In all honesty, the gift of prophecy is great in many ways because for me, it’s linked closely with discernment and I can feel where the congregation is during the time of worship, as well as have a “feeling” about how a set will go and connect with the talk portion. The bad part is being gracious and loving in the truth telling part.

I definitely struggle with that part. Eeks.

If part of prophesy is being obedient to the things God puts on your heart, then this example applies. I’ve seen services where one song comes up in testimonies, in the message, even in the Scripture read prior to the worship time. We once had two visitors to our church each testify to the way a particular song touched them; the song was on the setlist and hadn’t even been sung yet!