August 4 2013 Beyond GPS: Knowing And Doing The Will Of God

Beyond GPS: Knowing and doing the will of God (LEARNING TO HEAR)
 

James 1:5“If you need wisdom – if you want to know what God wants you to do – ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking.”

Definition of God’s Will: the direction I would choose for my life if I could see things from God's perspective

Psalm 32:8“The Lord says, ‘I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.’”

HOW CAN I FULFILL GOD’S WILL IN MY LIFE?

1. Decide to actively listen to God each day

Deuteronomy 13:4“Serve only the LORD your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him.”

Deuteronomy 28:45“If you refuse to listen to the LORD your God and to obey the commands and laws he has given you, all these curses will pursue and overtake you until you are destroyed.”

Luke 8:8b“Jesus said.... `He who has ears to hear, let him hear!’”

2. Act quickly on what God tells me to do

Hebrews 12:25“See to it that you obey God, the one who is speaking to you. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, how terrible our danger if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven!”

John 13:17(Jesus) “You know these things – now do them! That is the path of blessing.”

2 Peter 3:9“The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise to return, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake

3. Admit my complete dependence upon God

Romans 12:1-2“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice – the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask? Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.”

Memory Verse: (Jesus) “Yet I want your will, not mine."