prophesying is the solemn delivery to others of a message directly given by God. This message comes to the prophet by inward revelation, usually in a vision or divinely given dream, often in the form of scenes and symbols, sometimes in a specific verbal communication. And the prophet, as occasion offers, often on several occasions and in varied re marks, delivers his understanding of the revealed will of God in whatever literary form is suited to his own capability and the effective conveying of the message. copied fro a ewmartter Do you think that what Jesus or John the Baptist, or Moses, or Daniel, or Jonah did was public speaking (I know the Jesus part, I just had to mention him in the context of public speaking not the learning part thought not really a gift of the spirit given but a giving spirit)