(1 John 4:1 NLT) Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God.

(Proverbs 14:12 NIV) There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

1. Does it line up with the Bible?

(2 Timothy 3:16 NIV) All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

(Numbers 23:19 NIV) God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. ...

"The whole council of God"

2. Will it make me more like Christ?

(John 3:30 NLT) He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.

(1 John 2:5-6 NIV) But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

3. Does godly counsel agree?

(Proverbs 12:15 NIV) The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

4. Do I have peace?

(1 Corinthians 14:33 NLT) For God is not a God of disorder but of peace, . . . (absence of peace)

(Philippians 4:7 NIV) And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.