Chapter 24-Forks in the Road; Day867

[the Lord] will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. Psalm 32:8

We can’t change the past, but we can change the future.
It’s hard to undo some of the decisions we’ve made.
A man reaps what he sows.
Search for God’s will
Does God really care about the decisions we make? Yes.
Does God have a plan for our lives? Yes.
Avoid wrong choices
Develop daily the ability to make wise choices.
The greatest barrier to knowing God’s will is simply that we want to run our own lives.

Battles Within
1. Battle in our heart [our desires]
2. Battle between our wills  and God’s will

GOD’S WILL – 2 DIMENSIONS

1. God’s universal or general will
-His will for every person
-moral will-deals with our morality and ethical behavior
-does not change from person to person
-applies to you  and me and everyone
-it is God’s will for us to become His children
-it is God’s will for us not to lie or cheat or kill
-it is God’s will for us not to steal
-it is God’s will for us not commit sexual immorality
-these are written in the 10 Commandments Exodus 20

10 Commandments:
1. You shall have no other gods before or besides Me.
2. You shall not make yourself any graven image [to worship it] or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; You shall not bow down yourself to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, But showing mercy and steadfast love to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
3. You shall not use or repeat the name of the Lord your God in vain [that is, lightly or frivolously, in false affirmations or profanely]; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
4. [Earnestly] remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (withdrawn from common employment and dedicated to God).
Six days you shall labor and do all your work, But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, your daughter, your manservant, your maidservant, your domestic animals, or the sojourner within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it [set it apart for His purposes].
5. Regard (treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you.
6. You shall not commit murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not witness falsely against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.

Where do we discover God’s General will?
1. The Bible-instruction book/guide
Purpose of the Bible:
a. for teaching
b. rebuking
c. correcting
d. training in righteousness

How can a young man  keep his way pure? By living according to His Word.
God’s will never lead us to do something that is contrary to His written Word-The Bible

2 Spiritual Principles: Luke 10:27 
A simplified 10 Commandments, do these and you don’t have to worry memorizing/knowing the Ten Commandments.
1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.
2. Love your neighbor as you love yourself

If you are ignorant of God’s Word, you will always be ignorant  of God’s will.
Know the Bible to know what God wants.
Make the Bible part of your daily life
Read Daily and understand and hear and apply

2. His personal will or individual will
– personal will differs from person to person
– 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. Jeremiah 29:11

Finding God’s Will
1. Commit your decision to God
2. Search the scriptures
3. Understand your circumstances
4. Seek Godly advice
5. Trust the Holy Spirit Guidance
6. Trust God for the outcome

And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left. Isaiah 30:21
Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.6In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6

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PLAN:
Daily Bible Devotional
Journal
Celebration Church
Workout-1Mile Swim

READING LIST:
Book-Permanent Innovation p.143
Book-The Journey, By Billy Graham p.246

TIMELINE:
0700, End of Sleep
1600, End of work
1800, 1Mile Swim