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discernment - use in sentences
Converse of object
- lack: And the church not only lacks discernment, but lacks the will to be discerning.
- exercise: And how can we exercise discernment of spirits in what we see around us?
- require: Whilst the Church's law determines that individuals in particular circumstances may not receive certain sacraments, each specific case requires pastoral discernment.
- develop: You must be humble enough to admit your need to develop discernment.
- have: A Virgo friend has a good discernment for you; you must listen.
- need: Knowing the difference can be tricky and needs God-given discernment.
Preposition: on
- level: This is the year to use discernment on all levels, including the presidential election.
Adjective modifier
- spiritual: Spiritual discernment is the skill of separating divine truth from error.
- biblical: This book will equip you with a foundation for biblical discernment that will enable you to make careful distinctions in your thinking about truth.
- moral: In other words moral discernment is a response to the fundamental question: what kind of person am I called to become.
- careful: We must, as Jude warns us, exercise very careful discernment.
- true: With this love and desire to praise the Lord there is true spiritual discernment.
Modifies a noun
- process: Following her ongoing discernment process, a novice may request to make temporary vows.
Preposition: in
- church: There is today, sadly, an obvious absence of such discernment in the church of Jesus Christ.
- order: One may then acquire the quality of discernment in order to choose the appropriate objectives for one's life energy and efforts.
Preposition: of
- spirit: Clearly, a discernment of spirits is in order.
- vocation: The guidelines cover discernment of vocation, training and deployment to first post.
- priority: C38, W34 Large Meeting for Sufferings good for discernment of priorities of work & budget.
Preposition: for
- moment: It is a matter of individual discernment for the moment.
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