I have been meditating a lot on the ministry of the prophet recently. At all the gatherings we had with our covenant friends in India and Nepal we were focusing on the gift of prophecy and the ministry of a prophet. We know that the two are not the same. We must never confuse a gift with a ministry! The gift is just a grace given to a believer by the Holy Spirit enabling him to do certain things. A ministry is a gift given by the Risen Lord to the church. All the ministry gifts of Ephesian 4:11 are given to the entire church for equipping the saints for their service in the body of Christ. The ministry of a prophet is vital to the spiritual health and wellbeing of the church of God. We may recognize a prophetic ministry by certain hallmarks.

1. The prophet brings revelation by the Spirit of God. He is breaking into new aspects of Christ.
2. The prophet brings life to a church or individuals through the words he speaks.
3. The prophet is a man of the Word and is always bringing new insight ans understanding to the people of God.
4. The prophet has a burning desire to help people to see the Bride of Christ that they may take part in building the church God's way for His glory.He is zealous for the Lord to have His house His way.
5. The prophet has a burning desire to see the Kingdom of God come and the will of God to be done in the earth as in heaven.
6. The prophet is a man of divine mysteries. The secrets of God are revealed to the prophets.
7. The prophet performs signs and wonders.