The Law of Attraction: Inward Adorning and the Spiritual Forces That Govern Destiny

The Law of Attraction: Inward Adorning and the Spiritual Forces That Govern Destiny

Teaching by Prophet Lovy L. Elias · Watch on YouTube · 30 May 2022

True attraction is not wishful thinking — it is a divine pull toward destiny, and only the adorned inner man can discern and rightly respond to it.

Spiritual ignorance is not neutral — it is dangerous. There are principles governing the spirit that God requires believers to know, because a single wrong decision made in ignorance can be catastrophic. The law of attraction, love, affection, lust, and seduction are not merely psychological or emotional forces; they are spiritual realities with eternal consequences. Understanding them is not optional for a thriving life in God.


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Teaching Overview

  1. The Bible is a foundation, not a ceiling — God communicates and moves beyond what is written, and believers must be built up enough inwardly to discern His ways when He manifests.
  2. Love, affection, lust, attraction, and seduction are distinct spiritual forces — confusing them leads to wrong decisions, broken relationships, and missed destiny.
  3. Attraction is the most powerful force God ever created — it is a divine pull toward destiny, not a product of personal desire, and both Lucifer and the Watchers fell by misreading and misusing it.
  4. Samson's attraction to the Philistine woman was not lust — it was God's sovereign orchestration to position him in the midst of his assignment, overriding family objection.
  5. The hidden man of the heart, adorned with a meek and quiet spirit, is what enables a believer to properly manage divine attraction and fulfill their destiny without being seduced or derailed.

Key Distinctions

LoveAffectionAttractionLustSeduction
What it isA decision and commitment to sacrifice for anotherThe ability to focus on something and build an attachment to itA sovereign divine pull of the spirit and soul, even against one's willA self-seeking desire that seeks only to satisfy itselfAn enticement that provokes weakness in order to manipulate
SourceA personal decision; an act of the willA focusable and moveable faculty of the heartGod; it is given at appointed times as a pull toward destinyThe fallen nature; the appetite turned inwardAn external agent exploiting an internal vulnerability
Can it shift?No — love is a commitment that endures beyond feelingYes — affection can die, be rekindled, or be deliberately redirectedYes — it can be misread, misused, or corrupted by prideYes — it escalates and consumes without restraintYes — it can be resisted when the spirit is adorned and strong
Relationship to destinyLove sustains the covenant that destiny requiresAffection can assist love but cannot replace itAttraction is the primary vehicle God uses to position a person in their destinyLust distorts destiny by reducing it to self-satisfactionSeduction derails destiny by manipulating a person through their weakness
Biblical exampleGod's love for the world — a commitment despite sin"Set your affection on things above" (Col. 3:2)Samson's pull toward the Philistine woman; Lucifer's pull toward the throneEve's response to the fruit — the lust of the eyesThe devil's approach to Eve in the garden
Danger if misunderstoodRelationships die when affection is mistaken for loveAffection placed on temporal things becomes idolatryAttraction misread as lust or romance leads to missed destinyLust in marriage or relationship destroys covenantSeduction bypasses the will and causes a person to act as a zombie to temptation

The Bible as Foundation, Not Ceiling

  • The Bible contains the truth and doctrine of God, but it does not contain every instruction for every decision a believer must make.
  • The word of God is given for doctrine, rebuke, and building — it establishes the foundational spiritual capacity through which God's further manifestations can be identified and discerned.
  • If a believer limits God to only what is written, they will reject genuine encounters with God that fall outside their prior knowledge — as Moses would have rejected the burning bush.

"If you see in the spirit you realize that the Bible probably contains zero point zero zero zero one percent of the things of the spirit. The word of God is good for doctrine, for rebuke, for building — it is the foundational setting that it takes to build your spiritual capacity. So that when God manifests to you, you can identify that is God."

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Knowing the Ways of God

  • If a believer does not know the ways of God, they cannot discern when God is speaking, touching, or directing them — and they are therefore in constant spiritual danger.
  • God revealed Himself to Moses by a new name — Jehovah — because what He was about to do through Moses had never been done before; a new capacity required a new revelation of His identity.
  • To know the ways of God is not only to know physical principles, but to have the ability to discern His Spirit and His intention — to test and sense what He is always trying to accomplish.

"It is an issue if you don't know the ways of God, because to know the ways of God is not only in physical principles, but it is in the ability to discern His spirit and His intention."

Love as Commitment

  • Love is not an emotion and has nothing to do with affection — it is a pure decision and a commitment to sacrifice oneself for another.
  • Many relationships perish because people seek affection rather than understanding that love is a covenant devotion that persists regardless of feeling.
  • God's love for the world is the supreme demonstration — He made a commitment to His creation that even in departure from Him, He would cleanse and restore them.

"Love is simply a decision. Love is a pure decision."

Affection and Its Movement

  • Affection is the capacity to focus on something and build attachment to it — and because it is focusable, it is also redirectable.
  • The Bible commands believers to set their affection on things above, which confirms that affection is not fixed — it can be deliberately repositioned.
  • The discipline of giving what one loves, rather than keeping it, is one way to maintain a pure and unattached heart.

