Navigating Life with Spiritual Discernment

Discernment involves sifting through the choices and voices that surround us, right? So in life, we have to discern the voices, right? There's a lot of voices out here. There's a lot of people wanting our attention, a lot of things wanting our attention, a lot of voices trying to get us to move a certain direction. And discernment gives us the ability to choose which voice we're going to listen to. [00:02:36] (21 seconds)  #ChoosingVoicesWisely

There could be an underlying agenda in someone's life that you've got to be able to discern and pick apart as you move through life because that happens. Some guys come in to find a wife. They'll act good for about five months, and they get a wife, and then they're off the course. So sometimes you've got to discern the spirit and see through the garbage of the systems of the world and attempts of even the devil. [00:08:46] (30 seconds)  #SeeThroughHiddenAgendas

The timing is important. Lord, there's so many things to discern. Discerning people's hearts. Discerning, Lord, in the natural, discerning. Is this a safe environment that I'm moving into? Is this opportunity a good opportunity, or is it an opportunity that's going to fail? Lord, discernment in every area is so important. [00:09:45] (22 seconds)  #DiscernTimingMatters

Your trust level, you need discernment with your trust level. So think about that whenever you're, you know, you're, you're, you're able to trust people at certain, to a certain level. Now, forgiveness is, is freely given, we forgive, but trust is something that has to be earned in our lives. So if there's a broken trust, a broken, you know, a relationship that goes awry because of a broken trust, trust is something that you have to discern, you know, how much you can trust someone. [00:15:01] (30 seconds)  #TrustWithDiscernment

Have you ever had those decisions that either way seems right? You ever had that? And, and you've kind of had to dig down, like, maybe you have two really good opportunities there in front of you, but then you begin to test, like, like, Lord, which one is your will? Both of these are okay, but, you know, what, what is, what is really your will for my life, right? And that good, good, good consideration there for discernment. [00:17:01] (29 seconds)  #SeekingGodsWill

Discernment also is needed for why are things happening? You know, why is this happening to me? Why is this happening in my life? Discernment helps us to, to understand that and understand the depths of why is this happening? [00:22:33] (15 seconds)  #UnderstandingLifeThroughDiscernment

If you tell each other you're wrong all the time, you're never going to motivate them to do something, right? But if you tell them, you know, you appreciate them and you're thankful for them, different, different levels of, of communication, you know, can change that and help in that. [00:31:32] (15 seconds)  #AppreciationMotivatesChange

You need to have that on your, in your vocabulary. In the name of Jesus, come out devil, right? Christians don't understand that that's our power. That's where we need to live because spirits are always trying to get in, in the mix, right? [00:45:42] (16 seconds)  #DeclareVictoryInJesusName

When you become the enemy for speaking the truth, someone is trying to hide dysfunction or an evil motive, right? Isn't that powerful, man? Wow. When you become the enemy for speaking the truth, someone is trying to hide deception or dysfunction. [00:47:53] (24 seconds)  #TruthExposesHiddenEvil

Sometimes we just, we, we just need to go before the Lord. I've done this. God, where's my discernment out of order? You know, and where's my perception need refined, need touched by you? And, and there could be something in, in you, Ms. Ann, in us that can cause us to, to, to take stuff wrong and discern people wrong. You know, we can discern, we can discern people's intent wrong. [00:59:25] (23 seconds)  #SeekGodForClarity