Linda walked into the prayer service for the first time. I’ve never met her before and observed her professional look and demeanor. My prayer teams are very sensitive and easily detected her issues. They kept control of the room’s atmosphere despite what Linda brought in and continued on as she sat and observed. Linda would close her eyes at different times or drift into some Bible reading. Other times, she would look around the room as if confused. She was always swift to leave at the end.
As time went on, various persons tried to reach out to her. She would get angry just enough to shut you down or argue with you just enough to keep you at a distance. I was one of the few persons that could reach her. Linda finally confessed to the problem. She was “hearing voices”. She wanted help, but didn’t realize how much life would have to change in order to get a grip on that world.
I understood what Linda was experiencing. I’ve always heard voices even as a small child. I connected it to being in-tune with the spirit realm. I didn’t become a Christian until I was a freshman in college, and a year later I was delivered from occult spirits.
I grew up as a Mormon and occasionally dabbled with spirits and other occult activities in ignorance. Even though I loved Jesus, my actions resulted in a very rough season of deliverance. I was truly set free and experienced real authority in Christ, only to be thrown into a very loud and intense world of… voices.
Now I was hearing voices in the air, voices in my mind, and voices of spirits. It was intense and things never did quiet down. At first, I wanted to be alone as much as possible; being in crowds was painful and I began to crave and treasure silence. When things didn’t change, it left me with the typical questions, “Am I schizophrenic? Am I demon-possessed? Or, do I have a really weird gift from God?”
“Get Out Of My Thoughts!”
The reason I thought I might have something from God is because I started to hear people’s thoughts. Let me explain that. I know that husbands and wives often know each other’s thoughts without thinking too much about it. It’s a sign of intimacy between them. I also read in the Bible that Jesus would perceive people’s thoughts and He would answer their thoughts appropriately. This gave Jesus an advantage in difficult crowds.
Since my experience was in the Bible, I felt better about it but not for reasons you might think. I didn’t know everyone’s waking thought nor did I want to. I would often hear or feel someone’s strongest thought and would even attempt to speak into it when I felt God’s permission. Now years later, this activity flows quite naturally with me, and I usually don’t think about it before I’ve said something revealing to the person I’m with. This has earned me, however, the uncomfortable rebuke from some to,”Get out of my thoughts!”
It took me years to sort it out, but I had received the gift of “discerning of spirits” (see 1 Corinthians 12:10) that operated sympathetically. Because everything has a voice to it, through this gift, I was hearing or feeling the voice of pretty much everything until I learned how to manage it.
The Gift Of Discerning of Spirits
I’ll try to describe how it works. God has created everything with His word and all creation is designed to praise Him. If the people of earth fail to praise God, the Bible says even the rocks will cry out (see Luke 19:40). It’s fascinating that the voice of praise can be triggered within the rocks should human creation fail to do so. I’m bringing this out to demonstrate that everything has the capacity to “sound off” under certain conditions.
There is a voice (or “sound”) on land, in the air, in people groups, in animals, in objects, and on and on. Often that sound becomes painful or aggravating to me when something has corrupted it. I’ll hear or feel the voice of the problem in my mind, on my skin, in my emotions, just to name a few. If you are experiencing this and don’t know what it is, you will definitely think you’re crazy.
The gift of discerning of spirits is allowing you to hear creation “sound off.” Your next task will be to intercede until creation praises and responds properly to God again. When it does, you’ll be at peace.
In my world, this has resulted in much deliverance of land in my city. For example, the north area of our city began to “release a sound” several years ago. That area was barren and only dirt for miles. The voice sounding off the land put feelings of aggravation in me before turning to head-trips and night terrors. The Holy Spirit told me exactly what it was. There was an occultic spirit on the land. When that spirit was finally removed through intercession, the entire area went through radical transformation.
Mass construction came in within that year. Homes, schools, and shopping centers were built. We even bought a new home there! When land is delivered from a demonic stronghold, think of Daniel’s “Prince of Persia” as another example of this; it will visibly come under the blessing of God. The land can now respond properly and there will be results you can point to. This land deliverance happened because I began to hear and feel the voice of the problem and it drove me into intercession just to get my peace back.