"Affection can be shifted, can move. An affection can be spiced up, but affection has the ability — it is in your ability to move your focus on something, concentrate every day and before you know it, your affection is set on that."

Lust and Its Self-Seeking Nature

  • Lust, unlike love, seeks only to satisfy itself — it is a desire turned entirely inward, with no capacity to give.
  • The fall of humanity began with the lust of the eyes — Eve was not primarily seduced by the theological argument about being like God, but by the sensory appeal of the fruit itself.
  • In relationships, lust is present whenever the governing question is "what do I want" rather than "what can I give" — making lust incompatible with covenant love.

"If it is just about what you want, how it will be like and if they don't fulfill it, you don't want them, you don't have love, you have lust."

Attraction as a Divine Force

  • Attraction is categorically different from love, affection, and lust — it has nothing to do with the person's own will or desire; it is an involuntary pulling of the spirit and soul.
  • Attraction is a pull toward where one's destiny is connected — it is the most powerful force God has ever created.
  • Because attraction operates beyond personal will, it is frequently misread — especially when believers are not spiritually built up enough to discern what it truly is.

"There is no powerful force that God has ever created, more powerful than attraction."

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The Fall of Lucifer and the Corruption of Attraction

  • Cherubims are not decorative figures — they are the guardians and carriers of the presence of God, and the throne of God rests upon them.
  • Lucifer was a Cherub, already anointed and attracted to the throne he was created to serve — but his time of full ascension had not yet come.
  • Pride entered him and corrupted the purpose of the attraction: what should have been a destiny-oriented pull became self-exaltation — "I will lift up my throne and I will be like Him."
  • Lucifer was assigned to serve the Morning Star — Jesus — but because his heart became wrong, the attraction was redirected toward himself and he was cast out before he ever acted.

"He was attracted to the throne because his destiny was supposed to be where the throne is. But because the heart was wrong, because of pride, it became about him. It was no longer about destiny."

The Watchers and the Transgression of Attraction

  • The Watchers are a distinct class of angelic beings — different from the Holy Ones who come from the throne of God and whose substance is light.
  • Watchers were created from celestial substance and were assigned to observe and guide humanity without interfering in human growth and development.
  • In Genesis 6, the Watchers saw the daughters of men and experienced an attraction so powerful it drew them out of their heavenly assignment and onto the earth — a transgression born from mismanaged attraction.
  • Holy Ones have no capacity for reproduction or marriage; Watchers, by virtue of their different substance, do — which is the origin of the Nephilim, the mixing of angelic and human DNA.

"They saw something and there was an attraction beyond what they could understand. It was enough for them to leave heaven and to come on earth."

Samson and the Sovereignty of Attraction

  • Samson's attraction to the Philistine woman from Timnah was not lust — his immediate response was to go to his parents and request that they arrange the marriage for him.
  • A man driven by lust does not seek marriage as his first response; Samson's impulse toward covenant demonstrates that his inner man was clean.
  • His parents objected on the grounds of God's law against marrying outside the covenant people — but the Scripture declares that the attraction was the Lord's doing, not Samson's weakness.
  • God was using the attraction to plant Samson in the midst of the Philistines — his appointed arena of assignment — overriding family objection and generational limitation.

"The father and mother knew not. It was the Lord's doing. It was not up to Samson. It was not up to his mother. There is something that God is brewing inside of you. There is something that God is provoking within you — to take you from where you are and to plant you in the midst of what God has called you to do."

Outward Adorning Versus the Hidden Man of the Heart

  • First Peter 3:3–4 does not prohibit external adornment — God Himself promises to clothe believers more beautifully than Solomon, and looking well is a reflection of representing the King.
  • The warning is against making outward adorning the primary focus — because external appearance without inward adorning produces a light that cannot shine.
  • The hidden man of the heart must be clothed in the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit — this is what holds great price in the sight of God.
  • A person inwardly adorned carries peace, and that peace transforms even the simplest external presentation — while a person inwardly empty appears dark regardless of the cost of what they wear.

"The inward adornment starts taking over the outward adorning."

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The Meek and Quiet Spirit as Supreme Value

  • A meek and quiet spirit is not weakness — it is the capacity to remain calm before God, which makes a person capable of discerning, receiving, and managing divine attraction correctly.
  • Anyone who does not possess a calm spirit is a public danger — they will make hasty decisions and miss everything God has prepared for them, regardless of how much they pray, fast, or tithe.
  • The ability to govern and adorn the inner man is more powerful than the ability to conquer an entire city.

"Your value to God is your ability to be calm before God. Because anyone that does not possess a calm spirit is a public danger."

Soul, Spirit, and the Danger of a Broken Spirit

  • Irritation at the level of the soul is circumstantial and can be managed — but a hasty spirit is a deeper condition with no natural calm or patience.
  • Ninety percent of what a believer does toward God is born from the spirit — which means that if the spirit is broken, nothing in a person's life can properly move.
  • A broken spirit produces false declarations — external confessions of blessing that do not match the inward reality, as seen in those who confess "blessed and highly favored" while suffering privately.
  • Job's inward adorning sustained him through affliction, because he understood his suffering was for a season — his inward man was strong enough to hold him until God restored him.

