Throughout Scripture, encounters with the Holy Spirit involved believers, not unbelievers. The Holy Spirit moved on, guided, led, and directed God’s people. It is the sons of God who the Holy Spirit leads.

So if not the Holy Spirit, then what/who is leading you? It is time for the sons of God to manifest. Those who are not led by problems, the news, a worldly mindset, or anything else but the Spirit of God. This ability to be led by theSpirit is a marker of maturity.

A disciple is a learner, one who follows, imitates, and adheres to the teachings of their leader. Being a disciple of Jesus is primarily about being the person God created you to be, carrying out His Kingdom purposes on earth as His representative.

Jesus is your Savior, Lord, and Master. He calls you to a journey of discipleship that includes being His disciple and raising disciples for Him. In the various man-crafted discipleship traditions, a person became a disciple as they sought out a teacher and followed him and his principles. It is not so with the Kingdom of God. Jesus is the initiator and focus of this invitation. We read in the Gospels that He called individuals to follow Him.

Petition prayer involves asking God for what we want. Prophetic prayer is all about praying for what God wants! To pray prophetically is to pray the will of the Father. This requires intimate knowledge of God’s will and a faith that

He will do what He says. God reveals His will to you through His Word, revelation, what He says to you, what He shows you, dreams, visions, prophecy, and so much more. Once you capture what He wants to do, you must set out to pray prophetically. When you enforce what He has shown you, that is prophetic prayer!

Applying God’s Word involves moving beyond passive reading to actively engaging with scripture to experience its impact and usefulness. Applying the Word involves doing it (obedience), thinking it (mind-renewal), becoming it (character), living it out together (relationships), praying it (prophetic prayer), and sharing it (evangelism).

The starting point is to receive God’s Word through hearing, reading, and listening, followed by allowing it to settle in you through listening, thinking, and meditation. Then comes the all-important step: doing! Implementing the Word in the context of your life is more important than hearing it. Information without implementation is an illusion.