What Is God’s Will
For My Life?
Selected Scripture
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God’s Will For My Life
 We all want to know God’s Will
 School?Career? Mate? Job?
 Random verse in the Bible?
 Spin the globe?
 Hear a voice?
 How can we know His Will?
 Communicated in Scripture
 Five basic Principles
 Final Principle
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Principle #1 - Salvation
2 Pet. 3:1-10
 Beware of false teachers who
Deny deity of Christ
 Deny Christ’s 2nd Coming
 God wants men to be saved
 For God to reveal His will to
2 Pet. 2:1
1 Tim. 2:3-4
Acts 17:28
John 10:4
Mark 3:31-35
1 John 2:15-17
you, you need to be saved
 God’s patience delays judgment
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Principle #2 – Spirit-Filled
Eph. 5:16-18
 Redeeming the time
 We have more love, grace,
strength, power
 We are complete in Him
 Filled with the Word
 Speaking in psalms & songs
 Living a Christ-conscious life
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Rom. 8:9
1 Cor. 6:19
1 Cor. 12:12-13
Rom. 5:5
2 Cor. 12:9
Phil. 4:13
2 Pet. 1:3
Col. 2:10
Matt. 14:22-33
Acts 1:8
Acts 2:4, 14
Acts 3:6
Col. 3:16
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Principle #3 – Sanctification
 We are to be purified
 Practice purity
 Four Principles:
 Abstain from fornication
 Control your body
 Subdue your passions
 Treat others fairly
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1 Th. 4:3-7
1 Cor. 6:12-13
1 Th. 4:4,5,6
1 Th. 4:8
2 Tim. 2:21
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Principle #4 – Submission
 Obey all laws of the
land, unless they violate
God’s laws
 Be a good citizen
 Submit to government
 Submit to your master,
whether a believer or not
 Submit to each other –
wives, husbands
 Children, obey parents
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1 Pet. 2:13-18
Eph. 6:5-8
1 Tim. 3:10
Acts 4:18-20
Matt. 5:13-16
Rom. 13:1-14
Eph. 5:22-6:9
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Principle #5 – Suffering
Acts 4:1-12
 Living a godly life
 You will be persecuted
 Bold witnessing
Out in the bushes?
 Not out of order
 Confronting the world
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Mark 9:33-35
Matt. 19:28
Luke 9:57-58
1 Pet. 5:10
1 Pet. 4:19
1 Pet. 3:17
2 Tim. 3:12
Phil. 1:29
Acts 4:3,7,29
Phil. 2:17
Col. 1:24
Gal. 6:17
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The Final Principle
 God’s will is that you be
saved, spirit-filled, sanctified,
submissive, and suffering
 If you are practicing all five
basic principles, then
Ps. 37:4
Acts 9:32-35
Acts 16:6-10
Rom. 12:1-2
1 Th. 5:16-18
Rom. 8:28
DO WHATEVER YOU WANT!
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