Discernment Essay

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Discernment

What Is discernment ? by Biblical definition discernment means to discover, to recognize discernment is realizing when to speak and when not to speak. It is choosing what is right,and what is good. Discernment is the inspired ability to separate our imperfect will, to the perfect will of God.To many people discernment is a word of knowledge,a word of wisdom, it may include understanding dreams. It is a manifestation gift, we often refer to it as a surprise gift. James tells us to be wise, gentle and to ask God for wisdom. How do I see wisdom? I see wisdom as giving advice. You can speak so much knowledge into a person's life, but what matters most is if they are taking your wisdom (discernment) and applying …show more content…

Non Christians cannot understand God, they cannot grasp the concept that God’s spirit lives in believers. When you become a Christian for the first time, don’t expect most people to understand or approve of your decision to follow Christ. Your discernment to follow Christ will always turn out to be a greater benefit, than following men. Discernment is reading people. When you have the gift of discernment it becomes easier for you to tell who is being real or not. Discernment knows how far you can go and talk with people about their faith, for example, one night at pizza inn the Paul F Beacham was doing a fundraiser and one of the guys decided to pray for a complete stranger and he found out the women lost something, what ended up happening was he prayed and the women came to faith in Christ. Another time I’ve had to use discernment is picking classes for the following semester, I’ve learned in this process all of our advisors is our greatest advocates. If it wasn't for them, we all wouldn’t be having classes. When I was a kid, Christmastime was always very special to me and it still is today, I had to discern whether or not to open the

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