Discernment | Bishop Dale C. Bronner | Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral

this is bishop dale broader thank you so much for joining our youtube channel today if this is a blessing to you i want to encourage you to like it and then click the subscribe button and then turn on notification hit that little notification bell so that you never ever miss another one of our videos and then if you're in the metro atlanta area on a sunday check out one of our exhilarating services at 8 30 a.m 11 a.m or 6 o'clock p.m i'm glad that god's will is god's bill for us and that where he leads us he feeds us he provides for us and i'm so deeply deeply grateful to the lord well our scriptural text today comes from first kings chapter 13 verse 9 and 10 in the new living translation of scripture notice there these words for the lord gave me this command you must not eat or drink anything while you're there and do not return to judah by the same way you came so he left bethel and went home another way i'm speaking today simply from the subject of discernment discernment don't leave home without it don't leave home without it this is a story here in 1st kings 13 of a man who is an unnamed man this is to say that it could be me that it could be you but he was a prophet of god and god had given him specific instructions to go to king jeroboam and to decree a message from king to king jeroboam because you know god had so graciously brought the children of israel out of slavery in egypt and in god bringing them out of slavery do you know that king jeroboam set up pagan gods in the temple and an altar and he took priests who were not levites which was a violation of their law and brought unauthorized common people as scripture calls them and ordained them as priests to offer to these pagan gods that they had created saying these are the gods that have brought us out of the land of egypt and this kind of pagan worship and idolatry really offended god and so god sends this unnamed prophet sometimes it's not about who we are is really always about who god is and what god has to say to his people and i believe that whenever you find a story in scripture that doesn't give a name fill your own in because it is a parable that is saying something to you this is something about humanity it's god's way of saying this is not about the personality this is about the principle and he's teaching here the principle of discernment because what happened god told him you go there you decree this message and god says i'm going to give you signs to let you know that this is me he says you let him know that uh that i'm going to send another prophet that's going to be raised up on the throne and he's going to cause of these pagan priests to be offered on these altars himself and and he says as a sign that this word is from god he says this this altar is going to split in two and no sooner that he had finished uh prophesying that the altar split in two and the ashes poured out there in front of him and the very king who was upset with this precious prophet of god stretched his hand out to tell the people to arrest him and his hand withered he suffered an atrophy that he was on the divine judgment immediately and he recognized this and he said man of god pray for me pray for me pray for me and and he says i want you to come to my house and eat and he says you know he said even if you offered me up to half of your kingdom i wouldn't come home and eat with you he says because god told me not to eat anything in this place not to drink anything this place and don't go back to my house the same way that i came and i think that there's a message in here for us don't ever when god sends you someplace whenever god fulfills a mission in your life don't go back the same way you should never leave the house of god and go back the same way you should never leave the presence of god and go back the same way you should never leave your prayer chamber and go back the same way god is a transforming god we are transformed into his image whenever we spend time with god and god is saying that whenever you've been with me your life should not remain the same you ought to be transformed and so this is why we need discernment and you see because that was an old prophet this was a young prophet that was an old prophet that heard about this prophet that had come there to bethel and and prophesied and and here now the the old prophet says hey hey i i want you to come and and come home with me and and have dinner with me and he says no no i can't do that god told me not to come he said no no i too am a prophet he said god told me to tell you to come on to my house and eat and drink with me and so he went on to the house he's yielding to to to this other prophet and he goes home with this man eats and drinks while they're sitting there having the meal the spirit of the lord comes on the old prophet and says to him you've disobeyed god you're gonna die on your way home and sure enough on his way home a lion came out of the woods and killed his body and just left the body didn't eat him just killed him and when they come then they find they find the prophet's dead body and they find a donkey and they find the lion the lion didn't eat the body the lion didn't eat the donkey because the lion had one assignment kill this man for his disobedience god says i told you and i don't care who else tells you when you know that you know that you know that god has spoken to you uh here a deceptive spirit came in the old prophet and god was like i'm not responsible he was he was telling this young prophet here you're not responsible for what somebody else says i said you're responsible for what you know that i told you to do now now here's here's the thing god will hold you accountable for what he told you god will hold you accountable for what he told you you ever hear people say the expression that you don't know when and you don't know where because you weren't there people don't know what god told you they don't know what desire god put in your heart they don't know what vision what dream god birthed on the inside of you they don't know how god has blessed you and gifted you and what assignment and purpose that god has given to you but i want you to know this that if you do something that is displeasing to god you're going to pay for it