Test the Spirits
4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Discernment is nothing more than the ability to decide between truth and error, right and wrong; the process of making careful distinctions in our thinking about truth. The Holy Spirit gives the gift of discernment to enable Christians to clearly recognize and distinguish between the influence of God, Satan, the world, and the flesh in a given situation.
As Children of God I cannot even begin to stress how IMPORTANT this spiritual gift is. Without it you can be misled, hurt, betrayed, it can be very disastrous. That's why I always stress that you learn to seek God's face YOURSELF, take your time so you can get to a point of hearing his voice. In everything I do every situation I seek God's opinion and trust me when it is not right, it's almost scary because you would know. Not every preacher, minister, christian, counselor, therapist, friend, family, parents, can tell you to make a decision, they can suggest but you have to be smart enough to get God's answer there are so many false, fake & confused people out there that are being led by the flesh and not the holy spirit, this will or can destroy your life. I have seen marriages broken, families torn apart, so many things and I thank God everyday for this spiritual gift.
My testimony as a single praying sweetheart:-) is everybody in my christian community thinks they can be a matchmaker, you know you need this man because he seems like a faithful man of God, he teaches Bible study, he is interested in marrying you, start marriage counseling now, you are getting older, blah, blah, blah. To summarize I had my old Pastor counsel me numerous times on this particular guy about how great he would be for me, God ministered to her, and I would just tell her "Let God's will be done" (fyi, that's one thing my Mom taught me never disagree with a man of God just say 'let God's will be done' and seek God's face about it yourself ). I am in no way calling her a false prophet that's for God to judge she may have been even blind-sided by him who knows... I knew within my spirt that he was not the one something did not seem right so I started praying and fasting fervently for God to lead me to make the right decision.
Brethren after praying one day something in my spirit told me that this guy is not into women, he was pretending not to be judged which is understandable, and that I should monitor him. FYI, his mannerisms are not your 'stereotypical'... I work in the fashion Industry so... lol #NoShade
But seriously, I started noticing that all his friends that he invited to church were "questionable". I continued my research and went out on a date with him to a very nice restaurant and he was checking out all the guys on the low #sideeye. During all this I didn't say a word to my Pastor or friends I just let them continue to bombard me. My last day of fasting on a Sunday after church, he was walking to the train station with one of his 'male guests' and the spirit just led me to leave church a few minutes after him. Low & behold him and his guest were walking hand in hand like lovers would and did not notice that I was right behind them. See the awesomeness of God when you trust in him? The sad thing is this poor man because of the pressures of society & culture is going to end up marrying a woman and live his life on the Down low/DL. I never told anybody of my findings in the Church I just left them in God's hands for him to judge. I told them I was not interested and they left it alone. Now whether they knew about his lifestyle and were trying to use me or if they where blinded that's for my God to decide... I did my due diligence and I thank God for opening my eyes because this could have been a disaster. I prefer men that ONLY like women...
My sisters in Christ especially if you are single it is not a race. Please, please, please seek the face of God for a partner. There is nothing wrong being introduced to someone but pray for the spirit of discernment to guide you. This goes in all situations, the devil is at work to steal, kill & destroy, do NOT give him the upper hand. May God's word & wisdom be with you today. Stay blessed and do your homework♥ #Pray
The below is so true...#FACTS
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