Quotes about Discernment

Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next.

It is difficult to say what truth is, but sometimes it is so easy to recognize a falsehood.

You will know your vocation by the joy that it brings you. You will know. You will know when it's right.

MAKING WISE DECISIONS: When GOD brings something to your mind-----Don't let it pass without dealing with it.

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.

Don't be without understanding of the way your enemy thinks and operates—of his plans, plots, schemes and devices." Is there not also a subtle promise here? If God suggests we are not to be ignorant of Satan's schemes, He must be willing to reveal them to us.

The Bible reveals the Father's overall plan for the world and provides general guidelines for life. But how can we know His specific plans for us? Listening to God is essential to walking with God.

Bad friends could ruin your whole life. Be wise when it comes to choosing your friends. You set the standard. You be the one who stands strong. Don't be a follower.

It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools - friendships, prayer, conscience, honesty - and said 'do the best you can with these, they will have to do'. And mostly, against all odds, they do.

All of us judge by sight and not by knowledge.

Those who look for filth, can find it at the height of noon.

If we could only learn to look on evil as evil, whether it's clothed in filth or monotony or magnificence.