god told him you know don't go back the way you came and don't eat anything there don't drink anything there i'm sending you there with one assignment and i don't want you to get sidetracked i didn't send you that a fellowship and to get bloody buddy with anybody i want you to remain pure and undefiled from the system so that you can go and speak into the system but not be a part of the system we are in the world but not of the world and and i want you to realize this principle that if something breaks god's heart hear me carefully if something breaks god's heart it will ultimately never satisfy your heart let me say that again if something breaks god's heart it will never ultimately satisfy your heart and people will do things breaking god's heart assuming that they'll be able to satisfy their own heart but you can never satisfy your heart if it breaks god's heart and so i want you to realize that if god gives you an assignment we are never responsible for how people respond to what god told us to say but we are responsible for delivering it as god has spoken to us and so this man of god isn't it amazing how he so accurately was able to hear and discern god's voice to discern the specific word of god for king jeroboam but he couldn't discern the word of god for himself isn't that a mess he could understand clearly what god was saying to prophesy to the king but god had given him a specific instruction don't eat anything there don't drink anything there and don't go back the way you came this personal word that god gave him now he's all of a sudden confused but he understood with great clarity the word that god had for the king he understood the word for others isn't that amazing it's just how we are this is why this man is unnamed because it's talking to each one of us that oftentimes you can hear clearly you can see clearly what somebody else needs to do and then you can be in a situation and sort of scratch in your head and not sure what you need to do for you but you know specifically what your neighbor needs to do what your husband needs to do what your wife needs to do your son or your daughter needs to do but when god is talking about what you need to do now all of a sudden you you're not quite clear isn't it amazing this is another thing that that amazes me it just baffles me why is it that we can always discern the devil we know when the devil is doing something we all we can hear the devil so clearly go buy some dope cheat on your wife cheat on your husband we can hear the devil with clarity and yet when god is speaking to people they're like well uh i don't know you know i think god told me that he wanted me to uh you know to bless these people down the street with some food i don't know and god's telling them to bless somebody else and now all of a sudden they're rebuking the devil but if god is speaking a word concerning someone else they get it with great clarity if the devil tells them why don't you kill yourself cue yourself oh they understand that clearly when they start saying hate on somebody close the door don't don't listen to them don't don't answer if he tells the devil tells it people can hear the devil with great clarity and then all of a sudden they're scratching their head with god and so i want you to see that this prophet is not as strange as we may suppose because he's able to hear the word of god with great clarity for the king when he was not sure of god's word concerning him himself but i want you to notice this you know um king solomon had a son and this king that we're dealing with here in king in the first kings 13 is jeroboam he's king of of israel but then the king of the south is king of rehoboam who is solomon's son solomon's son solomon's son was not a as wise as solomon just because your wives don't mean that your children will have sense solomon is a great testament to that but after solomon had made a thousand sacrifices to god the lord appeared to him in a dream and basically gave solomon a blank check and said solomon ask for whatever you want and guess what solomon's sole request was for discernment discernment now notice first kings chapter 3 and verse 9 so give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong for who is able to govern this great people of yours isn't that something solomon could have asked for anything silver gold houses he could have asked for you know influence but he asked for discernment give your servant a discerning heart give me discernment that this is telling you the price of discernment how valuable discernment is and that's why i said don't leave home without it you don't want your children to leave home unless they have become discerning individuals and let me say this to you discernment is the mark of maturity discernment is the mark of maturity discernment is the mark of maturity discernment discernment discernment a mother a father they don't have any problem with that child leaving home if you know that your child is discerning but if you know that your child i mean somebody can give them wooden nickels so to speak that they're too naive you're afraid for your children to go out into a world when you know that there are people that will take advantage of that not everything it's amazing now i want you to notice one of the priests duties in the old testament in ezekiel chapter 44 and verse 23 notice the the responsibility of the priests and they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the unholy and cause them to discern between the clean and the unclean that's discernment the priest had an assignment to teach the people discernment the difference between the holy and the unholy and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean it is amazing it blows my mind it baffles me in this day and time that we are so convoluted in our values in our biblical world view that we have made wrong right and right wrong because we've lost an uncanny ability for discernment to be able to discern what is holy and what's unholy what's unclean and what's clean to what what is pleasing to god and what's displeasing to god because we have set up our own humanistic ideas and live by our own philosophies let me say this to you the great demon that we need to be concerned about is not some kind of voodoo thing that's trying to lead you into drugs and all of this kind of thing you