Knowing Gods Will

What does seeking God’s will mean?

What are the types of God’s will for you?

1. Fulfilled will – completed through his Son
2. Revealed will – parent’s responsibility, Christ Centered home
3. Specific will – marriage, Career
4. Grey Areas – principles will help us make a decision in   these grey areas

• For what purpose did God call us?
• What are some important principles in finding God’s will?
• What means God uses to guide us?

What is our responsibility?

• I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full (John 10:10).
• Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies” (John 11:25).

• You have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 3:15).
• Trust in the Lord with all your heart, don’t rely on your own intelligence. Know him in all your paths,& he will keep your ways straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

• I can do everything through Him who gives me strength (Philippians 4:13).

• God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it (1 Corinthians 10:13).

• You have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 3:15).
• Trust in the Lord with all your heart, don’t rely on your own intelligence. Know him in all your paths,& he will keep your ways straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

• Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins (Act 2:38).
• If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9).

• If any of you are sick, they should call for the elders of the church, and the elders should pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 Prayer that comes from faith will heal the sick, for the Lord will restore them to health. And if they have sinned, they will be forgiven. (James 5 :14-15)

• Why do you worry? “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well (Matthew 6:28,33).
• I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed (Psalm 37:25-26).

qIf any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him (James 1:5).

• Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7).
• Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid (John 14:27).

What responsibility do parents have in bringing up children?

a)Ephesians 6:4 – Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

b)Proverbs 13: 24 – Whoever spares the rod hates his son,
    but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

c)Proverbs 22:6 – Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart from it.

C)What should I be content with? –

  But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.(V8)

D) What happens to people who wants to get rich? (V 9, 10)

  Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

For parents & their children to fulfill God’s wonderful plan for their lives they must live together. They can establish Christ- centered home in which the father can instruct the family acc. to scriptures. So that

a)Philippians 2:15  that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

b)Deuteronomy 6: 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

What principles will help us make a decision in these areas?

A) 1 Corinthians 6: 12 Use your bodies for God’s Glory – “I am allowed to do anything,” you say. My answer to this is that not all things are good. Even if it is true that “I am allowed to do anything,” I will not let anything control me like a slave.

B) 1 Corinthians 10: 31-33 -So if you eat, or if you drink, or if you do anything, do it for the glory of God. 32 Never do anything that might make other people do wrong—Jews, non-Jews, or anyone in God’s church.

The verses above indicate that:

1. a) God has given a freedom to do anything but said not to become slaves of it. g watching TV is not harmful but becoming a slave to it is not good.
2. b) Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
3. c) Do it all for God’s glory. Please keep watch on your steps & ask before whether this step of mine will bring glory to God or not.
4. d) Anything that is NOT based on faith is sin. (Romans 14:23)

How does God accomplish His will in my life?

  Philippians 2:13 – Yes, it is God who is working in you. He helps you want to do what pleases him, and he gives you the power to do it.

What is our responsiblity?

Philippians 2: 12

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed

not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence,

continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,

1. Content taken from Navigators’ LOAD (life of a disciple) series

2. Powerpoint made by Swati Griffin Salins