Looking for God's Will
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
How can you know God's will for your life? Today, R.C. Sproul lays out biblical principles for discerning our calling.
Get R.C. Sproul's paperback title Can I Know God's Will?, plus his digital teaching series Knowing God's Will, with your donation: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/
Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the ebook and digital teaching series with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global
Get 3 free months of Tabletalk, the Bible study magazine from Ligonier Ministries. Begin your risk-free trial today: https://www.trytabletalk.com/
Do you live near Houston, TX? Gather with us on March 17 for a night of Bible teaching and fellowship: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/houston
Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | We can become so preoccupied with the explicit will of God for our lives that we offend |
| 0:07.2 | him by resorting to techniques that the Old Testament would have considered magic and would |
| 0:14.9 | have frowned upon with great disdain. |
| 0:17.9 | And so what I want to do is look at legitimate ways that the Bible gives us and |
| 0:24.4 | sets before us of discerning the will of God. |
| 0:33.8 | Have you ever wanted to know God's will for your life? |
| 0:41.3 | Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, welcome to Renewing Your Mind. If you have, then stay with us as you'll hear a message from R.C. Sprawls' classic series, |
| 0:46.3 | Knowing God's Will. |
| 0:49.3 | My wife and I are blessed to have four children. |
| 0:52.3 | But with children, especially teenage and college-age |
| 0:55.5 | children, come questions. What career should they pursue? What college should they attend? |
| 1:01.6 | And perhaps soon, who should they marry? Perhaps you can relate, as a parent or as a young |
| 1:07.1 | person, wrestling with these same questions. This series has been so helpful for me, |
| 1:13.4 | not because Dr. Sparroll answered all of my questions, |
| 1:16.7 | but because he points us to the Bible |
| 1:18.5 | and what we can know about discerning the will of God. |
| 1:22.8 | This week's series is five messages, |
| 1:25.5 | and they can be yours, along with a copy of his book, |
| 1:28.5 | Can I Know God's Will? When you give a donation in support of renewing your mind at renewingermind.org. |
| 1:35.4 | And it has been your financial support that has enabled the construction of this new |
| 1:39.9 | Renewing Your Mind studio. So thank you. And if you're not watching on YouTube, be sure to |
| 1:45.3 | head on over so that you can take a look. Well, here's R. C. Sprawl with his first message, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ligonier Ministries, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Ligonier Ministries and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.