Jentezen Franklin - The amazing discernment of women : learning to understand your spiritual intuition and Gods plan for it

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The Amazing Discernment of Women

Jentezen Franklin reveals the strategic influence wise and discerning women can have in the lives of those around them. Allow The Amazing Discernment of Women to alter your perspective and speak to your heart.

Joyce Meyer
Best-selling author and Bible teacher

The Amazing Discernment of Women is a powerful new revelatory work! Pastor Jentezen Franklin has tapped into the God-given, Spirit-driven wisdom that is able to protect, guide, and mold women into Gods greatest vessels in their homes, businesses and ministries. This is a must-read for every woman seeking a deeper understanding of herself and her power as a Woman of God!

Paula White
Founder and co-pastor
Without Walls International Church

Abraham Lincoln said, The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. Jentezen Franklin, in this exciting and life-changing book, reveals how women of discernment have changed lives forever of people in their circle of influence. The difference between Adolf Hitler and John Wesley was the woman of influence in their lives. The difference between paradise in the Garden of Eden and a world of thorns and thistles was Eve. In the words of Jentezen Franklin, Women of God, you either carry an embalming spirit or anointing spirit. If you read one book this year, make it The Amazing Discernment of Women.

John Hagee
Best-selling author
Senior Pastor, Cornerstone Church, San Antonio, Texas

Jentezen Franklins new book is a must read for every man! (Or at least every man who wants to understand how the woman in his life can come to incredible insight without necessarily knowing how she got there.) I ought to know. Having been married to my wife for more than 30 years and having only daughters in my life, I feel like I have been swimming in a sea of estrogen. Finally, my friend Jentezen threw me a lifesaver. If a woman wants to be able to explain how she knows what she knows, and if a man needs to understand that she just knows it, this book is necessary.

Tommy Tenney
Pastor and best-selling author
Founder, GodChasers.network

the
amazing discernment
of women
learning to understand your spiritual
intuition and God's plan for it

JENTEZEN FRANKLIN.

Copyright 2006 by Jentezen Franklin

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The Amazing Discernment of Women
ISBN: 1595510034

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Franklin, Jentezen, 1962
The amazing discernment of women / Jentezen Franklin.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-59951-003-0
1. Christian womenReligious life. 2. Intuition. 3. Discernment (Christian theology) 4. Women in the Bible. I. Title.
BV4527.F733 2006
248.843dc22

2006015012

Printed in the United States of America
1 2 3 4 5 6 09 08 07 06

This book is dedicated to the five darlings in my life:
to my wife, Cherise, without whom I would be nothing,
and to my four daughters: Courtney, Caressa, Caroline and Connor.
May the lessons in this book be a part of the spiritual legacy I leave behind for you.

Appreciations

I want to express my deepest appreciation to Glenda Simpson for her untiring work on the manuscript of the book. I also wish to thank John Mason and all the team at Thomas Nelson for their encouragement and assistance.

A special thanks to three of the greatest men of God I have ever been privileged to know: Tommy Tenney, T.F. Tenney, and Steve Munsey. Their mentorship in my life has been profound.

To my congregation at Free Chapel, who has loved, supported, and believed in me for almost two decades, I want to express my sincerest gratitude.

Lastly, a special thanks to my television partners, who enable me to take the Gospel around the globe.

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Contents

Chapter SevenThe Benefits of Discernment:
The Right People, Right Place, Right Plan

Chapter One
Your Internal Compass

I n the middle of China, an ordinary person repeatedly drops a shard of iron onto a leaf and watches as the leaf floats on the water then inexplicably spins until it points in the same direction every time. Historians and archaeologists believe this is how the compass, the original navigational tool, was discoveredyears before the Bible was written.

They had no concept of norththe direction naturally sought by the magnetized shardand for millennia no one would discover why this solitary piece of metal behaved as it did. Nevertheless, an ancient someone invented the compass. Years later, the compass would find its purpose with sailors and anyone needing to know where to find their destination.

Inside of every person, ordinary and extraordinary, is an internal compass placed by God and waiting to be discovered and used for His glory. How can you discover that special, internal direction unique to you? What is Gods plan for you as a woman? Most women today can feel anything but special as they try to fulfill the ever-present demands of career, church, and family. They feel left out, stressed out, overwhelmed, and frazzled.

You have a key role in Satans ultimate defeat. Perhaps the reason gender bias is one prejudice with which the church still wrestles is because Satan fights hardest what he fears the most. Satan hates women. The first words he heard God utter about women were, She shall bring forth a seed that will crush his head (see Gen. 3:15). From that moment forward, Satan decided he must attack women. He doesnt want women to be productive!

Many women feel average. At worst, they feel like they will never measure up to peoples expectations. Yet God says you are extraordinary, and He desires to use you in extraordinary ways. God is searching for women who dare to believe they can make a difference. Think about it. The last creative work of God was the formation of woman. Ladies, you are the crown on Gods Creation. Something in Creation was missing without the presence of a woman, so God put you on the scene.

After forming Adam from the ground, why didnt God take another handful of sand to make Eve? Because He didnt want His new creation to be identical to man. God purposely created man and woman unlike each other because He wanted them to complete each other. Imagine that after God made man, He looked at him and said, I can do better than that! Adam fell into a deep sleep while God created the first woman out of Adams rib. Just think, Adam fell asleep single and woke up married.