This is what the New Testament said Prophecy is for:
But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. 1 Corinthians 14:3

It hasn’t changed. God uses people at times to help those who are needing to be drawn back to Him.
He will reveal secrets of the heart so that the person can understand.
The thing to watch out for is that we not admire the giver of the message, we keep our focus on Jesus.
The prophecy might be to restore a person’s relationship to the Lord.
It can also be for confirmation and sometimes to hold onto and see if God brings it to pass.
King David would not have known he was anointed king unless Samuel had told him that.
God could have told David that, but God gave David the message and then confirmed it as time went on.
The hearer should seek the Lord about whatever was spoken.
There is no responsibility for the person who hears to answer to the prophet.
Their responsibility remains to God.
The person who delivered the message is just that, the messenger.

It is important for the person who is delivering the message to stay out of the way.
Let the hearer pray and seek the Lord independently.

This is part of the personal prophecy the prophet Nathaniel gave to King David after King David
had Uriah killed so he could take his wife, Bathsheba.
 And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him,
There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up:
and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat,
and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd,
to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb,
and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth,
the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel,
I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom,
and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little,
I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight?
thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife,
and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me,
and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house,
and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour,
and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 2 Samuel 12:1-12

The purpose of Personal Prophecy is not to impress anyone.
The person who shares what God gave them is directly for the person for whom it was meant.

Be very careful not to look to the prophet to hear from the Lord.
Each one of us can hear Jesus’ voice.
If we are corrected, and via personal prophecy our sins are exposed, as was the case with King David,
the result should lead you closer to the Lord, not farther away.
However, there are rare exceptions.

God does use people to encourage or correct one another in Him, sometimes with personal prophecy.
When Peter in the Book of Acts told Saphira she would die
Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?
behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. Acts 5:9
As with anything that we learn about God, whether it be a teaching or any other type of communication,
watch for the fruit. Is it good or bad? Does it reflect the word?
Do we put it on the back burner and wait for confirmation?
Always seek God’s wisdom and always share with trusted leaders what has been given to you via Personal Prophecy.
Personal prophecy should never take the place of your own relationship with God. Ever.

We should never follow prophets, especially those who are known for giving personal prophecies.
God wants us each to have our own relationship with Him.
He can figure out how to speak to us so we know it’s Him.
Keep seeking Him with your whole heart and never look to someone else to hear from God for you.
If He does use someone else, that person should not interfere with your relationship to God
or encourage you to hear from God through them.
That is a form of witchcraft.

Quench not the Spirit. 1 Thessalonians 5:19
Despise not prophesyings. 1 Thessalonians 5:20
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 1 Thessalonians 5:21
In other words, make sure what is given is from God.
Do not seek prophecy, seek the Lord. He will help you to find His word,
whether it is from a person or from His word or directly to you from Him.
Each of our relationships with Jesus will become stronger as we seek Him and learn of Him and read His word.
Keep the focus on Jesus, no matter what the situation,
never a person, never a doctrine, never focus on the prophet. That will lead to error and idolatry.
Always keep Jesus at the center and love the truth.

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
Great and marvellous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints. Revelation 15:3

Jesus was there. He was always there from the beginning.
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. John 8:58
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. John 1:1-3

He has always been with God.
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: Philippians 2:6

And, thus Jesus was killed by those who did not accept that He was God in the flesh.
Those who refuse to acknowledge that Jesus has come in the flesh are of the Antichrist spirit
which was and is in the world, ready to deceive and exalt himself in Jesus’ place.

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God:
and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come;
and even now already is it in the world. 1 John 4:3

Love the truth above all your own thoughts.

Once I asked the Lord how many times will He listen to those who refuse Him. Is it a hundred? A thousand?
How many times?
He answered, If it is an influence, such as demonic, there is no amount. If it is from their heart, I listen once.
We do not know. We have these people in our lives for whatever the reason that we really like and care for.
We must pray for them and cry tears of sadness that they have not yet chosen the Lord.
We also must realize they may not choose to follow the Lord.
Keep preaching the gospel to whoever will listen.
Keep praying for the soil of the heart to be absorbent to God’s word, that it not be stony and unable to accept His word.

It is not easy to be a wheat amongst tares and to grow up together with them.
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying,
The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
So the servants of the householder came and said unto him,
Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him,
Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers,
Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them:
but gather the wheat into my barn. Matthew 13:24-30

So many we know have decided on their own that they are fine with God,
that God loves them and they can live how they want and do whatever they wish.
They are trusting in their own goodness and not Jesus Christ, the Risen Savior.
They are blinded and deceived.
Pray for opportunities to share the gospel of Christ.
The Lord Jesus has to be the One to reveal to them the truth.
We can pray for their hearts to be prepared.
We can pray for opportunities that we can share the truth with them.

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down,
and the fowls of the air devoured it.
And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold.
And when He had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Luke 8:4-8

He who has ears to hear. Another prayer we can pray for them, to have ears to hear.

I’m going to ask one of my loved ones to pray that she has ears to hear.
God is the One who gives the increase.
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 1 Corinthians 3:6

Jesus radiates God’s glory and is the exact representation of God and represents God’s very nature.
Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person,
and upholding all things by the word of His power,
when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. Hebrews 1:3

Jesus is to be the focus. He has the preeminence.
And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead;
that in all things He might have the preeminence. Colossians 1:17-18
All things. Not some, all.
If Christ Jesus does not have the focus, the center, things are off-balance.
God does not like things that are off-balance, in fact He hates things being off-balance.

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is His delight. Proverbs 11:1

If you notice something you are stressing over a petition unto the Lord,
make sure the balances are right when you are seeking Him.

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord. Proverbs 20:10

If you see a struggle, that is because Jesus is not at the center.
There are many times when Jesus is eschewed. we will see the balances off.
We might notices unfairness or a wrong judgment given by someone with power.
We might even see evil advancing.
When the Lord’s ways are rejected, there might be a time when evil has its way.
Pray and seek His wisdom on how to pray. Whether now or later, the Lord will triumph.
Sometimes it can take many years for the tables to be turned.
We might not even see it in our lifetime.
However, Jesus is always working and whether it is now or later, He will be victorious.
Whether big or small, in politics or church or in your own home,
if Christ is not the center, things are erroneous
Do your part to bring forth God’s righteousness.
It may seem small, but it will be your light shining for the Lord Jesus in the darkness and people will see it.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16

What we do in the spiritual realm is not to gain power or to triumph over evil. God has already done that.
Our spiritual significance means nothing..
Our hope, prayers, and benefits in the Kingdom of God
are there because of our affiliation with God and His son Jesus Christ.

Speaking very loudly is not commanded. The mix up is that people think they need to fight spiritual battles in the natural.
Not the case. Elevate Jesus in the situation and your battle will be won.

We have no rights apart from Jesus.
We trust Him, we look to Him, we glorify Him, we honor Him, we celebrate Him.
Some might say, He gives us all authority, while that is true, it still is not separate from God.
The minute we think we are on our own and don’t need God, we are in a tangled mess of a web.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing. John 15:5

Anyone who teaches you that you have all power on your own has taught you incorrectly.

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.
Matthew 28:18

Our position is to lift Jesus up. Like Moses’ hand was kept lifted and they won the battle.

Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy:
and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19
Yes. Even this is not without the Lord. Whose power? Jesus’ power, not our power.
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice,
because your names are written in heaven. Luke 10:20