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The Better Question Believers Should Ask about God's Will

To know the will of God is every Christian's desire. This article explains that when looking to know God's will, the first question to ask is not, "What should I do?" but "Who should I be?"

Seven Steps to Knowing the Will of God

How can you know the will of God? This article provides seven steps.

Three Obstacles to Living God's Will for Your Life

What is it that hinders you from living according to the will of God? There are three obstacles: impatience, discontentment, and inactivity.

God’s will is so good, pleasing, and perfect, that if we could change anything in our life, we would only make things worse. James Boice

Lord, what thou wilt, where thou wilt, and when thou wilt. Richard Baxter

James 4:13-17 - Living by God’s Calendar

This article is a Bible study on James 4:13-17. It shows what it means for Christians to live under the will of God on a daily basis.

Knowing God's Will Through Scripture

Central to knowing the will of God is knowing the Bible. There are three ways God gives us for knowing his will: his commandments, principles, and illustrations. This article explains the importance of these in the search for God’s guidance.

The Secret Will of God

Where are you looking for the will of God? This article explains that seeking God's guidance from his secret will is going to lead to confusion. Instead, resting on his revealed will is what leads you to his loving guidance.

Wisdom Along the Way Finding God’s Will is neither so Vital nor Difficult as Many Think

How do you find the will of God? For many, this question is a source of anxiety, but it need not be. This article explains that a desire for guidance may be directed by a desire to live for God, but can also be directed by unbelief and fear. To help the believer work through the issue, the author formulates a biblical approach to the matter of seeking God's will.

God's Will as Expressed in Proverbs

Proverbs is a goldmine for wisdom. It is good for leading Christians in making decisions in life that are pleasing to God and consistent with the truth of God's Word. In this article the author shows that Proverbs puts the fear of God and obedience to his commands as the foundation for knowing the will of God.

Contentment in the Wisdom of God

Does God know what he is doing? If everything falls within the will of God, why is there so much sin in the world? This article addresses questions like these, coming to the conclusion that Christians must trust in the wisdom of God in the midst of a fallen world.

Decision Making and the Will of God

How do you discern the will of God? This article gives two answers to this question, showing how God does not reveal himself and how He does reveal himself.

How Do You Discern God’s Guidance?

How can you know the will of God? This article shows first the ways one may not use the Bible to find God’s will. Then it shows how God’s guidance can be discerned through the Word and the Holy Spirit.

Absolute Predestination

This article demonstrates that God's love is immutable and every good and bad thing that happens to the believer has been determined and sanctioned by God. Thus, the believer accepts all things because they are all the will of God and his eternal counsel. There is no need to fear because God is in absolute control.

Deuteronomy 29:29 – The Secret Things of God and the Revealed Things

This article is an exposition of Deuteronomy 29:29, on the will of God.

What Do You Do with the Will of God?

God has made his will known. How should Christians respond to the will of God? This article gives fives ways.

Mark 8:27-9:1 – The Divine Necessity

For the Lord Jesus, there was one necessity that controlled his life. This article, an exposition of Mark 8:27–Mark 9:1, shows what it meant for Christ to do the will of God, and what Christian discipleship today is all about.

Toward a Hermeneutic for Discerning Universal Moral Absolutes

It is not always easy to discern the will of God for our lives in diverse situations. The author of this article, however, is convinced that universal moral absolutes do exist, that God has revealed them to us, and that with the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the use of good hermeneutics and exegesis we can discern them.

Guidance: Practical Principles for Finding God's Will

How can we discern God's will? Knowing the will of God can only be found in the Scriptures through the Holy Spirit. This article gives practical ways to find God's will for your life.

Prayer for Obedience

In this article about the third petition of the Lord's prayer, the author focuses on prayer and obedience, and doing the will of God in all of our lives.

"I Think"

This article is about our thinking and the will of God. The author also discusses Romans 12:2 and different opinions about the will of God.

Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 7:1 (Part two)

This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 7:1 is about the will of God and freedom.

Death, the Final Boundary

This article looks at a society that is avoiding and ignoring death, our mourning and sympathy in death, and the will of God in death.

Not Commanded, Not Forbidden

Should I do it? Or should I not? The Bible does not always give us direct answers about what we should do in all situations. It looks at how we should find the will of God in the so-called indifferent things (adiaphora).

Knowing the Will of God

This article is about knowing and finding the will of God. Romans 12:1-2 is discussed, as well as the relationship Old Testament and New Testament.

James 4 – The Year of our Lord

This article on James 4:15 is about our plans and the will of God for our life.

Ecclesiastes 7:16 - Submitting to God

This article on Ecclesiastes 7:16 is about accepting the providence of God in our lives and in this world, and submitting to the will of God.

The Place of Prayer

Will revival always come as long as enough people pray for it? This article also looks at the will of God and our dependence on God in prayer.

James 4:15 - D.V.

This article on James 4:15 is about our plans and the will of God.

1 John 2:17 - Lasting

This article on 1 John 2:17 is about the one thing in life that lasts. The world and its desires will fall away, but he who does the will of God lives forever.

Go Where the Spirit Works

How can we know the will of God for our lives? This article is about the work of the Holy Spirit in your life today.

Guidance

This article is about guidance in the will of God. The author discusses the speaking of God and the Word of God, and prayer and the Word of God. Psalm 119:105 is also examined in this article.