EXPERIENCING
GOD
Learning and Doing
The Will of God
POWERFUL TOOL
TO HELP YOU
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To Hear when God is speaking to you
To clearly identify the activity of God
To Believe He is able to do all He promised
To Adjust your beliefs, character and
behavior to Him and His Ways
5. see a Direction He is taking in your life and
what He wants to do through you
6. To clearly know what you need to do I
response to His Activity in your life
7. To Experience God doing through you as
you obey Him what only He can do.
The Principles 0f Experiencing God
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God is always at work around you.
God pursues a continuing love relationship with you Him
is real and personal.
God invites you to become involved with Him in His
work.
God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible, prayer,
circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His
purposes, and His ways.
God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads
you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.
You must make major adjustments in your life to join
God in what He is doing.
You come to know God by experience as you obey Him
and He accomplishes His work in you.
Principle # 1
GOD IS ALWAYS AT WORK AROUND
YOU
How Do We Respond To This Principle
A. AS SERVANTS OF GOD- WE OBEY
B. AS SONS OF GOD- WE SHINE
1. Live in Humility- No Murmur and
complaining
2. Live in Harmony- Not Arguing or Contentious
3. Live in Holiness- Not Self- Centered, GodCentered
4. As Children of the Light- We SHINE
EXPERIENCING GOD
Learning and Doing
The Will of God
The Principles 0f Experiencing God
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7.
God is always at work around you.
God pursues a continuing love relationship with you Him
is real and personal.
God invites you to become involved with Him in His
work.
God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible,prayer,
circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His
purposes, and His ways.
God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads
you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.
You must make major adjustments in your life to join
God in what He is doing.
You come to know God by experience as you obey Him
and He accomplishes His work in you.
Principle # 2
God pursues a
continuing love
relationship with you
that is real and
personal.
Attributes of God’s Love
I. GOD’S LOVE IS PERSISTENT
II. GOD’S LOVE IS PERSONAL
III. GOD’S LOVE IS PRACTICAL
IV. GOD’S LOVE- PURPOSEFUL
EXPERIENCING
GOD
Learning and Doing
The Will of God
The Principles 0f Experiencing God
1.
2.
3.
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5.
6.
7.
God is always at work around you.
God pursues a continuing love relationship with you Him
is real and personal.
God invites you to become involved with Him in His
work.
God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible,
prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself,
His purposes, and His ways.
God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads
you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.
You must make major adjustments in your life to join
God in what He is doing.
You come to know God by experience as you obey Him
and He accomplishes His work in you.
Principle #3
God invites
You
To become involved
With Him
In His work.
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Spiritual Markers of Being Chosen
to be On Mission With God
God chooses you to involve you in His
Mission to reconcile the world.
God calls you to Himself so that you
can be on mission with Him.
God initiates a covenant of promise
and obedience with you to accomplish
His mission and to glorify Him.
God prepares and equips you to be on
mission with Him.
Spiritual Markers of Being Chosen
to be On Mission With God (part 2)
5. God sends you where He can best
work through you to accomplish His
mission.
6. God guides you step-by-step on His
mission to glorify Him among all
peoples.
7. God uses you to fulfill His mission for
His glory.
WHEN GOD CALLS
I.
THE PREPARATION OF THE CALL
II. THE PERVASIVENESS OF THE CALL
III. THE PROBLEM WITH THE CALL
IV. THE PROVISION IN THE CALL
THE CALL OF MOSES
I.
MOSES LEARNED TO BE A
SERVANT
II. MOSES LEARNED TO TRUST
GOD
III. MOSES LEARNED TO OBEY
GOD
EXPERIENCING
GOD
Learning and Doing
The Will of God
The Principles 0f Experiencing God
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
God is always at work around you.
God pursues a continuing love relationship with you Him
is real and personal.
God invites you to become involved with Him in His
work.
God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible,
prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself,
His purposes, and His ways.
God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads
you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.
You must make major adjustments in your life to join
God in what He is doing.
You come to know God by experience as you obey Him
and He accomplishes His work in you.
Principle #4
“God speaks by the
Holy Spirit
through the Bible, prayer,
circumstances, and the
church to reveal Himself,
His purposes, and His
ways.”
God Speaks-Discovering
the Will of God
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THE CHARACTER OF GOD’S WILL
A.God’s Plan is definite.
B. God’s Plan is perfect.
C.God’s Plan is personal.
II.
THE CONDITIONS FOR KNOWING
GOD’S WILL
A. Convictions Within- the Peace of God-Holy Spirit
leadership
B. Circumstances Without- What’s happening around
me?
