5/3/98

THERE WAS A CHRISTIAN BUSINESS MAN WHO DIDN'T PRAY

DAY HE BEGAN TO PRAY, LORD I NEED SOME GUIUDANCE

REGARDING MY FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS. SO HE OPENDED HIS

BIBLE, CLOSED HIS EYES AND LET HIS FINGER FALL ON THE

PAGE. HIS FINGER LANDED ON THE WORD WHEAT SO HE CALLED

HIS STOCK BROKER AND INVESTED A LARGE SUM OF MONEY IN

WHEAT STOCKS. WHEAT SKY ROCKETED AND HE MADE ALLOT OF

MONEY. BUT WHEN WHEAT STARTED TO FALL HE PRAYED AGAIN

FOR GOD'S GUIDANCE. HE OPENED HIS BIBLE, CLOSED HIS

EYES AND LET HIS FINGER FALL ON THE PAGE. IT LANDED ON

THE WORD OIL SO HE INVESTED ALL HIS MONEY IN OIL. THE

OIL STOCK WENT UP AND KEPT GOING UP. AFTER A WHILE IT

LEVELED OFF AND BEGAN TO FALL. THIS TIME THE MAN SAID

I'LL JUST WAIT IT OUT. WELL THE OIL STOCK PLUMMETED

AND THE MAN WAS ON THE VERGE OF LOOSING EVERYTHING. SO

HE WENT TO HIS LAWYER FOR SOME ADVICE AND HE TOLD HIM

TO LIQUIDATE EVERYTHING AND IF THAT DIDN'T WORK TO FILE

BANKRUPTCY. WELL, THE MAN DIDN'T LIKE THAT SO HE WENT

TO GOD AGAIN. HE PRAYED FOR GOD'S GUIDANCE AND GOT THE

BIBLE OUT OPENED IT AND SHUT HIS EYES AND RANDOMLY

PLACED HIS FINGER ON THE PAGE. HE OPENED HIS EYES ONLY

TO SEE HIS FINGER ON CHAPTER 11. NOW BELIEVE IT OR

NOT, THAT'S THE WAY MANY CHRISTIANS APPROACH GUIDANCE

OR THEY CALL PSYCHIC HOTLINE. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS

MORNING THAT GOD'S GOT SOMETHING BETTER FOR YOU THAN

THAT! SO THIS MORNING I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW

ON A NEW SERIES ENTITLED, GOD'S NAVIGATION SYSTEM. I

WANT TO GO INTO GREAT DETAIL ON HOW GOD WANTS TO GUIDE

YOU INTO HIS WILL AND THE FULFILLING OF YOUR DESTINY.

WE ARE NOT TO BE UNWISE BUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE WILL

OF THE LORD IS.

Num 14:28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the

LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will

I do to you: (KJV)

Num 14:29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness;

and all that were numbered of you, according

to your whole number, from twenty years old

and upward, which have murmured against me,

Num 14:30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land,

concerning which I sware to make you dwell

therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and

Joshua the son of Nun. (KJV)

Num 14:31 But your little ones, which ye said should be

a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall

know the land which ye have despised. (KJV)

Num 14:32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall

fall in this wilderness. (KJV)

Num 14:33 And your children shall wander in the

wilderness forty years, and bear your

whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in

the wilderness. (KJV)

Num 14:34 After the number of the days in which ye

searched the land, even forty days, each day

for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities,

even forty years, and ye shall know my breach

of promise. (KJV)

Num 14:35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it

unto all this evil congregation, that are

gathered together against me: in this

wilderness they shall be consumed, and there

they shall die. (KJV)

Num 32:13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against

Israel, and he made them wander in the

wilderness forty years, until all the

generation, that had done evil in the sight

of the LORD, was consumed. (KJV)

DO YOU SEE THAT WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DIS-

LAND THAT HE SENT THEM INTO THE WILDERNESS FOR FORTY

YEARS TO WANDER. THEY WERE UNDER A CURSE OF DISOBED-

IENCE: THEY WERE DOING ALLOT OF TRAVELLING BUT THEY

WEREN'T GOING ANY WHERE. NOW GOD WAS STILL LEADING

THEM WITH A CLOUDY PILLAR BY DAY AND A FIREY PILLAR BY

NIGHT BUT THEY STILL WEREN'T GOING ANY WHERE IN THE

FULFILLING OF DIVINE DESTINY AND ETERNAL PURPOSE. GOD

WAS MORE THAN WILLING AND PATIENT TO WAIT FORTY YEARS

FOR A NEW GENERATION OF BELIEVERS WHO WOULD UNCOND-

ITIONALY SURRENDER TO HIM IN COMPLIANCE TO HIS WILL.

