Understanding Prophetic People: Blessings and Problems with the Prophetic Gift

Book helped us so much through the dark night of the soul. If Prophet Sanford didn’t write this book we would of possibly never made it. I cannot put a price on how Prophet Sanford’s book helped us. You need this book if your called to the prophetic. Very informative and for this truly called to the office it’s not about the gifts it’s the process you have to go through with God to be formed into His vessel. Words cannot describe the dark depths God will take you through to scrape off you all the fleshy evils that hide behind our gifts or anointing or whatever shiny outside manifestation we walk in. When it was announced over us recently that it was over our 3 year dark night of the soul we cried. It was the most transforming time of our lives and the hardest thing we have ever gone through but this book will help you through it. Don’t be naive, God will put you through the fire you couldn’t even imagine but when it’s done !!!! Glory to God

I have read quite a number of books on the prophetic, many good and many downright horrible. I have to honestly say that this book is one of the best, if not the best I have read so far. It answered many questions I didn't even know I had. It clarified many things about me. Many painful but loving truths. I never craved the prophetic, nor would I ever recommend it to anyone. IF you think the prophetic is where God called you or you have to put up with a prophetic person, read this book before you read any other. We need more men like R Loren Sanford to help purify the prophetic and lead the way. He is a true humble pioneer.

This book should help so many!!!! Five fold office Family members Spouses Pastors Members of the church Prophetic people! True prophetic insight!

Loren Sanford has done it again. He has stuck his neck out with insights from the trials and refining fire of God's love. This subject in the Western Church is vastly misrepresentented with heady how-to's removing God's heart and the requirements of the call. But not this book. Loren has embraced the call full tilt. His chapter on "the profile of a prophetic person" will relieve the anxious parent, the frustrated pastor, and the confounded counselor. Loren's goal is empowerment for the prophetic person, healing for their battered soul, and peace to their anxious mind. This is the best book so far on profiling such people. Next Loren, please write about the leadership dynamics of the prophetic people within spheres of life, work, and relationships.

From the time I saw this book I knew the Spirit of God had drawn me to it, I purchased it along with several others that His Spirit had drawn me to, and wow! This book ministered to me in this season of transition! I really encourages those that walk in the Office a Prophet (myself included) to read this book. The way the author described his feelings throughout his spiritual walk; especially prior to knowing he is a prophet really ministered to me on a personal level. Another blessing and a pleasant surprise was the fact that his father is the author of the Elijah Task which I just finished reading and that book changed my life! Then to come behind it with a watering of this book Prophetic People really stirs a deeper defining of the calling and purpose. I don't want to share the specifics of this book because it is really a must read book, but I will say this: Loren Sandford's gifting to minister to prophets is recognized and confirmed in this book! God bless him and his Dad for the contributions to the Body of Christ through their obedience! Simple Truth Simple Truth Too: Understanding the Bible In Everyday Life Catch A Falling Star

Used this book as a part of a prophetic training. It was an easy read that simplified commonly asked questions within the prophetic. Provided lots of clarification, conviction, correction & insight.

I never knew I needed to know what is written in the pages of this book. For years I always wondered why I felt the way I did and asked God to deliver me thinking something was wrong. I didn’t understand my own self until the Lord led me to this book. It has really changed my life and helped to accept the calling of God on my life.

How refreshing to read the life challenges by one gifted with the gift of Prophecy. Reading Loren's book encouraged my heart like nothing I have ever read. HIs trouble and tribulations mirrored my own. I looked at his life as he overcame his challenges and my heart said, "I can do this." God bless Loren for his candid, honest and helpful observations. I understand my past, present and problems getting to the present better than I have in all my seventy-six (76) years. This book is helping me conquer the latest challenge to my marriage. Thank God for obedient servants to his will. Thank you Loren.

Je recommande vivement ce livre. Beaucoup de livres abordent le sujet du don prophétique, mais très peu parlent de la phase "d'instabilité émotionnelle" que vivent ceux qui sans en être conscients ont ce don.

Ich hab das Buch gekriegt, damit ich mich als prophetisch Begabte besser verstehe. Das Buch spricht nur von Transformation und Leiden, Leiden und nochmals Leiden. Wenn man sich Gott als Gefäss hinstellt und sich verändern lässt, z.B. im SOZO-Dienst, dann gibt es kein Leiden denn seine Wahrheiten machen frei, ohne Schmerz. Wenn man halt den Veränderungsprozess nicht aktiv angeht, dann kann es schon sein, dass man immer wieder mit Sachen konfrontiert wird, die in einem selber noch nicht verheilt sind und dann zu Spannungen und Leiden führen. Grundsätzlich gibt es auch keine Probleme mit dem Prophetischen. Es ist der religiöse Geist, der Menschen manipuliert, welcher sich dagegen stellt. Es ist ein geistlicher Kampf. Da kann ich gute Bücher über geistlichen Kampf empfehlen. Lasst Euch bitte nicht einreden, wir müssten Leiden um vorwärtszukommen. Oder Gott schickt uns Lektionen um darauszulernen. Wo bitte steht das im NT? Gott segne Euch!

The late Loren Sandford had great insights into understanding how prophetic people hear from God. Very encouraging to know that God still speaks today through the prophetic gift

This book really blessed me. It helped me understand more about myself and the nature of the prophetic call - chapter one was brilliant and if you are prophetic you will probably humorously enjoy the description of the common traits prophetic people tend to have. Over all, the book was in depth, with much wisdom from years of experience. Wow. It is also brutally honest about the reality of the cost of the prophetic call, particularly to the office of prophet. It makes one take a deep breath when you understand ways which God will shape your character to be trusted with words of weight and also the importance of intimacy with Jesus as the source of your ministry. It is a humbling read about the reality of a prophetic lifestyle and brought me into a greater understanding of my personal call. It also addresses complex issues of prophetic ministry which you will find helpful so that you do not make the same errors. A great read, full of hard to swallow truths on this lifestyle but I am most thankful for the insight! Read it!

A must-read for any prophetic person - or those around them! This resource has been a God-given lifeline that has helped me better understand myself and my life and better equip me to help others.