The most important thing do to understand and help your prophetic child is to live a life of unconditional love and uncompromising discipline towards them. Many times they will have a very strong will (tantrums, strong opinions, silent influence to get their way, sweetie pies that “love” until they get their way, openly rebellion against authority), which is something that you as a parent must bring under authority. If your prophetic child does not recognise the weight of authority, they will create their own little kingdoms where they rule. To know and love authority will be the safest place for your child.
The prophetic is also a gift of direction – an undisciplined child will direct all around them without understanding the consequences. The tongue that speak without applying the right order to things, is an undisciplined tongue and it (Pro 15:4 calls it a perverse tongue) breaks the spirit of those around them, and usually in a family that will be mom, dad or siblings – later on it will be the church. When I speak of discipline, I refer to teaching them the way they should go and when they’re older they will not depart from it (Pro 22:6). The atmosphere in which we discipline our children, is that of unconditional love.
And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
(1Co 13:2)
Please let us not allow our prophetic children to become nothing.
The way your child learns to love is by receiving love. That is – your actions towards them when they are at their worst or at their best is in line with the actions of love according to God’s word. A practical thing you can do is to write down all the action words of love in 1 Cor 13:4-7 and start practicing it in all situations. Long suffering is many times the love action you will show to your prophetic child the most. Thinking no evil is especially helpful towards your teenage child. Understand that the word in your child will be tested – especially in their teenage years.
Another way they learn to love is seeing you show love to others. They especially need to see your love for God’s church. Their gift is a gift God gave to the church – this is the platform where they will operate in their gift most of the time, whether it will be the local or global expression of the church. Example to them how to give their gifting to the church. They will face many of the same obstacles you have faced in giving your gifting to the church. Showing them how to overcome these obstacles in your own life is a good way of showing them how to overcome it in their own lives.
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