Dear Partners and Friends,
As I write this, we are flying to minister.
Heather is next to me, and one of the main things I think about is our partners. Dear partners, we are so grateful for you. You send us constantly to minister and to provide content for TV and LIVE broadcasts. So many things are happening for the gospel and our prophetic mandate to raise up A MILLION TO REACH A BILLION.
A point of reflection is what I am contemplating. Reflecting on the goodness of God and the responsibility we have to reach the world around us. Media is still the tip of the spear, along with conferences to equip and encourage believers.
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
—Ephesians 4:11-13
Equipping the saints for the work of ministry and for the edifying of the body of Christ. This is the job description of Fivefold Ministry. Prophetic ministry should do more than simply prophesy—prophets are called to equip and edify the saints.
Even in the different ways prophetic ministry operates, there must always be a biblical foundation to bring about the high call of God in the lives of believers. In the prophetic, there are realms of responsibility, or we could call them areas of jurisdiction.
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In First Corinthians 9, the apostle Paul speaks about being an apostle to a specific segment of the body of Christ.
Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
—1 Corinthians 9:1-2
Paul says in this passage that he is indeed an apostle by showing his credentials —credentials that come from seeing the Lord Jesus—but then he pivots. In verse 2, Paul says, “…If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you…” Paul was saying he had jurisdiction to the Corinthian church. I point this out because callings are not universal. Meaning, when a person is called to the fivefold ministry operating as one of the five listed in Ephesians 4:11, a prophet is called to specific areas. Some are local in-house prophets, some are called to be regional, national, or global. I know God has called me with a major and a minor; those are college terms for the track you choose to study, major and minor. My major is to speak to the body of Christ in America, with a minor in the global church. This is measured by what you do most and what you have grace to do as you walk in obedience to the Lord.
It was revelatory to me when the Spirit of the Lord spoke to me in two steps. As I was sitting in a meeting, the Spirit of the Lord spoke a powerful, undeniable word directly to me: “Come up here, come up higher!” It was so strong that it knocked me down into my chair. Shortly after this, my inner man called me to drive to the top of Pike’s Peak, which overlooks Colorado Springs, a moment when I recognized the calling God had placed on me to speak to America’s mountain.
Prophets are unique. They are set apart and called by God to be a mouthpiece. Some teach under divine inspiration, some have an intuitive gift to lead with prophetic direction, some frequently give words of knowledge to individuals, and a smaller number of prophets see and make declarations about the future. All of these flows are vital, yet each is still responsible for equipping and edifying the body of Christ, especially within its jurisdiction.
Our jurisdiction is media, conferences, and written materials. Through media, I am building to meet this jurisdiction by creating resources for discipleship, including walking in the Holy Spirit, prophetic training, and in-depth Bible training. Much of this will be offered through the interactive new online courses we are developing, as well as upcoming in-studio intensives. Our new studios at the World Broadcast Center in Colorado Springs will be used for special gatherings to impart, teach, and prophesy. Special guests with expertise will join me for these events. But conferences, books, and more are a large part of our service to the body of Christ.
What we desire to do is scale the ability to raise up one million clear-eyed, clear-minded prophetic reformers who will do the work of the ministry in both their local church and the sphere of their reach.
As we approach this holiday season, I want to thank you for standing with this calling. Together, I strongly believe that as we prepare for the coming year, there will be many challenges around the world. Unforeseen issues, domestically and globally, however, make our mandate more needed than ever. What we will see in the coming days will be unprecedented intervention against evil, and times of glory for His true believers who are cooperating with Him.
My desire is to quickly finish our studio and building renovation, followed by acquiring additional land connected to our current property. We believe we can be a voice to the nations through media and much more.
Your prayers and partnership are so effective, and we are committed to standing with you and walking out this wonderful opportunity to release the voice of watchmen across the earth.
Today is not a day to take for granted, but rather a day to rise while we can and accomplish our assignment in this generation.
Thank you for standing with us!
For Jesus,
Joseph Z
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