Do you have the gift of discerning of spirits (1 Cor 12:10)?
This gift is the ability to recognize, identify and distinguish between various kinds of spirits that confront us. Typically the gift of wisdom, knowledge and discerning of spirits work together.
I have had many occasions where the Lord has used my senses to give me discernment of spirits to be able to act on His behalf.
Hearing (ears)
Loud noises in my ears are a warning to me that evil spirits have permeated the area, and I need to pray to remove them in the name of Jesus.
Smell
I was in Lowes, in line to check out, and the Lord said for me to pray for the man in front of me. I asked the Lord what to pray for, and he gave me this raunchy smell and the knowledge the man was into pornography. I cast out the Spirit of Pornography.
When I heard a woman’s testimony of her abuse as a child and how the Lord came and ministered to her, I smelled an overwhelming smell of roses. I asked her if she could smell it she said no. The Lord gave me the knowledge that it was the manifestation of His spirit. I let her know, and the woman started crying at the knowledge of the Lord’s love for her.
I was once in a deliverance prayer session, and during this session, I kept smelling smoke like pipe smoke. The woman’s father had been a pipe smoker. This gave the lead minister the knowledge of what spirits needed to be dealt with and how to pray.
Touch
I often have pain that comes upon my body, and I am given the knowledge that this is not my pain or infirmity but belongs to someone else; Lord shows me who the pain belongs to, and I pray for the person.
Taste and see
I have had many open and closed-eye visions and can see the spirits in the spiritual realm that allow me to bring forward a message or pray.
And early on in my walk with the Lord, I had been seeking the Lord fervently to break the tormenting spirit of eating disorders. The Lord had me fast by eating three meals daily for 30 days. At the end of 30 days, my last meal, I prayed and bit into my food; an explosion of colors and taste permeated my senses. At that moment, I knew that the spirit of eating disorders had no hold on me.
God is good, and He uses our senses to touch us and His world to bring forward His glory.