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Tension in Relationships Caused by Discernment
Recently the Lord has been showing me how the gift of discernment affects our relationships. Here are some examples from real people – can you relate to any of these?
Whenever I’m around my mother, she drives me nuts! It’s not just what she says, it’s how she says it. I can’t explain it. Like if anyone else said those words, I could ignore it as rude or just someone else’s opinion but when she says it, I feel like I never measure up. Like there’s something fundamentally wrong with me. How can I find a way to enjoy being with her?
My aunt is Debbie Downer. If I say, “What a beautiful day it is!” She will reply, “Look at those clouds over there – looks like a storm is coming.” If I say, “I’m so glad the sun is shining today after all that rain we had this week.” She will say, “Now it’s too hot and humid!” How can I handle this constant negativity? I want to love my aunt but she has this cloud of energy around her that sucks the life out of me whenever I’m around her. I hate to admit it but sometimes I avoid her because I am so weary of the way I feel when we talk.
I have found that in some people’s presence I just can’t bear to be near them, they make me squirm inside and I start to get negative thoughts. I usually try to avoid those people, but one of them is a relative and I cannot avoid them entirely. What can I do?
My discernment has gotten a lot “louder” lately. I feel like I keep avoiding people and places because I don’t like how they make me feel, which shouldn’t happen because I am a child of God – I’m an overcomer. Why do I feel so broken?
When I talk to my husband, I can tell when he’s not really listening with his heart. He’s looking at me, but I can feel that he’s not really there. It’s really starting to affect our relationship. How do I explain this to him? Will it make any difference if I do?
My best friend and I are having a hard time finding somewhere to hang out that feels “safe”. Ever since we started getting closer to God and praying together more, I feel things and she sees things wherever we go – I mean, like things in the spiritual realm. We used to hang out at our favorite bookstore in the coffee shop area, but there’s too many weird things there now. Maybe it was always there and we are just now becoming aware of it. Bars are even worse! Restaurants are tolerable but if they are busy, we can’t stay there for long. Why is it so hard to just find a peaceful place to talk?
I can’t sleep at night. I know there is something going on with my older teenage son. I have a feeling he’s hanging around the wrong people again and I’m afraid he’s going to get into drugs. I asked him about it, but he denies it. But I just KNOW something is wrong. I can feel it but I don’t know how to put it into words. I feel so helpless to help him. What can I do?
Discernment is a tough gift to have when it comes to relationships. We can see right through people – we know what they often don’t know about themselves. We can feel their hidden pain – we know when the smile is fake. We hear the undercurrent behind their words – whether it’s good or bad. We can tell when someone is being honest and authentic. Or when they are lying.
What creates the challenge in most of our relationships is when what the person is saying or doing does not line up with what we are sensing. They are saying one thing, but our discernment is screaming that something else is really being said. They are doing something that looks normal on the outside, but inside we are squirming and trying to figure out why.
The difference is the Light. Discernment is like a flashlight – it reveals things that are hidden to our natural sight. Discernment lights up areas that are dark. The problem is most people are hiding from the truth. We see what they are in denial of – either good or bad. We can’t unsee it – it’s there and if you talk about it, they will tell you that you are mistaken or crazy. No, you’re not crazy – they just can’t see it (most of the time) because it is hidden. Either they chose to deny it and hid it from themselves, or they are not yet aware of it.
I remember I had a very prophetic friend and he told me things he saw about me and I had no idea what he was talking about! He would get frustrated with me because I just couldn’t relate. But then many years later, the Lord showed me what he saw and it was accurate. Why couldn’t I see if when he first pointed it out? I don’t know. I’m guessing it wasn’t time yet or maybe I wasn’t ready. (I was not consciously aware of hiding it from myself.)
This illustrates something that’s key with this gift – knowing what to do with what you perceive (see, hear, know, etc.). I think most of the time, it is for us to pray for the person. Telling them is not necessary unless you feel a specific prompting to do so. The other time you can say something is if they ask for help. Other than that, it’s pointless to say anything.
