The discernment of God’s will does not come from employing certain techniques. To discern God’s will is to understand how to please Him and to be watchful for His daily guidance. This requires an ongoing and genuine relationship with the Lord. In particular, there are five facets of our relationship with Him that are prerequisites for receiving His guidance.
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You are here for a purpose. Ephesians 2:10 says that those who are in Christ “are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” God intentionally made you with specific purposes in mind. It is His desire that you “walk in” those works He has prepared for you.
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Does God have a specific will for your life that you can know? Does He prompt you with personal direction by the Holy Spirit? Or does He only reveal His will in a general way?
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As we observe social, cultural, and moral decay in our country, we need to know how to respond in a way that reflects our trust in the God who is sovereign over all of history and whose kingdom is the only one that will endure.
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It is possible to be alive and yet never really live. If you never ask the right questions about your purpose, you will go through life as if in a catatonic state. But living with the end in mind is a reminder to look to Christ.
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Why do you get up in the morning? What is your reason for being here? If you do not answer these questions about your purpose, the world will define it by default. Arriving at a biblical understanding of purpose is fundamental to the way you live.
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It is important to realize that, while evangelism is a key part of this calling, edification is the end game. We are not called to make only converts, but disciples—ones who becomes like the Master. Our universal purpose, then, is to love God with our whole life by becoming more like Christ and by making disciples who do the same.
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God’s purpose for our lives transcends our career and present circumstances. This involves both a universal and a unique purpose.
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We have been created and redeemed to glorify God as living incarnations of His wisdom. In the conclusion of his “Life of Wisdom” series, Ken Boa discusses ten attributes that should mark a wise disciple of Jesus
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The book of James inverts the world’s value system, contrasting the way of the Word with the way of the world, and urging us to choose the way of the Word.
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