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Discovering God’s Plan for Your Life by Benny Hinn

Having everything you want and yet feel empty - Material world without spiritually filled
Having your way in everything you want to do - Strong willed person without wisdom
Living in God without knowing the purpose - Spirit filled yet without wisdom
Self serving vs God serving - Pride person without humility

God’s desire is for us to be molded into His image, no matter what it costs.
How you know that you are doing what you supposed to be doing with your life.
You’ve messed up so much, how can you get back on track.
How to know God’s will and serve Him.

God loves you and has a plan for your life. Living in God > God will work in your life > Enjoys the blessing > touch other ppl with a life giving message. Some ppl called it Destiny or Providence or Fate.

John 16:13
The Holy Spirit guide us into all truth using the Word of God to help us make the right decisions as we seek His will and be sensitively led by Him.
The Holy Spirit speaks to us on behalf of God. The more you listen and obey, the better you hear from Him
The Holy Spirit shows us things to come. When we make decisions, the Holy Spirit can reveal future events that may affect or be affected by that decision.

It is your responsibility to find God’s plan for your life.
John 10:10 God has plan for you but Satan also have plan for you that it comes to steal, to kill and to destroy what God has for you.
God’s road of abundance and life vs Satan road of destruction and death.

Eph 5:17 Understand the will of God
Mt 6:30 God cares about you.

1. God’s will can only be found in Jesus Christ. 1 Thess 5:18
Rom 10:13 Call upon my name, and you shall be saved.
2 Cor 5:17 Being born again and having the new man where the old man is being put away.
2. God’s will is always good Rom12:2
When God is involved, you can be in the midst of a problem and yet still have total peace. You can be going through a storm and yet remain calm. If there is any evil presence or demonic oppression, it’s not good and it is not God. God is peace, no peace mean no God.
3. God’s will must be sought.
Understanding God’s will involves a transformation. Greek word for transformation formed the word “metamorphose”.
Understanding and doing God’s will means that you will go through a total transformation throughout your life. You need to present your body to God > Allow Him to transform your mind > understand that if your body does not belong to God, your mind cannot be renewed.
You will not understand God unless you search for it. The more you read the Word of God and prays, the more you attune to God’s voice as He responds to you.

A heightened knowledge of the Word and a growing familiarity with God’s voice enables you to more readily recognize God’s leading. God’s will for you is good, acceptable and perfect.

Hearing God’s Voice through:
1. Word of God.
Reading the Bible each time will allow you to discover new meanings even the most familiar passages of the Scriptures.
2. Dreams and visions. Acts 22:17-19
Our lives was changed because of God’s visionary response to our prayers and obedience.
3. Circumstances.
God speaks through circumstances because the answers are difficult to miss. Circumstances can be excellent ways in which God chooses to show His directions. God answers through specific circumstances.
4. Prophecy and the Gifts of the Spirit. 1 Cor 14:3
3 Purposes
a. Edification means building you up in faith.
b. Exhortation encourages you to move forward.
c. Comfort reassures and calm.
A prophetic word should confirm what you already know deep down in your heart, above all, it must agree with Scripture.
5. An audible voice. Num 12:6-8
God do speak out to us directly.
6. Similitude. Hos 12:10
God speaks through a likeness or image so powerful you cannot get it out of your mind.
7. Supernatural peace Phil 4:7
When prayer is at its highest, we wait in silence for God’s voice to us, we linger in His presence for His peace and His power to flow over us and around us; we lean back in His everlasting arms and feel the serenity of perfect security in Him.
When your heart is filled with an indescribable peace that surpasses all human understanding, you are in the center of God’s will.

A man that can interpret the will of God is fully surrendered to Him. To be in will of God, we must be willing to obey Him and do His will.

Doing God’s Will Heb 13:20-21
Building your spiritual discernment so that you know and understand God’s will.
4 Stumbling Block: You need to develop spiritual “eyes” to recognize God’s direction in your life.
1. Living in sin – You got to ask forgiveness for your sin and to be make able to hear God’s voice again as Sin create a barrier between God and us. (Isa 59:2)
2. Hatred and Bitterness – Ask the Holy Spirit to give you strength to forgive. (1 John 2:9-11)
3. Busy-ness and confusion – God simply doesn’t live according to our timetable and the way of this world. (Ps 46:10 Be still and know that I am God) Be still enough to listen (Ps 23:2 / 2 Cor 11:3)
(1 Cor 14:33 God the author of peace)
4. A Made –up Mind
Dun come to God with a plan of your own, you will not hear God or you will only hear what you want to hear. And if God answer differently that you expect, you assume that He hasn’t answer you.

Always be ready to confess and to turn from your sin. Forgive those who have hurt you. Wait on God. Seek God with no will of your own. These require an awesome act of faith to set your will aside.

4 Stepping stones
1. Humility Ps 51:17
Have a humble heart. With true humility, God will move heaven and earth to speak to you and direct our paths.
2. Reverences Ps 34:9
Fearing God does not mean being scared of Him, it means reverencing Him
3. Maturity Heb 5:12-14
Doing God’s will means understanding the process of maturing in the Lord. you need to know God’s word to know His will. We must feed on the word, memorize it, meditate on it, pray over it and apply it to our lives. Maturity is a process. Changes are constant in the kingdom of God. Growth is vital. Through exercise that faith in God – knowing God, His word and His ways – the Christian becomes increasingly able to understand what is God’s will.
4. Prayer
You have to use what God plants in you at salvation, as the Holy Spirit have deposits a seed within your life that gives you the ability to hear God’s voice. That seed is watered through prayer. You will never know God’s will without watering this seed everyday. If the seed is water sporadically, its growth will be stunned. The seeds must be watered everyday because God speaks daily. (John 15:7 Abiding in God’s word)
You get to know the Lord as you prays daily. You talk to Him. You listen for His voice. And the more you hear His voice, the more discerning your ears become at recognizing Him.

God’s will – A Process
As you grow in the Lord, responding in obedience to His guidance, the Father will entrust more and more to you: more responsibilities, more power, more authority, more blessings, more challenges. He knows He can share His heart’s desire (His will) with you because you obey Him. It is a walk of faith; a relationship like this must be exercised and strengthened.
Staying in God’s Will Pro 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord always and lean not on your own understanding.

The Holy Spirit refreshed and refined our vision to reach the world for Christ. The faith of worldwide ministry we do today hasn’t happened without challenges, detours, and learning how to walk in Him, one day at a time. It’s the same for each of us, no matter what we are called to do. It’s a walk of faith that begins with small steps and then grows in direct proportion to our obedience to the Father’s guidance.

The will of God
Every believer is called to hear God’s voice and to follow His will. The Key is keeping your heart pointed toward God. This is a lifelong endeavor and a constant challenge (Deut 6:5).
Although knowing God’s will is important, doing His will with a soft, pliable heart is the mark of true wisdom (1 John 2:17).
Our Father desires to spend time with us now as preparation for an eternity together with Him. He wants to be involved in everything we do. He desires to guide our steps. He cared enough to offer His only begotten Son’s life as a sacrifice for the purpose of saving our souls and revealing His will to us. No matter what’s going on in your life right now, be encouraged. There is hope.

You see, most people know about God. Fewer know Him. Even fewer know and do His will. There is a big difference, and the choices we make are vital to the steps we take with Him.

Are you willing to do whatever it takes to know God and to do the will of God? Are you willing to make your relationship with Him the most important part of your life? Are you willing to pay the price for such a wonderful walk with Him? (Rom 12:1-2)

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