Tag Archives: Discernment

The first year we lived here, the fig tree amazed me!  The fruit was abundant and delicious … nothing like a dried fig.  Late in the year, though, a pesky vine began weaving through the branches.  Friends alerted me to the vine being poison oak.  Logic told me, “Get rid ...

We live in a world that is both physical and spiritual. Though invisible to the natural eye, the spiritual world is just as real as the physical one. And what happens in the spiritual realm has influence on what happens in the natural. The Bible depicts a world where spiritual ...

In my last article, I described the two sources of supernatural power: God and Satan. Supernatural activity must not automatically be rejected or accepted, but must be tested to determine whether or not it is from God. We must embrace the Holy Spirit in all of His supernatural gifts, but we must not ...

There is a rise of supernatural activity in these days, and it is important that we understand the difference between what is of God and what is not. A perfect illustration of this is when Moses and Aaron faced off in a supernatural showdown with the Egyptian sorcerers. And Aaron ...

One of the primary characteristics of the devil is that he is a deceiver. His motive is to bring destruction, but his primary weapon is deception. I wrote previously how the enemy draws people into the occult. The occult is known for its dark and destructive practices, but there is ...