Is This a Gift From God Or a Mental Disorder?
We have a very sophisticated medical community in America. Without the medical community, a lot of us would be dead or very impaired. I completely honor our medical community and their successes. In the midst of this, there still isn’t consistent consideration of the spiritual aspects of many diseases and disorders. This unfortunately leaves a whole group of people broken and mislabeled.
Consider the woman who was bent over for 18 years and then healed by Jesus of a spirit of infirmity (see Luke 13). In today’s medicine, she would be labeled as crippled, or with MS, or perhaps scoliosis. She didn’t have any of those diseases. The Bible says she had a spirit of infirmity. That’s a demonic spirit and not a medical condition. When Jesus cast it out, she was made well.
The same goes for the young boy who was having mental fits and trying to kill himself (see Mark, chapter 9). Medically, he would have been labeled epileptic, schizophrenic, or psychotic and given medication in today’s world. The true issue was spiritual. He was possessed by a deaf and dumb spirit.
There is a medical label for nearly everything and a medicinal approach to most of it. If it’s a physical problem, then it should respond to most physical treatments. When it’s a spiritual problem, it will not respond. When it’s a spiritual problem, it won’t respond to doctor’s orders and the condition will even tend to get worse with medicine.
When people are hearing voices or experiencing extreme mood swings, we are quick to label these persons as schizophrenic or bipolar. I do think it’s important to first rule out any physical causes. If diet, medication, reducing stress, and all such remedies fail, then it has to be rooted in something else. In these cases, I do believe it’s a spiritual issue and if you can go there with me… it just might be God! I’ve walked this out thoroughly and have discovered it to be true in my life and many others.
A Gift You Learn to Walk Out
If that’s you, will you consider that you are not crazy, but actually gifted? The gift of discerning of spirits can manifest as “hearing voices” and having “extreme mood swings”. I’ve said many times that I can have a mood swing depending on what house I’m standing in front of.
via pixabay.comThis is a gift you learn to walk out. It requires a heavy diet of the Word, prayer, and self-discipline to keep corrupted atmospheres or voices and sounds from ruling you. The Word has to rule your feelings because you won’t feel normal on most days. It’s a muscle of faith that you develop over time. You will live a more sanctified life because of all this.
Our church has many people who hear things much like I do. We’ve all thought we were crazy at one point, but now we’ve discovered the truth. We have a gift from God and it’s an unusual life to live out. This gift is needed, it’s spectacular at times, and you’ll often know things before others do. Its function, however, will keep you very humble and close to God.
Jennifer Eivaz, Associate Minister
Harvest Christian Church
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Website: jennifereivaz.com
Jennifer Eivaz is a vibrant minister and international conference speaker who carries the wisdom and fire of the Holy Spirit. She presently serves as an associate minister with Harvest Christian Center in Turlock, CA and is focused on raising up a passionate and effective prayer community that is tempered with love and hears the voice of God accurately. Jennifer loves the Presence of God and is a prophetic voice to her church and to others. Her teaching style is authentic and aimed at the heart having been built on her personal testimony of God’s incredible goodness and miraculous display in her life and in the life of her church. Jennifer is a graduate of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is married to HCC’s Senior Pastor Ron Eivaz, and they have two wonderful children. She has written a book called The Intercessors Handbook
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Faith is lifting our sails in this day as the Holy Spirit of Truth is leading us. No longer can we follow after agendas, patterns, and formulas; we must be totally reliant on the Holy Spirit to guide us. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
So Elijah left there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, whose plowing was being done with twelve yoke of oxen, and he drove the twelfth. Elijah crossed over to him and cast his mantle upon him. He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you.” And he [testing Elisha] said, “Go on back. What have I done to you? [Settle it for yourself.]” So Elisha went back from him. Then he took a yoke of oxen, slew them, boiled their flesh with the oxen’s yoke [as fuel], and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, followed Elijah, and served him.
