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How to Receive Prophesyings, Pt. 3

How to Receive Prophesyings, Pt. 3

Pastor Jack brings to a close his series on receiving prophetic words, walking through seven biblical examples of people who received prophecies and what they did with them. He emphasizes the importance of balance in handling personal prophecy, teaching that prophetic words require wisdom, prayer, and obedience?not haste or presumption. Pastor Jack offers practical guidance on pondering God's word in the heart, submitting it to the Lord in prayer, and living in faith without attempting to force fulfillment.
How to Receive Prophesyings, Pt. 2

How to Receive Prophesyings, Pt. 2

Pastor Jack explores the biblical principles for receiving prophetic utterances in the second part of this series. Drawing from 2 Chronicles 20 and 1 Corinthians 14, he teaches that all valid prophecy will exhibit at least one of three traits: edification, exhortation, or comfort. He carefully explains how believers should seek God's direction through prayer, Scripture, sound counsel, and inner conviction before seeking prophetic confirmation, warning against using prophecy as a primary means of decision-making rather than as divine confirmation.
Our Hands, His Power Unveiled; Laying On of Hands, Pt. 2

Our Hands, His Power Unveiled; Laying On of Hands, Pt. 2

In this message, Pastor Jack explores the biblical foundation for the laying on of hands, drawing especially from the Old Testament background that the early church would have used. He unpacks a fascinating connection between the Hebrew word for "horns" and the manifestation of God's power through hands, showing how the same word describes rays of light, anointing, worship, warfare, and mercy? all converging in the ministry of Jesus and now flowing through believers' hands.
Laying On of Hands, Pt. 1

Laying On of Hands, Pt. 1

Pastor Jack explores the biblical doctrine of the laying on of hands, drawing from Hebrews 6:1-3 to show how this practice was considered a foundational teaching in the early church. He traces Jesus' ministry of healing and blessing through touch in the Gospels, demonstrates how the apostles continued this ministry in the book of Acts, and challenges believers to recognize that their hands have been redeemed through Christ's crucifixion to minister His life and power to others. Pastor Jack emphasizes that the laying on of hands is not merely ritual, but a vital means through which God's life, healing, and authority flow to meet human need.
Receiving Spiritual Gifts

Receiving Spiritual Gifts

Pastor Jack teaches on how to receive and operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit, emphasizing that spiritual gifts are not possessions to collect but tools for ministry to be distributed as the Spirit wills. In this third installment of the series, he clarifies that gifts flow through believers who maintain sensitivity to the Spirit through obedience, worship, and humility, and he encourages the congregation to make themselves available as channels of God's blessing without concern for personal credit.