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freedom from demonic oppression

a friend of ours has suffered from seizures for years. there is no medical explanation and they are sure it is a purely demonic affliction. the gift of the discerning of spirits is so important in these days. we have to know what we are dealing with - be it when we are praying for the sick, counseling someone, etc. if it was so simple to discern what is and isn't demonic, then why in the world would the Lord have given His Church this gift. we set up an appointment to pray and he and his wife came over. since we had prayed before, I wasn't sure what to expect - especially as well because we were having a truly apostolic visitor who I knew we would have pray for him a few days later (which happened last night). However, the Lord showed up and began to give us revelation. I sensed the seizures had their root in a demonic affliction from the "python spirit" (Acts 16:16-19). I had a word of knowledge (or was it the operation of the discerning of spirits?) about s