Key Insights
- 📖 “The will of God is not always easy to discern. It is a journey of faith where we read the Word of God, pray for direction, and take appropriate steps in the right direction.” – Understanding and following the will of God requires faith and seeking guidance through prayer and scripture.
- 🗣️ Jesus said, “You are my sheep, and my sheep hear my voice,” indicating that God wants to speak to us and we have the ability to hear His voice.
- 🙏 “If you need wisdom, if you want to know what God wants you to do, ask Him and He will gladly tell you.”
- 🌟 “The promise is you will know the will of God. The conditions are as follow.”
- 📖 “To know if what you’re about to do is the will of God, always build it on what the Word of God says.”
- 📖 If it is not in the Word, it is not of the Lord – God will never lead you contrary to the written Word.
- 📖 God speaks to us through His Word and confirms His will through circumstances, providing guidance and confirmation.
- 🙏 The key to knowing the will of God is to have a listening heart and say, “Speak Lord, Your servant is listening.”
Surrender and obedience to God’s will
- 🙏 To live the life God has called us to live, we need to be filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit.
- 🙏 “You are to have an attitude of gratitude. In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
- 🙏 “Present yourself to God as a living sacrifice” – Paul emphasizes the importance of surrendering oneself to God’s will.
- 🔥 “The tongue is a small thing, but what enormous damage it can do.” – The power of our words to either build up or tear down.
- 🌍 Don’t conform to the world’s mold, but be transformed by renewing your mind to understand and seek God’s good, perfect, and acceptable will.
Summary
The key idea of the video is that believers can know and follow God’s will by being filled with the Holy Spirit, living a pure life, renewing their minds, and seeking guidance through the Bible and God’s confirmation.
- 🔍 God wants to lead and speak to believers because they are His friends, just like He did with Abraham, and He desires to share His knowledge and keep their confidence.
- 🔍 Believers must be filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit, expressing it through praise, worship, and gratitude, and living a pure life by abstaining from sexual immorality, in order to know and follow God’s will.
- 🙏 Present yourself as a living sacrifice to God, renew your mind, and offer your everyday life to Him.
- 🙏 Fill your mind with God, be cautious with your words, dedicate your actions to Him, fully commit to Jesus, and don’t pretend to be someone you’re not.
- 📖 To know God’s will, reject the world’s thinking on relationships, focus on character building, offer yourself to God, renew your mind, and base your actions on the Bible as the ultimate source of truth.
- 📱 Treat the Bible like your cell phone, valuing it and using it daily to receive messages from God, seek confirmation through circumstances, and trust in His guidance to know His will.
- 🕊️ Waiting for God’s confirmation, following biblical principles, seeking peace, and being aware of God’s timing are key to knowing His will; Moses’ story highlights the importance of timing, and believers should examine themselves before taking communion to show respect for Christ’s sacrifice.
- 🙏 It’s important to reflect on where you are spiritually and whether you have allowed the world to shape you, as it may be time for a recommitment or for non-believers to seek forgiveness and accept Christ.
