This document provides guidance on discerning God's will, particularly regarding marriage. It outlines several primary and secondary resources for guidance, including the Holy Spirit, Bible, providence, conscience, and counsel of others. The main points are: 1) Knowing God's will is a basic right and mark of being His child, and He is willing to reveal it through various means. 2) Discerning God's will regarding marriage involves one's relationship with God, self-discovery of purpose, and having attention drawn to the matter or a person. 3) The Holy Spirit provides inner witness through instruction, counsel, and impressions, especially when one's spirit is saturated in God's word and prayer.

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

5. Resources for Guidance
• Primary Resources
• The Holy Spirit
• The Bible
• The ‘mind of Christ’

6. Secondary Resources
• Providence/circumstances
• Your conscience
• The counsel of others
• Sanctified Common sense

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

13. • VISIONS
• TRANCES

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

16. CIRCUMSTANCES
• MEETING
• DISAPPOINTMENT-MAY NOT BE
PALATABLE
• DON’T HAVE TO WAIT FOR SCARS

17. CONFIRMATION OF YOUR
CONVICTIONS
• TEST OF TIME
• TEST OF SCRIPTURE
• TEST OF WITNESSES
• TEST OF THE PARTNER

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