight into counseling situations | p. 38 |
| Prophecy provides a spirit of thanksgiving and praise | p. 39 |
| Prophecy provides a faith injection | p. 40 |
| Prophecy is vital to spiritual warfare | p. 41 |
| The Gift of Prophecy | p. 43 |
| First Steps in Prophecy | p. 45 |
| Preparation | p. 46 |
| Desire to prophesy | p. 52 |
| How does prophecy come? | p. 54 |
| The Practice of Prophecy | p. 61 |
| Objective ... the burden of God's heart | p. 61 |
| Diagnosis and prognosis | p. 62 |
| Negativity and judgmentalism | p. 67 |
| Deal with frustration | p. 68 |
| Don't be superspiritual | p. 69 |
| Revelation and information | p. 70 |
| Don't look for clues! | p. 72 |
| Consider the person you are ministering to | p. 75 |
| Recording prophecy | p. 77 |
| Personal and private prophecy | p. 77 |
| Guidelines for Handling Prophecy | p. 79 |
| Judgment before delivery | p. 81 |
| Bring in outside perspective | p. 84 |
| Revelational prophecy and character | p. 86 |
| Interpretation | p. 89 |
| Application | p. 92 |
| Personal Prophecy | p. 95 |
| What is the presbytery? | p. 97 |
| Prophets in the plural | p. 98 |
| Who needs prophecy? | p. 99 |
| When is it right to prophesy and when to open the Scriptures? | p. 99 |
| Leaders, ministries, people doing well | p. 100 |
| Prophecy is incomplete | p. 102 |
| The mercy of God never condones sin | p. 103 |
| Prophecy is ongoing and developmental | p. 105 |
| Prophecy is provisional and dependent on obedience | p. 110 |
| Prophecy in the Church | p. 117 |
| Judging and Weighing Prophecy | p. 119 |
| The Main Tests | p. 119 |
| The biblical pattern | p. 121 |
| The tests | p. 124 |
| How do we handle negative prophecy? | p. 141 |
| How do we apply the tests? | p. 144 |
| The Subsidiary Tests | p. 145 |
| Focus on the outcomes | p. 145 |
| We prophesy in part | p. 148 |
| There are different categories of prophetic words | p. 150 |
| Examine the track record | p. 152 |
| Distinguish between false prophecy and poor prophecy | p. 153 |
| We must always ask for God's permission to speak | p. 156 |
| Don't make any adjustments | p. 158 |
| The Role of the Christian Prophet | p. 159 |
| The gift of prophecy | p. 159 |
| The prophetic ministry | p. 160 |
| The office of a prophet | p. 162 |
| The importance of development | p. 162 |
| Features of Old and New Testament prophets | p. 164 |
| The Christian prophet | p. 167 |
| To Be or Not to Be? | p. 175 |
| Christian fatalism | p. 175 |
| Acceptance and Acknowledgment | p. 179 |
| Established opinions hinder response | p. 179 |
| Witness of the spirit | p. 181 |
| Parable of the sower (Matthew 13:19-23) | p. 182 |
| Disobedience prevents us from hearing the Lord | p. 182 |
| Register the elements of truth | p. 183 |
| What happens when the opposite of the prophecy occurs? | p. 184 |
| There will be a contesting | p. 187 |
| Examine your faith for a good confession | p. 189 |
| Absorption and Assimilation | p. 192 |
| Open the prophecy for comment by mature people | p. 192 |
| Accountability | p. 193 |
| Prophecy contains a moral imperative | p. 196 |
| God has His own agenda in prophecy | p. 197 |
| Don't neglect the character response | p. 198 |
| Prophecy will cause a shaking | p. 202 |
| Prophecy will test us | p. 203 |
| Actualization and Attainment | p. 205 |
| Recognize our responsibilities | p. 205 |
| Timing and preparation | p. 207 |
| True Christian hope | p. 212 |
| Patience and perseverance | p. 215 |
| A Framework for Prophecy in the Local Church | p. 217 |
| Inspirational prophecy | p. 218 |
| Encourage good habits | p. 218 |
| Keeping Prophecy Alive | p. 231 |
| The Leadership Role in Prophecy | p. 237 |
| The Leadership Role in Prophecy | p. 239 |
| Leaders can despise prophecy | p. 239 |
| Prophecy tests the leadership | p. 242 |
| Prophecy affects the status quo | p. 244 |
| Corporate morality | p. 245 |
| Holding people's histories against them | p. 248 |
| Create a climate for prophecy | p. 251 |
| Handling Wrong Prophecy | p. 253 |
| Know the difference between false and poor prophecy | p. 254 |
| Handling wrong prophecy in the meeting | p. 258 |
| Giving constructive criticism | p. 262 |
| Handling frustration and private opinion | p. 263 |
| Have integrity when cleaning up the mess | p. 264 |
| The Prophetic Partnership | p. 267 |
| Controlling or releasing? | p. 267 |
| General criteria | p. 268 |
| Training, equipping and releasing the prophetic | p. 269 |
| Active cross-pollination | p. 269 |
| External ministry | p. 270 |
| Good leaders promote the interaction of ministry | p. 271 |
| Creating a prophetic team | p. 272 |
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