Poem by Ryan Hogarty

God said love me with all your heart with all your soul with all your mind and with all your strength.


This was his greatest commandment and not a suggestion, something to do and not to shew....


But what did the master mean when he wanted us to love with everything we had, surely we can not stay the same, we had to change!


Well, with Father its always simple... With your mind, the mind of Christ , imagine, dream, and envision with Christ's thought, in the power of the Holy Spirit spend your strength on His mighty works, with the inspiration of the Father in your soul create, sing aloud, compose and dance with daddy, and with everything, with all your heart, and all these days on this earth let not your heart remain silent as you spend your all for your King!!!!


But that was only one half of the equation, an unbalanced part of the Father's determination...
For without the second we would be lead into navel- gazing introspection...


For His love is only complete when we give it away, a windfall gain to be passed by the saint... For his second commandment is to love, your very neighbour as yourself!


For Your gift, your heart, your mind, your love is NOT for your own, its not by chance to you it has been sown...


It's for the lost, the hurt, the broken to release, the whole, the body, in fullness to bring increase....


And so we swallow our pride and to the Father's wing we return to hide, for in Him alone, in His love do we have our strength our joy our victory song...


And so now balanced and even spanned do we walk with our hearts turned heavenwards and our hands and eyes, touching, looking, releasing His love by the power of His dove.


For at the end of day all that remains, is His love not just for us but to give it away!

"Breaking of Bread", By Rory Cassy

Initially, I had an idea of what I wanted.  I put everything together in ‘my’ way, but I just could not get the right picture.  But suddenly, when I was just looking through the camera lens, there was everything that I was trying to capture, and much more!  Just as in life we try to do things in our own way and we seem to miss the mark.  When God takes over everything falls into place!

There is so much to ‘see’ in this image:

Broken bread risen like sin but now broken.

Seeds of promise, faith, potential.

Wooden table the cross, table of the Lord; the table prepared for me in the presence of my enemies.

Shadow of cross in the background the future church, bride, up ahead.

Bright shining light Holy Spirit’s presence.

Crumbs on the table is food for the Gentiles which also reveals great faith.

Base of glass planted firmly.

Twisted stem they that wait ( cleave, bind themselves as twisting) to the Lord will renew their strength.

Glass half empty His Blood poured out, but there is still plenty(grace)

The Cross it doesn’t matter how full or empty your glass the cross will always be reflected.

The clouds His return with His army.

The sky Heaven awaits.

The ground soaked up His Blood.

The circle of the glass rim Eternity

His body broken so I can be made whole

His glass half empty

Mine is half full

Calvary shines

I reflect…….

Some examples of meeting sketches.

Thanks Mary-Ann for these egs.

Thoughts on prophetic art

Have you tried doing sketches during a preach, of key points, or prophetic images that you see?  You can use these later to enlarge as paintings, or add as illustrations to the person's ministry.  Like a prophetic word, just draw what you see, without reading too much into it; let the image do the talking, let it carry the message.  A recent example was of a word a man received that was illustrated for him.  It put into image form what was spoken over him.  So he received the spoken declaration, and an image to remind him of the word he received.  Keep your sketchbooks on the ready, have some sharp pencils on hand and sketch away.  Keep your work with you - you never know when God will want you to share it or give them away.  Remember, some once said, "prophetic art speaks 24/7".

Andrew de la Hunt-James

"Seeds & Tears"

"Seeds & Tears", by Drew de la Hunt-James

I drew this during our time in Cape Town at a prophetic conference. God has been speaking about sowing seeds in this season, of birthing dreams and visions in believers' hearts, that He wants to germinate, come to life and multiply, giving life to others. Like the mustard seed which is very small, there are those who have felt "very small", insignificant, and they have hid their gifting away because they feel intimidated. God is sowing fresh seeds into hearts, seeds that will grow into something significant as it effects others lives, and multiplies to make a greater impact - "all it takes is just one small seed"!

The Word also speaks of not "sowing divers seeds in your vineyard" - in other words, if God has sown a seed in your heart, don't go an find other seeds or influences in the world and try and bring them to germination to! This is like mixing oil and water. God is saying to creative people that they need to receive from Him alone - go and fetch your colour, or your song, or sound, from heaven for yourself. Imitating other people's convictions or revelation doesn't fulfill your own destiny and leaves you lifeless. Go and get your own revelation and seed, sow it and allow God to multiply it. Then you will feel fulfilled and achieve God's purposes.

Lastly, remember, "they that sow in tears shall reap in joy"! this image (is not an onion!!) portrays a seed, but if it was blue, it would also represent a tear. Sowing your seed has for you felt like sowing tears - it's been a tearful walk & journey. Maybe others haven't understood you or your gifting etc etc. Keep your eyes on what really is important - the one who sows seeds into your heart - God. Go into His presence and allow him to sow exciting seeds for you to initiate and bless others with - enjoy!

Creativity & Worship Workshops, Prophetic Weekend, Father's House Christian Fellowship, Cape Town

Recent and current Prophetic words for artists

We’ve just had an amazing time with Cape Town artists at the “Kings and Priests” prophetic time at the Father’s House Christian Fellowship.  The prophetic nuances coming through included: 

• God wants artists across all mediums to collaborate with one another, to encourage and strengthen each other.  There is increasing hopelessness in the world as the striving of worldliness has left people having hope deferred.  Faith has taken a knock and adversity has worn people down.  Many creative people have laid their gifting down in the struggle to just make ends meet, a survivor mentality overshadowing the anointing and kingly authority.  God is saying it’s a time to rise in one’s authority, to turn mountains into blessing; to let adversity mold your character, not oppress you; to find solutions through faith; to become problem solvers in times of hardship. 
• God is looking for young, anointed, prophetic leaders who will be beacons to the next generation.  They will enable them to push on despite much discouragement in the world around them.  God is saying he will raise them up; He will be a Father to the fatherless.  This generation who are coming after the Generation “Z”, a nameless generation, will experience the father heart of God directly for themselves as God moves supernaturally through their lives.  Fathered by God they will have a strength and boldness to overcome. 
• God is raising a community of creative people who will not shrink back, who will not be ashamed of the gospel, or of their works declaring and depicting the gospel in the world, through the world and for the world.  He will rise up artists, musicians, photographers etc., who will make a mark and be “trend setters” in the world.  He is setting His mandate for them in place, robing them with a fresh mantle and authority for the task.  Many are in a place of equipping which feels like being in the desert.  Many feel they have been overlooked, pushed aside.  The intimidation of the world has had an effect on them, causing them to pursue other careers, other ventures and initiatives.  But God is saying there are fresh and new horizons to explore, to pick up their tools again.  Out of time spent in God’s presence he will birth new inspiration and plant seeds that will germinate and multiply what was the least, of no consequence. 
• God is emphasizing again the prophetic nature of art and artists, but requires of them purity and being set apart, untainted by world trends.  He wants to inspire a new sound and colour from heaven, where artists will pick up the pulse of heaven, and portray just what God tells them to, without colouring or flavouring it with what the world thinks is cool.  Out of this will come a unique sound and colour, not necessarily pleasing to the eye as the world would have it, yet unmistakably powerful, anointed, life changing with an eternal impact. 
• God, through a release of creativity in and through the church, is adorning and beautifying the bride of Christ afresh.  The church walls have been bare for too long.  God is anointing with a spirit of wisdom, knowledge and understanding (Exodus 31) – the Holy Spirit poised to teach and impart.  He is speeding up the process of teaching the language of art so artists can communicate their message with clarity.

These are some current prophetic words that have come through for artists, creative people and the church.  Please forward them to those who you know will need a word of encouragement!