Discernment

When I was a kid, I remember listening to my mom pray every day that my oldest sister would have discernment. It was a concept I really didn't understand at the time, but I have come to appreciate that prayer. I understand what a Christian student in a public school is up against. There are so many influences that can slowly and subtly fill their minds with worldliness and flat out lies.

Discernment isn't just something that students need, however. We all need it. We need it whenever we watch television or movies, listen to the radio and even when we go to church. John MacArthur wrote an article entitled "Discernment: Spiritual Survival for a Church in Crisis". It's not necessarily a quick read and I don't think that it's something that we don't know, but it's something that we probably can't be reminded about enough. I encourage you to take a look at it, then pray for discernment and seek to know the truth of God's Word!