Quotes about Discernment

Confidence that one's impressions are God-given is no guarantee that this is really so, even when they persist and grow stronger through long seasons of prayer. Bible-based wisdom must judge them.

God does not exist to answer our prayers but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God.

Two things make a relationship providential: when we hear from God through someone and when we see God in someone.

Sometimes the most intelligent thing is not to do anything, certainly nothing loaded with the imbecility of emotionality.

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

It goes back to the passage from Proverbs. We don't know what to do, where to go, or how. So I thought we'd try and take this time to find out what we want, and what God wants, and pray for each other.

Met de uiterste voorzichtigheid, maandenlang mogelijkheden tegen elkaar afwegend, bijna tot in het overdrevene toe langzaam, zo streng mogelijke maatstaven aanleggend, vatte hij zijn oordeel over een letter, een woord of een hele zin pas dan samen, wanneer hij van de onaantastbaarheid ervan zeker was.

The tragedy of man is that he doesn't know how to distinguish between day and night. He says things at night that should only be said by day."

I beg women to wait. Wait on God. Keep your mouth shut. Don't expect anything until the declaration is clear and forthright. And to the men I say be careful with us, please. Be circumspect.

The Holy Spirit can and will guide me in direct proportion to the time and effort I will expend to know and do the will of God.

So if you get all hung up, thinking now is this thing from God or is it from Satan? Is this the voice of God or the voice of Satan? Stop worrying about it. You don't really need to sort that out because here's a case where the thorn was in a sense given by God as a messenger of Satan.

Lord, deliver me from the urge to open my mouth when I should shut it. Give me the wisdom to keep silent where silence is wise. Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.