Quotes About Discernment

The mind of the many is not the mind of God.

I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world.

A person God himself deems as wise is one who not only hears His voice, but immediately begins to act upon His instruction.

Persistent, internal inklings matched by external confirmation is often the way God directs believers into His will.

I have sometimes called this 'double listening'. Listening to the voice of God in Scripture, and listening to the voices of the modern world, with all their cries of anger, pain and despair.

You shouldn't go to college unless God has definitely called you to go.

It takes intentional effort to tune out every voice except God's.

When praying for the Lord's will about something questionable, don't give up if you don't receive clear leading after one prayer; just keep on praying until God makes it clear.

A clear conscience is absolutely essential for distinguishing between the voice of God and the voice of the enemy. Unconfessed sin is a prime reason why many do not know God's will.

They who prematurely put themselves forward to root out whatever is displeasing to them overthrow the judgment of God and rashly intrude upon the office of angels.

The secret of following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.

Listen to no man who has not listened to God.

I believe we must seek God's will, never presuming to identify it with our own program or power.

It's the easiest thing in the world to know God's will. You just wait and see what happens, and that's it.

Pray that God will open the doors you can't open and close the doors that need to be closed.

In the desert, an old monk had once advised a traveler, the voices of God and the Devil are scarcely distinguishable.

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.

I don't just pray for God to open doors, I also pray for God to close doors.

The silence that makes it possible to hear God speak also makes it possible for us to hear the world's words for what they really are - tinny and unconvincing lies.

Don't feel like you have to take every suggestion people give you. Not every good idea is a God idea.

Do I pray that the Lord gives me the desire to do his will, or do I look for compromises because I'm afraid of God's will?

God knows what is best for you, and He wants to reveal it to you and show you what you ought to do.

Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.

God calls you to make definitive choices, and He has a plan for each of you: to discover that plan and to respond to your vocation is to move toward personal fulfillment.