Seeing the Supernatural by Jennifer Eivaz

Author:Jennifer Eivaz [Eivaz, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL079000, REL099000, Charismatic Interest
ISBN: 9781493411641
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00

Discerning the Motives of the Heart

If you are new to the gift of discerning of spirits, here are some points to help you begin to identify who is for you and who is against you. Remember, this is a supernatural ability that goes beyond natural perception. You are not just reading people or their behavior. You are discerning by the Holy Spirit what the natural eye cannot see.

1. Pay attention to your “knower”

“I just know that I know,” said Charlene, my external ministry administrator from Ceres, California. “It’s never been that hard for me to know someone’s intentions.”

That is because Charlene has learned to pay attention to her “knower,” that internal barometer that tells her whom she can trust and whom she should avoid. Some people call this intuition, a gut feeling or instinct. It is really the Holy Spirit’s gift of discerning of spirits. Char once had a “knowing” about an event she planned to send her teenage daughter to. At the last minute, she decided to keep her daughter home because she knew in her knower that something about the event was deceptive. She found out a few days later that the event was closed prematurely due to the inappropriate behavior of an adult chaperone, which led to his arrest.

Nathan, a program specialist for an adult day program, also pays strong attention to his knower. “It can be difficult at times to explain how I discern if someone is for me or against me,” he said. “I just know inside. My spirit is either drawn to them or repelled by them.”

Still, Nathan tests his feelings with physical observations and observes a person over time to substantiate his initial reactions. Once, he even identified a witch masquerading as a Christian in his church fellowship. He identified her as such in his knower, but waited for evidence before he said anything. The evidence came soon enough, and she was revealed as a notorious witch, one who habitually infiltrated churches to stir up trouble.

Jennie, a parishioner also from Ceres, California, shared about the first time she met her best friend. “I had never felt such a sweet and gentle spirit before,” Jennie explained. “I thought how strange it was to feel this good about someone whom I had just met.”

This was significant for Jennie, because she does not trust people that easily. She knew in her knower, however, that she had met a real friend, and they have had a relationship that she has since enjoyed for many years. “God had genuinely put someone in my life to be the friend that I really need,” Jennie said.

2. Pay attention to your imagination

When Rose (not her real name) meets new people or is introduced to them, she takes note of the movies that begin to play inside her imagination. If she sees a good movie begin to play involving both her and the person she just met, then she has learned through repeated experiences that the person is someone she can trust.

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