The problem with the modern Pentecostal movement is that it teaches that if a thought comes into your head it is always God speaking.
If they have a dream, any dream will have meaning. They believe all you have to do is say things and that brings the words into events.
The sad thing is they negate the work of the devil in the hearts and thoughts of men. They deny that dreams and visions can be from the devil and that he often permeates the thoughts of those who are not protected by the Holy Spirit, in other words, those who claim Christianity but have never been born again.
It is blasphemous to say that man can do what only God could do, that is speak things into existence. I have seen people claim someone is healed and the person doesn't get healed, so they say it will be gradual. When Christ healed it was instantaneous, not gradual.
If the thing does not happen, that they "claim" they have an out, they claim the one being healed didn't have enough faith. The one who did not receive what they "claimed" did not have enough faith.
God clearly commanded us to pray in His will, to ask for His will when we don't know what it is, and to accept His will when it is not what we had prayed or hoped. Never did the scripture ever tell us to pray or demand our own will.
Demanding from God is sinful and claiming things is playing God. There are no scriptures that say we should "claim" anything. These are principles God never gave that were added by those who thought they should be as powerful as God, a sort of like "Eve syndrome" when she thought she could be as God.
The name it and claim it false gospel came out of new-age metaphysical paganism. Just like many things the modern Christian believes that are not Biblical this added from paganism to false Christianity.
Beware of anything that sounds like you will be in control of your own destiny, it is a trap from the devil.
Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths."
Those who assigned powers to themselves are listening to devils. When we are born again we know all power is from Christ and we must seek Him for His Will.
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