It is not easy to walk in the light and see (or feel or know) what we do. It is part of the “fellowship of His sufferings”, I believe. Can you imagine what Jesus sensed when he was on the earth? Many times in the gospels it says that Jesus knew their thoughts or knew their intentions (Matthew 9:4, Luke 5:22, John 2:24).
So how do we navigate the challenging waters of trying to have a relationship when we know too much? By the grace of God.
Let me say that it’s not YOU that is the problem. It’s not even the gift that is the problem. And it’s not your person that is the problem. The problem is the problem. There is darkness in the world. Discernment reveals that it’s there. We get to decide how to respond to that light. And learn how to love in the midst of it.
Oftentimes it can help us get free too – we might have agreement with the same thing and that’s why it bothers us SO much. For instance, when I used to have a lot of anxiety in my heart, whenever I was around an anxious person, it made my anxiety much worse. The more I worked on my own internal state and learned how to be free of fear, the less other people’s anxiety could affect me. (This is what helped me – see link below. )
The Lord showed me something the other night. We are made in His image and His image is Love. Whenever someone is resistant to God’s love, we feel it. Even if they don’t say or do anything to show this resistance, we feel it. It’s like a low hum in the background. It feels like rejection, if you pay attention to it. And it can wear you down and make you feel unwanted or emotionally drained.
You might be fine around some people and yet being around those closest to you, your friends or family, it affects you.
So say a prayer for them. Stand in agreement with the truth God is showing you through the gift of discernment. Are you seeing darkness or resistance to God’s Love? Proclaim His love will conquer all. That they are never too far away from His love. Don’t take it personally – let the Light do it’s work in your own heart.
And remember Love covers a multitude of sins. Forgive them for they do not know what they are doing (Luke 23:34). Give the burden to the Lord. Ask Him to intervene and then let it go. It’s not your responsibility to carry them or heal them.
Just be the Light and Love that you were created to be. That’s all. Just shine the Light of Love by being who you are!
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Seated with Christ – Where?
A little while ago I was thinking about this verse in the Bible that says
God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 2:6
We have all seen pictures like this from cartoons we watched on television when we were children.
Is that what it means to be seated in heavenly places? We’re sitting on a cloud and we must have some way to stay there so we need wings, right?
I had never really thought about what it meant to be “seated with Christ” so I asked the Lord, “Where exactly am I seated in heavenly places?”
A lot of people imagine heaven as a garden so I thought of something like this picture – maybe I am sitting on a garden bench with Jesus just enjoying his company in heavenly places. That sounded very pleasant.
But the Lord surprised me. He showed me a vision of the throne room of God. I saw the Father sitting on His throne and I saw Jesus sitting at His right hand – which looks like Jesus is on the left as you face them.
Then the vision changed perspective and now I was standing between the two thrones and slightly behind them. Jesus beckoned to me to come closer. That’s when I saw that His throne was not a chair but a bench seat. He scooted over and invited me to sit with Him on His throne. I walked over and sat down. It was hard like a cement bench. I was now seated between Jesus and the Father, looking out and slightly down on the earth and everything going on around the throne.
What a view! Wow! I just sat there, taking it all in. For several days I pondered that vision and would go back to that place. Just sitting there with Jesus in heavenly places. Wow. Selah.
Did you know THAT is where we are seated in heavenly places? Imagine yourself there. Ask the Lord to show you where you are in that picture. Use your 5 senses in the spirit and notice what you see, hear and feel. It can give you confidence and security, sitting there with them.
Please share your experience in the comments below. What difference does this make in your daily life? How does it shift your perspective when dealing with challenging situations?
Jesus would love to spend some time with you today! Take a minute and focus on Him. He loves you so much and He loves to spend time with you. ❤️
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Sleep Paralysis: How to Break Out
You wake up and you are terrified! It is the middle of the night. You feel a terrible sense of something evil in your room. And you can’t move!
You start to panic. You can’t open your eyes, you can’t call for help and it feels like your life is in danger. The longer this goes on, the more terrified you feel. What can you do?
This experience is called Sleep Paralysis. Some say it is purely physical, but if you’ve ever experienced it, you know it doesn’t FEEL that way. It feels like something evil is about to get you and you can’t defend yourself.
I have experienced this many, many times. So I started to study my experience so I could figure out how to make it stop happening or at the very least, find a quicker way to break out of it.
