1. Company
LOGO
KNOWING THE WILL OF
GOD
Pastor (Dr) Samuel Ajayi
Men of Issachar Vision Youth Church, Ibadan
mivyouthib@gmail.com
2. • IT’S YOUR BASIC RIGHT TO KNOW THE
WILL OF GOD
• YOUR MARK AS A TRUE CHILD OF
GOD
• GOD IS EVER WILLING TO REVEAL IT
3. JOURNEY INTO KNOWING
GOD’S WILL IN MARRIAGE
• YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
• SELF DISCOVERY OF PURPOSE IN HIM
• YOUR ATTENTION WILL BE DRAWN TO
THE MATTER
• OR A PERSON DRAWN ACROSS YOUR
PATH
• GO TO SLEEP…
4. WHILE ASLEEP
• GEN 2:21; PSALM 37: 1—8
• -DO NOT FRET (AFRAID, AGITATED)-V8
IT ONLY CAUSES HARM…ESPECIALLY
FROM PRESSURES AROUND YOU
• -TRUST IN THE LORD
• -DELIGHT YOURSELF IN HIM
• -COMMIT IT TO HIM
• -WAIT PATIENTLY
7. INNER WITNESS OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT
PSALM 32:8-9 (GN, NLT)
– THE SIMPLEST AND THE SUREST
– BY WAY OF INSTRUCTION, COUNSEL,
IMPRESSION, UNDERSTANDING
– DEPEND LARGELY ON THE STATE OF YOUR
SPIRIT- SATURATED WITH GOD’S WORD,
PRAYERS
– YOUR SPIRIT IS THE LORD’S CANDLE/LAMP –
PROV 20:27; ICOR 2:19
8. • NOT A THREATENING COMMAND
• GETTING YOU TO WILLINGLY AGREE
• GUIDES, ARRANGES YOU INTO THE
TRUTH
9. • STARTS AS A SPARK OF LIGHT,
IMPRESSION
• ISAIAH 32:17..PROGRESSES AS
– CONTINUOUS PEACE
– QUIETNESS
– ASSURANCE FOREVER
10. • VERSE 9
• WHEN YOU CAN’T RECOGNISE THIS
• WHEN OUR SPIRITUAL SENSES
BECOME DULL
• WHEN YOU BECOME ‘STUPID’!
• HE INTRODUCES BITS AND BRIDLES
– DISAPPOINTMENTS, PAINS
11. HINDRANCES
• MY OPINIONS, PREJUDICES
• FEARS
• CULTURE
• SELF IMPOSED TARGETS
• OVERCROWDED MIND
– EG FALLING IN LOVE WHICH IS ONLY IN
THE REALM OF EMOTIONS
• ROMANS 12:1-2 (PHILLIPS
TRANSLATION)
12. OTHER (REMEDIAL) WAYS-JOB
33:14; ACTS 10:11-16; 16:4-10
• DREAMS
– 1.FROM GOD JOB 33:14-18. PEACE,
• CORRECTIVE, IN LINE WITH PURPOSE
• USUALLY NOT LITERALLY BUT TO CATCH YOUR
ATTENTION.
• STILL REQUIRE INNER WITNESS- ACTS 161:4-10
– 2. FROM ENVIRONMENT/BUSY MIND- ECC 5:3.
NOTHING NEW, FAMILIAR
– 3. DEVIL- COME WITH A THREAT,
• OVER EMPHASIS, CAN’T BE TRACED TO PURPOSE,
• MAY BE POSITIVE BUT DISTRACTIVE;
• NEGATE GOD’S WORD NO MATTER HOW VIVID OR
COINCIDENTAL
14. THE WORD OF GOD
• REVEALED WORD
• CONVEYS THE PURPOSES, EMPHASIS
IN GOD’S HEART
• DISSOLVES SUBTLE
BIASES/OPINIONS
• ADDRESSES PRINCIPLES
• -FEAR, INDECISION, WORDLINESS
• CAUTIONS OR EMBOLDENS
• NOT SPECIFIC NAMES APPEARING
15. COUNSEL OF ELDERS
• SPIRITUAL AUTHORITIES OVER YOU
• USUALLY DOES NOT INITIATE, EVEN IF IT
DOES, YOU NEED TO HEAR YOURSELF. IT
CONFIRMS
• NOT MANIPULATIVE! NOT SENTIMENTAL.
• CAUTION ON PROPHECY
• HOLY SPIRIT WILL NOT BYPASS YOU
• DON’T GO ON A LONELY JOURNEY PLEASE!
• THRU THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEY MAY
– GUIDE- DIRECT
– GUARD-PROTECT
– GAG -RESTRAIN
18. PROPOSAL
• MAN
• YOU ARE THE ONE THAT NEEDS HELP
• YOU ARE THE ONE LEADING THE
JOURNEY
• NO INTIMIDATION, DON’T MAKE HER
VULNERABLE
• DON’T TAP INTO HER EMOTIONS, NO
CAJOLE
• BE DEFINITE
• DON’T QUOTE OTHERS-PASTORS ETC
19. THE CORRECT PARTNER
• LOVE VOID OF FEAR WILL GROW
• A VOID IS FILLED, JOY OF
COMPLETION
• ACCEPTANCE
• THERE ARE POINTS OF DIFFERENCES
BUT APPRECIATES THE SIMILARITIES
• CELEBRATE YOUR PURPOSE
• VALUE YOU, YOUR PARENTS, YOUR
CHURCH
20. • WOMAN
• YOU ARE NOT DAUGHTERS OF MOAB
• DON’T SAY: ’ LETS START FIRST’
• BE POLITE