Quotes about Discernment
If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
— Watchman Nee
If at the age of thirty you don't know what God has called you to do; you may never know.
— Chris Oyakhilome
Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone.
— Elizabeth Fry
A willing heart is the first step in finding God's will in our lives. We cannot expect God to force us or to plead with us about the calling in our lives.
— David Jeremiah
Before we can speak God's message, we must learn to listen. The opened ear comes before the opened mouth.
— AB Simpson
Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.
— Corrie Ten Boom
God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.
— Dallas Willard
A person God himself deems as wise is one who not only hears His voice, but immediately begins to act upon His instruction.
— Erwin McManus
It takes intentional effort to tune out every voice except God's.
— Henry Blackaby
The Church is where it is today because it has decided that the advertising agents know better than the Holy Spirit of God.
— Alistair Begg
They who prematurely put themselves forward to root out whatever is displeasing to them overthrow the judgment of God and rashly intrude upon the office of angels.
— John Calvin
The secret of following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.
— KP Yohannan