Because eventually you always break out of sleep paralysis. No one falls asleep and then stays paralyzed. We all wake up and life goes on, right?
I discovered in my personal research that although I could not move, speak or break out of sleep paralysis on my own, I could control my breathing. So when I was paralyzed, I would start breathing really loudly and intensely – like huffing and puffing. That would wake up my husband. I told him when he heard that noise to wake me up. Bingo! It worked! I broke out of sleep paralysis! (Later I found another way to do this on my own.)
But it still happened and I didn’t know why. So I continued my research, looking for more answers. I learned two key things that helped me and brought great clarity to the experience.
- Fear is a spirit and if the Spirit of Fear is not there, you don’t feel afraid. The Lord taught me this as I was trying to overcome my fear of the unseen realm. So if you wake up terrified, it is just the Spirit of Fear harassing you.
- You aren’t actually in any danger – it’s just an illusion. I know it FEELS very real, but that’s part of why it happens. Because you keep playing by the rules of their game. Like a bully, these spirits pick on you because they get a reaction.
I changed my reaction to the experience. When I would wake up paralyzed in the middle of the night, I knew I wasn’t in danger. I would calm my emotions down and talk to Jesus. “Holy Spirit, please help me. I come out of agreement with fear. I command Fear to leave now, in the name of Jesus. I am safe. Jesus is here.” I knew I had angels watching over me to protect me from the enemy.
Then I had a very unique experience when I was in Hawaii. I came into my dorm room and I was exhausted so I laid down to take a quick nap before dinner. I woke up and heard a noise. It sounded like when someone is putting on a pair of jeans – like the sound of thick fabric rubbing against itself. At first I was annoyed, thinking it was my husband and he had woken me up. Then I realized I was paralyzed.
But I could open my eyes! I saw the side of the room I was facing – the windows glowed with sunlight. I could see the desk and the chair and everything had a golden glow – like an outline around it. I continued to hear that strange noise and it occurred to me that maybe someone was stealing my books – that sound could be books slipping into my backpack! (Textbooks are very expensive.) As I listened more closely, I could hear someone mumbling. I didn’t understand the words, but the tone was definitely negative.
I wasn’t afraid but I was alarmed. I closed my eyes and said, Jesus, please break me out of this. Then I opened my eyes and I could move! The room looked the same as before except now there was no golden outline around anything. It was just normal light in the room. I looked around and there was no one there. My husband wasn’t even home yet.
As I pondered the experience, the insight I got totally changed my perspective about sleep paralysis. I realized that what had occurred was that my inner man had been awakened by the noise I heard in the unseen realm, but my body was still asleep. That’s why I couldn’t move. Science tells us that when we fall asleep, our brain registers this and tells our body not to move so we can rest. That’s why when you dream that you are running, you don’t move your feet as though you are running. Your brain knows to de-activate your muscles’ response.
My inner man (soul or spirit or both) became aware of an intruder in my dorm room. That’s what woke me up. I heard that strange noise and the mumbled words. I think it was a dark angel and perhaps that sound was wings moving against each other. It definitely didn’t like me – I picked that up in its tone. I had recently arrived at this school so it probably came to check me out. And maybe harass me.
Because I wasn’t terrified, I was able to study the experience while it was happening. I didn’t feel threatened – I knew I wasn’t in danger.
Once I realized that sleep paralysis was simply my inner man waking up before my body did, I tried a new strategy. The next time I woke up and couldn’t move, I simply said to myself, “Wake up! Wake up!” and it worked! I was able to open my eyes, sit up and look around. No more sleep paralysis!!
And guess what? It doesn’t happen to me anymore! I no longer have fear, I no longer feel threatened and I no longer wake up paralyzed in sleep paralysis. The enemy realized I was no longer going to fall for his bullying behavior so the Spirit of Fear no longer comes to harass me in this way. Whew!
What about you? Have you ever had this experience of sleep paralysis? What helped you break out of it? If you don’t have a strategy yet, try telling yourself to wake up and see what happens. Comment below and share your experience – that’s how we learn from one another.
