How Can I Know God's Will For My Life?

2. How can I know God's Will for My Life?

3. Introduction A false expectation associated with seeking God's will We want God to reveal the future to us.

4. What is God's will for Mankind? People to be reconciled through the grace of Jesus Christ (John 1:12-13)

5. What is God's will for Mankind? People to grow in love and knowledge bearing fruit (John 15:4-12)

6. Perception of the Young Ecclesiastes 11:9

7. Three Pre-requisites for knowing God’s will

8. Communion with God John 10:27, Luke 19:10 1

9. Consecrated Life Romans 12:1-2 2

10. Consecrated Life… Physical Present your bodies a living sacrifice 2

11. Consecrated Life… Intellectual Be transformed by the renewing of your mind 2

12. Consecrated Life… Spiritual This is your spiritual act of Worship 2

13. Consecrated Life… Social Do not conformed any longer to the patterns of this world 2

14. Consistent Walk with the Lord Galatians 5:16 3

15. Three External Clues for knowing God’s will

16. Clue from Word of God Psalm 119:11 1

17. Counsel of God’s people Acts 9:27 2

18. Circumstances around You John chapter 4 3

19. Three Results

20. Continuity of Movement Isaiah 30:21 1

21. Consequences that Follow 2 Corinthians 4:5 2

22. Confidence in the Lord Psalm 118:9, I John 1:5 3

24. Scale for knowing God’s will Alienation, loneliness, butting head into wall after wall, breaking of self, fatalism. My will & My own power

25. Scale for knowing God’s will Frustration, superstition, anxiety (God won't be manipulated this way) My will under God's power

26. 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 but under My power

27. Scale for knowing God’s will Peace, sense of safety, perspective, poise, energy when I need it. God's will under God's power

28. No matter how troubling the current times, there is no safer place to be than in the CENTER OF GOD'S WILL