"If your spirit is broken you can declare blessings that are not real. You are reading the word, praising God, but inwardly you are suffering."

Misreading Attraction and the Cost of Wrong Interpretation

  • Some believers have attempted to marry those to whom they were attracted, not discerning that the attraction was a destiny connection — not necessarily a romantic calling.
  • Attraction rejected love in those cases — because the person lacked the inward adorning necessary to interpret what the attraction truly was.
  • Without the adorned inner man, divine attraction is consistently mistranslated — what God intended as a path to purpose is read as a signal for permanent romantic union.

Key Definitions

Love — A pure decision and commitment to sacrifice oneself for another, entirely independent of emotion or affection; as Prophet Lovy stated: "Love is simply a decision. Love is a pure decision."

Affection — The ability to focus on something and build an attachment to it; a moveable faculty of the heart that can be deliberately redirected, as the Bible commands: "Set your affection on the things above."

Lust — A self-seeking desire that seeks only to satisfy itself, with no capacity to give; the governing force behind the fall in the garden and the destroyer of covenant in relationships.

Attraction — An involuntary pulling of the spirit and soul, given by God at appointed times, toward where a person's destiny is connected; the most powerful force God has ever created, and the one most frequently misread.

Seduction — An enticement designed to provoke a hidden weakness in order to manipulate — not exclusively sexual, but any hypnotic force that causes a person to act without full spiritual awareness.

Hidden Man of the Heart — The inner spiritual person who must be adorned with a meek and quiet spirit; the one whose inward state determines whether external life shines or remains dark, and whose condition is of great price in the sight of God.

Watchers — A distinct class of angelic beings whose substance is celestial rather than light, assigned to observe and guide humanity without interfering — and who, in Genesis 6, transgressed their assignment through mismanaged attraction to the daughters of men.


Key Takeaways

  • The Bible is a foundation, not a ceiling — God communicates and moves beyond Scripture, and believers must be spiritually built up enough to discern His voice when He manifests in ways not previously written.
  • Love, affection, lust, attraction, and seduction are distinct spiritual forces — confusing them produces wrong decisions, broken covenants, and missed destiny, which is why understanding each precisely is not optional.
  • Attraction is a sovereign divine pull toward destiny — it is not generated by personal desire and cannot be evaluated by ordinary emotional or romantic categories; both Lucifer and the Watchers were destroyed by failing to properly discern and steward it.
  • Samson's attraction was God's orchestration — what his family called a spiritual problem was in fact the Lord's instrument to plant him in his assignment, demonstrating that divine attraction overrides generational limitation and family objection.
  • The adorned inner man — clothed in a meek and quiet spirit — is the only foundation capable of managing divine attraction correctly — without it, even genuine spiritual pulls are mistranslated, and destiny is forfeited.

Reflection Questions

  1. Have you ever mistaken attraction for love, or love for affection — and how did that confusion shape a significant decision in your life?
  2. Where is your affection currently set, and does its location align with God's call on your life or with what is merely familiar and comfortable?
  3. Is there an area of your life where you have been making hasty, unpeaceful decisions — and what does that reveal about the current state of your inner man?
  4. Have you ever dismissed a divine pull or a sense of being drawn toward something — labeling it temptation, distraction, or wrong — when it may have been God positioning you for your assignment?
  5. What would it practically look like this week to invest in adorning your inner man — and what has been preventing you from prioritizing that above external concerns?

Prayers and Declarations

Prophet Lovy speaking as an example of the internal prayer when tempted to keep what one loves:

"In the name of Jesus, let them not ask."

Moment of gratitude when remembering God's provision:

"Father you are worthy."


Scripture References

  • John 3:16 — "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (KJV)
  • Colossians 3:2 — "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." (KJV)
  • 1 Peter 3:3 — "Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;" (KJV)
  • 1 Peter 3:4 — "But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price." (KJV)
  • Genesis 6:2
  • Proverbs 17:22
  • Judges 14:1–4
  • Daniel 4:13
  • Revelation 22:16
  • Isaiah 14:12–14

Golden Nuggets

"The word of God you have is not the ceiling, but it is the foundation. It is from the word of God that you build yourself."

"Love is simply a decision. Love is a pure decision."

"There is no powerful force that God has ever created, more powerful than attraction."

"Attraction is a pulling to where your destiny is connected to."

"He was attracted to the throne because his destiny was supposed to be where the throne is. But because the heart was wrong, because of pride, it became about him. It was no longer about destiny."

"There is something that God is brewing inside of you. There is something that God is provoking within you — to take you from where you are and to plant you in the midst of what God has called you to do."

"The inward adornment starts taking over the outward adorning."

"Your value to God is your ability to be calm before God. Because anyone that does not possess a calm spirit is a public danger."

"If your spirit is broken you can declare blessings that are not real. You are reading the word, praising God, but inwardly you are suffering."

"You become what you sit under — you don't become what you pray."


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