Here are a couple more highlights on the Listening Prayer seminar some of us have been at this weekend. Brad talked about how to weigh a prophetic word to determine whether it's accurate:

1. Test the person (what is their life and character like - do they portray the character of Christ? are they abiding in the body of Christ?)
2. Test the content (does it align with scriptural truths? does it line up with confirmation from the body of Christ? does the Spirit of peace confirm it within your heart?)
3. Test the spirit (find out if the spirit giving the word is actually from Jesus - does it acknowldege that Jesus came in the flesh?)
4. Test the fruit (like the fruit from Galatians 5:22 and James 3:13-18, the fruit of a good word is willingness (looking to please God) not willfullness (looking to please self)

These are just tidbits - I would love to reproduce all Brad taught, because it is so simple! Summary: God is speaking, all the time, to all of us. We just need to tune in and ditch the lies that "we made it up" or "God didn't really say that."

He probably did.
Test it.
Then believe it.

"It will come about after this that I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; and your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days." (Joel 2:28-29)