need to discern what's called doctrines of devils that's what ruins people is a false ideology it is a false philosophy of life doctrines of devils the greatest battlefield of the devil is not some uh you know spooky kind of stuff it's not a seance the greatest battlefield of the devil is in between your ears they are the philosophies the ideas that the devil puts in your mind to make you believe so that he can deceive you and this is why discernment has to become a premium for the people of god that we've got to say god make us a discerning people so that we can discern your voice so we can discern what is holy and what's unholy what's clean and what's unclean what's good for us and what is forbidden but it requires discernment in our own hearts to even be able to distinguish the difference between pain and hatred i want you to think about that for just a moment between pain and hatred uh you can have a young teenager uh who's trying to go out and then this little girl you know her her mother says uh susan you're not going anywhere you go to your own and she storms off to her room walks into her room and before she slams her door she screams out mother i hate you and slams the door and now the mother is wounded by the words of her daughter but real discernment has to say this she doesn't hate her mother she's hurt she's in pain because she feels as though her mother is spoiling her fun she loves her mother but she hates what her mother just did and now she's projecting the hate for the act as hate for the person and her words are saying mother i hate you now mother is in her room hurt feeling like she's got a serious relationship problem with her daughter when her daughter was saying mom i'm really just disappointed that you didn't let me go out that you didn't let me have my way i love you but i'm disappointed that i couldn't go out i'm disappointed in what happened and what you just did and so you have to be able to discern no my daughter doesn't hate me no my son doesn't hate me they are disappointed you have to be able to discern through the language through the action uh what they are actually saying to you it takes discernment to know this is not about me personally don't take it personally sometimes when people don't have sense enough to know that you have that you have deep concern for them love for them care for them and that your love is trying to protect them they'll see it as though you're trying to spoil their fun and they misinterpret love because it takes discernment to understand the difference between pain and hatred someone said that even a dog is able to distinguish the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked that takes discernment and some people are being actually kicked and they excuse it as a stumble and somebody's just saying oh my bad i don't know whether you all have seen some of these things on social media where a woman is turning around in the car she takes her person she bumps the man with the head and then she turns back around and she reaches back and bam she hits him in the head coming back and she's acting as though it's a mistake and she does it three or four times and it takes a while you know maybe the first time it's okay well maybe maybe okay but after about the second or third time and they excuse you do you have a problem here you're trying to tell me something it's amazing see it takes discernment to know whether somebody is doing something with intentionality or whether it was an honest mistake it really takes discernment did you know that love and hate can actually be so closely related that it takes discernment to know when a person loves you and when a person hates you you know why they're so closely related love and hate there is a thin line between love and hate you know why because both love and hate have binding power you become bound to whoever you hate and whatever you hate and you become bound to whatever you love or whoever you love so if you hate somebody on your job guess what you bind yourself to them so even when you get home guess who you're talking about you know what that woman had the nerd to do but i was trying to do this and she came over into myspace i started to tell her you've already left the premises why in the world did you bring somebody home with you that you don't even like it is because hate has binding power and it is the same way that when a person has love toward their that their their children their spouse they can go someplace else and be in another place and they're pulling out pictures and sharing that that's my son here that's my daughter there my granddaughter over here that's myself they're carrying the people that they love because love binds people to you but also hate binds people to you and you can be at home stewing and angry and upset about somebody that you have brought from a workplace or a home place a place where you've been abused or hurt and you you're angry with that person and you carry that person on vacation with you because hate has binding power don't give people that much authority in your life don't allow them to occupy that space in your head without paying rent i'm just telling you you know that ought to be premium real estate and you ought to say you are not going to be freeloading i am not going to carry you on my vacation and i'm walking out on the beach and thinking about what you said to me thinking about what you did to me thinking about your hatred your jealousy and the things that you've neglected how sorry you are i am not going to carry you with me that's why forgiveness is really a gift that you give to yourself and so it takes discernment to understand the difference between even love and hate can i tell you this discernment helps us to even understand between the things of god and the things of the devil did you know that um how satan the bible talks about in first peter chapter five and verse 8 how satan goes about as a roaring lion isn't it amazing satan is referred to as a lion but you know who else is referred to as the lion is jesus he's the lion of the tribe of judah revelations chapter 5 and verse 5 so i mean which one is is is the lion jesus or is it the devil both of them have lion like qualities so the devil comes as a roaring lion and jesus is the lion of the tribe of judah well how do you know which one is which can i give