CHARACTER

Something We All Need...but desire the least

 As ministry leaders, character is what we need the most but desired least among us.  As we come into the acknowledgment of who God has called us to be, we suddenly realize that we have some serious character flaws.  What we soon discover is that character is simply a virtue that not everyone possesses.   One of the biggest character developments leaders need is patience.   

When I acknowledged my call of a prophet on my life, I thought I was to run out and prophesy to everyone I came in contact with.  Even though I've been serving God for over 20 years, what I didn't realize was that when it came to The Office of a Prophet, I was a novice.   A novice is someone who is inexperienced in a certain area.  What happened to me was the gift manifested itself before my character was developed and I was very immature, unaccountable and full of pride.   

When you are called to a certain ministry,  it's imperative to wait on the maturity.  This takes patience and much enduring of tests that the Lord will fashion you through.  This is where most of us miss it and get ahead of God's timing for our lives and we make a shipwreck of our call.   While the call is always on our lives, by rushing ahead of God we find ourselves having to go through things longer because of unwillingness to wait or exercise patience.

Today, I encourage everyone who is called to the 5-fold ministry and most specifically, those called to the Office of a Prophet, to allow your character to be matured and developed.  It's not as important that you prophesy as is it to prophesy at the proper time.  As you study many of the major prophets, God's process of training was strategic and timely.   He never sent anyone out ahead of his or her time.   

This is difficult for most who are called, because in many cases we don't answer the call on our lives until we are older.  Feeling the urgency to fulfill our purpose we have a tendency to want to hurry up and do what God has called us to do.   I assure you, God knows how much time you have and He will ensure that you will fulfill all that He has called you to do.   

Let patience have it's perfect work so that you may be perfect and mature wanting nothing. Character development is a lifetime event; however, there are some prerequisites that must be fulfilled before God feels you are ready.   Patience is one of them.  The reason we run ahead of God is because we don't want to wait.  However, it's essential to stay on the potter's wheel and allow God to develop us in the area of patience.  When God is finished with us we will gladly say, "It was worth the wait".  

God Bless

Kelly Jennings

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One of the biggest struggles a prophet will encounter is "identity crisis.'' For years I fought the fact that God had called me to the 5-fold ministry. As I spent more time in prayer, God began to fine tune my call and assured me to an awesome encounter with Him, that I was called to be a prophet. I fought this because the Office of a Prophet is not well received or accepted in most churches still today.
Today, I encourage those who are called...to allow God to develop your CHARACTER which will help you discover your true identity. In most cases, we tend to want someone to validate us or acknowledge the call that is on our lives. In my case, God prevented this from happening, because He wanted to force me into His presence and deal with me.
-- My past,
-- Every negative word that was spoken over my life,
-- My lack of confidence
-- My lack of knowledge
-- My low self-esteem
-- My feeling of inadequacy
-- And so much more....
I presented all of these excuses to God in order to disqualify myself, just as Moses did.

Yet, God would not release me...instead, He said "these are all the reasons why I've chosen you. I (God) will take the foolish things and confound the wise."
It was here where I settled with the Call and began to become who God said He called me to be. Believe me, when you sit in the background for years...even those who you served with have a hard time accepting what God called you to be.
But because I love God, I had to move in the position in the Kingdom and allow God to validate me and give me my identity in Him.
As prophet's and 5-fold ministry leaders, you will constantly struggle with the Call on your life. You tend to shrink among great people so that you don't 'over step boundaries" whatever they may be.
You will do a lot to pretend not to be ---rather than becoming who God said you are. When we fight God, the Identity crisis escalates and you start to question the call on your life.
Eventually, you will launch and most of the time you will launch alone. This is why I established the "The Prophet's Place"- I realized, If I suffered this, there are many just like me who are struggling just the same.
You may be in the cave, stuck in a religious dogma, controlled by denominations...but God is still calling you forward. What are you going to do about it...Are you going to answer the call or continue to fight the identity crisis?
No more struggling with your Identity in Christ Jesus...break the fear and become who God's says you are.

Consider joining me in Atlanta, March 17-19, 2016 for the Prophet's Boot Camp - cost and more info can be found at http://www.freedomtoliveministries.org/prophets-boot-camp.h…

Additionally, meet me every 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 9pm on the School of Prophets on the Breaking Has Begun Prayer Line
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Blessings to you,
Prophetess Kelly Jennings

YOUR WEAKNESS CAN BECOME YOUR STRENGTH

 Kelly Jennings - Inspirational Blogger

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All too often we are embarrassed of our weakness. We mask what we don't know by pretending to have all the answers. We pretend to be strong when we are actually very fearful. Thus we develop a sense of pride in order to impress one another. From this we develop an "identity crisis" within ourselves and begin to hate ourselves because we are focusing too much on our weaknesses and not on the one who gives us strength.

If God has burdened your heart to do or become some thing that your weaknesses keep telling you you're incapable of achieving ..It's because you are looking at your weakness (infirmities) and not glorying in your weakness, as Paul learned to do when God refused to remove his weakness but gave him the grace to sustain and rejoice in his weakness. 

Could it be God desires to use your weakness in order to Glorify Himself?..So that men may see our good works and Glorify the Father in Heaven.

Your greatest weakness could be the very thing that brings you into your greatness...If only you realizes that It's not you but the Christ that Lives in you...for greater is He that is in you than He that's in the world. CALL TO ACTION: Let us stop hiding our weakness and allowing our weaknesses to keep us from our greatness. Instead, let us embrace our weakness and capitalize on the power of God to ‪#‎getitdone‬.

THE GREATNESS WEAKNESS IN YOU CAN BE THE VERY THING THAT BRINGS YOU INTO YOUR GREATEST "SUCCESS."

DECLARATION: God use me in my weakness...because when I'm weak...it is then you are strong in me...‪#‎BESTRONGINME‬

I'm convinced that those who succeed the most is not because they are so strong...but because they know who gives them the strength to achieve, breakthrough and endure...THEY GLORY IN THEIR WEAKNESS.

What do you believe is your greatest weakness????
BREAK OUT AND LET GOD USE YOUR WEAKNESS.....