I am so thankful this no longer happens to me. Overcoming my fears has helped me TREMENDOUSLY when it comes to dealing with the unseen realm. When you are no longer afraid, you can learn and grow much faster in the gift of discernment. As you learn to follow the Holy Spirit’s leading, you also gain clarity. Clarity gives you confidence and the courage to act!
The Manifest Presence of God Cannot Be Faked
This morning I was so encouraged to read a dream that Rick Joyner had a couple of weeks ago. It is the same thing the Lord has been stirring in my heart.
Here are some excerpts of his dream:
What I saw in the dream of December 5, 2025, eclipsed everything I have experienced or seen in any previous dreams or visions. In this dream, I had been asked to speak in a small Sunday school class about revival. This was at a modest church, and at a class that was usually attended by about a dozen people.
I had learned to measure the spiritual hunger in a crowd rather than its size to judge its importance. So, in this dream, when I entered the class, I was expecting to find about a dozen spiritually hungry people. I was not disappointed by their hunger, as this class was electric with their hunger for God. But it was far more than the dozen people I had expected.
They had packed in every person they could possibly fit into this small classroom. There was not a seat left, nor any place to stand in the room. I could hear more gathering outside, and the people in the back started opening the windows so those outside could hear.
I don’t think I had finished the first sentence when the presence of the Lord entered the room so powerfully we did not need to see Him with our physical eyes to know He was there. Those who could find room on the floor poured out of their seats onto it. The rest who were in their seats or standing were bowing over to get as low as they could. I wanted to do the same and could not imagine talking in His presence like that.
Rick describes a second scene in the dream where even more people came together and again, God’s manifest presence poured in and people were overcome. Leaders assembled to discuss how to host more meetings like it.
He closes by saying, The dream ended with people expecting revival to break out at any time in any place, but I knew it was soon going to be happening all of the time in every place. I have experienced the manifest presence of the Lord many times, personally and in meetings, and even a couple of times when the glory of the Lord appeared. What I experienced in this dream was stronger than any of these, by far. This manifest presence of the Lord is going to be the hallmark of what is coming. This is something that cannot be duplicated. Once you experience His presence, I don’t think we will be fooled by any substitute.
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I recently spoke to a local leader who was describing a program he was praying about putting together to help people go deeper in their relationship with God. Immediately I sensed from the Holy Spirit that what was needed was not more teaching or classes, but encounters with God’s manifest presence – like what Rick described happening in his dream. I have felt this stirring for some time and I have wondered what it will look like. Rick’s dream describes what I imagine. People gathering for what they expect will be another teaching or class and instead of hearing a great speaker, they will be overwhelmed by the manifest presence of God.
If you have never been in a meeting where this has occurred, you may not realize what a HUGE impact it has on you. When God’s presence is SO strong in a meeting, no one wants to move or speak. The air feels charged. Every movement feels significant – you don’t want to be foolish or act on your own will. All you want is for God to do whatever it is He wants. There is a deep holy hush or sometimes an explosion of worship – depending on what God is doing. Often people immediately fall to their knees or get on their face and begin to repent. It impacts you deeply and you are never the same.
The Lord recently showed me a vision of what His Tsunami of Love will look like. I was surprised and delighted. For years, He has been showing many people this Tsunami of God’s Love that is coming. But I had no idea what it would look like.
What He showed me was this HUGE wave of people full of the love of God with joy and peace in their hearts loving everyone everywhere they went. It wasn’t just an outpouring of His Spirit in a meeting, it was people consumed with His love and letting it flow out to all those around them. It was amazing to see! Here’s a picture to give you an idea of the image I saw:
Can you imagine what an effect that would have on the world?! It would bring Heaven to Earth – just like Jesus’s prayer: Your Kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven (Matthew 6:9-13)
One of the things Rick mentioned was people trying to fake this experience of God’s presence. God’s presence will be so popular and will attract such large crowds that there may be those who try to duplicate or “fake” the experience in order to gain attention. But the Manifest Presence of God cannot be faked.
I have been in charismatic church meetings where the leader has said, “Oh, I feel God’s presence. It is really here. Pay attention – God is here!” But I did not sense anything – instead, it felt like emotional manipulation. I am VERY sensitive to God’s manifest presence – I have been in many meetings where it was tangibly felt. You can’t fake it. And people are tired of being duped by leaders who are trying to stir something up that God is not doing. This generation craves authenticity.
