![]() The gift of discerning of spirit is one of the nine gifts of the Spirit in I Corinthians 12:10 It is so important to walk in the anointing of discerning or distinguishing of spirits. Practical Steps to Operating in Personal Discernment: 1. Ask God to give you the gift of discerning of spirits. When you ask believe that you receive by faith. 2. Begin to exercise your spiritual senses by the application of the knowledge and understanding you have received from God’s promises. Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. 3. The first person you have to discern is your own self. You know yourself more than anybody else does. 4. Be willing to do an honest personal evaluation of yourself in order to discern what is of God and what is not of God. 5. For instance at the end each day, you can take a sheet of paper and write down how you are feel, what thoughts, feelings and emotions you have been having or demonstrating during the day. Make a list of them. 6. Then analyze each one to see whether those thoughts feelings or emotions line up with God’s promises for you. 7. If any one of them doesn’t agree with God’s promises, then you know that you have to get rid of that negative emotions, feelings, and thoughts. 8. What you do first is to present yourself to God, apply the blood of Jesus Christ over your mind, spirit, soul and body, and ask that the presence and power of the Holy Spirit will be released afresh upon you. 9. Ask for forgiveness for any sin or omission, and ask for the grace and mercy of Jesus to be showered upon you. 10. Then go through your list, take each item or issue one at a time, renounce and reject the negative emotions by praying like these: For example, if the primary feeling was anger, you can pray like these: In Jesus name I repent for entertaining ___anger___ in my soul (be specific and name it), I release my mind, my soul, my feelings, my memory, my emotions, and by body from the influence of the spirit of ______anger_____(be specific and name it), in Jesus name I bind the spirit of ______anger_____, I command you to leave, and I caste you out from my feelings, emotions, memory, my conscious and subconscious mind, my body, I reject every negative signals and emotions, I have the mind of Christ, I have a sound and perfect mind in Jesus name. If your mind has been bombarded with series of negative thoughts pray like these: Heavenly Father, I come to you now in Jesus name, I apply the blood of Jesus Christ over my mind, my thoughts, my feelings, my emotions, memory, and over my soul, and my body. I refuse and I reject every negative thoughts of ________________(be specific), I caste down these thoughts from my mind, my memory, my conscious and subconscious mind. I have the mind of Christ, I have a sound mind. My brain is functioning in perfect alignment with God’s promises for me. I refuse every lies and tricks of the enemy, I disbelieve all lies and every negative suggestion, I only believe God’s report for me and others in Jesus name. I caste down, and I caste out every demon of torment, harassment, bondage or oppression away from me in Jesus name. I release God’s Holy Angels that have been assigned to carry out God’s will on my behalf, to go and bring it into physical manifestation for me, to stand guard and protect me now in Jesus name. When you pray these prayers, sometimes you may feel like yawning, or coughing, others may feel emotional and shed tears of relieve, it’s all okay, and they are just signs of freedom. Just say thank you Jesus for my freedom. Be diligent to go through your list and pray through each one following the above pattern. I have used this pattern for over twenty years, I have trained and helped many people who used to struggle with different emotional problems, and following these simple steps of personal evaluation and prayers has produced tremendous positive results. I will encourage you to use it and also help other people on how to be free from emotional problems, persistent negative thoughts and the deceptive brain messages. The keys to freedom are: Openness, Honesty, Repentance, Forgiveness, and Renunciations. If you can be open and honest with yourself, and are willing to put in practice consistently what you have just learned, you will experience freedom from long standing issues. ![]() This article is an excerpt from Esther Simeon's book, Clothed in the Right Mind - Whose Mind Are you Wearing? Learn to walk in the Power of the Anointed Mind REQUEST YOUR COPY
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