Romans 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

I see things in black and white. There are no gray areas for me. In this I have to be extremely careful in how I treat my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. It is extremely important that I have close fellowship with them, know them and watch carefully as they grow in Christ.

I was born with a prophetic gift. A gift from God. I was not raised up in the church, not instructed in what that means and it led to many painful relationships, hurts, deadly wounds, and isolation for me. When I finally surrendered to Christ I discovered what the prophetic truly means and I know that many have an improper understanding of what it means to be a prophet in this church age. It is not for me to judge others because they do not understand.

It has taken me decades to come to terms with who I am in Christ and what is expect of me. It is no different for anyone else. We all start out as innocent babes that need to be loved first and instructed second. Who does the instruction and how they receive that instruction is not part of the prophetic gift and cannot be. What is required of any of us, no matter what our gifts is to love first and take extreme care in how we speak to one another.

Ephesians 4:14-16 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

For all my decades in practice, I am still struggle with speaking the truth in love.