LET ME MAKE A SIGNIFICANT POINT AT THIS TIME. IF

YOU ARE SINCERE IN YOUR QUEST FOR FULFILLING GOD'S

DESTINY AND PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE YOU WILL HAVE THE

PERSONAL LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. MOST PEOPLE WANT

TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN IT COMES TO THE WILL OF GOD FOR

THEIR LIVES. GOD WILL NEVER REVEAL HIS WILL TO YOU

UNLESS YOU HAVE DETERMINED BEFORE TO ACCEPT IT NO

MATTER WHAT THE COST. THIS IS THE ISSUE OF ABSOLUTE,

UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER TO GOD. DOES HE LOVE YOU?

DOES HE CARE FOR YOU? DOES HE MAKE PROVISION FOR YOUR

EVERY NEED? DOES HE PROTECT YOU AND CARE FOR YOU?

THEN YOU CAN TRUST HIM TO LEAD YOU AND GUIDE YOU INTO

HIS PERFECT WILL AND PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE. THIS IS

JUST A CARDNIAL RULE IN ASCERTAINING GOD'S WILL FOR

YOUR LIFE: YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO PICK AND CHOOSE

OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE WANDERING AROUND IN LIFE GOING NO

WHERE AND ACCOMPLISHING NOTHING. I MEAN, THAT JUST

SOUNDS LIKE A CURSE, DOESN'T IT. GOD'S GOT SOMETHING

BETTER FOR YOU SO HE WANTS US TO LEARN HOW TO DETECT

HIS NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR OUR LIVES.

THIS MORNING I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SEVEN PRIN-

OUR LIFE. NOW I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT WHERE YOU GONNA GO

FOR LUNCH AFTER CHURCH TODAY. ALLOT OF THAT HAS TO DO

WITH HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE AND YOUR PREFERENCE FOR

FOOD. WHAT I WANT TO DISCUSS IS PRINCIPLES OF GUIDANCE

FOR THE MAJOR DECISIONS IN YOUR LIFE: WHERE SHOULD YOU

SHOULD LIVE; WHERE YOU SHOULD ATTEND CHURCH, WHAT IS

YOUR MINISTRY; WHERE SHOULD YOU WORK AND ETC. NOW IT'S

INTERESTING THAT IN THE O.T. GOD LEAD HIS PEOPLE WITH A

CLOUDY PILLAR BY DAY AND A FIREY PILLAR BY NIGHT. THAT

WAS RELATIVELY EASY AND STILL SOME OF THEM MISSED IT.

IN THE N.T GOD'S NAVIGATION SYSTEM HAS MOVED INSIDE THE

BELIEVER, ITS NO LONGER EXTERNALIZED AND PHYSICAL, ITS

INTERNAL AND SPIRITUAL.

NOW IN THE BEGINNING I WANT TO CAUTION YOU ON TWO

AND 2. THE EXTREME OF MYSTICISM. BOTH OF THEM ARE

DEADLY AND WRONG. HUMAN RATIONALE IS THE MENTALITY

THAT NEVER MOVES OUTSIDE THE REALM OF WHAT IS SEEN,

WHAT IS KNOWN OR WHAT IS LOGICAL. ALL QUESTIONS NEED

TO BE ANSWERED, ALL THE DOORS NEED TO BE OPENED AND

THERE'S NEVER ANY RISK INVOLVED. THEN WE WILL MOVE OUT

IN FAITH, RIGHT? NO, YOU SPELL FAITH, R I S K! THE

PROBLEM WITH THIS EXTREME IS YOU ONLY WALKING BY SIGHT

AND NOT BY FAITH AND PAUL TOLD US IN 2 COR.5:7 THAT

2 Cor 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) (KJV)

NOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RISK WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT

PRESUMTUOUS RISK BUT CALCULATED RISK AND ITS NOT

FOOLISHNESS, IT INVOLVES GOD'S LEADING AND GUIDANCE.

