BETTER THAN GIFTING.

INTIMACY

Marco LafebreApril 20, 2016

Learning to Prophesy

• The state of being intimate.• A close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personal 

relationship with another person or group.• A close association with or detailed knowledge or deep understanding

of a place, subject, period of history, etc.: an intimacy with Japan.• An act or expression serving as a token of familiarity, affection, or the

like: to allow the intimacy of using first names.• An amorously familiar act; liberty.• Sexual intercourse.• The quality of being comfortable, warm, or familiar: The Intimacy of

the room.

Intimacy Definition:

• Intimacy with a person, a group or persons, a pet, a country, or any other thing where we can put our affection, doesn’t occur from night to morning.

• You need to make an effort to get to know the person or object of your attention.

• You get familiar with everything that pertains with them.• You come to love their companionship.• You seek to stay around the person or object of your now loved.• The more you stick with them, the more you’ll be intimate

You must go through a process

• To have intimacy with God, you have to desire HIM.• The bible has many scriptures showing that it is God himself

who is most interested than you and I to have intimacy with his children.

• First step, Make Jesus your all in all.• Talk with Him, listen to him, enjoy his company.• Then you can experience the intimacy of his silent presence in

your life.• Intimacy is an ongoing process

Intimacy with God

• You will study the slides given to you and them give us your description of how your personage have had intimacy with God.

• Then give us your share of the prophetic inside this part of the bible has for us.

• The Bible is the best source of prophecies and we need to love it, the Holy Spirit will give us an understanding of the passages we study and bring revelation on how to apply this prophetic realities in our own lives.

• You have 5 minutes to do this.

Your activity:

• Noah• Abraham

• Moses• Joshua

• Jonah

Examples in the Old Testament

• Genesis 6:8New King James Version (NKJV)• 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Noah is your personage.

Noah, 100 years working on intimacy.

Evil perishes

The covenant promise

• Genesis 15:5New King James Version (NKJV)• 5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward

heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”

Abraham is your personage

Abram, Abraham

Talking as with a friend

Points resulting of his intimacy with God

Still going on

Promises of God

• Exodus 33:11New King James Version (NKJV)• 11 So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks

to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

Moses is your personage

Moses 40 years wondering about God

Power and authority comes fromIntimacy with an Awesome God.

Points for intimacy

• Exodus 33:11New King James Version (NKJV)• 11 So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks

to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

Joshua, your personage

Living in the Tent

Crossing the Jordan River

Out of intimacy

• Jonah 4:2New King James Version (NKJV)• 2 So he prayed to the LORD, and said, “Ah, LORD, was not this

what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.

Jonah is your personage

Jonah had great intimacy with God.

From East to West, God’s hand can reach you anywhere

• Peter• John

• Paul• You

Examples in the New Testament

Peter is your personage

Peter left everything and followed Him

Favor will draw you to intimacy

Wash me fully

John is your personage

• 2 Corinthians 12:9New King James Version (NKJV)• 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My

strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Saul, Paul, is your personage

Paul taken down from his horse

• Galatians 1:11-12New King James Version (NKJV)• Call to Apostleship• 11 But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was

preached by me is not according to man. 12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

• The prophetic will flow even when you are not “normally” prophesying for someone.

• The prophetic will flow when you are preaching, or teaching, or counselling some one.

• You as a Prophet in formation look for any opportunity to be used by the Holy Spirit in this wonderful way.

• I Pray that God increases in each one of you all the revelatory gifting, so you may be used in a great way to expand His Kingdom.

Remember: