2013-11-18T06:00:05-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/discernment/ http://faithgateway.com/jesus-dangerous-things/ 2013-11-18T06:00:05-05:00 Dear Jesus, please give me the wisdom to tell the difference between broken people and biting people. —  Lisa Harper There is nothing more ugly than a Christian orthodoxy without understanding or without compassion. — Francis A. Schaeffer So, I’ve been thinking about dangerous things. Late one Sunday afternoon last summer, I was unloading luggage from a […] http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/love-has-x-ray-vision-6961 2013-09-17T12:39:03-05:00 You can have discernment in your daily choices the same way the first-century believers did. You've got to pray for it. Ask for it often. Like Superman, you can have x-ray vision, but to see the things that are really valuable. God can give you powerful inner eyes when you open up to His discerning love. Love isn't blind; it has x-ray vision. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/wisdom-to-go-6775 2012-12-28T09:26:54-05:00 The good news is you can get the discernment you need to answer in God's will. Now, pray through the major arenas, the major relationships of your day. Bathe your life in prayer, and then pause before you answer to be sure that your line to heaven is open. http://reviveourhearts.com/topics/downloads/index.php?id=10133 2010-08-31T14:10:14-05:00 Become an expert at evaluating what you read, hear, and watch each day in light of the Truth! http://reviveourhearts.com/topics/downloads/index.php?id=9864 2010-08-25T16:26:00-05:00 How to be discerning, alert, biblical, courageous, prayerful, and proactive in a culture full of conflicting "truths." http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2012:8-10&version=NIV 2009-09-24T10:05:12-05:00 One of the gifts that God gives to His church is the gift of discernment, or "distinguishing between spirits"--the ability to carefully evaluate teachings and recognize which ones are godly and which ones aren't. Discernment is something we should all practice in our everyday lives. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%201:9-10&version=NIV 2009-08-06T17:54:56-05:00 It was Paul's desire that his fellow believers would grow in the ability to discern what was spiritual good from what was not, and he prayed that such discernment would take root in the church. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20119:125&version=NIV 2009-07-31T09:19:39-05:00 Understanding God's law and will for our lives requires discernment--discernment that God Himself provides. This psalm asks God for the discernment necessary to understand his laws. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/How-To-Get-The-Rest-Of-The-Story-4187 2008-08-13T15:38:47-05:00 You don't really have the whole picture until Paul Harvey gives you the rest the story. There are so many times in our lives when we have decisions to make and we wish we had the rest of the story - the whole picture. Every day we have to make choices based on what we can see - knowing that there's so much we don't know and we can't see. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/Updated-Love-4014 2008-08-01T16:56:37-05:00 A childhood commitment, updated and confirmed as an adult. That's important when it comes to your relationship with the King - the King of all kings, that is. It may be that many years ago you made a childhood commitment to Jesus Christ. And a child's commitment to Jesus can be very real. In fact, Jesus didn't say children had to believe with adult-like faith - He said adults need to come to Him with faith like that of a little child.