THE SECOND EXTREME THAT WE AS PENTECOSTALS HAVE A

TENDENCY TOWARDS IS THE EXTREME OF MYSTICISM. THESE

PEOPLE ARE LEAD BY THE UNSEEABLE, THE UNKNOWABLE,

UNCERTAIN NONSENSE. OOOOOOOOOH! THEIR ANSWER FOR

EVERYTHING IS: "I FEEL LED." ANY TIME YOU WANT AN

EXCUSE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO THESE PEOPLE SIMPLY

SAY, "I FEEL LED." THIS PERSON IS A DISASTER WAITING

TO HAPPEN. THE EXTREME MYSTICAL PERSON MOVES INTO THE

SUBJECTIVE REALM AND IGNORES SCRIPTURE, WISE COUNSEL

INCLUDING CIRCUMSTANCES. SO I WANT YOU TO SEE TODAY

THAT BOTH OF THESE EXTREMES WILL GET YOU IN TROUBLE.

ONLY USING YOUR BRAIN AND LOGIC CAN THWART THE WILL OF

GOD AND THEN GETTING INTO SOME SILLY SUBJECTIVE FEELING

WILL LEAD YOU ASTRAY.

CONVINCE: Strong's # 3982 peitho (pi'-tho);

a primary verb; to convince (by

argument, true or false); by analogy,

to pacify or conciliate (by other fair

means); reflexively or passively, to

assent (to evidence or authority), to

rely (by inward certainty):

KJV-- agree, assure, believe, have

confidence, be (wax) conflent, make

friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.

KING AGRIPPA IS NO DUMMY, IN FACT HE IS A VERY

ALMOST CONVINCE ME BY LOGICAL AGUMENTATION TO BECOME A

CHRISTIAN. THAT IS WHAT THE WORD CONVINCE MEANS. SO

AGRIPPA WAS TOO LOGICAL, RATIONAL AND HEAD STRONG AND

NEVER DOES GET SAVED. THERE ARE ALLOT OF PEOPLE THAT

MISS THE WILL OF GOD AND DO NOT ACCEPT CHRIST BECAUSE

THEY ARE TOO LOGICAL AND RATIONAL. THEY CAN'T ACCEPT

BY FAITH, THAT AN UNSEEN GOD CREATED A WORLD THAT IS

SEEN BECAUSE ITS NOT RATIONAL.

IN 2KINGS 5:9-11. NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO READ THE FULL

ACCOUNT BUT ONLY THE PART THAT DEALS WITH NAAMAN'S PRE-

CONCIEVED MYSTICISM ON HOW THE PROPHET WOULD COME OUT

AND HEAL HIM. (READ PASSAGE) NAAMAN WANTS HAND WAVING,

AN ANGELIC APPEARANCE AND ALL THE HOOPLA OR IT COULDN'T

BE GOD'S HEALING. THAT'A A SUBJECTIVE FEELING. SO

NAAMAN GETS MAD AND STORMS OUT. THEN ONE OF HIS

SERVANT'S COUNSELS HIM AND HE COMPLIES AND GETS HEALED.

BUT DO YOU SEE THAT HIS SUBJECTIVE MYSTICISM ALMOST

COSTS HIM HIS HEALING. NOW GOD COULD HEAL SOMEBODY THE

WAY NAAMAN THOUGHT BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE TOO. SO AVOID

THESE TWO EXTREMES: THE EXTREME OF HUMAN RATIONAL

BECAUSE THE NATURAL MAN DOES NOT RECEIVE THE THINGS OF

THE SPIRIT OF GOD ACCORDING TO 1 COR.2:14 AND THE

EXTREME OF MYSTICISM OR THE LEADING OF SUBJECTIVE

FEELINGS. BOTH WILL GET YOU INTO SERIOUS TROUBLE IN

ASCERTAINING THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE

VOICES OUT THERE DROWNING OUT THE VOICE OF GOD. WE

CAN'T HEAR HIM BECAUSE OF ALL THE COMOTION, BECAUSE OF

ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE DEMANDING OUT ATTENTION. WE

NEED TO CUT SOME OF THEM OFF IN ORDER TO HEAR FROM GOD.

