Prophetic Words for 2024

Hey, welcome to Self Talk. I just want to thank you for joining today. I've got a very interesting topic I want to talk about. It's some prophetic things the Lord has shown me. It's interesting, every year near the end of the year a lot of prophets, or so-called prophets, have these amazing, usually grandiose predictions for the next year but that never come true. But in all humility, this is what I believe the Lord has shown me; and it’s simple but it is powerful. I want to thank you for being a part of this podcast. I want to thank you guys who have donated to the show and I appreciate that. And thank you so much for those who have written reviews and, and have subscribed; that really does help me get the message out to more people. So have a blessed new year and uh, let's get started with my 154th episode of Self Talk with Dr. Ray Self. God bless you.

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Okay, here we go. Episode 154, prophetic words for 2024. Lord, I Thank you for this show. I thank you for each person listening to me today. I pray that my voice will be a blessing to them. I pray, Father, and ask, Father, in the name of Jesus Christ that you would speak through me and to those that are listening to this show. Open up our ears and our heart to hear and receive what the Holy Spirit has to say today. And Father, if I say anything that's displeasing to you or not of you, just let it fall to the ground. But Lord, we give you praise and we acknowledge you in all our ways. In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. 

Well again, welcome. I'm Dr Ray Self, your host, and so glad you're with me. The gift of prophecy has been controversial and maybe rightfully so. I operate with this gift a lot and it comes from… my scripture basis for that is 1 Corinthians 12, where it talks about the manifestation gifts of the Holy Spirit. And in 1 Corinthians 12, especially, actually going into 14, Paul says earnestly desire - you know, pursue love, earnestly desire spiritual gifts, especially you to prophesy. So it's a gift that everybody is– should desire. But I want to show you prophetically, I want to talk to you prophetically about what the Lord has shown me for 2024 but you pray about it and make sure it lines up with scripture - I think it does - and then pray about it. And maybe this is for you but um, and let me just say this too, as we, as we're going along here. 

Again, every year a lot of people make some prophecies for the coming year and you know, sadly so many of these prophecies that they say are going to happen never never happen. And then I don't see any repentance, you know. Or, you know, to me if a prophet gives a huge prophecy about our nation that doesn't come to pass unless it was conditional, the man should repent and go, “Hey,” you know, “I missed it. I'm sorry. Please forgive me. I thought it was God but maybe it was not.” So that's something that we should all be, is humble. You know, when we're operating in spiritual gifts and of course, any time the prophetic gift is operating it should line up with scripture. Now, remember this too, you have the Holy Spirit within you, I have the Holy Spirit within me. If I'm speaking something that's coming from the Holy Spirit, then the Holy Spirit within you should recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit that is within me. That's probably the greatest way to judge prophetic words. But also, if I were to speak anything that doesn't line up with scripture - is not in agreement with the word of God - then it's not coming from God. God is speaking. He's alive, He's well, He's the Alpha, the Omega, who was and is and is to come and He is still speaking to us. 

So anyway, I want to talk to you about 2024. The first thing the Lord showed me about 2024 is that this will be the year of completion and fulfillment. Completion and fulfillment. Period. I'm going to leave it at that, and the reason I leave it at that is I'm not going to try to interpret it and I'm not going to try to explain it. Because if I were to interpret it and explain it, that's just Ray Self's opinion, that's Ray Self's interpretation. I don't want Ray Self’s interpretation. I heard clearly the Lord say 2024 is the year of completion and fulfillment. So if that is a prophetic word that you want to receive and you think is for you, then you interpret it. I don't want to put my interpretation to something the Lord has said, I just, I just want the Lord to speak. I just want to be His messenger. So the first thing I heard was completion and fulfillment. I think that's big for a lot– to me, that hits my spirit and I think that is very, very big and very important.

What I also see in 2024 is a continued rise in the Spirit of the Antichrist, which is still in this world and, and manifested himself more and more and more and more. Um, as we know, the Spirit of Antichrist has always been around but the the blatant manifestation of the Antichrist Spirit was really in our face in 2023. Unfortunately, I believe the Spirit of the Antichrist is going to continue to rise and make his voice known. However, what I also see in the spirit is I see revival fires popping up all over our nation. Fires. Fires of the Holy Spirit, fires of God’s power, fires of redemption, justification, and salvation, fires of the Holy Spirit containing miracles, signs, and wonders all over our nation. And those who can and will who jump in the fire - the Holy Spirit fire - their lives will be changed. And so revival fires will continue. And we saw a few in 2023 but 2024 is going to be a multiplication of revival fires popping up in, in different places across our nation. 