If you’d like to read the full post where Rick Joyner shared his dream, it is here. He talks about his previous Vision of the Harvest and how that is being fulfilled. These are exciting days to be alive!
Have YOU ever experienced God’s manifest presence? The kind of experience that is undeniable and very tangible. Please describe it for us – I love to hear stories about God’s presence!
Your kingdom come! Your will be done! We are looking forward to having YOU overwhelm us with Your goodness in the coming days – yes, Lord!! 🔥❤️😊
Receive God’s Love – It Will Change Your Life!
Receiving the love of God changed my life and it still does every single day. For years I wanted to experience it but it seemed elusive. I knew the Bible verse that said God so loved the world that He gave His only son that whoever believed in Him would not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16). But I could not tangibly feel that love. Have you ever felt it?
I also noticed that no one I knew ever talked about feeling God’s love for them. I heard stories of answers to prayer and good things happening to people. But no one ever said, “Wow, I just feel so loved by God right now.” Have you ever heard anyone say something like that?
I wrestled with these questions for years as a practicing Christian. How could I ever learn to love another person if I did not feel loved by God? Love is not meant to be theoretical – it’s meant to be tangible and personal.
Maybe you’ve also struggled with this idea. Why does God feel so far away, up in heaven somewhere? Why don’t I feel loved by God? What does that even mean? What does it look like or feel like?
Lots of people explained that Jesus came as God’s Son to show me how much God loved me. Many preachers spoke about my need to accept Jesus as my savior. But that did not translate to my heart as being loved or feeling the love of God. The emphasis was always on something I had to do – I had to pray to accept Christ into my heart and life. I had to obey God’s commands or else suffer the consequences. The emphasis was on my response to what God did for me by sending Jesus.
But where was the tangible love?
I kept searching – I knew there had to be more. My heart was hungry for God’s love.
The good news is God’s love is real and now I’ve learned how to receive it. It is tangible. You can receive it and FEEL it inside of you. It will change your whole life – how you see everything around you. It gives you a HUGE shift in perspective and in the way you feel about yourself and others. It has certainly done that for me!
And it is for YOU. Not just everyone else – YOU too.
You can receive it personally. You can feel loved by God. You can know that you know that you know that God loves you, really loves you and won’t leave you, no matter what.
This is possible, even for you. Yes, I know you may feel disqualified … but please keep reading. Don’t give up now.
There’s a new little book that explains how to receive God’s tangible love so that your heart can feel it. It also gives you tools to help you overcome barriers to receiving that love – like not feeling worthy. The practical exercises in the book really helped me receive God’s love.
I hope you check it out – it’s a free download. Just click the button:
Do you know how to receive God’s tangible love into your heart? If so, how did you learn this? Please share below – that’s how we learn from each other! 😊
Thank you for reading this post – it means a lot! God bless you today! ❤️
P.S. Many people focus on the verse that says, “be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2) and they think that just means your head. But the Greek word used for mind in that verse includes the feelings – it comes from the root word that means to know God by experience, intimately, not just to know in your head intellectually.
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What Is A Seer?
This came to my attention recently – what exactly IS a Seer? The Bible refers to Seers, but doesn’t define or describe them. Often people use this term interchangeably with the word prophet, but there seems to be a difference. What do you think?
Here is an article from Bob Jones, a famous Seer who is now with Jesus. I like what he says about Seers.
What is a Seer?
by Bob Jones
What is a seer? A seer is everything. Prophets are the eyes, but seers are the entire head: eyes, ears, nose, mouth and feelings. That is what Isaiah 29:10 says: He has shut your eyes, the prophets; And He has covered your heads, the seers.
As a seer, you can move in all five realms, and because of that, you are more discerning. The enemy is never able to fully shut you down. The prophet can be momentarily blinded, but if the enemy blinds you, you will still be able to hear, smell, taste and feel. If the enemy comes against your feelings, you’ll still be able to see, hear, smell and taste. A seer prophecies by all five senses, and so the seers move in stronger discernment.
