Discerning of spirits is far more than just recognizing when angels or demons are at work. It's really discerning the spiritual realm. Both good and bad. Growing up, I often felt that this gift had a negative connotation to it. As if, it was some God-given insight to see what the devil was up too. What if this gift is better utilized to recognize what the Lord is up to in any given moment. Both sides of the coin have their place. All of us are called to recognize what's happening in the spiritual world around us.

One encounter can change everything. As we unpack this lively gift, we pull some Biblical examples as well as stories from TODAY how God has radically impacted the trajectory of someones life through the operation of the word of knowledge. As a empowered Christian...imagine what are we capable of THROUGH HIM!

If Jesus lived a sinless life for the first 30 years of His life...He was just an amazing man from the neighborhood who was full of kindness. It was His ministry to the earth, a ministry of compassion and power...replicating Himself into His followers that changed the world and created a way for mankind to be saved. We MUST to minister in that same power, and use the gifts of the Spirit He provided for us today. They are FOR TODAY, and the world needs us to have them.

If Jesus lived a sinless life for the first 30 years of His life...He was just an amazing man from the neighborhood who was full of kindness. It was His ministry to the earth, a ministry of compassion and power...replicating Himself into His followers that changed the world and created a way for mankind to be saved. We MUST to minister in that same power, and use the gifts of the Spirit He provided for us today. They are FOR TODAY, and the world needs us to have them.

You can have the power back. Having great understanding of what the fullness of the power is intended to do in the life of the Believer is wildly important. Understanding the purpose and intent of the power is equally so. Understanding when you've lost it and walking in such obedience you are sure to get it back is crucial for Christians to know and understand. Pastor Brian Ross takes us through an incredible study using the story of the sunken axe head of 2 Kings Chapter 6.

The message of the Gospel is designed to be accompanied by the demonstration of power. Having something to say without being able to back up what is spoken with a demonstration of His Spirit is a problem. Talk is cheap. However, talk with walk GOES A LONG WAY! Maybe...we haven't been doing it right... maybe some things need to change.

Are you bearing fruit? By our fruit is how we'll be known. WE HAVE TO BEAR FRUIT!!! Not just once or twice...but cycles of fruit bearing! This is the lifestyle He's called us to live and this is the motivation of the sold-out ones!

Knowing who you are in Him is extremely important. Cimba, from Disney's The Lion King, forgot who he was and had no desire to fulfill his destiny to be king. It took Rafiki to help wake him up to who he really is. Perhaps the Holy Spirit of God is trying to wake you and I up to who we really are in Christ. Discover who you are, and fulfill what He's called you to become!

Before Jesus had even gone to the Cross, He told the Father that He had completed the work that He had called Him to do. What did he complete? He completed making disciples. Image Bearers to take His image to the earth and replicate Who He is in the earth. We're called to be disciples of intimacy who make disciples of intimacy. Reproducing who we are, not just what we teach to the world around us.