IN AMERICA WE HAVE TO TURN OFF THE TV, SHUT OFF THE CD

PLAYER, PUT DOWN THE NEWS PAPAER AND TAKE THE PHONE OFF

THE HOOK. YOU CAN'T EVEN HEAR GOD FOR EVERYBODY'S

WHOSE TALKING FOR GOD. WE NEED DISCERNMENT TO HEAR HIS

VOICE AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE PRAYING FOR YOU LAST

WEEK.

LISTEN, EVERY VOICE SPEAKING TO YOU ISN'T GOD. AND

DIFFICULTY TO HEAR FORM GOD UNLESS THEY ARE ALWAYS

FOLLOWING GOD'S LEADING. AND I DON'T CARE HOW SPIRIT-

UAL YOU THNIK YOU ARE, YO'RE NOT IN THE SPIRIT 100% OF

THE TIME. A TRUE SPIRITUAL PERSON WILL BE CAUTIOUS

ABOUT GIVING ADVICE AND DIRECTION TO PEOPLE. SO JUST

BE CAREFUL BECAUSE GOD'S GUIDANCE WILL COME FROM GOD

SPEAKING TO YOUR HEART AND OTHERS CAN ONLY CONFIRM AND

NOT INSTIGATE A WORD FROM GOD.

WE HAVE THESE PROMISES FROM GOD'S WORD THAT HE WILL

THERE IS THE PROVISION OF CONTINUAL GUIDANCE FROM THE

LORD AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT. ITS NOT A CLOUDY PILLAR

BY DAY AND A FIREY PILLAR BY NIGHT BUT THE SUBJECTIVE

WORKING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES WHO HAS TRAINED

OUR SPIRITUAL SENSES TO DISCERN GOOD AND EVIL. SO THIS

MORNING I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OUTLINE OF SEVEN

PRINCIPLES OF GUIDANCE THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO USE IN

MAKING THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS IN YOUR LIFE. THERE ARE

SO MANY SHIP-WRECKED CHRISTIANS OUT THERE WHO HAVE

MISSED GOD'S WILL BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THESE

SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF GUIDANCE.

SHIP INTO A DARK HARBOR YOU HAVE LIGHTED BUOYS TO GUIDE

YOU SAFELY INTO THE HARBOR. WHEN YOU LAND AN AIRPLANE

AT NIGHT YOU HAVE LIGHTED RUNWAY SO THAT THE PILOT CAN

NAVIGATE A SAFE LANDING. THIS PRINCIPLE ALSO APPLIES

IN GOD'S GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR YOU LIFE. YOU DON'T MAKE

A MAJOR DECISON ON ONE OF THESE SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF

GUIDANCE. YOU MUST HAVE AS A MINIMUM TWO OR BETTER YET

THREE OR MORE THAT ARE ALL POINTING YOU IN THE RIGHT

DIRECTION. DON'T EVER STEP OUT ON JUST ONE WORD FROM

THE LORD. A PROPHET SPEAKS OVER YOU LIFE TO SELL YOUR

BUSINESS AND GO TO AFRICA AS A MISSIONARY. NOW THE

UNSTABLE CHRISTIAN WILL GO OUT AND IMPLEMENT THAT

IMMEDIATELY AND FALL INTO THE DITCH. YOU NEED TO

CONFIRM THAT WORD WITH TWO OR THREE OTHER WITNESSES

BEFORE YOU MAKE A FINAL DECISION. I DON'T CARE IF PAUL

HIMSELF IS PROPHESYING OVER YOU. YOU MUST RECEIVE

MUTIPLE WITNESSES BEFORE MAKEING A DECISION. NOW NONE

OF THESE SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF GUIDANCE THAT I AM ABOUT

TO SHARE WITH YOU WORK ALONE. THERE MUST BE AT LEAST

TWO OR THREE OF THEM THAT AGREE BEFORE YOU MAKE A MAJOR

DECISION IN YOUR LIFE. NOW LET ME GIVE THEM TO YOU

THIS MORNING:

THE WITNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO YOUR HEART OR

CONSCIENCE. HOWEVER GOD GUIDES YOU NONE OF THE OTHER

SIX WILL CONTRIDICT THE CONFIRMATION OF GOD'S WORD.