The Error Of Balaam For Profit: Balaam was a soothsayer who mixed truth with false doctrine. His error was greed, or covetousness, because he was paid well to bring a curse upon the people of Israel. God’s anger was kindled against him when he disobeyed Him and later withstood the Angel of the Lord three times. Balaam repented and brought the word of the Lord, refusing to curse Israel (see Numbers 22-23). (Photo via Pixabay)
The Body of Christ has come to a crossroads in time, a juncture on their heavenly journey in the Lord. Each one must decide for themselves which way to go. Some will want to turn back for fear of the unknown, yet others will proceed in faith. It is there that God meets them head-on, and they will move into a new dimension in Him. Those who choose to proceed in faith must be space aviators and explore the uncharted waters of the Spirit. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
Right before we got on the plane to head home from that trip, Bobby decided to tell me the reason behind telling all those stories. “Jerame,” he said, “do you want to know what I’ve been doing all week?” (Photo: Bobby Conner)
And he says, “Dude, we’re in Mississippi. What’s going on?” (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

There shall be criminals that shall be brought to justice.”
“In My hand,”
As you walk in honor, God desires to turn your enemies into allies. Those who have opposed you will now come to your rescue. Honor is the victory.
“The world collects debris and calls it garbage. I collect debris and transform it into treasure. There have been painful outcomes in some of your relationships. What was left behind has been defined as debris. I am about to change your definitions.
A word from God loses its impact and becomes diluted when we run it through too many relational or corporate filters before we obey.
When God is moving and someone says, “We need to slow down,” this is fear speaking. Wisdom moves at the speed of revelation.
Jesus, our chief Apostle, broke through and opened a new and living way. I believe, in order to truly be effective in the Great Commission, the forerunner must do the same in their efforts to establish the Kingdom of God. I want to say this: You have access to a great breaker anointing within you.
Yet, just as they were giving the awesome testimony of what they saw, what God had promised to them, they then switched into another testimony of impossibilities and danger. The testimony of why it could never work.
It was a new way for the all of the Israelites, and they could not believe the message of Caleb and Joshua. There were other forerunners with Caleb and Joshua, yet it was only Caleb and Joshua who carried the breaker anointing.
God is not interested in merely a good time or an event by itself. In fact, He is not interested in a new way alone. He is interested in abundant life; life that is ongoing. He is interested in a new and living way; a revival torch that will not only spark, but ultimately grow into an ongoing fire. That is the Kingdom. God is interested in a lifestyle of revival and outpouring. (Photo via Godsfingerprints.net)
Stephen carried this type of anointing. The Bible describes him as one that was full of faith and the Holy Spirit. He was the first person in the New Testament who was martyred for following the ways of Jesus. As he was being stoned, Stephen was literally brought into an open vision as he saw physically what was happening in the spiritual realm. He shouted out,
Caleb, Joshua, and Stephen were not followers, nor were they just leaders – they were pioneers. Yet these were not pioneers merely out to make a new discovery; they were men dedicated to bringing an entire nation into this discovery with them. They took the initiative and did not wait for others – they were courageous lions. (Photo via DesertUSA)
God is not just raising up forerunners. God is asking the forerunners: What type of report will you give? What type of reality will you see? What type of kingdom will you release? God is calling the forerunner to carry a breaker anointing and be led on unfamiliar paths to take an entire nation into a living way – birthing a supernatural community! NEW AND LIVING.

For the past few months God has been speaking to me about September 25th being a significant time. It will be a turning or tipping point in the spiritual realm. Things that God has promised will begin to take greater shape.
One of my intercessors had a dream that she was back in school and had to take history class over again. This is a time to learn from the past, but don’t let the past hold you back.
God showed me that it is time to get aligned for the new time. There will be a lot of movement, relocation, job changes, etc., over the next few months. It is important to be geographically positioned. Listen to God speak to you and follow peace in your heart about this.
Transported…
The Lord was saying, “Son, I have allowed you to experience this vision in person so you would know the full impact and certainty of it. I am the trackless, unstoppable locomotive. I am coming in a way that many of My people will not recognize as Me. Some will be offended.
God continued saying, “The mountains you saw caving in represent the seven mountains of the kingdoms of this world. The Church, family, education, government, media, arts and entertainment, and business and finances.