you my discernment concerning my knowing whether the lion is referring to the devil or whether it is jesus here's how i discern it personally when it is the devil i realize that the devil who is as a comes as a roaring lion he's on a leash but the other lion is on the throne one is on a leash and one is on a throne it's a big difference and so you have to realize that even when the devil is trying to mess with your business trying to mess with your money trying to mess with your health trying to mess with your family he's on a leash and he can only go so far before god will say satan the lord rebuke you he can only go so far in your life you know when god has a purpose for you and you are operating submitted in obedience to god there is nothing that protects you like obedience to god it is a divine protection and no matter how bad the devil is he can roar against you he can talk about you he can try to intimidate you but he has all of this bark all of this growl all of this roar but he has no teeth he's on a leash but the other lion is on the throne that's discernment that's discernment that's discernment one is on a lease the other one is on the throne uh think about this knowledge knows what to do knowledge knows what to do skill knows how to do you you'll be able to get somebody doing some uh construction work you want skilled people you want skilled people on the on an instrument skill knows how to do but wisdom knows when to do or whether or not it should be done at all there's a difference wisdom that's discernment to know when to do it or whether it should be done at all that's discernment because wisdom deals largely in timing it deals largely in timing i love this statement by benjamin franklin benjamin franklin said remember not only to say the right thing in the right place but far more difficult to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment have you ever been in a situation where you just attempted to say something to cuss somebody out notice remember not only to say the right thing in the right place but far more difficult still to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment sometimes we just have to just bridle ourselves hold ourselves back so that we don't say the wrong thing at the tempting moment because words can hit as hard as a fist wisdom is about timing discernment is about timing knowing what to do at the right time you ever notice ecclesiastes chapter three verse one through eight notice there is a time for everything not just something there's a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven there's a time they'd be born and a time to die time to plan a time to be too uproot that's a time to kill or time to heal a time to tear down a time to build there's a time to weep there's a time to laugh there's a time to mourn and there's a time to dance that's the time to scatter stones and then there's a time to gather them a time to embrace it a time to refrain from embracing a time they're searching the time to give give up that's a time to keep and a time to throw away discernment is key here there's a time to tear and there's a time to men there's a time to be silent and there is a time to speak there's a time to love there's a time to hate there's a time for war there's a time for peace it takes discernment in all of these times to know what to do at the right time there's a time for everything discernment is necessary to know what to do at the right time discernment is necessary to know what to do at the right time now i want to take you right in scripture i want to show you this in scripture proverbs chapter 26 verse 4 and 5. notice what these two verses say don't answer the foolish arguments of fools or you will become as foolish as they are now notice the next verse verse 5 be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools or they will become wise in their own estimation now which one is it the first verse here says don't answer a fool and the next verse says be sure to answer the fool because the fool will think he's right if you don't if you don't check him if you don't check her i mean now which one i mean lord i mean which one do i roll in do i roll in verse four do i roll in verse five you will find many scriptures like this in the proverbs where one of them will tell you do this and the next verse said don't do it the key is discernment in knowing the timing there is a time to not pay attention to somebody who's determined to be a fool but when your child is saying something stupid if you don't correct your child your child will think that that's all right and say uh babe you excuse me excuse me we don't use that kind of language in our house excuse me there is a time to nip this in the butt to say no no this is inexcusable see it takes discernment so and then somebody who lacks understanding will read verse four and verse five there and they'll say see that's why i don't fool with the bible because the bible contradicts itself no no you lack discernment this is not a contradiction this is sometime that you have to shut them down and then that sometimes you have to ignore it because you got a grown person this is too late now because somebody didn't correct them when it was time to do verse five they did verse four you got to know that what to do at the right time and wisdom is knowing what to ignore it's knowing what to ignore and that there's something that you don't even try to correct unless you have the relational equity with that person you got to know i'm not the person to talk to this one but i am the one to talk to this one so there are sometimes that verse four is god's instruction to you that other times verse five so verse four said listen don't argue with a fool don't waste your time with the food the next one says if you don't correct the food when he's trying to argue with you when she's trying to argue with you they're going to think that they're right they're going to think that they're writing their own estimation and he says you got to put that in check that's a timing issue that requires discernment that requires discernment discernment discernment that's why i said don't leave home without it don't leave home without it don't leave home without it don't leave home without it we need discernment we need discernment and let me say this to you something dies in us when we