GOD'S WORD IS FOREVER SETTELED IN HEAVEN...UPON THIS

ROCK, THE REVELATION OF GOD'S WORD, WILL HE BUILD HIS

CHURCH. HEAVEN AND EARTH SHALL PASS AWAY BUT MY WORD

WILL NEVER PASS AWAY. THE INERRANT WORD OF GOD IS

THERE FOR GUIDANCE AND HAS THE FINAL SAY IN ALL OTHER

FORMS OF GUIDANCE. IF THEY CONTRIDICT THE WORD OF GOD

THEN TRHOW IT OUT. NOTHING THAT GOD SAYS TO YOU WILL

EVER CONTRIDICT HIS WORD.

LARATIONS FROM THE WORD, PROPHETIC PREACHING OR IT

COULD BE A DIRECT, PERSONAL PROPHESY SPOKEN OVER YOUR

LIFE. MOST PROPHESY IN THE N.T. IS ENCOURAGEMENT,

EXHORATION AND EDIFICATION. PEOPLE ARE EITHER QUOATING

SCRIPTURE OF FORMULATING SCRIPTUE INTO THEIR OWN WORDS

TO ENCOURAGE YOU OR TO EDIFY YOU BUT ITS NOT A DIRECT

SPEAKING INTO YOU LIFE. NOW THIS KIND OF PROPHESY IS

NEVER WRONG--ITS SAFE BECAUSE IT COMES DIRECTLY FROM

GOD'S WORD. BUT YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN A TRUE

PROPHET SPEAKS DIRECTLY INTO YOUR REGARDING FUTURE

DECISIONS. IT CAN BE RIGHT AND MANY TIMES IT IS RIGHT

BUT YOU MUST ALWAYS CONFIRM IT WITH THE WORD OF GOD AND

TWO OR THREE OTHER PRINCIPLES OF GUIDANCE. GOD DOES

NOT LED YOU BY ONE SIGN AND IF YOU JUMP OUT AND DO THAT

YOUR A MORON, YOU NOT EVEN A CHRISTIAN, YOU'RE A DUMMY!

CHURCH. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO SEEK COUNSEL APART

FROM THOSE TO WHOM THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO AND MISS

GOD'S GUIDANCE EVERY TIME TO THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION.

BUT IN GODLY APPOIONTED COUNSEL THERE IS SAFETY.

GET THE OPINION OF 1 OR 2 OTHER DOCTORS. ITS IN THE

MULTITUDE OF COUNSELORS NOT JUST ONE THAT THERE IS

SAFETY IN GOD'S GUIDANCE.

NOW IF THE SMOKE ALARM GOES OFF AND YOU SMELL SMOKE

WHEN YOU WAKE UP IT COULD MEAN YOU NEED TO EXIT THE

HOUSE AND SAVE YOUR LIFE. IF YOU CAN'T MEET YOUR

MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET IT COULD MEAN YOU NEED TO GO

OUT AND GET A JOB. GOD CAN USE CIRCUMSTANCES TO

DIRECT US INTO HIS PERFECT WILL AND PURPOSE FOR OUR

LIVES BUT WE CAN'T GO ON CIRCUMSTANCES ALONE.

OR UMPIRE IN YOUR HEART AND MIND. THE PEACE OF GOD IS

ALOT LIKE THE RADAR SYSTEM THAT BIRDS NAVIGATE WITH:

WHEN THERE IS SUDDEN IMPENDING DANGER THEY RECEIVE A

SIGNLE IN THEIR BRAIN AND THEY MAKE A SUDDEN ADJUSTMENT

AND AVOID HITTING AN ON COMING OBJECT. THEIR HAVING A

PEACEFUL FLIGHT UNTIL THEY RECEIVE THAT SIGNEL AND THEN

THEY CHANGE DIRECTION. THE PEACE OF GOD WORKS LIKE

THAT IN OUR LIVES. WHERE GOD IS THERE IS PEACE.

WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT PEACE IN REFERENCE TO THE

RENEWED CONSCIENCE AND NOT VIOLATING THE WORD OF GOD

WRITTEN IN YOUR HEART.

CALL YOU TO FAIL AND HE DOESN'T CALL YOU TO STARVE TO

DEATH AND HE DOESN'T CALL YOU WHEN HE HASN'T ALREADY

PREPARED IN ADVANCE TO YOUR GOING FOR YOU. GOD

PROVIDED FOR YOUR SALVATION BEFORE YOU EVER GOT HERE.

PROVISION IS ANOTHER MEANS THAT GOD CONFIRMS HIS

GUIDANCE FOR OUR LIVES.

AND GUIDE US INTO HIS PERFECT WILL. REMEMBER IN THE

MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESS LET EVERY WORD BE

ESTABLISHED. YOU NEED AT LEAST 2 OR 3 OF THESE

PRINCIPLES OF GUIDANCE TO AGREE BEFORE YOU SHOULD STEP

OUT BY FAITH IN A NEW DIRECTION. THE BIGGER THE

DECISION THE LARGER THE RISK AND THE MORE CONFIMATIONS

YOU WANT BEFORE YOU STEP OUT AND MOVE IN A NEW

DIRECTION. WHO TO MARRY, WHAT CHURCH TO JOIN, WHAT

COLLEGE TO GO TO, WHAT CITY TO MOVE TO, WHAT JOB TO

TAKE WILL REQUIRE MUTIPLE PRINCIPLES OF GUIDANCE. YOU

DON'T NEED ANY OF THESE PRINCIPLES TO DETERMINE WHAT

COLOR DRESS OR TIE YOU'RE GONNA WEAR OR WHERE YOU'RE

GONNA EAT LUNCH TODAY. YOU GOT TO BE A CRAZIMANIC TO

LIVE YOU LIFE THAT WAY AND THEIR ALOT OF FRUIT-LOOP

CHRISTIANS OUT THERE THAT ARE MAKING WRONG DECISIONS

BASED ON THE DUMBEST STUFF. WE HAD A FAMILY LEAVE THE

CHURCH 9 MONTHS AFTER WE STARTED BECAUSE A WOMAN CAME

TO CHURCH IN A BLACK DRESS BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT WE WERE

DYING. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER WOMEN WEARING BLACK

DRESSES AND THAT CONFIRMED TO HER AND HER HUSBAND THAT

THEY SHOULD LEAVE. THAT'S NONSENSE AND YET SPIRIT

FILLED CHRISTIANS ARE HIGHLY SUSEPTIBLE TO EXTREME

MYSTICISM IN MAKING WRONG DECISIONS. MOST ERROR IN

GUDANCE RESULTS WHEN YOU MAKE TOO MUCH OF ONE OF THESE

PRINCIPLES OF GUIDANCE. OVER EMPHASIS ON PERSONAL

PROPHECY WILL KILL YOU. OVER EMPHASIS ON CIRCUMSTANCES

WILL MIS-DIRECT YOU. OVER EMPHASIS ON THE PEACE OF GOD

ALONE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A BEST SELLING BOOK ON THE

KEY TO GUIDANCE, WON'T WORK ALONE.

JESUS TELLS US IN JN.10:3-6 MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE AND

THEY FOLLOW ME. YOU GOT TO BECOME A SHEEP TO QUALIFY.

DON'T EVER SAY AS I BELIEVER, "I CAN'T HEAR GOD,"

BECAUSE THAT IS A LIE FROM THE DEVIL AND IT CONTRIDICTS

THIS WORD. YOU HAVE A BIRTH RIGHT TO HEAR FROM GOD SO

STAND UP AND CLAIM IT AND THE DEVIL WILL FLEE FROM YOU.

EXAMPLE: YOUR DOG CAN HEAR YOUR VOICE OUT OF A CROWD

AND RUN DIRECTLY TO YOU.

REASON FOR THE BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT IS AN

INDOCTRINATION TO SPIRITUAL THINGS.

