Quotes about Discernment

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

The work is hindered. The glory of God is tarnished and it is because the people of God no longer know how to discern the things of God.

There are hours when the Church must say NO to those who should ask communion with her, in the doing of her work, upon the basis of compromise.

If you're I politics and you can't tell when you walk into a room who's for you and who's against you, then you're in the wrong line of work.

In many cases, our need to wonder about or be told what God wants in a certain situation is nothing short of a clear indication of how little we are engaged in His work.

God desires that we become spiritually healthy enough through faith to have a conscience that rightly interprets the work of the Holy Spirit.

This latter day work is spiritual. It takes spirituality to comprehend it, to love it, to discern it. Therefore, seek the spirit in all you do. Keep it with you continually. That is our challenge.

This passage is not encouraging unwise activity that overloads your schedule with church events and obligations. Nor does it ask you to turn normal relational moments into abnormal witnessing encounters.

The only difference between your local college and a Christian seminary is that the latter is more honest.

You might see nothing in him. I see everything in him.

To know the vintage and quality of a wine one need not drink the whole cask. It must be perfectly easy in half an hour to say whether a book is worth anything or worth nothing. Ten minutes are really sufficient, if one has the instinct for form. Who wants to wade through a dull volume? One tastes it, and that is quite enough — more than enough, I should imagine.

have a wonderful instinct about things.  They can discover everything except the obvious.