How do I know the will of God? How do I know the will of God? How do I know the will of God for my career?

How do I know the will of God for my job? How do I know the will of God? Which city to live in?

Should I live in City A or City B? If I'm miserable in my job, does this mean that I should leave or

should I stay? And the all important questions for single people is there one specific person that God

has for me to marry.

But I want to tell you something.

I hate to disappoint you, but I think I will disappoint some of you

because I'm not going to answer any of these questions that I just mentioned.

But I tell you what I'm going to do today.

I'm going to give you the biblical tools that are designed to help you answer these questions when they pop up in your life. I'll give you the biblical tools that will instruct you to know what to do when you are at a point when you're trying

to discern the will of God in your life.

Those of you who think that discovering the will of God is like a crystal ball or like

cracking open a fortune cookie or like a slot machine you put coins in and then you get the answer.

Now, you're going to be really disappointed.

I know there are some people who really even use the Bible as a lottery.

Some time ago, I shared this true story with you.

Let me share it with you again.

This particular man was absolutely

boasting about how he can open the Bible and whatever the text, his eye would fall on,

that is the will of God for him. That's what I call Bible lottery. It doesn't work that way.

Well, this man really learned a lesson because he closed his eyes,

closed the Bible, then opened it. And the first verse that his eyes fell upon was the verse that

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