MOLDABLE, SUBMISSIVE. IN THE GREEK, A MEEK PERSON IS

ONE WHO HAS COMMITTED HIS LIFE INTO THE KEEPING OF

ANOTHER. A PROUD PERSON IS REFERENCED TO IN O.T.

SCRIPTURE AS BEING STIFF-NECKED AND UNCIRCUMCISED IN

HEART. YOU CAN'T BEND SOMETHING THAT IS STIFF AND GOD

CAN'T LEAD YOU AND GUIDE YOU IF YOU'RE A KNOW IT ALL

AND YOUR SO FULL OF PRIDE. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD

RESISTS THE PRUPOD BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE SO

HUMBLE YOURSELF UNDER THE HIGHTY HAND OF GOD AND HE

WILL EXALT YOU AND LEAD YOU INTO SUCCESS AND

PROSPERITY. THE QUICKEST WAY TO HEAR FROM GOD IN A BIG

MESS IS TO HUMBLE YOURSELF, TAKE RESONSIBILTY FOR THE

MISTAKE AND REPENT AND GOD WILL HELP YOU THROUGH THE

DIFFICULTY. HE MAKES ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD

TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD AND NOT THEMSELVES. PROUD

PEOPLE ARE IN LOVE AND INFACTUATED WITH THEMSELVES.

WHENEVER YOU APPROACH THE WORD OF GOD FOR GUIDANCE

YOU CANNOT GO TO THE WORD AND SAY, IF IT AGREES WITH

WHAT I WANT TO DO I WILL OBEY IT AND IF IT DOESN'T IT

WON'T.

SHAVED OR CURLED YOUR HAIR OR PUT SOME MAKE-UP ON AND

YOU BRUSHED YOUR TEETHE AND PUT ON SOME DEODERANT. YOU

GOT THINGS IN ORDER BECAUSE THE MIRROR REVEALED WHAT

WAS WRONG AND YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT SO YOU CAME INTO

AGREEMENT WITH THE MIRROR AND YOU DID SOMETHING ABOUT

IT. RIGHT! WELL MOST OF YOU DID BUT THERE STILL A

COUPLE OF YOU THAT I'M PRAYING FOR. ITS AMAZING THAT

MANY CHRISTIANS WILL WALK AWAY FROM WHAT IS PROVIDED

FOR THEIR GROWTH AND ENHANCEMENT IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

AND DECISIONS ON YOUR OWN. YOU DON'T NEED YOU PASTOR

TO TELL YOU WHAT BOOKS YOU CAN READ AND WHERE YOU

SHOULD GO. YOU ARE CAPABLE OF DIRECTING YOUR OWN

AFFAIRS. OFCOURSE YOU UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE OF

GODLY COUNSEL: A GOD APPOINTED COUNSELOR WON'T EVER

TELL YOU WHAT TO DO BUT WILL HELP YOU TO SEE ALL THE

ANGLES AND PERSPECTIVES REGARDING YOUR DECISION. I

WILL NEVER MAKE A DECISION FOR YOU BUT I WILL ASSIST

YOU IN HELPING YOU MAKE THE DECISION. IN CATHOLICISM

ONLY THE POPE CAN HEAR FROM GOD SO WE GOT BAPTIST POPES

AND METHODIST POPES AND INDEPENDNET POPES BUT YOU WILL

NEVER HAVE A POPE HERE AT ZION TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO

BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR FROM GOD BETTER FOR YOURSELF THAT

I CAN HEAR FROM GOD FOR YOU! SO ONE OF THE SIGNS OF

CXHRISTIAN MATURITY IS TO BE SELF-GOVERNING AND I WANT

TO HELP YOU IN THIS SERIES ON GOD'S NAVIGATION SYSTEM

TO HELP YOU GROW UP AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR

SPIRITUAL LIVES.

IN CHURCH BUT YOU CAN'T PAY HIM BACK. YOU COME BEFORE

THE ELEDERS AND THEY ADVICE YOU TO SET UP MONTHLY

PAYMENT BUT YOU OPT FOR GOD LEADING YOU TO ANOTHER

CHURCH. YOU'VE JUST MISSED THEM WILL OF GOD FOR YOUR

LIFE. AND THERE ARE A THOUSAND OTHER PRINCIPLES OF

INTEGRITY THAT WILL GUIDE YOU INTO THE PERFECT WILL OF

GOD IF YOU WILL OBEY THEM. ALLOT OF THE WILL OF GOD

HAS TO DO WITH SIMPLY DOING WHAT IS HONEST AND RIGHT.

