Quotes about Discernment
Bad things happen for multiple reasons, and only the Holy Spirit can reveal the source of trouble in any particular situation.
— Kenneth Copeland
I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us.
— Joyce Meyer
We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'
— Erwin McManus
I loved to teach, I loved my students, but I wanted to find a community. I prayed: "Lord, show me where you want me to go. I will go wanted wherever you call me - but please be clear."
— Henri Nouwen
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
— Woodrow Wilson
It's hard, but sometimes it is better to have no friends for a time than to have the wrong friends. The wrong group can lead you down all kinds of paths you really don't want to be on. And retracing your steps can be a long and hard journey
— Sean Covey
It's hard to hear the gentle whisper of the Spirit amid the noise of Christendom.
— Shane Claiborne
We always have to be careful that in exposing one truth we don't cover up another. Or
— Shane Claiborne
Sin always seems 'good, and pleasant, and desirable,' at the time of commission.
— JC Ryle
When the good Lord put a burden on his heart, he listened.
— Mary Connealy
If a ray of light falls into a pigsty, it is the ray that shows us the muck and it is the ray that is offensive.
— Ayn Rand
My experience has been that there are times to teach and times not to teach.
— Stephen Covey