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Prophetic Drama – “Dramatic Acts of Obedience” Part 3

Makes you say “Hmmm…!”
The thought of performing drama without rehearsing or knowing how or where the “act” is going to end raises up all kinds of questions:
Q. . . “What purpose will the “Act” serve?”
To strengthen, encourage, equip and comfort whom God will.

Q. . . “Who is the audience?”
An intercessory ‘target’ or local audience or one relating to someone in the audience.

Q. . . “Where shall we perform it?”
That will be agreed upon just as in Acts of Obedience Evangelism.

Q. . . “How do we know who has what role?”
Trust the leadership; all players must function and flow together.

Q. . . “How do we know we’ve reached the end?”
Maturity and discernment among the cast helps; the director can develop a signal to end it.

Q. . . “And just how are we are going to get there . . . together?”
Practice! Practice! Practice! The best part is that even a practice is a prophetic encounter!

Totally before a “live” audience
Everything up to this point was written before ever actually demonstrating a “Prophetic Drama” before an audience. Since then, we hosted the 2007 Drama Ministry Convention (DMC) wherein twice I conducted a Prophetic Drama “hands-on” workshop. In just one hour we were able to grasp the concept; then go before the Lord, hear him, write down the things we saw and heard; and then organize, cast and perform (act out) what we believe was what the Lord was revealing. In both workshops, the groups caught the concept and experienced an exciting adventure they will not soon forget.
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Prophetic Drama – “Dramatic Acts of Obedience” – Part 1

Imagine having the faith to believe that God would show us or tell us what He is doing in any given moment in order to minister through a drama presentation . . . and moreover, to believe that He would desire us to be involved in what He is doing to bless someone, someplace, or even just something! This is the foundation for what some have been dreaming of, hoping for and wondering about. The working title for this concept has been, “Prophetic Drama”.

A Little History
For several years a small group of church-based drama ministries have gathered annually to enjoy a two day “hands-on” Drama Ministry Convention, (DMC), at my home church, Grace International Church located in Willis, Texas. I had lunch one day in 1999 a couple of months before the convention with one of the DMC founding leaders from our region, Cal Stanley, to discuss an idea that I had been mulling over for some time. We both were in leadership in churches where the prophetic gifts were in operation. Our congregations were familiar with prophetic style worship and words of prophecy being given and received. I asked Cal if he thought that there could be a prophetic approach to drama ministry as well. He was definitely challenged by the idea. We mused over it together as we finished our lunch. We agreed to talk to God and listen for what He may reveal to us about it. A week or so later, Cal called me and told me that he was preparing a seminar syllabus to present at the upcoming DMC. He shared his foundational revelation which we referred to as, “Prophetic Drama” that year and sowed a seed of faith in all who attended. Sadly, two months later my comrade-in-arms passed away suddenly. In subsequent years at the DMC, I redistributed his original syllabus and gathered the leadership over our luncheons to continue to press forward in discussion about the lofty idea that he & I shared that first year.

From theory to reality
Throughout the year 2006, our church drama team had increasingly rich times in His presence as we began our rehearsals just praying in the Spirit and responding to whatever we hear or see as we waited on Him. Sometimes the Lord would speak a word of encouragement through one of us. Many times we would find ourselves merely basking is His peace… and sometimes we’d begin to openly repent for things in our lives. Our rapid growth and spiritual maturing can be attributed to this standard we had committed to uphold.

In January of 2007, I began catching a strategy for implementing this notion of “Prophetic Drama”. A wonderful drama ministry that travels, New Life Drama Company, (www.nldc.com ) had come to our church and I asked them to make time during the day to minister to our church’s young drama ministry team. The team arrived a couple of hours early, so I asked them if they would consider hearing a fresh idea in drama presentation. They agreed. I shared the “Prophetic Drama” concept briefly and asked if they would be willing to believe with me and seek God about it. We began to take it to the Lord in prayer.

As we prayed and allowed the Lord to minister to us, I saw it! It was as clear as day. We needed to apply “Acts of Obedience” to a drama ministry presentation format! Voila! I waited for a confirmation and then proceeded to speak out. I explained to the group what “Acts of Obedience” was and how it related to what I saw. They caught it! So we began seeking God to show us what we ought to do.
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