[Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] Discerning of spirits by JoyceMeyer

[karin]

Thank you for this.  People are not what they seem.  YOu're right about that.  
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  From: Eric Calhoun 
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  Subject: [Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] Discerning of spirits by JoyceMeyer




  Original Message: 
  From: "Donna" <godsgirl54 at att.net>
  To: <URCTCPrayerGroup2 at yahoogroups.com>
  Subject: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] Discerning of spirits by Joyce Meyer
  Date: 
  Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:02:26 -0500

  Discerning of Spirits
  by Joyce Meyer - posted November 18, 2011 


  To another the ability to discern and distinguish between [the utterances
  of true] spirits [and false ones]. 
  -1 Corinthians 12:10

  I believe the discerning of spirits is an extremely valuable gift, and I
  encourage you to desire and develop it. Some people say that the discerning
  of spirits gives people supernatural insight into the spiritual realm when
  God allows it. 

  Many also believe that discerning of spirits is a gift given so we can
  know the true nature of a person or a situation. Our world is full of
  deception and many people are not who they appear to be. The gift of
  discerning of spirits helps us see behind the masks people often wear so we
  can know what is really going on. The gift also helps us sense when
  something is a good thing or a person has a good heart. 

  Dave and I have seen this gift work many times when hiring people to work
  in our ministry. Many times, people have seemed qualified, capable,
  dedicated, and "perfect" for the jobs for which they applied. 

  I remember one specific occasion when we met with someone and everyone
  involved thought we should hire him, but I had a nagging feeling in my
  heart that we should not. We hired him anyway and he did nothing but cause
  trouble. I allowed my reasoning-thinking he would work out because his
  résumé was exactly what we wanted-to overtake my discernment, and I wish I
  had not. 

  The Spirit of God lives in our hearts and speaks to our hearts, not our
  heads. His gifts are not intellectual or operative in our minds; they are
  spiritual and they operate in our spirits. We must follow what we sense in
  our spirits, not what we think in our minds should be right. This is why
  God gives us discernment. 

  God's word for you today: Learn to discern and don't make decisions based
  only on what you see and think. 





  You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You because he
  trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3



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