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Wow... that was an amazing story. It is for people like yourself that we do this podcast. Thank you for sharing this and blessing us with this. God bless you and we love you 💓💓

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Sep 29Liked by Michelle Adams, Matthew T. Adams

Matthew & Michelle, thank u for these explanations of discernment in my life! I have always had a sensitivity to the Holy Spirit that I did not always understand. When I was very young He warned me of things, I would feel, or sense something that I did not understand. But that feeling, or sense always proved to be correct later. I began to realize I should not ignore those insights, because they were always right. As I was not saved at the time, I didn’t know it was Holy Spirit, and I did not even try to tell anyone because they might think I was crazy. At the age of 11, He told me it was time to be baptized one Sunday morning in church. I asked my mom if I could go down the aisle for baptism, and she took me down and I told the pastor I needed to be baptized. I knew Who Jesus was and the story of why He came to earth, but I don’t think I was saved at that time. Neither the pastor nor my parents asked me many questions about it or explained much to me, but I just knew what that prompting told me to do. That night I was baptized. At the age of 26, my life was in a mess because of some poor choices on my part. Broken and in tears, I asked the Lord to come into my life and take over this garbage heap I had turned it into. I immediately felt Him respond to me with such peace and love. No one else was there, just me and God. I know it was Holy Spirit dealing with me, drawing me to Him, but I just recognized Him as God at that time. I had such joy and peace after that. I started reading God’s word avidly and devouring it, weeping from conviction of my sins, but still had joy because I knew He was right there with me and His forgiveness was flowing over me. I no longer attended the church I grew up in and did not feel I could go back there, it was a cold lonely place to me. The Lord led me to visit a Southern Baptist church soon after that, and I knew I had found the place He wanted me to be. The people were loving, caring and full of Jesus. He was in the faces of the people I met that morning and in the pastor and the music leader too. I went back that night and joined the church. I was baptized again shortly after that because I felt like this was a whole new beginning for me and I needed to nail this down. I began to soar like an eagle because God gave me spirit filled teachers who loved me and cared enough to guide me with Bible studies and instructions in His word. I soaked it all up like a sponge. During this time I learned of the Holy Spirit and knew it was He Who had been prompting me in my spirit all the years since I had been a child. There were demonic spirits that had plagued me and tried to keep me from being there in that church and from growing in Christ. I began to realize I was being terrorized by these evil beings and sought help from my pastor who referred me to a married couple who led me, step by steady step, in how to refuse ground to satan and his minions and take back the ground they had stolen by the blood and in the Name of Jesus Christ. Walking in freedom did not come easy, but it was free to me because Jesus paid the full price for it on the cross. Staying free requires diligence, and that’s where staying close to and listening to the Holy Spirit is so critical. He has been guiding me, talking to my spirit all my life. He already knew I would need that in order to win this battle over satan. I met my husband at that church and we were married there. We were members there over 40 years. Many changes and new leadership brought us to realize this was no longer where we needed to be, so we left.

I was told by a Bible study teacher once that I had the spirit of discernment, and I had not known what that was until she explained it to me. I was telling her how when I prayed for a friend of ours how the Holy Spirit showed me how to pray for her. She seemed very interested and said I had the spirit of discernment. No one else has ever said that, and even though I have been walking with Him, I have never had real instruction on how to understand the gift of discernment. Your podcasts have helped me to know that He has gifted, or endowed me with discernment. It’s been a part of me for so long I had not thought of it that way. Maybe I was taking it for granted rather than being profoundly grateful for what He has gifted me with. God bless u both for listening to this very long story and for your lessons on spiritual discernment. U have helped me put some pieces into a puzzle, and it’s much clearer now❣️🍒

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Thank you for sharing your powerful testimony.

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I am so sorry Cherre...I read this and I thought I replied...please forgive me. Your story is a HUGE inspiration for not only me...but many others as well. Thank you for sharing this...this is the reason we do what we do. God Bless you!!!

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