In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, how to be sure of God's will.

If somebody should ask you the question, what do you Christians mean by the will of God? What would you say?

How would you answer that question? They deserve an answer. Would you say the will of God

refers to the purpose of God, the plan of God, the desire of the heart of God. If you did, that's right. God has a plan

and a purpose and a desire for all of us. And oftentimes people never think about the fact

that God has a personal interest in them. They think God is just thinking of this worldwide kind of things. The Bible says once you

trust Jesus as your Savior, your name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life. So when you think

about your relationship to God, and we talk about the will of God, we're talking about His purpose, his plan,

His desire for your life. That is, God didn't ignore you when you were born. His purpose,

his plan, His desire for your life. And I wonder when is the last time you ever stop to think?

Now, Lord, where am I in your plan?

Where am I in your purpose?

Where am I in your will for my life?

And what I want us to think about in this message is, can we be sure?

Can we be sure of God's will and purpose and plan for our life?

And when I think about that, I think about what he says in the 40th Psalm and the 8th verse.

I delight to do your will, oh, my God.

Your law is written in my heart. And I think about the people

who sit in church week after week, you go to all kinds of churches, never think about the fact

of what's God's plan, not just what I'm ought to do today, what does God want me do in this

particular situation, but what's his plan? What's his purpose? What does God want me do in this particular situation?

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