Although, it’s highly unlikely to be sustained without an active prayer life. He is called to overthrow. In my reading; very briefly — To be a prophet of God means first and foremost than one can speak for God. The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. Prophets can prophesy without going into deep intercession. To “root out” means to lay hold of the root of a thing and pull. The office of a prophet is very different from operating in the gift of prophecy. Notice that all these words deal with destroying the opposition. You must listen to him (Deuteronomy 18:15). Moses is an Old Testament prophet who foretold of a prophet to come. Jesus was the son of God and God even before His birth, and He waited until He was about 30 years to start His ministry. They see what God is doing and revealing, rather than just hearing his words. If a Prophet does not agree with the Bible Prophet's or does not keep God's Ten Commandments, he is a false Prophet. It’s not that a seer doesn’t hear God’s voice, or that a prophet doesn’t see him in the spirit. A prophet speaks divinely inspired messages to others. The diversity of New Testament prophets is mostly centered on the prophet’s metron as well as how they primarily receive God’s voice. This is detailed in Ephesians 4:11-12. 12. He is called to pull down. God has appointed time for each of His prophets for the ministry. You can’t actually be God’s spokesperson without regular communion with God. To reform means to bring about change. He is called to destroy. God may ask you to tell someone something. 1 John 4:1-3, "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. The gift is for all, but being called to the ministry as a prophet of God (or into the office of a prophet) is to be called to be a part of the five-fold ministry. Prayer is a part of communion with God. It’s more that each role has an emphasis, a tendency towards one or the other. The only way to speak for God is to make contact with God. God can’t talk to people unless they are listening, and sometimes it is easier to hear a message through another person. Prophets are God’s spiritual reformers and revolutionaries. The prophet is called to root out. So a seer is a prophet, but a prophet isn’t necessarily a seer. The fulfillment of the prophecy is found in Jesus. Therefore, prophets from God have an active prayer life. Jesus is that Prophet. God creates, sanctifies and anoints a prophet before His birth but a prophet does not immediately start his/her ministry. These three functions have carried over into the New Testament as well. A metron is a Greek word that means measure or limited portion. God tells the prophet what to say and the prophet tells others what God said.