Devotionals on Will of God

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• You can be sure that you are in the will of God when He keeps you dependent upon Himself, walking in the Holy Spirit, and abiding in the Lord Jesus Christ.

• The will of God translates into His noble qualities of love, grace, justice, and peace.

• The Lord had to bring a crisis in your experience, where you were perfectly willing to accept that trial in the will of God; that if so be the Lord wished it then you gave your full consent, and said: Well, Lord, if this is Your will for me I accept it wholly and fully.

• I am in suspense, and I hesitate; even if I am doing the will of God, I am not sure about it, and I am not happy.

• Adam might defy the will of God, Elijah might doubt it, but John would glory in it - even on Patmos.

• STUDY in PRAYER For we know not what we should pray for as we ought… but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”Romans 8:26
• One Great Saint In the words of one great saint of God, he explains “in the spirit”  like this:- It is through God’s dealings and God’s merciful grace that He combines our chastening and our prayer with His dealings in our human spirit, which is progressively and increasingly becoming more and more in union with the Holy Spirit and which is strengthened by the Holy Spirit, as He, (ie the Holy Spirit), utters through us – that which is according to the will of God – for we know not what we should pray for as we ought… but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.” Romans.8:26

• The doing of the will of God was a matter of that obedience which never moves out from self but always out from the Father.

• I think that does say to us that a position has to be taken inclusively and over many things where the will of God is concerned.
• It is a question of whether we have settled that such and such is the way of the will of God, and then, will this or that arising mean in the long run that we never get there, never do that will?

• Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2

• Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator (1 Pet. 4:19).

• We must be circumcised in heart to do the will of God, ready to let go and let God determine the way to accomplish it.

• There can be no prayer in the full assurance of faith apart from the known will of God in the matter.

• Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good... as to a faithful Creator.1 Peter 4:12,19

• STUDY - Once Upon Eternity So  do not cast away your confidence, (your trust is God) which has great reward, for you have need of patient endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise..
• Man, within his spiritual capacity, is able to avail himself of what God has said, and then man (redeemed man), is to live and to act and to pray accordingly.  The ‘just’ shall live by faith… the ‘righteous’, ‘redeemed’, ‘spiritually-alive’, ‘new man in-Christ’ shall live by faith.  Why, you ask – why should we live by faith?  What, you ask – what is the point of simply trusting God to do what God has said?  Let us eat, drink, and be merry, and party in this life, for tomorrow we die!!   Why you ask… because God has ordered His amazing creative plans and purposes to include you.  Before the foundation of the world, He set these plans in motion, to involve you.  He has designed that those with patient endurance will receive the great promise: for you have need of patient endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.” Heb.10:36

• He (the Spirit) maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God (Rom. 8:27).
• Neither the Lord Jesus nor the Holy Spirit ever thought of willing or praying outside the will of God the Father.

• Jesus gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father.Galatians 1:4
• Jesus gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father – and the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto His heavenly kingdom: to Whom be glory forever and ever.

• The will of God is to transform those that believe into the likeness of His Son – and God will take a lifetime, if necessary, to achieve His purpose in each life.

• Impossible Requirement God knew that sinful man could never achieve the perfection that the Law required, but Israel confidently announced – all that the Lord has spoken to us, we will do!  Exodus 19:8   This worthy pronouncement to do the will of God sounds commendable to the ear of fallen man – but it displays man’s pride, and demonstrates independence from God. God in His wisdom knew that it was needful for man to try to be perfect in his own strength and fail, to realise he was unable to reach the perfection God required.

• And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
• When we comprehend that depth of the riches of His grace towards us, the love of Christ will constrain us towards the earnest pursuit of holiness... and so we will prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God..

• In considering the whole testimony of the Bible, it is almost as important for the believer who would do the will of God to recognize that which does not concern him as it is for him to recognize that which does concern him.
• It is obvious that, apart from the knowledge of dispensational truth, the believer will not be intelligently adjusted to the present purpose and will of God in the world.

• We must remember that the will of God is said to be good,'acceptable,' and perfect' (Rom. 12:2). -L.S.C.

• Will of God Throughout His life, Jesus has one purpose for living – to do the will of the Father.

• The meat and drink that sustained His spirit, was to be obedient to the will of God... for He lived in willing submission to God’s training programme for His life, and even though He was God’s Son: He learned obedience through what He suffered.

• At once the clash arises and it is true that the more the Holy Spirit is able to have His way in us and to lead us into all the will of God, the more we find this opposition, this antagonism.

