Discovering the Will of God

Series: Beginning Again – Part 4 of 4

Jeremiah 29:11-13
Eddie Byun

We discover His will …

Through _____________________________ Him

Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your
heart.

A barrier to this is: __________________________

Through
________ ____________ _________ Him
Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your
bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of
worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's
will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.

A barrier to this is: _________________________

“We must be willing to take advice. It is a sign of conceit and

immaturity to dispense with taking advice in major
decisions. There are always people who know the Bible,
human nature, and our own gifts and limitations better than
we do, and even if we cannot finally accept their advice,
nothing but good will come to us from carefully weighing
what they say.”
J. I. Packer

Isaiah 55:8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my
ways," declares the LORD."As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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Through
________ ____________ _________ Him
Genesis 12:1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and
your father's household and go to the land I will show you.

A barrier to this is: _____________________________

Jeremiah 29:11-13 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will
call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and
find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give
you rest.

John 5:39-40 You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you
possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to
come to me to have life.

John 6:37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I
will never drive away.

When you’re still not sure …

It’s an issue of ________________________

It’s an issue of ________________________

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“Entrust the past to God’s mercy, the present to His love,
and the future to His providence”
St. Augustine

2009 Eddie Byun