Quotes about Discernment

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.

The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." 1 SAMUEL 16:7

If the Christian does not know when God is speaking, he is in trouble at the heart of his Christian life!

He is as wise as a serpent and as innocent as a dove.

True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.

To Stay Focused in Life: You can't know everyone You can't do everything You can't go everywhere We have to pick and choose between good and a little bit better.