• Any aspect of life or conduct which is undertaken in dependence on the energy and ability of the flesh is, to that extent, purely legal in character, whether it be the whole revealed will of God, the actual written commandments, or the exhortations of grace.

• The Holy Spirit, indwelling the believer, performs in him the will of God, whose will, at last, is a delight (Rom. 8:3, 4; 12:2).” -W.R.N.

• obedient to the will of God!

• Will of God The mystery of God’s will is that we come to unity in the faith, and the knowledge of the Son of God.
• Intercessory prayer is praying into the will of God and it can be painful...  because intercessory prayer can only be founded on the love of God – a love that is perfected through suffering.

• We should never say in any matter that is presented to us in the will of God, I cannot.

• This is the will of God.

• This same Person now lives in us by His Holy Spirit, seeking to work out that perfect will of God not on the basis of some binding instructions from without but as a living force within.

• Willing obedience to the will of God was a vital lesson that He came to teach us all - and the Lord Jesus Christ learned obedience through the things that He suffered.

• The believer can thus, and only thus, have freedom from the tyranny of sin as he reckons himself to have died unto sin, and to be alive unto God as one alive from the dead.' He presents his body a living sacrifice unto God, and proves what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

• We must not think the revelation as to the will of God is an end in itself; it is but the first phase of a prayer ministry.

• It does not follow that because a thing is the will of God, He will necessarily lead you to pray for it.

• Consciously, day by day, I take the attitude that I trust Him to work the will of God in me, and in that attitude I go forward and serve Him.

• Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator (1 Pet. 4:19).

• God’s Will For You In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Corinthians 5:18.

• The Will of God And so Satan seeks his revenge on those who will keep faith in God – like Joseph and Job – and though Satan means it for evil against you – God will turn it for good.

• That is, we get into an attitude which implies that we only know the will of God in the matter.

• In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you (1 Thess. 5:18).

• Earthen vessels – who intercede for others in accordance with the will of God.
• intercessors who were guided by the hand of God – to offer prayers in the will of God..

• The will of God and the Word of God must be the rule of our lives.

• Surrender of  Will These words of our Lord point to a far greater deed than calming the storm or raising the dead. Prophets and apostles could work wondrous miracles, but they could not always suffer the will of God.

• By the time that action reached you it had become the will of God for you, since to a yielded believer there are no second causes.

• The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
• i>That which was from the beginning.... Little children, it is the last hour... the one who does the will of God lives for ever Do you see the link?

• Many phases are passed through, all in the permissive will of God, or in His directive will, inasmuch as they are intended to educate and give experience, but the course is never that of the established and settled kind, and so big changes may be called for, each of which comes by a new spiritual crisis.

• To align my mind to the mind of Christ and to align my will to the will of God – to break me if necessary and to humble me if required – and I pray this not just for myself – but for those that I love.

• Extreme imaginations And it is not feasible to penetrate the thoughts and the actions and the will of God..
• There are two ways to discover the will of God and to discern His ways!

• The Lord’s future world empire is to reflect the will of God and the rule of heaven, and Jesus taught them saying, Thy kingdom come.

• The world is passing away along with its desires.. but whoever does the will of God abides forever.1John 2:17

• Paul wrote, In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you (1 Thess. 5:18).

• This is not the will of God for you... for God sent His Son to die – for love of you.

• Nay, dwell in stillness and wait for clearness' - wait until you are sure of the will of God, and leave the Philistines' to Him. -T.

• It is just possible that some of us are having a battle over the will of God on something.
• Our prayer times give us the great opportunity of getting right into line with the will of God on all matters....
• True prayer is the time for getting right into line with the will of God on all matters!

• Paul's authority came directly from God, not through men, which is why he so often referred to himself as Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, called and chosen by the will of God, as he did in his introductory remark in Ephesians: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, he began, to the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus.
• He emphasised his authoritative credentials as Christ's chosen apostle in his opening salutation and added that it was by the direct authority and sovereign will of God.
• How privileged we are to have such ready access to the writings and instructions of Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God.

• The question that this earnest, young scribe asked the Lord Jesus, is a question that should be on the heart of all who have a reverential fear of God and a desire to do His will: For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, and this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom You have sent.

• And when we are enabled to abide in Him and He in us, we will ask whatever we wish and it will be done because our heart will reflect the heart of Christ, our choices will reflect the will of God, and our prayers will pray into the very issues that are closest to the heart of the Lord Himself.