EXPERIENCING GOD

Learning and Doing

The Will of God

POWERFUL TOOLTO HELP YOU

1. To Hear when God is speaking to you2. To clearly identify the activity of God3. To Believe He is able to do all He promised4. To Adjust your beliefs, character and

behavior to Him and His Ways5. see a Direction He is taking in your life and

what He wants to do through you6. To clearly know what you need to do I

response to His Activity in your life7. To Experience God doing through you as

you obey Him what only He can do.

The Principles 0f Experiencing God

1. God is always at work around you.2. God pursues a continuing love relationship with you

Him is real and personal.3. God invites you to become involved with Him in His

work.4. God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible,

prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes, and His ways.

5. God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.

6. You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing.

7. You come to know God by experience as you obey Him and He accomplishes His work in you.

Principle # 1GOD IS ALWAYS AT WORK

AROUND YOUHow Do We Respond To This Principle

A. AS SERVANTS OF GOD- WE OBEY

B. AS SONS OF GOD- WE SHINE

1. Live in Humility- No Murmur and complaining

2. Live in Harmony- Not Arguing or Contentious

3. Live in Holiness- Not Self- Centered, God-Centered

4. As Children of the Light- We SHINE

EXPERIENCING GODLearning and Doing

The Will of God

The Principles 0f Experiencing God

1. God is always at work around you.2. God pursues a continuing love relationship with you

Him is real and personal.3. God invites you to become involved with Him in His

work.4. God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the

Bible,prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes, and His ways.

5. God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.

6. You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing.

7. You come to know God by experience as you obey Him and He accomplishes His work in you.

Principle # 2

God pursues acontinuing love relationship

with you that is real and personal.

Attributes of God’s Love

I. GOD’S LOVE IS PERSISTENT

II. GOD’S LOVE IS PERSONAL

III. GOD’S LOVE IS PRACTICAL

IV. GOD’S LOVE- PURPOSEFUL

EXPERIENCING GOD

Learning and Doing

The Will of God

The Principles 0f Experiencing God

1. God is always at work around you.2. God pursues a continuing love relationship with you

Him is real and personal.3. God invites you to become involved with Him in His

work.4. God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible,

prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes, and His ways.

5. God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.

6. You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing.

7. You come to know God by experience as you obey Him and He accomplishes His work in you.

Principle #3

God invitesYou

To become involvedWith Him

In His work.

Spiritual Markers of Being Chosen to be On Mission With God

1. God chooses you to involve you in His Mission to reconcile the world.

2. God calls you to Himself so that you can be on mission with Him.

3. God initiates a covenant of promise and obedience with you to accomplish His mission and to glorify Him.

4. God prepares and equips you to be on mission with Him.

Spiritual Markers of Being Chosen to be On Mission With God (part 2)

5. God sends you where He can best work through you to accomplish His mission.

6. God guides you step-by-step on His mission to glorify Him among all peoples.

7. God uses you to fulfill His mission for His glory.

WHEN GOD CALLS

I. THE PREPARATION OF THE CALL

II. THE PERVASIVENESS OF THE CALL

III. THE PROBLEM WITH THE CALL

IV. THE PROVISION IN THE CALL

THE CALL OF MOSES

I. MOSES LEARNED TO BE A SERVANT

II. MOSES LEARNED TO TRUST GOD

III. MOSES LEARNED TO OBEY GOD

EXPERIENCING GOD

Learning and Doing

The Will of God

The Principles 0f Experiencing God1. God is always at work around you.2. God pursues a continuing love relationship with you

Him is real and personal.3. God invites you to become involved with Him in His

work.4. God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible,

prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes, and His ways.

5. God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.

6. You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing.

7. You come to know God by experience as you obey Him and He accomplishes His work in you.

Principle #4

“God speaks by the Holy Spirit

through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes, and

His ways.”

