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01-31-2010, 06:18 PM
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The will of God
How do we determine what it is and why is it so important to stay in it?
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01-31-2010, 06:20 PM
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Re: The will of God
It IS whatever you hear over the pulpit!
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01-31-2010, 06:49 PM
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Re: The will of God
This should be interesting. Not much is more important than this.
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01-31-2010, 07:01 PM
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Re: The will of God
John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me
I believe he leads and guides you every day, and in every aspect of your life. You learn to hear his voice and follow... the closer you walk with him, the more you understand and learn of him. It just becomes easier to me to know in my spirit when it is God's will.
The importance is... why would we ever want to walk any other way but his will? If he isn't leading... what is the purpose of life?
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01-31-2010, 07:39 PM
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Re: The will of God
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Originally Posted by ForeverBlessed
John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me
I believe he leads and guides you every day, and in every aspect of your life. You learn to hear his voice and follow... the closer you walk with him, the more you understand and learn of him. It just becomes easier to me to know in my spirit when it is God's will.
The importance is... why would we ever want to walk any other way but his will? If he isn't leading... what is the purpose of life?
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Isn't he leading all of us, even when we don't know in our spirit where he is leading us to?
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01-31-2010, 08:40 PM
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Re: The will of God
We aren't asked to know where He is leading us, only to follow Him.
A former pastor of mine used to say that knowing the will of God was about 90% common sense. I tend to agree. What is the will of God? To love Him with all our soul, heart, strength and mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves. The rest is just a matter of who, what, when, where and how. 
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01-31-2010, 08:59 PM
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Re: The will of God
Dont forget the written word. The will of YHWH in many matters is found right there.
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01-31-2010, 09:02 PM
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Re: The will of God
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Dont forget the written word. The will of YHWH in many matters is found right there.
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I was waiting for this. Would you say even most matters? If it's not addressed in scripture, I think we do well in most cases to resist the temptation of saying GOD HATH SAID...
IMHO
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01-31-2010, 09:12 PM
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Re: The will of God
Something I've always wondered.... is it possible to mess up God's will for your life, beyond repair? Say for instance that it was God's will for you to marry a particular person, but you married someone else? Does God's will adjust to the situation, or are you permanently out of God's will for the rest of your life?
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01-31-2010, 09:13 PM
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Re: The will of God
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We aren't asked to know where He is leading us, only to follow Him.
A former pastor of mine used to say that knowing the will of God was about 90% common sense. I tend to agree. What is the will of God? To love Him with all our soul, heart, strength and mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves. The rest is just a matter of who, what, when, where and how. |
I agree. The will of God is not some mystical direction that we must be super spiritual to be able to know and hear about. The will of God is simple. It is in being good and responsible and just and forgiving toward one another. The will of God is not about whether we should buy that house across town or not. Though if we ask God he may give us some extra knowledge about which decision will lead us to greater happiness. But, the will of God is not about what is best for us or even what makes us happy. The will of God is mostly about what we do for others and the other parts are covered by common sense. I'm not saying we shouldn't be happy. We should. I'm not saying we shouldn't ask for God's guidance in the big decisions of our life. We should. I'm just saying that these things aren't what the will of God is about.
As far as loving God... what does it mean to love God? What things does a person that loves God do differently than a person who does not?
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