TUESDAY 20/05/2025 SERVICE WITH PAPA TIMOTHY MWIZERWA BENEFITS OF POSSESSING A SPIRIT OF DISCERNMENT/DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN SPIRITS SCRIPTURES ---------- [NKJV] John 10:1,3-5,12 Deuteronomy 13:1-4 Hebrews 4:12 1 Chronicles 28:9 2 Timothy 2:22 Psalm 139:23-24 Jeremiah 17:9-10 - KNOWING CERTAINLY WITH NO GUESS THE VOICE OF THE SHEPHERD(JESUS CHRIST)AND AS A CHILD GROWS THATS THE SAME WAY WE KNOW HIM BETTER John 10:1,3-5,12 1 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." 12 But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. - CLINGING TO THE TRUTH BEING JESUS CHRIST GRANTS US NOT TO BE PULLED UP BY MIRACLES/wonders OR THE POWER OF SIGNS EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED/Fulfilled Deuteronomy 13:1-4 1 "If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after other gods'—which you have not known—'and let us serve them,' 3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him. - WE ARE ENABLED TO KNOW THE REASONS WE DO WHAT WE DO BECAUSE GOD IS MORE INTERESTED BY THE MOTIVATION OF THE HEART THAN ACTS. Hebrews 4:12 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 1 Chronicles 28:9 9 "As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever. - DISCERNMENT ENABLES US TO MAKE RIGHT CHOICES AND CONNECT TO RIGHT PEOPLE THAT BRING US EVEN CLOSER TO GOD. 2 Timothy 2:22 22 Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. - MAKES US DISCOVER OURSELVES/SEEING OURSELVES TRULY AS WE ARE AND SEE AS THE LORD SEES US. Psalm 139:23-24 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Jeremiah 17:9-10 9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? 10 I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.