God communicates with you through your senses. It takes longer to become a mature seer than to become a mature prophet, because all five senses are involved. You have to learn how to discern your feelings, because there will be times when feelings come to you in ministry and they’re not your feelings. And if you take them personally, you won’t be active.
The one thing the Church has been taught against is feelings. But that’s where you, as a seer, are the most accurate. You can take on how other people are feeling and know exactly how to minister to them. You can move right into their “living room” (their minds) and see what the problem is. You can feel what the person is feeling: depression, self-rejection, joy, anger, happiness. You can feel where they’re coming from and know exactly what to go for as you pray for them. So the seer is really strong in deliverance ministry.
The prophet can speak the future, but the seer can see what the people need to let go of in the past, tell them what the Lord is saying to them today, and declare what the Lord is offering them tomorrow. You can go right into their minds and see where the pain is coming from and what is still affecting and controlling their lives. Seers can help people forgive – usually themselves, help clean their minds out, and invite the Lord there.
A seer can feel the strongholds of a town. If you enter a town and feel lust, lust owns that town. If you feel depression, it’s a depressed place. As you come in there, you’ll take on the feelings of that town, country, or person, whether they are good or bad. You’ll know where there is self-rejection, because of what you feel. If you’re ministering to somebody who has self-rejection, you’ll feel it coming at yourself, and you must never take any of these things personally. So you need to have all these senses sanctified and be able to tell, This is not me. I am not in self-rejection. I love myself.
Seers are kicked out of a lot of churches, because you are the least understood of all the gifts. You are one who feels like you don’t fit any place except with other seers. Because of your revelation and dreams and the way God communicates with you, people think you’re loony. But when churches reject you, they’re bidding good-bye to their own mercy. As a seer, you are there for mercy. You are there to help bring healing to the people and show them what God is doing.
It’s time for the seer to come forth. The Church needs you.
Timing Is Key in God’s Kingdom
You’ll know what you need to do WHEN you need to do it.
The Lord has emphasized this statement to me over the last few days. It’s a nice reminder. It takes some of the pressure off of me to anticipate things ahead of time.
The Lord taught me that truth many years ago when I took a professional sabbatical. There were so many unknowns – I had left my stable corporate career and was launching out into the great unknown of untapped possibilities lying before me. I was afraid I wouldn’t know how to make good decisions because I didn’t know what to anticipate. Making wise choices is often based on anticipating what will be needed and planning ahead. I had no idea what to expect. I just knew He was asking me to step away from my comfort zone and trust Him with the next step.
He encouraged me to make decisions based on all the information I had at the time. If I later encountered new information, I was not responsible for how I should have acted if I had known this information because I did not have it at the time the decision was made.
It seems pretty simple or obvious now but at the time I was putting a lot of pressure on myself and this simple principle brought great relief. I could let go of all the “what ifs” and simple wait for His timing. When a decision needed to be made, I did my best based on my current awareness of what was needed. I have never regretted this and it taught me not to look back and wonder if I should have done things differently.
It takes a lot of trust in God to let go of control – that’s basically what is at stake here. When we plan our future, we think we are in control of the variables: I will study at this school, I will get this kind of job and I will live in this house in this city, etc. Or whatever plan we think we have.
But following Jesus does not involve this kind of certainty. He asks us to trust Him and follow HIM. Not our ideas or our plans, even if they are good ones.
When I left my secure, corporate job that paid well, I was also choosing to trust God financially. He said to me,
You will have all that you need WHEN you need it.
And I have! I have never lacked for anything I needed.
Timing is KEY in God’s kingdom and often He doesn’t share things with us too far ahead of time. I think it’s like when children are small. If you tell them, “We are going to the park later”, they get so excited that they drive the adults crazy asking over and over, “Is it time to go now?” He knows how we are – we tend to run ahead and try to plan things out. That gives us a sense of control.
Instead He waits to share what we need to know WHEN we need to know it. And often the timing of the information (or provision) is important as well. If you had known ahead of time, you might have made different decisions and it would have impacted the ultimate outcome. By not knowing, and by trusting God instead, you were right where you were supposed to be. Just like a child, trusting a good parent to take care of everything they need.
