Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

“If I have faith so that I can move a mountain and have not love I am like a tinkling cymbal.” Paul the Apostle A.D. 50’s ish

The importance of integrity in cannot be overemphasised for one who exhibits the prophetic anointing. Honesty, Integrity and trust are the hallmarks of a person who has the gift of a prophet and who discharges that gift with sensitivity and love. It is one thing to discharge a prophetic word and another to be there to mop up any fall-out that follows. Like many of the OT prophets the delivery of the word that have the power to give life and to exact death must be done with sensitivity. Nathan gave King David the word about his wrong doing as a story about a man who, although he had many sheep took the only sheep that a poorer neighbour of his had. When David realised that the story was really about him, he repented and wrote psalm 51. The prophet must be trustworthy. That is, they must be people whose words are true and are laden with integrity. The idea is not to be a portent of bad news but to deliver messages that will bring people back to the father, after all this is at the heart of the father that his creation returns to the protection of his glory. Elisha followed Elijah relentlessly until he received his cloak/mantle/covering and was able to become a prophet of integrity. After delivering what seemed to be a ridiculous word to captain Naaman he refused his goods and money. His trainee however had no such integrity and took the goods and money offered by the captain. Elisha saw in the spirit what took place and prophesied that his servant and his descendants would suffer from the disease of leprosy that captain Naaman was healed of. Honesty, integrity and trust are traits that should be imbedded in all aspiring prophets.  Read 2Kings 5:19-27.