#285 - Raise Your Game

Fresh out of a board meeting, Lynn Green revisits a prophetic word he received years ago — "raise your game" — and connects it to Amos 3:7's claim that God reveals His plans to His servants before He acts. Looking at YWAM's recent season of "pruning" (good ministries maturing and moving elsewhere), current record growth at Harpenden, and the rising public profile that comes with increased fruitfulness, Lynn makes the case for building in accountability now, before the glare of publicity and the amplifying power of social media test it.

 

Chapters:

 

▶️ (00:00:) — The Word: "Raise Your Game"
Lynn recalls a prophetic word from a lawyer friend years ago at a YWAM leadership gathering in Kona — "raise your game" — understood as a signal that YWAM's long season of staying low-profile wouldn't last forever, paired with Amos 3:7's claim that God reveals His plans to His prophets before acting.

 

▶️ (00:09:00) — Cultivating Relationships Above Your "Rung"
A reflection on Britain's class-consciousness and how deliberately reciprocating friendship with more capable, senior people — rather than staying intimidated by the gap — built the relational network now reflected in the quality of people around YWAM's board table.

▶️ (00:20:18) — The Pruning Season and Its Fruit

Revisiting a four-year-old prophetic word from Tom Bloomer about a coming pruning season (John 15): good ministries that started in YWAM but belong more naturally elsewhere have been "transplanted," making YWAM smaller in some ways but far more fruitful — illustrated by farm-pruning imagery and current stories of growth and ministry activity at Harpenden.

▶️ (00:28:07) — Raising the Game Means Raising Accountability

As profile and fruitfulness increase, so does public scrutiny — bigger platforms mean louder criticism, amplified mistakes, and higher stakes if things go wrong. Lynn's closing charge: build in strong accountability now, recognise the "prophetic highway" pattern across church history, and ask what God may be saying about your own city or ministry season.

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