The main injunction for people wanting to pursue the prophetic gift is to first of all pursue love because when you prophesy, the one thing that should come out of your prophesying is that people should feel the love of God when you’re talking to them. They should feel that they are the Beloved. A prophet without love has no beneficial impact. There is a love language in the prophetic that conveys the heart of God towards us in Christ. You’ve got to find that language. You’ve got to step into that language.
(from Making A Prophetic Impact)