Quotes About Discernment

It offers neither facts nor power, but for lovers of self-knowledge, of wisdom—if there be such—it seems to be the right book.... Let it go forth into the world for the benefit of those who can discern its meaning.

14 But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by continuous exercise to distinguish good from evil.

We need to get behind the surface appearances if we are to act coherently in the world. Otherwise, acting in response to misleading surface signals typically produces disastrous outcomes.

Should a traveler, returning from a far country, bring us an account of men wholly different from any with whom we were ever acquainted, men who were entirely divested of avarice, ambition, or revenge, who knew no pleasure but friendship, generosity, and public spirit, we should immediately, from these circumstances, detect the falsehood and prove him a liar with the same certainty as if he had stuffed his narration with stories of centaurs and dragons, miracles and prodigies.

Please don't believe anything that I've written in this book unless it feels right to you .

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

This is a time when all of God's people need to keep their eyes and their Bibles wide open. We must ask God for discernment as never before.

In a spiritual sense, carnal people cannot grasp the significance of God's Word unless they turn to God, accept His Word by faith, and seek spiritual understanding. "The carnal mind is enmity against God" (Romans 8:7). "The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (I Corinthians 2:14).

In France, being exigeant, or discriminating, is considered a positive quality,

It isn't a bad thing to hear voices... but you mustn't for a minute imagine that all is wise that comes to you out of the night world.

Once people stop believing in God, the problem is not that they will believe in nothing; rather, the problem is that they will believe anything.

If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.

Find where God is and get behind what He's doing. He always wins.

If at the age of thirty you don't know what God has called you to do; you may never know.

Take time to pray and listen to God...say, 'Sir, what should I say at this moment? What should I do? My ears are open and my eyes are open. I'm listening.'

Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone.

Before we can speak God's message, we must learn to listen. The opened ear comes before the opened mouth.

Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.

God designed the stomach to eject what is bad for it, but not the human brain.

...we should realize that there are three sources for our thoughts - God, the devil, and ourselves.

God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.

By the grace of God we will never pluck unripe fruit. We will never press people to decision, because we'll lead them to damnation and not salvation.

God's call doesn't register in a vacuum; only a person who is committed to doing God's will can receive a call.

We should not confuse complete faith in God with complete faith in our ability to discern God's voice.