disobey disobey what we know is right something dies in your consciousness when you disobey what you know to be right it injures your higher self when you disobey what you know to be right i want you to think of adam and eve in the garden of eden guess what happened with them they lacked discernment they lacked discernment here's what happened here's the flow a lack of discernment leads to deception a lack of discernment leads to deception when you lack discernment you are a prime candidate to be deceived and then here's the next thing deception leads to disobedience deception leads to disobedience once you are deceived to think that it's okay now you become disobedient and then here's the next step disobedience leads to destruction adam and eve you know they they were they lacked discernment they were deceived eve got deceived here that deception led to disobedience she led her husband in disobedience and it led to that destruction she ate them out of a house and home they were put out of the garden disobedience leads to destruction and destruction leads to death god had told them that they that thou eatest of this fruit thou shalt surely die and that what they thought that they were gonna die instantly it was a slow death something died in them because they violated what they knew was right something died in them something began to die and this is why i say again discernment is the mark of maturity it is the mark of maturity and and i want you to realize there are some things that are so great we've got a lot of gray areas in life that require discernment not everything is just black and white there are some gray areas i'll be the first to admit that the gray areas mandate that you have discernment i love something that charles spurgeon said he says discernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong it is knowing the difference between right and almost right it's so subtle knowing the difference between right and almost right that's discernment between right and almost right it sounds good it seems lofty it seems positive it looks right it sounds right but it's almost right and god doesn't deal in almost right it's almost like saying that something is almost pure you know it bothers me when when i read something is 99.9 pure what about that the little one tense that's all that it takes is just a little cyanide i mean just why would you contaminate why can't you get it all why can't you get it all out don't you have enough alcohol to get it all out what what's up with that almost right and it begins to say to us as human beings without god we'll never ever get it all right only god alone that's why the bible says there's none righteous with him only god only god we've got some defilement in us but discernment is being able to know the difference between right and almost right at least we know our flaws and limitations as human beings and we know the infallibility of god as god let me just say this deception follows doubt deception follows doubt that's why the devil loves to cause us to start doubting what god has said he makes us doubt whether doing it god's way is the only acceptable way because deception follows doubt and this is why when satan started working with eve he just started asking her questions just to throw doubt in her mind has god not said he just made her started start to doubt what god said because deception follows doubt now i want you to see as a contrast to that how strong abraham was in romans chapter 4 verse 20 and 21 notice this abraham never wavered in believing god's promise in fact his faith grew stronger and in this he brought glory to god he was fully convinced i like the old king james version that said he was fully persuaded that god is able to do whatever he promises that god is he was fully convinced fully convinced fully convinced that god is able to do what he promises that's why you got to spend time with god you got to spend time in god's word because the more time you spend with god and in his word in his presence you become more fully convinced fully convinced because if you're not fully persuaded if you're not fully convinced that means that there is room in use to still be convinced there's still room in you to doubt he was fully convinced abraham knew that no matter what happens and how long it takes god is going to be faithful to his promise and the longer that it took he was still resolute that god's going to give me a son god is going to give me a son and generations are going to come for me he didn't know how but he knew that he grew stronger even the longer that it that it took discernment is always in uh in the minut details it's always in the details if you want to discern the difference between the genuine and the counterfeit always notice the details if you look at counterfeit money most of the time you know those little hair-like follicles that's on the bills oftentimes that the counterfeit will lack that you know it the the counterfeit is always revealed in the details and you might have to get a magnifying glass to see it but it's hard to take the time to try to imitate all of those things right to the letter discernment is in the detail it is in noticing the minute details but i want to tell you in the same way that this precious man of god in first kings 13 went back and ate and died on his way home i want to encourage you don't go back home or back into a situation the same way you left it don't go back the same way you left don't go back the same way you left if god has delivered you out of a situation or a relationship ask certain questions before attempting to return here's what you ought to ask if god has brought you out of something has sufficient time passed to allow the process of maturity to happen has sufficient time passed to allow the process of maturity to happen ask this question am i different in some way that will make this work this time here's something else to ask is the other person different in some way that will make this work and then this one is the situation fundamentally different that will make this work please don't go back without asking this i want to encourage you to get a screenshot of that so you can help people who attempted to go back into something that god has already delivered them from has sufficient time passed to allow the process of maturity to happen am i