C. The Word of God-The Bible
D. The Church- The Counsel of Others
EXPERIENCING GOD
Learning and Doing
The Will of God
The Principles 0f Experiencing God
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2.
3.
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6.
7.
God is always at work around you.
God pursues a continuing love relationship with you Him
is real and personal.
God invites you to become involved with Him in His
work.
God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible,
prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself,
His purposes, and His ways.
God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads
you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.
You must make major adjustments in your life to join
God in what He is doing.
You come to know God by experience as you obey Him
and He accomplishes His work in you.
Principle #5
God’s invitation for you
to work with Him
always leads you to a
crisis of belief that
requires faith and
action.
The Crisis of Belief
• An encounter with God requires faith.
• Encounters with God are God-sized.
• What you do in response to God’s revelation
(invitation) reveals what you believe about
God.
• True faith requires action.
• Faith was believing that the God who called
us to the assignments was the One who
would provide for their accomplishment.
The Crisis of Belief
What you believe about
God
will determine what
you do
and how you live.
A FAITH
THAT HONORS GOD
I. A FAITH THAT DECIDESHeb.11:4,25,31
II. A FAITH THAT DARES-Heb.11:8
III. A FAITH THAT DOES-Heb.11:24
IV. A FAITH THAT IS
DETERMINED- Heb.10:35-36
EXPERIENCING GOD
Knowing and Doing
The Will Of God
The Principles 0f Experiencing God
1. God is always at work around you.
2. God pursues a continuing love relationship with
you Him is real and personal.
3. God invites you to become involved with Him
in His work.
4. God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the
Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church to
reveal Himself, His purposes, and His ways.
5. God’s invitation for you to work with Him
always leads you to a crisis of belief that
requires faith and action.
6. You must make major adjustments in your life to
join God in what He is doing.
7. You come to know God by experience as you
obey Him and He accomplishes His work in you.
PRINCIPLE #6
YOU MUST MAKE
MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS
IN YOUR LIFE
TO JOIN GOD
IN WHAT HE IS DOING
Kinds of Adjustments
ADJUSTMENTS IN:
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Your Circumstances- Job, Home,Finances,etc
Your Relationships- Family, Friends
Your Thinking- Prejudices, Methods
Your Commitments- Church, Family, Job
Your Actions- Pray, Give, Serve
Your Beliefs - God, His Purposes, His Plans
Obedience Requires Action
YOU CANNOT STAY
WHERE YOU ARE AND
GO WITH
GOD
AT THE SAME TIME
David Livingstone prayed…..
“Lord, send me anywhere,
only go with me,
Lay any burden on me,
only sustain me,
Sever any tie,
but the tie that binds me to Thyself.”
Getting In…Going On
Principle #6 in Elijah’s Life
I KINGS 17
I. GOD’S RECOGNIZED PLAN
II. GOD’S RESTRICTED PROMISE
III. GOD’S REQUIRED PREREQUISITE
IV. GOD’S RELEASED PROVISION
V. GOD’S REVEALED PROMISE
EXPERIENCING GOD
Knowing and Doing
The Will
Of God
The Principles 0f Experiencing God
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
God is always at work around you.
God pursues a continuing love relationship with you Him
is real and personal.
God invites you to become involved with Him in His
work.
God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible, prayer,
circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His
purposes, and His ways.
God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads
you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.
You must make major adjustments in your life to join
God in what He is doing.
You come to know God by experience as you obey Him and
He accomplishes His work in you.
PRINCIPLE #7
You come to know God
by experience as you
obey Him
and He accomplishes
His work through you.
Obedience Is:
1. I come to know God by experience
as I obey Him
2. Obedience is the outward
expression of my love of God
3. Obedience is the outward
demonstration of my faith.
4. The reward of obedience is that
God reveals Himself to you.
5. If I have an obedience problem, I
have a love problem.
Disobedience Is Costly
1.JONAH- A WHALE OF A
RIDE
2.MOSES- 40 YEARS IN
WILDERNESS
3.DAVID- ONE SON DIED
AND THREE OTHER
FAMILY TRAGEDIES
OBEDIENCE=EXPERIENCE GOD
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THE PRINCIPLE OF OBEDIENCE
A. God demands it
B. God deserves it
II. THE PRACTICE OF OBEDIENCE
A. Obedience must be Intellectual
B. Obedience must be Intentional
C. Obedience must be Immediate
III. THE PURPOSE OF OBEDIENCE
A. Objective Purpose-His Witnesses
B. Subjective Purpose-His Holy Spirit