This week's activation will give each of you the opportunity to reach listen to God for your partner. You will then be given the opportunity to share one-on-one what you believe you received from the Lord.

The goal of this week's activation is to hear a thought or word from God for your partner. Please DO NOT add anything or give long interpretations. Give ONLY, what God gives you.

Although we all desire to receive a Word from God, the major point in this activation is on being the giver. This will allow you to learn to hear and then deliver what God has given. This not only helps us in taking a step of faith by receiving a spiritual thought from God, but also gives us the opportunity to share it with our partner in a safe environment.

Guidelines to Make a Safe Environment

On the giving side:

Realize that most prophetic words are given to edify, exhort and comfort for the edifying of the Body of Christ (1Cor.14:3,12)

Perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions some people have of prophetic ministry is that it should be ministered in a judgmental, condemning or in a rebuking way. While prophets may speak of judgment, it is reserved for the mature who function in the office of the prophet and who are recognized as such in the Body of Christ.

God does not usually give us judgmental, negative, harsh, corrective or directive words when we are just learning to move in the prophetic. For the scope of these exercises, these types of words will be STRICTLY OFF LIMITS. If you believe you receive one of these types of words during the activation exercise, assume you have heard wrong and go back to the Lord and ask Him for a different thought from God for your partner.

The revelation received in this course should be delivered in a gentle and loving manner. You are not to criticize or put down your partner in any way when delivering a revelation to them.

On the receiving side:

Realize that this is a training exercise and your partner is stretching to hear God, just as you are. Many times your partner will hear correctly and you will be blessed by what they receive for you. But occasionally, as with in any learning environment, your partner may make a mistake. If this happens, do not be alarmed.

Feel free to judge the word:

• Does it stand up to scriptural principles and truths?
• Does in bear witness to your spirit? (though not necessarily your mind or emotions)
• Does in produce the fruit of righteousness, peace and joy within your heart, (vs. anxiety, confusion or fear)?

Do not make any major life or directive decisions based on words given in this context unless confirmed by other sources of guidance. i.e. Scripture, spiritual authorities over your life, spouses and other family members, other sources of counsel, confirmations through personal peace, circumstances, witness by others involved with a decision, etc.

Do not become offended if a trainee "misses it" on something offered to you.

Finally, offer honest feedback, but do so gently. If your partner's revelation for you blesses or encourages you, let them know. If they "miss it", be as kind and gentle but truthful in your feedback as you hope your partner will be with you if you miss it.

WEEK 2 ACTIVATION - PURPOSE AND PROCEDURE

First, you will see a word of knowledge from the Lord for your partner and you will share it and receive some feedback. Then you will seek a second word, this time paying attention to "how" God gave you this word.. was it seeing, hearing or feeling. Share not only the word, but how you received it.. e.g., "I saw.." or "I heard" or "I sensed" or "I felt"...

Now, for those of you who are a bit more experienced in the prophetic, we invite you to stretch a bit. As the Lord what the best way your partner receives and give the word in that mode.. you might be a seer and see a picture, but your partner may be a feeler, so you will deliver it more from the "feeling" sense than the seeing sense. Or you might be a feeler and get a sense or impression of a picture without actually seeing it.. and the Lord tells you that your partner is a seer. So, ask God "how do I give this word in a 'seeing way'?" Then you might describe what you sensed as a picture, so that your partner can more easily relate to it. The goal is NOT to change how you hear from God, but to learn to present it in a manner that is easiest for the person you are ministering to receive it.

STEP BY STEP PROCESS

You will then go silent, tune in, and focus on what God desires to share. After this silent time, you will step out in faith and share with your partner.

1. Understand the context.

   Remember, this is a practice session. You are not expected to be a, seasoned prophet, nor is your partner. This is merely a time to learn, you are not expected to be an expert, so relax.

   Please, Do not use words like, Thus saith the Lord, or God showed me. Instead use, this is what I felt, or this is what I saw or sensed.

   As you step out in faith to receive from God, what you receive may be, (but is by no means limited to) a thought, a picture, or a word. Don't worry if what you receive makes no sense to you. It is not for you to understand, but instead for your partners benefit.

2. Believe You Will Receive/Hear

   If you are on the internet, or via email, reach out to your partner in faith believing. If you are in a live group, join hands with your partner. (We prefer you do not use your spouse as a partner, if at all possible.)

   Remember, that you are a born-again, blood washed, redeemed child of God, so if you have Christ within you, you also have the Mind of Christ.

   When we ask our Father for bread, he does not give us a stone (Matt 7:9). Because you are God's child, you can safely trust that He will in fact meet you and give you a revelation for you partner when you ask Him to.

3. Sanctification - Activation Prayer

   Pray this together as a group before you begin to work individually with your partner. The group leader may wish to lead this prayer out loud with the others agreeing silently.

   Dear Lord, In the name of your Son, Jesus Christ, I come before your throne. I am washed by the blood. Christ lives within me. Not just in part, but in my whole being. I bring every thought of my mind and soul into captivity to the mind of Christ. I will receive an impression, thought, or a word from the Holy Spirit within me. I will gladly share it with my partner. I will not doubt it, nor question it, I'll just be willing to give it. I am a believer, and I expect to receive. I thank you for giving me a thought from the throne. Amen.

4. Prayer of Covering And Protection

   The purpose of this short and specific prayer is to bind any hindering or religious spirits and to release faith and anointing. Feel free to use whatever words you choose for this but it does not have to be long and involved. (If you need an example of this type of prayer, refer to activation from week 1).

5. Tune in to God and listen.

   Get with your partner if you are doing this in a live group.

   If you are comfortable with praying in tongues, begin praying in the spirit. Otherwise worship or quietly ask God to speak to you. Look deeply inside, listen closely, see and hear what God is saying. Do this for about a minute. Then, no more praying, only listening, for about 30 to 45 seconds.

   This allows you to really tune in.

6. Time To Share.

   Each of us should now be willing to step out in faith and share with our partner, what God has given us. Do this one at a time. Decide who will go first.

   Then go ahead and share with your partner what the Lord has given you. Don't add to it if it seems too short. Deliver just what the Lord gave you, nothing more.

7. Interaction.

   For those of you who are doing the Live or Internet groups it is now time to interact. It is time to share. Find out how many have received a word that bore witness or confirmation. How many received a word that brought forth blessing, or was meaningful to them in any way?

   For those of you doing email partner activation, send an email to share a brief feedback with your partner.

8. Repeat with same partner. Now it is time to seek God for another word from God for this same partner. This new word may build on what was previously covered, or it may touch a whole new area. Either is fine.. whatever the Lord is doing.

   Be sure to pay attention to how you receive this word and identify that to your partner.

   If you are doing the advanced variation, be sure to ask God how to present this word in the manner that your partner best receives. For instance you may be hearer and your partner a seer, so you ask God for phrases to paint a picture for your partner, such as ""I am hearing Red.. Farmhouse..."