different in some way that will make this work is the other person different in some way that will make this work or is the situation fundamentally different that will make this work don't just go back because you cooled off and you're going back to the same craziness make sure that change has happened something transformational that's going to make the outcome different this time so don't come out of that situation whatever it is that you go into it was god's way of saying to this prophet don't go back the same way you came he says i want you to get something out of where you're going don't go back there's this thing called the five rules for being human it goes a little like this you will learn lessons you will learn lessons number two there are no mistakes only lessons there are no mistakes only lessons number three says if you don't learn the easy lessons they get harder if you don't learn the easy lessons they get harder number four says that a lesson that is not learned must be repeated a lesson that is not learned must be repeated and number five says this you'll know that you have learned a lesson when your actions change you will know that you have learned the lesson when your actions change don't go back the same he says go back a different way don't go back the same way don't go back the same way discernment don't leave home without it let me say these points to you as we close when god speaks to you it should be number one given time to process it should be given time to process whenever god speaks to you give it time to process process it through prayer process it through study process it through evaluating what's currently happening and what needs to happen give it time to be processed it should be given time to process number two it should be in line with the principles of god's word if god speaks to you he's never going to speak to you with something that is out of line with the principles of god's word so study the word because it is the primary way that god will speak to you god will never speak to you and it's out of line with the principles of god's word and let me tell you this number three in a it must be in alignment with god's witness in your heart in other words it should bear witness with your spirit something on the inside of you will say yes god that's true if somebody starts saying something that's crazy you ought to have a witness in your spirit to say something wrong about that that disturbs me that doesn't sit well with me check to see how that feels in your heart number four it should be comforting convicting or confirming when god speaks to you it should be comforting or convicting or confirming see god has a way that when he speaks to you his his word is so awesome the same word that god speaks to one can disturb one god has a way of being able to speak and disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed all at the same time his word when he speaks to you would be comforting convicting or confirming number five his word will be confirmed by mature people in christ or by people other folks that don't know anything about your situation when god speaks to you how do i discern that this is god talking to me he will confirm it by other mature people in christ or by those who don't know anything about your situation they will somehow just confirm that lord this is you we were just talking about this they didn't know anything god i hear you number six it should be peace producing it should produce peace in you if god speaks to you and now your whole heart is disturbing if it doesn't ultimately lead to peace it's not god the presence of god's peace in your heart is the greatest indication that you're in the will of god and number seven it should be ultimately glorifying to god it should be ultimately glorifying to god if you begin to hear people talk about something that this is a new the newest thing from god god's got a new wave a new fad that's going on and if that new wave of that new fad is all about building up self as opposed to edifying christ something is wrong with it if it causes you to have more more stock in in who you are than what you know as opposed to really glorifying god ultimately everything that god speaks to you will ultimately be for his glory for his purpose and for his glory it will cause you to serve others it it it would be a blessing to other people you might get blessed in the fact that you're serving someone else but be discerning to know that this is god it it leads you down a path of love and righteousness and and where there will be peace in your heart it is the way that god confirms so that we are not deceived in this day and time we critically need the discernment of the lord to know the difference between a good cause and a god cause [Music] we have to know what we're assigned to do above what we are capable of doing just because you can do it doesn't mean that you should what does he call you to do that takes a discernment from god the discernment from god will lead you into a place that is so fulfilling to you there's a joy that comes there's a peace that come and it will feel right to you god wants us to be a discerning people it is the mark of god's maturity on us and this is why he said that even the very elect would be deceived if it were possible it talked about coming to a time in history that there would be a great falling away but you can't fall away when you're in the know [Music] when you are discerning when your spirit is so attuned and you realize this is not just a nice person this is an angel on assignment sent from god to be able to help me to do what god has called me to do you'll realize this is an answer to prayer this is not just a kind person this is the result of god's favor on my life they don't even know why have you ever been blessed and you realize this person didn't even have any clue as to why they were doing what they were doing but down in your knower you realized god you got your favor on me you blessed me god that when other people were laid off i'm still employed that when i was struggling and didn't know how i was gonna do this god you sent this person to be able to share this information with me that was not a coincidence that was the hand of god extending grace to you and mercy to you don't ever get it twisted when you're discerning you see the subtle