Quotes about Discernment
I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world.
- David Brainerd
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.
- David Jeremiah
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.
- CS Lewis
If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
- Watchman Nee
Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone.
- Elizabeth Fry
A willing heart is the first step in finding God's will in our lives. We cannot expect God to force us or to plead with us about the calling in our lives.
- David Jeremiah
Before we can speak God's message, we must learn to listen. The opened ear comes before the opened mouth.
- AB Simpson
Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.
- Corrie Ten Boom
God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.
- Dallas Willard
A person God himself deems as wise is one who not only hears His voice, but immediately begins to act upon His instruction.
- Erwin McManus
It takes intentional effort to tune out every voice except God's.
- Henry Blackaby
The Church is where it is today because it has decided that the advertising agents know better than the Holy Spirit of God.
- Alistair Begg