Sherman D. Farmer - The New Prophetic Generation: A Biblical Approach to Mentorship and Spiritual Maturity

THE NEW

PROPHETIC

GENERATION

APOSTLE SHERMAN D. FARMER

The New Prophetic Generation

Copyright 2013 Sherman D. Farmer

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Dedication

I would like to dedicate this book to my parents, Deborah and Elton Senior; my siblings, Elton Jr. and Sharon; my Apostolic Team: Jerome, Justin, Cheronda, Arnetta, and Tony; my countless sons and daughters; New Gibeah Ministries for Christ; Redeeming Touch of Love Ministries (Alicia and Ward Corbin); my biological mother, Delores Farmer; my grandmother, Beatrice Farmer Johnson; Elder George Chase, I will always be indebted to your tutelage. Thank you for handling me as a prophetic father should; and Prophet Brian Mosley, thank you for taking me under your wing and making me a true son!

And a special thank you to Tieshena Davis and Tarinna Terrell for assisting me with the vision that God has given.

Agape,

Apostle Farmer

All parenting, natural and spiritual alike, is for the purpose of safety and sanity within the assignments of God. Spiritual family is a place of accountability and stability, where fathers can love their sons and sons can love their fathers. When this returns, the hoax will dissipate and more credibility will manifest. True strategy for prophetic intercession is being exhorted here. The cry for the return of proper spiritual homes, filled with legitimate spiritual families that are committed to the emergence of true prophetic people, is the summons that we need to pray for. The spirit of a prophetic bastard season is surely over!

Sons, find your fathers. Fathers, find your sons!

The Revelation Youre a Prophet!

Isaiah Chapter 6

Like the first book of the Bible, everything has a genesis. And my prophetic genesis starts with music. The journey of music-genesis begins 1985. I am twelve years old and a graduate from elementary school. On the eve of graduation, I follow a girl to her aunts church for a choir rehearsal as a means of impressing her. Instead, my apprehension became music and God. It was a match made in heaven because it came from heaven. Instantly, I fell in love with gospel music. But greater in love I found the Lord. And both loves were found on the same night.

One pivotal prophesy given years later, in this very church, was through a woman of God who revealed that I would travel, sing and play the piano similar to her ministry. This prophecy eventually does come to pass. I subsequently develop greater aspirations of becoming a national contemporary gospel artist, and gospel music came alive within me. The conception of a dream took place. The goal of this dream was singing, playing piano, and writing songs. My plans for implementing the dream were very extensive. I would teach music as a main source of income until my music ministry became known. These first steps of trailblazer breadcrumbs led me to the beginnings of prophetic destiny.

Moving forward, its now 1988 and time to initiate the dream. The first task at hand was the need to create a singing group. I knew there was something special in my writing. I was bubbling with inspiration and was convinced my music would become stellar hits! So I drafted and persuaded a few neighborhood friends to join my campaign. One of the friends was the very girl that I followed to church. She and another childhood friend were the first members. The name of the group became Mission. And every mission needs a strategic plan, so when we arrived at high school, my first plan of action was to find other members who would join. After gathering the first members of the group, we evolved over time. Eventually Mission would become Testify, and in 2003, Testify emerged as Divine Compliment. In retrospect, I had no idea what I was doing when I first started this group, but God did. And He uses everythingboth good and badas a means of providing the necessary roadway to Him and destiny.

I was confident in Gods declaration that music would be first and pastoring would follow. What I must mention, however, is how this plan evolves. Music was indeed first, but preaching didnt blossom in this journey until ten years later. The evolution to this plan from music to pulpit ministry was immediately realized after my initial calling to preach.

What I discovered between the growth span of music and my preaching genesis becomes altogether different. I was like Abraham, moving from a known land to something much unknown. The blueprints of my new destiny were formed from a renewed mind, but that did not change how my old nature tried to weaken the new thoughts; I would often fight the propensity of reverting to my old sins. Regardless of my sins, I have witnessed how the plan of God over your life never fails.

The plan of God for my life is truly Gods masterpiece. Despite my struggles, I had God. And what I have with God is truly a plan from God. The problem with the plan of God was in the order He wanted me to carry out each event. In hindsight, it appeared as if the plan just wasnt in the right order, but in time God helped me with the order.

In late summer of 2003, Divine Compliment was in Detroit, Michigan. We had the opportunity to participate at the Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA). Earlier that morning, before the performance, I went onto the balcony of our hotel room. In gratitude to God, I began to weep with thanksgiving. In the midst of giving thanks and shedding tears, I saw a very long process towards the dream unfolding. I could visibly see myself at the precipice, but what eventually happens was more like a nightmare. Hindsight is truly 20/20. Now I know that it was God protecting what He was investing in me. Back then, I felt I was totally out of order, and I felt that I had missed God, to put it plainly.

Later that evening, Divine Compliment ministered as planned at the workshop. After our performance, the individual responsible for organizing the engagement took us into a private room to talk further. He then explained that we did it! We had reached our destination. What was that destination? It was a music career with a well-known record label. The group was in tears. All we could do was praise God while crying relentlessly. As a sign of good intentions, he also gave the group VIP access to that same labels listening party, scheduled later on that night. When we arrived at the listening party, sheer amazement was our unanimous view. All the well-known music ministries and singers of the gospel industry that I grew up listening to are in the very room that we are escorted into. I remember saying, This is Canaan. It was Canaan, but it was the period to spy the land, not to actually take it.