God Speaks-Discovering the Will of God

I. THE CHARACTER OF GOD’S WILLA.God’s Plan is definite.B. God’s Plan is perfect.C.God’s Plan is personal.

II. THE CONDITIONS FOR KNOWING GOD’S WILLA. Convictions Within- the Peace of God-Holy Spirit leadershipB. Circumstances Without- What’s happening around me?C. The Word of God-The BibleD. The Church- The Counsel of Others

EXPERIENCING GODLearning and Doing

The Will of God

The Principles 0f Experiencing God1. God is always at work around you.2. God pursues a continuing love relationship with you

Him is real and personal.3. God invites you to become involved with Him in His

work.4. God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible,

prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes, and His ways.

5. God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.

6. You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing.

7. You come to know God by experience as you obey Him and He accomplishes His work in you.

Principle #5

God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a crisis of

belief that requires faith and action.

The Crisis of Belief• An encounter with God requires faith.

• Encounters with God are God-sized.

• What you do in response to God’s revelation (invitation) reveals what you believe about God.

• True faith requires action.

• Faith was believing that the God who called us to the assignments was the One who would provide for their accomplishment.

The Crisis of Belief

What you believe aboutGod

will determine what you do

and how you live.

A FAITH THAT HONORS GOD

I. A FAITH THAT DECIDES-Heb.11:4,25,31

II. A FAITH THAT DARES-Heb.11:8

III. A FAITH THAT DOES-Heb.11:24

IV. A FAITH THAT IS DETERMINED- Heb.10:35-36

EXPERIENCING GODKnowing and Doing

The Will Of God

The Principles 0f Experiencing God1. God is always at work around you.2. God pursues a continuing love relationship with

you Him is real and personal.3. God invites you to become involved with Him in

His work.4. God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the

Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes, and His ways.

5. God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.

6. You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing.

7. You come to know God by experience as you obey Him and He accomplishes His work in you.

PRINCIPLE #6

YOU MUST MAKE

MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS

IN YOUR LIFE

TO JOIN GOD

IN WHAT HE IS DOING

Kinds of Adjustments

ADJUSTMENTS IN:

1) Your Circumstances- Job, Home,Finances,etc

2) Your Relationships- Family, Friends

3) Your Thinking- Prejudices, Methods

4) Your Commitments- Church, Family, Job

5) Your Actions- Pray, Give, Serve

6) Your Beliefs - God, His Purposes, His Plans

Obedience Requires Action

YOU CANNOT STAY

WHERE YOU ARE AND

GO WITH

GOD

AT THE SAME TIME

David Livingstone prayed…..

“Lord, send me anywhere,

only go with me,

Lay any burden on me,

only sustain me,

Sever any tie,

but the tie that binds me to Thyself.”

Getting In…Going On Principle #6 in Elijah’s Life

I KINGS 17

I. GOD’S RECOGNIZED PLAN

II. GOD’S RESTRICTED PROMISE

III. GOD’S REQUIRED PREREQUISITE

IV. GOD’S RELEASED PROVISION

V. GOD’S REVEALED PROMISE

EXPERIENCING GOD

Knowing and Doing

The Will

Of God

The Principles 0f Experiencing God1. God is always at work around you.2. God pursues a continuing love relationship with you Him

is real and personal.3. God invites you to become involved with Him in His

work.4. God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible, prayer,

circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes, and His ways.

5. God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.

6. You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing.

7. You come to know God by experience as you obey Him and He accomplishes His work in you.

PRINCIPLE #7

You come to know God

by experience as you

obey Him

and He accomplishes

His work through you.

Obedience Is:1. I come to know God by experience as I

obey Him2. Obedience is the outward expression of

my love of God3. Obedience is the outward demonstration

of my faith.4. The reward of obedience is that God

reveals Himself to you.5. If I have an obedience problem, I have a

love problem.

Disobedience Is Costly

1.JONAH- A WHALE OF A RIDE

2.MOSES- 40 YEARS IN WILDERNESS

3.DAVID- ONE SON DIED AND THREE OTHER FAMILY TRAGEDIES

OBEDIENCE=EXPERIENCE GOD

I. THE PRINCIPLE OF OBEDIENCE

A. God demands it

B. God deserves it

II. THE PRACTICE OF OBEDIENCE

A. Obedience must be Intellectual

B. Obedience must be Intentional

C. Obedience must be Immediate

III. THE PURPOSE OF OBEDIENCE

A. Objective Purpose-His Witnesses

B. Subjective Purpose-His Holy Spirit