This daily devotional discusses experiencing God by knowing and doing his will. It makes several points: 1. True children of God know God through both knowledge and personal experiences of his presence, touch, and guidance in their lives. 2. They learn to recognize and obey God's voice by adjusting their lives according to his plans and directions. 3. Having a meaningful Christian life means knowing and doing God's will, as his will is loving, right, and enables believers to accomplish it. God chooses believers to understand his will through wisdom and understanding.

1. EXPERIENCING GOD:
KNOWING AND DOING THE
WILL OF GOD

2. PSALMS 46:10
"Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the
nations, I will be exalted in the
earth."

3. 1 JOHN 4:7
Dear friends, let us love one
another, for love comes from
God. Everyone who loves has
been born of God and knows
God.

4. OUR DAILY DEVOTIONAL IS ALL
ABOUT...
1. EVERY TRUE CHILD OF GOD HAS AND
SHOULD KNOW GOD BOTH
BY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.

5. JOHN 17:3
Now this is eternal life: that they
may know you, the only true
God, and Jesus Christ, whom you
have sent.

6. 1 JOHN 4:17-18
In this way, love is made complete among
us so that we will have confidence on the
day of judgment, because in this world we
are like him. There is no fear in love. But
perfect love drives out fear, because fear
has to do with punishment. The one who
fears is not made perfect in love.

7. MARK 12:24
Jesus replied, "Are you not in
error because you do not
know the Scriptures or the
power of God?

8. note: Being a Christian is not having a religion or
church only. It is having a relationship with
experiences of God’s presence, touch,
intervention and move.
KNOWING GOD THROUGH HIS NAMES
•Ex. Genesis 22: 14… Jehovah Jireh ( The Lord who
provides )
•Exodus 17:15… Jehovah Nissi ( The Lord is My
Banner )

9. 2. EVERY TRUE CHILD OF GOD
LEARNS TO KNOW AND OBEY
THE VOICE OF GOD.

10. JOHN 10:27
My sheep listen to my voice; I
know them, and they follow
me.

11. note: Adjust life and schedule to get involved
in what God wants and plans to do
•1 JOHN 5:3… OBEYING GOD MANIFESTS
OUR LOVE FOR HIM
This is love for God: to obey his
commands. And his commands are not
burdensome,

12. 3.EVERY TRUE CHILD OF GOD
HAS A MEANINGFUL CHRISTIAN
OR SPIRITUAL LIFE ONLY BY
KNOWING AND DOING THE
WILL OF GOD

13. note: GOD’S IMPORTANT NATURE TO KNOW
DEEPLY
• a. God is love- His will is always best
• b. God is all-knowing ( Omniscient )- His
directions are always right
• c. God is all-powerful ( Omnipotent )- He
can enable you to accomplish His will

14. MATTHEW 7:21
"Not everyone who says to me,
`Lord, Lord,' will enter the
kingdom of heaven, but only he
who does the will of my Father
who is in heaven.

15. Note: Christian or Spiritual life is not having
salvation and eternal life only but having a
life on earth dedicated to know and do the
will of God.

16. HEBREWS 10: 9
Then he said, "Here I am, I
have come to do your will."
He sets aside the first to
establish the second.

17. LUKE 22:42
"Father, if you are willing, take
this cup from me; yet not my
will, but yours be done."

18. PROVERBS 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your
heart and lean not on your own
understanding; in all your ways
acknowledge him, and he will
make your paths straight.

19. JOHN 9:31
We know that God does not
listen to sinners. He listens to
the godly man who does his
will.

20. ACTS 22:14… WE ARE CHOSEN TO
KNOW HIS WILL
"Then he said: `The God of our
fathers has chosen you to
know his will and to see the
Righteous One and to hear
words from his mouth.

21. COLOSSIANS 1:9… KNOWLEDGE OF
HIS WILL
For this reason, since the day we heard
about you, we have not stopped
praying for you and asking God to fill
you with the knowledge of his will
through all spiritual wisdom and
understanding.

22. EPHESIANS 5:15:-18
Be very careful, then, how you live--not as
unwise but as wise, making the most of every
opportunity, because the days are evil.
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand
what the Lord's will is. Do not get drunk on
wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be
filled with the Spirit.