I also see that what is happening is there is a shaking going on and in this world and in our church, we are seeing what is of God and what is not of God. And unfortunately, and sadly, a lot what we see in the church today is really not of God. It is strictly man-made. But what is of God is going to stand, and those things that are of God within the church will stand and be magnified by the Lord. Man will continue to magnify his agenda, his performance, his desires, and his methods but God is going to be evident in the true church with His true people - with the people that He has called and the people that are answering the call. Period.

So let me say this, folks. This is not prophetic, this is just some words of wisdom. Remember that we're in a different kingdom and we're called to seek this kingdom with all our heart. “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done,”. Then in Matthew, “...seek you first the kingdom of God…” We belong to a different kingdom. A different world. I'm grieved by what I see in the world today the deception, the lies, the blind eyes and honestly, what I see is I don't see people that are deliberately lying as much as I see people who are deliberately deceived by the devil. And what they're saying is they believe with their whole heart is the truth but it is pure deception. But you are not of this world and you are a vessel of truth, you are a vessel of honor, you're a vessel of the Holy Spirit. You're in this world representing Christ but you're not of this world. There's going to be a lot of um, ridiculing of Christianity in the year 2024. Of course, nothing's new with that. It was ridiculed 2,000 years ago. But remember who you are. Remember the authority that you have, the power that you have, the blessing that you have. 

It's interesting. In, in Corinthians, I shared this this morning in my, my live broadcast– by the way, if you didn't realize it, I do a Facebook live broadcast every Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. uh, Eastern Standard Time. Every Tuesday morning, Facebook live. Um, 1 Corinthians 2:4. I think this scripture you will see more and more and more evidence of this scripture in 2024. 1 Corinthians 2:14 “But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God for they foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them because they are spiritually appraised.” Folks, you have the Holy Spirit and you can spiritually appraise everything that is of God but those around us have no appraisal, no discernment of God, no understanding of God. Completely deceived and blind. What should we do? First off, we seek God for His wisdom and normally what God wants us to do is do our part, let Him do His part. Our part primarily is to pray, intercede that the Holy Spirit will open up blind eyes and turn hard hearts back to the Lord. Intercede as never before. Speak the truth with love and speak the truth with love but then let go and let God do what He has to do. In your salvation, in my salvation, I could not have come to the Lord if I was not convicted by the Holy Spirit. He convicted me and I came to the Lord. I pray that same conviction on the blind eyes and hardened hearts in our nation; even upon our president. And our president, I don't think he's an evil man. I think he's a deceived and blind man. I'm just saying that outright.

I tell you what, folks. Remember, we're blessed, that we have the Holy Spirit, but it does make us on the outside looking in. It does make us shunned and rejected by those that are in the world. And unfortunately, some of the most worldly people I know are religious people and they want to enforce their rules and regulations upon you with a hardness of heart and it just doesn't work and it causes a lot of condemnation, shame, and confusion. So my words for 2024 are pretty simple for you… personally…. For you… completion and fulfillment. Completion and fulfillment. The second part of the word is revival fires will continue to pop up all around our nation and many will join and get close to the fire, and many will jump in the fire and be transformed by the Holy Spirit. Fires of revival will happen all over our nation in 2024. The Antichrist will ridicule it, the Spirit of the Antichrist will renounce it, the Spirit of the Antichrist will continue to try to control media and even social media but the fires of revival will not be quenched. You are not of this world., you're of the kingdom of God. Do not be discouraged. You see things that they do not see, you understand things that they do not understand. You have revelation that they do not have and that's a wonderful thing. And do not forget this because when you forget it, you get drawn into the world system and you just want to sit there and debate them and all you get is frustration. You are blessed, you are chosen, you are redeemed, you are justified, you are a child of the most high God and that is what matters. 

So this is a simple, short uh, podcast. I appreciate you for listening today. I hope this has been a blessing, you will be fulfilled and completed in 2024, and watch out for those fires of revival popping up all over our nation. If you want to be more specific, I think Texas is going to be a particular hot spot, I think Missouri it's going to be a hot spot for revival fire and Michigan is going to be a hot spot for revival fire. And I'm not saying it's not going to happen other other places, but I do see those three states. Thank you so much for listening. Heavenly Father, I thank you for each person again, tuning in to this podcast. Let your revival fire fall on us, let it be a part of our everyday life. And Father, I thank you that we can do all things through you. So Father, complete, complete, and fulfill your mission in us this year in 2024. We love you, Lord, we praise you, Father. In Jesus’ name, Lord, I thank you. Amen and amen. God bless you. Happy New Year, blessed new year. Be completed and be fulfilled in 2024. God bless you. This is Dr. Ray Self.

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