GODS WILL How will we know Gods will? By the renewing of our mind... Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. By practicing discernment... Hebrews 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. Do good without expectation of reward... 1Peter 2:15, 19-20 For such is the will of God, that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men. For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. The Bibles list of THREE... rejoice always... pray without ceasing... in EVERYTHING give thanks... 1Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is Gods will for you in Christ Jesus. He knows our frustration; He bottles our tears; tells us not to look back and makes PROMISES! Psalm 56:8 You have taken account of my wanderings; put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book? Isaiah 43:18-19 Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder the things of the past; Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. He will make a way He knows the future. We have a reason to trust. He teaches us and directs us. He holds our hand and picks us up when we fall. He intercedes for us. TRUST HIS DIRECTION. Jeremiah 29:11-14 For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me, and you will pray to Me, and I will hearken unto you. And you will seek Me, and find Me, when you search for Me with all of your heart. And I will be found of you, says the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity... Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. Psalm 37:23-24 The steps of a man are established by the Lord, and He delights in his way. When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, because the Lord is the One who holds his hand. Romans 8:27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path. What do we acquire when we do the will of God? 1John 2:16-17 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:30:41 +0000