Big decisions to make? Want to make the best choice and ensure that you're in His will? Can we ever even be sure of what His will is?

2. God’s
Individual
Will
(Plan)?
God’s
Moral
Will?
WHAT
GOD
WANTS
US
TO
KNOW
WHAT
WE
WANT
TO
KNOW

3. MAN'S
CHIEF
END
IS
TO
GLORIFY
GOD
AND
ENJOY
HIM
FOREVER

4. God’s
Moral
Will
WIN!
Given
God’s
ulAmate
purpose
for
our
lives,
His
moral
will
should
be
our
highest
concern.

5. Great
Commission
&
Discipleship
Godliness
&
Good
Works
Study,
Worship
&
DevoAon
Service
to
Church
(Local
and
Universal)
GiR
Use
&
CulAvaAon
SalvaAon
(1
Tim
2:3,
2
Pet
3:9)
SancAficaAon
1
Th
4:13,
Rom
12:1,
Col
3:5
Seeking
God
(Col
1:10,
2:2-­‐3,
1
Tim
2:3)
Serving
(Luke
10:27-­‐29)
Stewardship
(Mat
25:14-­‐30)
BIG
ROCKS
OF
GOD’S
MORAL
WILL
/
CHRISTIAN
PURPOSE
(S5)

8. God’s
Individual
Will
(Plan)?
God
does
care
about
our
individual
lives
and
decisions
but
He
allows
us
freedom
to
choose.
2nd-­‐ary

9. God’s
Moral
Will
God’s
Individual
Will
GIW
“SEEK
FIRST
THE
KINGDOM
GOD
AND
HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS”
“AND
ALL
THESE
THINGS
SHALL
BE
ADDED
TO
YOU
“
Maehew
6:33

10. TRUE

11. Where
do
I
fit?

12.  Employment
or
Business
ventures
-­‐
1
Sam
10:7,
Ecc
9:10,
Col
3:17,23
 Marriage/RelaBonships
–
Proverbs
31,
1
Cor
7:39
2
Cor
6:14
 Residence
-­‐
Psalms
139:5-­‐10,
Acts
17:26
 EducaBon
-­‐
Deut
6:6-­‐9,
11:18-­‐21,
Prov
3:21,
4:21,
Eph
6:4
 Consumer
Goods
–
Mat
6:25-­‐34,
1
Cor
10:31
Hmm.
I
had
hoped
this
would
be
easier.

13. “Aint
nobody
got
Ame
for
dat”
This
keeps
gegng
harder!

14. BUT
GOD
SERIOUSLY,
WHAT
SHOULD
I
DO?

16. ChrisAan
Decision
Making
Criteria
(Rom
14:17-­‐19;
1
Cor
10:23-­‐33)

17. Analyze
SituaAon
Take
stock
of
inward
impress-­‐
ions
Refer
to
the
Bible
for
guidance
Pray
for
wisdom
and
insight
Consult
the
ChrisAan
body
Discernment
PracAces

18. Constant
Prayer
Constant
Study
of
Scripture
Be
available
and
willing
to
listen
and
be
used
Surround
yourself
with
other
wise
discerners

19. Luke
12:20-­‐34
1 Corinthians 10:31-33
31So, whether you eat or
drink, or whatever you do,
do all to the glory of God.
32Give no offense to Jews or
to Greeks or to the church of
God, 33just as I try to
please everyone in
everything I do, not seeking
my own advantage, but
that of many, that they
may be saved.