WHEN YOU DO WHAT IS RIGHT GOD WILL UPHOLD YOU IN YOUR

INTEGRITY, GOD WILL BACK YOU, SUPPORT YOU AND GIVE YOU

GRACE AND HELP WHEN YOUR HONEST AND UPRIGHT IN HEART

BUT HE'S UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO FIGHT FOR ME OR SUPPORT

ME IF I DON'T. DISHONESTY WILL HINDER YOU FROM

EXPERIENCING THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD, HE IS UNDER NO

OBLIGATION TO LEAD YOU AND GUIDE YOU.

THIS PERSON HAS ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MIND: HE'S

SPEAK INTO YOUR LIFE FOR FEAR THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO

ISN'T IN THE WILL OF GOD OR YOU KNOW ITS WRONG BUT YOU

WANT TO DO IT ANY WAY. SO ITS REFUSAL TO LIVE AN

EXAMINED LIFE THAT WILL HINDER YOU FROM KNOWING THE

WILL OF GOD FOR YOU LIFE.

ARE YOU A LOVER OF TRUTH? YOU SEE, TRUTH CAN HURT

WILL CAHNGE MY CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS THE TRUTH THAT

WILL MAKE ME A MAN OR BREAK A MAN. IF I DON'T LOVE THE

TRUTH IT CAN'T WORK FOR ME. IF I LOVE MY OWN IDEAS AND

DESIRES MORE THAN THE WORD OF GOD I WILL MISS THE WILL

OF GOD EVERY TIME. IF THE TRUTH CONTRIDICTS WHAT I

WANT TO DO I MUST CHANGE MY MIND AND OBEY THE TRUTH IF

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM GOD REGARDING THE MAJOR

DECSIONS IN MY LIFE. HERE IN THESS. GOD SAYS BECAUSE

YOU DIDN'T LOVE THE TRUTH I WILL SEND YOU A LIE OR A

DILLUSION BECAUSE YOU LOVED THE LIE MORE THAN THE

TRUTH. THE SPIRIT OF ANTI-CHRIST HERE PRIMARILY

DECIEVES BY TELLING PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR

INSTEAD OF THE TRUTH.

TO DEFINE AND GIVE GUIDANCE FOR YOUR SPIRITUAL LIVES.

GOD'S WORD IS REFERRED TO HERE AS LIGHT. HAVE YOU

EVER WALKED ACROSS A STRANGE ROOM AT NIGHT TO GO TO THE

BATHROOM. YOU KEEP BUMPING INTO THINGS BECAUSE THERE'S

NO LIGHT TO GUIDE YOU AROUND THE OBSTICALES. GOD'S

WORD IS A LIGHT AND IT WILL GUIDE EVERY STEP YOU MAKE

AS A CHRISTIAN. NOW LET'S SEE SOMETHING INTERESTING

HERE. GOD GIVES YOU ENOUGH LITE TO TAKE A FEW STEPS IN

THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT HE DOESN'T GIVE YOU A LIGHT

THAT SHINES ALL THE WAY TO MINNESOTA. GOD GIVES YOU

ENOUGH LITE TO MAKE A FEW STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

BUT IF HE GAVE YOU ALL THE LIGHT AT ONCE THEN YOU

WOULDN'T NEED TO CULTIVATE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM FOR

PERSOANL GUIDANCE. GOD DESIRES RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU

MORE THAN GETTING THINGS DONE. SO HIS WORD IS A LAMP

UNTO MY FEET TO HELP ME MAKE THE NEXT STEP IN THE

JOURNEY TO FULFILLING MY DESTINY IN CHRIST. I HAVE GOT

TO KNOW THE WORD OF GOD FOR MYSELF AND NOT JUST HAVE

ANOTHER PERSONS OPINION ABOUT IT. THAT WILL SURELY GET

YOU INTO TROUBLE WHEN IT COMES TO GOD'S GUIDANCE FOR

YOUR LIFE.

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