Modlitwa o dar rozeznawania woli Boga (Flp 1, 9–11)
Prayer for the Gift of Discernment of the Will of God (Phil 1:9–11)

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to investigate how Saint Paul understands the discernment of God’s will in the life of believers. The exegesis of the intercessory prayer of the Apostle addressed to God for the Philippians (1:9-11) indicates that discernment is above all a gift, a grace of God, worth asking for, for oneself and for others, and for the Church. The Apostle of Nations emphasizes that discernment is closely connected with growth in love, but also with opening to the knowledge of the God who makes himself known. The key issue in discernment, for Paul, is to discover what is actually of true value. Reading this principle in the light of Rom 12:2 one can assume that it is about what is good, in the sense of helpful to salvation, about what pleases God, that is, purity of heart and total sacrifice to Him, and about what is perfect, mature. The content of this intercessory prayer seems to sensitize believers to the God at work within them, the God from whom comes the gift of love, and the gift recognizing and choosing what makes the likeness of believers to Christ more clearly manifest.

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