“IT IS TIME FOR APPLICATION”
March 11, 2007
( I received several responses back concerning my last message that I wrote to you,
“from my heart.” Thank you for your encouragement, concern, and words. However,
I think that some misunderstood what I was trying to say to you. I don’t believe that
the Lord wants me to quit speaking His word in the form of the prophetic, but I do
believe that He wants me to share “how to apply these words to you” in your own
lives. You see, without application, then the words are just words. They are hopefully
‘true words’ from the heart of the Father, but without knowing how they are to be used
in our lives, then they are without foundation. To make a comparison, it is edifying and
necessary to read the scriptures but if when we read, “ My dear brothers, take note of this:
Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, “ James
1:19, but if we don’t follow what is being said, then what merit is there? So in turn, if
we read a prophecy and say, ‘How wonderful and important what the Lord is saying
here to us,’ but we don’t then put it into practice, the prophecy will fall to the ground.
Below, the Lord is clarifying what I was attempting to say earlier to you. Again, thank
you for your understanding and your hearts in this. )
“Dear people, this is what I am wanting to say unto you:” There are many messages out
there that are being spoken by some people, and even some well-known people, that are
from their own imaginations. I am also saying that there needs to be applications for the
prophetic words that are being sent out. While it is true that “true words” are meaningful
and they bring “life” to the hearer, one also needs to know how to apply them to their
lives. As many of you know, I have set-up various ministries within my body to work
together to bring my body unto fullness. The job of the prophet is to speak my word unto
the measure that I give it to him or her. The job of the apostle is to work with the prophet
and to help the people to know how to apply these words in their lives. Both of them are
important. But there is a definite need in this hour to be practical in knowing how to
apply “true” prophetic words. Without application then the word is just a word that has
brought life but is not meaningful because it is without foundation. Have I not said that
“Blessed is the man that not only hears my word but does it?” For without doing it he is
like the man that built his house upon the sand. “
“So, it is time to be practical. It is time for application. It is time for day-to-day living. “
Stephen Hanson
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