Godly discernment emerges from a Christian mind shaped by God’s word through the help of the Holy Spirit.

1. 2 Corinthians 10:1-2
By the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I
appeal to you—I, Paul, who am ‘timid’
when face to face with you, but ‘bold’
when away! I beg you that when I come I
may not have to be as bold as I expect to be
toward some people who think that we live
by the standards of this world.
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2. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
For though we live in the world, we do not
wage war as the world does. The weapons
we fight with are not the weapons of the
world. On the contrary, they have divine
power to demolish strongholds. We
demolish arguments and every pretension
that sets itself up against the knowledge of
God, and we take captive every thought to
make it obedient to Christ.
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3. 2 Corinthians 10:6-7
And we will be ready to punish every act of
disobedience, once your obedience is
complete. You are looking only on the
surface of things. If anyone is confident
that he belongs to Christ, he should
consider again that we belong to Christ just
as much as he.
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4. 2 Corinthians 10:8-9
For even if I boast somewhat freely about
the authority the Lord gave us for building
you up rather than pulling you down, I will
not be ashamed of it. I do not want to
seem to be trying to frighten you with my
letters.
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5. 2 Corinthians 10:10-11
For some say, ‘His letters are weighty and
forceful, but in person he is unimpressive
and his speaking amounts to nothing.’ Such
people should realize that what we are in
our letters when we are absent, we will be
in our actions when we are present.
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6. A MOMENTARY lapse in
judgment can lead to a
LIFETIME of regret.
Discernment goes beyond learning
information to being able to PROCESS and
INTEGRATE lessons learned…
Discernment can only be as good a the
INFORMATION that it is based upon.

7. God’s word is the
FOUNDATION and GUIDE for
godly discernment.
If we want to become more like Christ
OUTWARDLY, it begins with inviting Him to
be Lord…over how we THINK…
Now, how we think is shaped, in part, by
who we TRUST or choose to listen to.

8. False teachers utilize the
POWER and PERSUASION
of words to influence
PERCEPTION
Who we trust is vital for we give them
permission to speak into our lives shaping
what we BELIEVE
A lie MASQUARADING as truth is still a lie.

9. …what we believe
DETERMINES how we LIVE
Godly discernment emerges from a Christian
MIND shaped by God’s WORD through the
help of the Holy Spirit.

10. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Evaluate how I practice discernment
( ) Identify what “voices” are influencing
how I think and discern
( ) Meditate on 2 Cor. 10:5
( ) Evaluate and submit my thoughts to
Jesus
( ) Other________________________