It takes a deeper level of surrender to simply live life not knowing what is next. To trust God to prompt you to do things when they need to be done. To trust God to provide what you need at the right time.
But I can tell you that He is faithful. I’ve always had all that I needed and I haven’t made bad decisions by trusting Him. Things have worked out beautifully, often miraculously.
What about you? Are you ready to let go of control and let Him lead you into the unknown? Can God be trusted? Can you rely on His certainty instead of your own plans? Share your thoughts or experiences below – that’s how we learn from each other. 😊
Thanks for reading. God bless you today! 💗
P.S. Sometimes God does tell us something ahead of time and we tend to drive ourselves crazy wondering about it, trying to prepare for it, etc. Then we get discouraged when we don’t see it happening the way we think it should or WHEN we think it should. I’ve found it’s actually easier NOT knowing! Ha! 😂 What do you think?
Book Review: The Girl Who Sees Angels
I just found this new series of books that I have fallen in love with! If you’re a seer or you want to be a seer, these books will really encourage you. It’s a fictionalized story of a girl who has the gift of seeing, but doesn’t understand what she sees. The Girl Who Sees Angels by Jeffrey McClain Jones is the first book in the Sophie Ramos series.
Her mother takes her to doctors, psychiatrists and even a priest, trying to figure out how she can see things that nobody else can see. They think she’s very troubled, but instead she’s very gifted.
During the course of the first book, she meets some Pentecostal Christians that help to validate her gift. That’s really cool! If you’ve ever questioned your sanity because of the things that you see or hear or feel – this book will definitely encourage you! 😊
One of the things I really appreciated about these books was that the author writes from a place of authenticity. Some supernatural fiction that I’ve read (actually most) make gifts of the Spirit so unbelievable and they exaggerate things to such a degree that it detracts from the story. This author doesn’t do that.
Many of the things he writes about, I’ve experienced. The reaction of charismatic Christians to her gifts, I have seen. They encouraged her. They nurtured her. They taught her and helped her to understand what she was seeing. During the first book, she has an experience that shows her how she can help people with her gift. That amazes her and inspires her to learn how to use the gift with greater clarity in order to help others. She’s excited to unpack it and learn more – we get to follow her on that journey.
I’ve only read the first 2 books so far, but I was enjoying them so much that I didn’t want to wait until I finished them all to share them with you. There’s 4 books in the series. I encourage you to check them out. They are a lot of fun. I would call them “deliverance fiction”, a category I’ve never heard of but I wish existed. 😁 We get to see how her ability to see the unseen realm impacts her job, her relationships and every day life. If you are a seer, you will definitely relate!
This author has a lot of books and many of them have piqued my interest. You can check them out here. I’m especially curious about his series, Seeing Jesus. I’m hoping to read some of those next! (Update: I did a review of Seeing Jesus here.)
I love reading supernatural fiction that draws my heart closer to experiencing God in the here and now. Have you read any books that are like that? Please share the titles with us in the comments.
I love finding new authors and books that draw me closer to Jesus, don’t you? 🙂
Thanks for reading. I really appreciate it. God bless you richly today. 💗
Spirits of Chaos & Control – Can You Recognize Them?
Chaos cannot control you unless you let it.
This week, a cloud of the Spirit of Control came over my region. I sensed it – it felt like witchcraft, a means of controlling people’s choices by manipulating their thoughts.
The next day I felt the Spirit of Chaos in the atmosphere. It also affects your mind and tries to keep you distracted from what you need to do.
Chaos is the feeling you get when you are trying to multi-task and you keep being interrupted by others so that you cannot finish anything you are trying to do. It’s kind of like having extreme ADD come over you.
You can’t focus on what you are doing and you feel frustrated. Your thinking may feel foggy. It might also interfere with your sleep, which can also affect your ability to think clearly.
Chaos tries to overwhelm your thinking because then you become vulnerable to being manipulated. I hate that!
I started to feel overwhelmed so I stopped what I was doing and began focusing on the Holy Spirit within me. As I did, peace and clarity came back almost immediately. It was awesome!
