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"Thus Saith the Lord" by John Bevere

As the people are informed about the gift of prophecy and the prophets, they should also be warned about the untold harm, misery and torment brought about by people who utter false prophecies. There are rules to any game and you have to know the rules of the prophetic game so you do not get duped into following a false Word from the Lord.

John Bevere does an incredible job in explaining the flip side to this gift and gives real life experiences of people have had their lives totally ruined as a result of following a false word given to them by either a false prophet or from a prophet who just made a simple mistake. Many people have married the wrong people and have taken the wrong jobs in this life - all because they did not know how to properly judge and discern when a word did come their way from a prophet.

"Prophets and Personal Prophecies (Prophets 1)" by Bill Hamon

The author has written 3 fascinating and highly informative volumes on those who have been called to walk in this gift by the Lord. There are actually 3 volumes that tackle on the development of the Lord's prophets as well as how people with the same calling should respond and deal with such gift. Hamon has been known to have learned a lot about the various trial and errors he has gone through in this personal journey.

The author, in his personal life, learned much through trial and error about his gift.

The other two volumes are:

a) "Prophets and the Prophetic Movement, Vol. 2 - God's Prophetic Move Today (Prophets 2)

b) "Prophets Pitfalls and Principles: God' Prophetic People Today (Prophets 3)

For budding and developing prophets, these three volumes are recommended together with "Developing Your Prophetic Gifting" written by Graham Cooke. These 4 books, along with the two mentioned above from John Sandford, may be the 6 best books that we have on the developing of this gift in the Body today.

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