Topic
Discern Gods Will
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And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered; — read the full passage →
If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.
A man’s goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.
He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →
and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not. — read the full passage →
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing. — read the full passage →
in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant.
For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. — read the full passage →
Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; — read the full passage →
So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. — read the full passage →
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? — read the full passage →
I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me. — read the full passage →
Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments. — read the full passage →
Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?
I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.
Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself was about to come. — read the full passage →
But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for to such belongeth the kingdom of heaven.
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; — read the full passage →
Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →
Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.
Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even unto me: — read the full passage →
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Eventhe days that were ordainedfor me, When as yet there was none of them.
The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request. — read the full passage →
Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and the Saviour Jesus Christ:
But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction; — read the full passage →
And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country. — read the full passage →
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.
Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.
Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; — read the full passage →
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them. — read the full passage →
and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. — read the full passage →
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.
But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.
A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.
Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God be with thee.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus, — read the full passage →
Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →
For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →
for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.
The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.
It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.
Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.
A man’s goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way. — read the full passage →
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