Category: Words of Study & Instruction: Scribes & the Arts

This page features Words of Wisdom and Instruction written specifically by Holy Spirit for those in worship arts. They are designed to take you into deeper bible study, revelation and understanding concerning the secrets and mysteries of God's Word.

10 Signs You Might Be Ashamed of Christ

Posted on by Theresa Harvard Johnson

Copyright 2016 Theresa Harvard Johnson

The term ashamed as we are using it in this discussion means to be humiliated by or embarrassed by someone’s actions, characteristics or associations.[1] As it relates to our faith, we can describe this as being humiliated or embarrassed by the words, works and worship of God – especially when embraced from a pure place. It is also the hesitancy or the reluctance to “act on God’s behalf” because of the fear of man, the fear of embarrassment, the fear of loss status or the fear of shunning due to affiliation. In this context, shame has the characteristics of being “lukewarm” for the message of Christ (Rev. 3:16), and failing to have deep roots in the Gospel message (Hebrews 12:15).

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Ministry Integrity

The Cry of the Prophetic Scribe to the Congregation

Posted on by Theresa Harvard Johnson

People of God,

The ministry of the scribe is a core, governmental function in the global church that touches absolutely every area of its structure. Unfortunately, it is barely recognized as a viable ministry. Because of a lack of understanding, ignorant ideals and the tendency to cling to old concepts and extensive misconceptions, it has been limited to the function of writing – especially in the Western world. The people of God seem to have forgotten that it was scribes who fortified the tent pegs in the first organized congregation. They were the first, in collaboration with chief priests and elders, to build an administrative prototype of sorts on which the congregation still draws from today.

Recommended Article: More than a Writer’s Anointing

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Scribal Ministry Development

We Are His Beautiful Footstool

Posted on by Theresa Harvard Johnson

Copyright 2015 Theresa Harvard Johnson

This phrase echoed in my hearing this morning, “Beloved, You are my beautiful footstool!”

Can you imagine a footstool being beautiful? I can. This morning as I celebrated the gift of 2016, I remembered a time when I was a little girl going with my mama to clean houses. I had to be about five or six years old.

I remember standing at the edge of this giant bed in one of the homes unable to hop up. At its base was this beautiful, elaborately designed “tiny table” – I thought – that I could use to climb up to get into this huge bed that was unlike anything I had ever seen. This “tiny table” was made of wooden legs and a cushioned top.

Mama said, “Baby, that’s a footstool not a short table.” For me it could very well have been both. This was an awesome memory to launch the first day of the New Year. Intrigued, I decided to study “footstools” this morning and the following passage of scripture jumped out at me:

Acts 7:49 NIV, “However, the Most High does not live in houses made by men. As the prophet says:Heaven is my throne,and the earth is my footstool. What kind (manner) of house will you build for me? says the Lord. Or where will my resting place be?”

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Ministry Integrity

The 40-Day Scribal Fast: Exodus 34:27-29

Posted on by Theresa Harvard Johnson

Copyright 2015 Theresa Harvard Johnson

In my free ebook, “Scribal Purpose: 10 Reasons Why God Has Commanded Us to Write,” I talk about the extensive time Moses spent on Mount Sinai with the Lord receiving and recording the Ten Commandments.


As I reread this section of the book, Holy Spirit illuminated three pivotal elements of his scribal journey to me: (1) Moses identified, ascended and embraced his mountain; (2) He descended his mountain with critical instructions that would not only guide his journey, but help him guide the journey of a nation; and (3) God tangibly engulfed him in His presence throughout this entire act of obedience. (Note that when we use the term scribe in Voices of Christ, we are referring to many manifestations of the scribal gift – not just writing.)

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Scribal Ministry Development

The REWARDS of Your Scribal Incubation Period

Posted on by Theresa Harvard Johnson

Copyright 2015 Theresa Harvard Johnson

(This article is long, but well worth the read for the serious scribe. To get the most from this discussion I recommend reading the previous two articles, “The Scribal Incubation Period and Entering Your Scribal Incubation Period in this order.)

There are definitive, guaranteed rewards that will emerge from every authentic scribal incubation period. The rewards that I am sharing with you are not focused on project completion; but on your spiritual scribal maturity and personal growth. There are many prophetic scribes who complete numerous scribal projects; but never truly immerse themselves in the scribal process. That lack of deliberate, spiritual investment ultimately reveals itself in their lives.

In my previous posts on this subject, I have briefly mentioned the rewards of the scribal incubation period. In this blog, I want to be a bit more specific. It is my prayer that you will recognize some of these rewards in your own life; and decide to stay on the course of obedience for those that you do not recognize. Remember, God has no respecter of persons along this this journey. Personally, I have come to understand that “scribal incubation” is the key to becoming an expert scribe or a master in the midst of our unique Matthew 13:52 calling.

Acts 10:34 CJB, “Then Kefa (Peter) addressed them: I now understand that God does not play favorites, but that whoever fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him, no matter what people he belongs to.”

Below are a list of guaranteed rewards that come with your “scribal incubation period.” As I share them, please know that many of them are perpetual and will be experienced throughout your scribal growth and development in the Lord.

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Scribal Ministry Development