4 how can i know god's will for my life

How can I know

God's Will

for My Life?

Introduction

A false expectation associated with seeking God's will

We want God to reveal the future to us.

What is God's will for Mankind?

People to be reconciled through the grace of Jesus Christ

(John 1:12-13)

What is God's will for Mankind?

People to grow in love and knowledge bearing fruit

(John 15:4-12)

Perception of the Young

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Three Pre-requisites

for knowing

God’s will

Communion with God

John 10:27, Luke 19:10

1

Consecrated Life

Romans 12:1-2

2

Physical

2Consecrated Life…

Present your bodies a living sacrifice

Intellectual

2Consecrated Life…

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind

Spiritual

2Consecrated Life…

This is your spiritual act of Worship

Social

2Consecrated Life…

Do not conformed any longer to the patterns of

this world

Consistent Walk with the Lord

Galatians 5:16

3

Three External

Clues for knowing

God’s will

Clue from Word of God

1

Psalm 119:11

Counsel of God’s peopleActs 9:27

2

Circumstances around You

John chapter 4

3

Three Results

Continuity of Movement

1

Isaiah 30:21

Consequences that Follow

2 Corinthians 4:5

2

Confidence in the Lord

Psalm 118:9, I John 1:5

3

Scale for knowing God’s will

Alienation, loneliness, butting head into wall after wall, breaking of self, fatalism.

My will &My own power

Scale for knowing God’s will

Frustration, superstition, anxiety (God won't be manipulated this way)

My will underGod's power

Scale for knowing God’s will

Burnout, putting God or others on my timeframes, overplaying my

role, messiah-complex, being judgmental toward others

God's will butunder My power

Scale for knowing God’s will

Peace, sense of safety, perspective, poise,

energy when I need it.

God's will under God's power

No matter how troubling the

current times, there is no safer

place to be than in the

CENTER OF GOD'S WILL