When was the last time someone in your discipling community told you that your “brilliant strategy” was actually misaligned with the Holy Spirit and/or the Word of God? And what did you do?
“Prophets are often lonely. They’ve spent a lifetime being told to “go with the flow.” They’ve been called divisive. They’ve been told their gift is from the devil. People have distanced themselves from them. They’re shy. They’re wounded. They’re isolated.”
This quote hits eerily close to me. And gives perspective as well.
Kevin… WOW. This whole series is absolute gold. I’m blown away. If the church grabbed hold of this—stopped trying to be each other, and actually lived from the strengths God wired into them—we’d see so much real growth. This is going to help so many people. Thank you!!!
Aw. That's a blessing AJ! This is the passion of my life to activate and catalyze GREAT TEAMS wherever I have a chance to do so! Thank you for noticing the critical truths in these principles!
I absolutely loved this one Kevin and I look forward to learning more about the Shepherd(and the others too). As you know I'm a Shepard+ Prophet.... Such a challenging combination to be. 😆
Now I am beginning to have a better understanding of why pastors are willing to meet with me initially but then ghost me when I start asking hard questions with multiple verses to back it up. I thought I was looking for answers and being ignored all this time, but now I wonder if God was using me to speak to them and giving them answers. I never would have thought about it like that until reading this. But I feel it sounds very egocentric of me.
Aw. Thank you Rebecca! God has discipled me through years of pain and frustration and I feel like He now wants me to help others navigate the complexities of His will and ways. I certainly don’t have it all figured out, but we’re on a journey together!
“Prophets are often lonely. They’ve spent a lifetime being told to “go with the flow.” They’ve been called divisive. They’ve been told their gift is from the devil. People have distanced themselves from them. They’re shy. They’re wounded. They’re isolated.”
This quote hits eerily close to me. And gives perspective as well.
I got “Biblical reformer” taking the APEST test.
Love this, Jonathan! I’m still very much looking forward to our Zoom call soon so we can discuss in more detail!
Kevin… WOW. This whole series is absolute gold. I’m blown away. If the church grabbed hold of this—stopped trying to be each other, and actually lived from the strengths God wired into them—we’d see so much real growth. This is going to help so many people. Thank you!!!
Aw. That's a blessing AJ! This is the passion of my life to activate and catalyze GREAT TEAMS wherever I have a chance to do so! Thank you for noticing the critical truths in these principles!
I absolutely loved this one Kevin and I look forward to learning more about the Shepherd(and the others too). As you know I'm a Shepard+ Prophet.... Such a challenging combination to be. 😆
Yes. Challenging indeed! BUT, God knew He could trust you when He knit you together in your mom’s womb!
This is a good word!
As you build out this series, it would be great to have a section on what it looks like for each gift to steward it well
ie What do I do if I'm gifted in this way?
How do I bring God glory as the Prophet (or A,E,S,T)?
Thats a good sugggestion. Here is an older article that might help too. I have some other resources too if you want to DM me.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinebeasley/p/how-can-you-make-more-disciples-by
Thanks so much for the other article as well!
Now I am beginning to have a better understanding of why pastors are willing to meet with me initially but then ghost me when I start asking hard questions with multiple verses to back it up. I thought I was looking for answers and being ignored all this time, but now I wonder if God was using me to speak to them and giving them answers. I never would have thought about it like that until reading this. But I feel it sounds very egocentric of me.
Funny how sometimes it all works together. I think maybe He does that to keep us humble.
Reading this thinking to myself “this makes so much sense!!”
Especially the part about being a voice for believers. Because I feel that as my calling.
THANK YOU, Kevin, for helping us learn how God intended his church to operate this whole time. So grateful for you!
Aw. Thank you Rebecca! God has discipled me through years of pain and frustration and I feel like He now wants me to help others navigate the complexities of His will and ways. I certainly don’t have it all figured out, but we’re on a journey together!