That’s when the gift of discernment kicked in. Holy Spirit showed me it was the Spirit of Chaos that was operating in the atmosphere and that’s why I couldn’t think and was feeling overwhelmed.
Thank you, Father, for sending us the Holy Spirit! What a wonderful, desperately needed gift!!
Where would we be without the Holy Spirit? 🙂
Holy Spirit reminded me that the Spirits of Chaos and Control often work together. Chaos creates fear because of the uncertainty of what is going on. Then Control comes in reaction to the fear, trying to restore certainty and security.
For instance, when the pandemic came, fear was most people’s response to the chaos and uncertainty brought by this unknown virus and its consequences. Then that was immediately followed by a strong desire to control everything in order to restore a sense of security. We saw this both on a personal level as well as on a social and even national level. First there was Chaos, fear was the reaction and then Control sought to stop the chaos.
I’m not sure whether these spirits work together as a team or whether they are fighting with each other for authority over the affairs of men. If you have any insight on this, please feel free to share your thoughts so we can learn from each other.
I discovered that there was a cloud of dust traveling from Africa and it was over my region in the United States. It arrived the same time I began experiencing the Spirits of Chaos and Control. I don’t think that’s a coincidence.
What do you think? When weird things start happening to you, do you immediately turn to the Holy Spirit to help you figure out what is going on? What helps you deal with regional spirits of darkness?
Thank you for reading. I really appreciate it. God bless you! 💗
P.S. I’ve also seen Spirits of Chaos and Confusion work together but only on a personal level. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Chaos and Confusion work together on a regional or societal level. Have you?
Low & Slow = Divine Flow
There’s another dimension – much slower than our earthly dimension (which is fast and busy). We have to slow down and pay attention. Be still and silent and you’ll notice it.
This other dimension is in control of our earthly dimension. There’s peace and joy there. There’s resources there for whatever is needed. There’s help and support there.
- Slow Down
- Let go of control
- Pay attention to the other dimension – shift your focus, slow down your breathing and even your thinking
- It takes practice
- Stay in the present
There’s grace (divine enablement) in the moment. Not before or after.
Our time is being stolen by thinking about the future or the past – it’s a distraction from this present moment.
When you have nothing left, you are forced to receive from this other dimension and help comes. As long as you are trying to “save” yourself, you tell the other dimension, “I don’t need your help.” So you struggle and things are hard.
So remain consciously dependent, radically dependent, and “helpless” or powerless in the earthly dimension and you will have divine help constantly. It’s an internal shift inside of you. Oneness with Him. Resting and receiving His goodness, whatever that looks like in the moment.
My grace is sufficient for you. My strength is made perfect in weakness. My power is demonstrated in your powerlessness. Therefore I will boast about my powerlessness that the power of Christ may rest upon me! 2 Corinthians 12:9, paraphrase
Are you willing to let go of your power in order to have His power? It’s not easy – it requires vulnerability.
He told me, “It’s not Me helping you, as though We are separate. It’s Us doing it together, through your surrender.”
HE is not worried. We are the ones who are worried.
Detach from the ego that wants control and likes to worry, especially after midnight when you are trying to sleep. 😴
It’s not comfortable for ego to detach and live from a place of letting go. It doesn’t know what to do with itself. What role does it play?
The ego’s purpose is to be subject. To learn submission, moment by moment.
The ego is transformed through conscious awareness of Oneness with the Lord. It is the channel through which the other dimension comes into this dimension. This is very powerful and beautiful. This is God’s order – the way He created it. Ego is merely a channel for the other dimension, if it submits willingly.
Are you willing?
This is a revelation I received while a friend and I were talking recently. Does it resonate with you? 😊
It is very hard to slow down and pay attention to this other dimension – the kingdom realm of God’s rule and reign. To see what He’s doing, to hear what He’s saying. Yet it is SO worth it! And when we let go, surrender and just rest in Him, everything flows so much more smoothly. That’s what we were created to do – to live in union with Him all day every day.
What are your thought about this? Do you have any specific practices that help you to stay in tune with this other dimension? Please share your comments, questions or ideas below. That’s how we learn from each other – we each share our piece of the peace! God bless you today and thanks for reading! 😊💗
Discernment of the Supernatural Realm 