Quotes about Discernment

judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

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.

This is a quote from C. S. Lewis. It helped me a lot when I was trying to decide God's will fro me when my emotions were overruling my logic. Feelings come adn go, and when they come, a good use can be made of them, but they cannot be our regular spiritual diet.

Satan's strategy is effective because he sprinkles his poisonous brew with just enough veracity that we'll swallow it.

I've been praying for that same kind of discernment lately. I want to recognize the dangerous, potentially biting characters in my story: the people who create constant emotional debris with their destructive personalities or who refuse to shed the skin of deception, the ones who threaten the God-with-me peace in my life. I'm learning to keep my distance and to pray for snakes, but not make a habit of getting down in the dirt to play with them.

Lord, give us weak eyes for things of little worth, and eyes clear-sighted in all of your truth.

those who possess faith should take care to set up certain criteria so that one might distinguish the paradox from a temptation (Anfechtung).

If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.

Only God can look at somebody's heart.

You need to follow your own heart in light of God's word and do what you feel is right and good for you.

If what others say doesn't match what God has put in your heart, let it go in one ear and out the other.