movements of god that where god had you to be in this place at this time and to bump into this person to meet this because they carried something that you needed and it takes discernment to know when you're carrying something for somebody else and when they get into your presence your gift becomes stimulated your baby leaps on the inside of you because you recognize that's where i'm supposed to deposit this this is the word for these folks this is what i'm supposed to do because god has set it up divinely and you have to be able to discern the moment i'm not talking about a kronos moment this just comes with the passing of time i'm talking about a kairos moment where you realize that this is divine this is a moment where god is speaking not by coincidence but i am sensitive i am discerning of his timing it is time for us church to rise up like the sons and the daughters of issachar where we are discerning to know the times and to know what israel of the type of the church ought to do it's that time for us to say god i know what time it is i know what time it is you got to know when it's time to leave the party you got to know when god sometimes winked at something but now when he's saying it's time now to get right church and let's go home you realize that god will put up with stuff he's long suffering but there's a time when the judgment of god will come and say no more and we must be discerning to know that when we have met with what god put in us the place that is supposed to be deposited somehow god's discernment will say this is that this is that you'll all of a sudden be able to put it together and know this is that god you had it right at the right time you let me get disgusted out of this relationship so that i would run into this one god you helped me to be able to recognize that this was a gift from you it takes discernment to know when god's doing something when you lack discernment you'll blame the devil for something that god did sometimes there's a storm that will come your way in if you're not discerning [Music] you'll blame the devil when god sent the storm not to destroy you but to clear your path god sent the storm to blow people out of your life that were counterproductive and destructive to who and what god called you to do and when we can discern to say god i give you my whole life i give you everything that i am god use me for your glory god don't let me miss my moment don't let me miss my moment and i'm just telling you the gift of discernment operating in your life is like god's watch and he's got an alarm a reminder set on just to remind you this is that what i told you about some years ago what you saw in the dream what you saw in the vision the desire that i put in your heart that urging that nudging that i gave you this is that this is what that was about you remember the night that i woke you up and you couldn't sleep and you had to pray this is what you were praying about this is that this is that this is that it takes discernment to be able to see what god is doing and i just pray that god's discernment is strengthened in your life by your relationship with him by your relationship with his word and by your walking with other people who are people of discernment proverbs 13 20 said that he or she that walks with a wise person shall become wise but a companion of fools shall be destroyed when you walk with other people that have discernment in their life your discernment sharpens i want to encourage you to reach out to people who have discernment so that you can know what to do at the right time and to withhold doing the wrong thing at the tempting moment and that god will so sharpen you so that you have a keen understanding in the realm of the spirit of god between right and almost right because god is with you and let me tell you this if you're still under what is called the powers of darkness you lack discernment have you ever noticed that destruction happens oftentimes in the dark the looting often happens when the sun goes down isn't it interesting that when they put curfews in it's during the hours that there's no sunlight because human spirits come under what is known as the power of darkness it is a demonic force and this is why we can never ever underestimate the power of prayer there are some things that you can only deal with in prayer that have nothing to do with intellect you cannot reason a person out of something that they didn't reason themselves into you you cannot rationalize with your emotions because it is impossible to educate your emotions when you come into a position where you say god i need your discernment i need your discernment it takes the power of prayer to deal with some demonic things because you don't even understand sometimes where unnatural urges and desires come from it's a work of the devil and if you don't deal with that in prayer prayer is not the all in all of all things it's where we start always never will we only finish you start with prayer prayer will lead you to a strategy god will give you something to do is you have to discern god that until i break the satanic power behind this i can get all the counseling that i want but until i deal with the spirit behind this nothing will ever change in its essence that's why we pray to say god i don't want to just try to get counseling or medication for my child i want to deal with the spirit that's trying to work against my family it's time for mothers and fathers to be people of discernment and to take a righteous indignation of authority over your household over your relationship and say god over your business whatever it is that you realize that sometimes that you just having one problem after another after another after another that this is not common this is demonic this is satanic you have to discern that by the spirit and you cannot rebuke it until you discern it discerned it i never forget a number of years ago the lord spoke to me and he said what is known in my word is discerning of spirits will begin to operate in your life and ministry so that you will be able to see the influence of the demonic and call it out and they shall be subject under your words i had a conversation with jesus and he talked to me about dealing with powers and principalities and until you deal with that demonic spirit that's behind it you discern spirits it might look like it's doing a good work but for what reason it's the motive behind it that really unveils the spirit that's why you have to sometimes follow the money you have to follow the trail to see where where's this thing ultimately going because sometimes there's a spirit behind it that you need to take spiritual authority and your real kingdom authority comes when you get the lion that's on the throne to bring under subjection the lion that's on the leash and i'm just telling the the lion of the tribe of judah to tame that roaring lion that's in your face because this lion has dominion over the lion that's bringing torment and intimidation into your life and when you can discern that this is a satanic ploy to try to mess up my sleep patterns to try to mess up my ability to focus this is not just a natural thing this is a supernatural thing and you cannot fight a supernatural spirit with natural weapons that's why the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but they are mighty through god to the pulling down of strongholds and i just want you to say today that jesus is for you and he's already seen the enemies trying to work against your life but i declare and decree in the name of jesus that the favor of god that god's blessings that god's discernment will arise in your heart that he will give you a keenness and a sensitivity to be able to know the tares of the devil that we are not unwise and unaware of his methodology and the weapons that he tries to use against us may god open your eyes so that you'll be able to deal with the demonic because you're already empowered he's giving you power authority exucia authority over all of the dunamis power of the enemy scorpions and serpents you have authority in the name of jesus over everything that is demonic but until you discern that spirit you have no ability to be able to cast it out until you discern it and i'm just here to tell you and we've got to pray for america we've got to pay for many entities that are in our world because they are driven by a spirit and until we deal with that in the realm of the spirit we must pray unto the kingdoms of this earth become the kingdoms of our lord and of his christ jesus the lion the tribe of judah who sits on the throne is about to be able to bring under subjugation the roaring lions who are running around on their leash but they are limited and they are subject to the lion on the throne let me pray for you if you're in this place wherever you're watching from today if you don't know jesus you can know him simply about opening your heart this is not for show to the world this is this is being transparent and authentic this is making yourself vulnerable to say god i know i'm not all that i see my shortcomings god and i can't do this i can't get the impurity out of my own heart god only you can do that you're the only one who's righteous in a moment of time just with this surrendering of your own heart and prayer god can translate you from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of his dear son in a moment in the twinkling of an eye if you just pray this prayer dear lord jesus i confess that i am in need of a savior i know that you sent jesus to die for me that i might have a right to the tree of life and today as an act of my own will [Music] i receive you into my heart live big in me think through my thoughts move through my actions and empower me o lord to tell everyone that i meet about you in jesus name amen let me pray for us father i thank you for the wonderful privilege that we have to serve you in the beauty of holiness and even though god we live in uncertain times right now we have a very sure god thank you that you never ever change thank you that you're constant that you're dependable that you are that rock for us thank you for opening the eyes of our understanding that we might be able to perceive the height the depth the width of life your love for us father i pray in the name of jesus that you will give us spiritual insight the various situations so that we might pray with the perspective of an eagle i pray in the name of jesus god that you so sensitize our vision and give us keenness of spirit to know when you're leading us and where you're leading us and the timing in what in what we are called to do to know when to invest and when to pull out father i pray in jesus name that you'll allow us to be able to read the little nuances of when we need to have a conversation with a son or daughter a mother or sister or brother father i pray to the lord jesus that you will give all of those who sit in positions of authority whether in government situations of county and municipalities and state and federal offices god give them wisdom wisdom discernment discernment discernment from you to be able to do what is right so that when the righteous rule god the people will honestly rejoice i pray god that you will give us the humility of heart to be able to love one another to listen to one another and even to ask for forgiveness where we've been wrong give us the strength to be able to turn from our wicked ways so that you will heal our land forgive our sin forgive us god wash us cleanse us restore us oh god bring healing to our land healing to our land healing to our land [Music] not only is injustice god like [Music] great waters coming down but also righteousness like a mighty stream help us to get it right god help us to get it right to right the wrong to right the wrong to right the wrong helpless god in the name of jesus give us divine strategies speak to us oh god give us a revelation of your will for this day and this time fill us god with your discernment may your will be done your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven in that mighty and majestic name of jesus amen we hope that you enjoyed that message don't forget to like and subscribe and then press the notification bell so that you don't miss another one of our videos and if you want to partner with us click the give now button thank you for what you do

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Keywords: Bishop Dale C. Bronner, Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral, Church, Sermon, Encouragement, Hope, Message

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Length: 61min 19sec (3679 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 21 2020