Is God Really Good ALL The Time? Part 5

Sunday, July 16, 2017 Is God Really Good All the Time? - Part 5

Living in the Goodness of God! Being Led by God’s Spirit

Psalm 23:1-3 “The Lord is MY Shepherd, I have everything I need. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul. HE LEADS ME in the right paths for his name’s sake.”

Your personal guidance Counselor is the Holy Spirit

“Only those people who are led by God’s Spirit are God’s children.” Romans 8:14 CEV

“He leads me in right paths for His name’s sake” Psalm 23:3

5 STOPS: I must stop being led…

1. Exodus 23:2 257 times the word “stand” is used Romans 12:2

2. 1 John 3:7 Proverbs 13:20 Jeremiah 15:19 1 John 2:15 John 3:16

3. “Never look to psychics or séances or fortunetelling or the stars or people who claim to contact the dead. People who do these things are doing evil and God hates it with a passion.” Deuteronomy 18:10-12 

4. Acts 27:10, 13-15 

5. Proverbs 14:12 Isaiah 53:6 

How Can I Be Led By The Spirit of God? 1. I must want to be led. Psalm 40:8 2. I must be willing to do what God says. John 7:17 3. I must look to God’s Word! Psalms 119:105 a. God’s Will is found in God’s WORD! B. God’s Will never contradicts Gods Word! 4. I must ask the Holy Spirit to be my guide. James 4:2 Psalm 27:11 a. Ask Humbly! Psalm 25:9 b. Ask in faith! “If you want to know what God really wants you to do, ask him, and he will gladly tell you, for he is always ready to give a bountiful supply of wisdom to all who ask him; but...be sure that you really expect him to tell you...If you don’t ask in faith, don’t expect the Lord to give you any solid answers. James 1:5-6 LB 5. I must listen to God’s response. Speak to me Lord! “God does speak - sometimes one way and sometimes another - even though people may not understand it.” Job 33:14 NCV 

“Your road led by a pathway through the sea - a pathway no one knew was there!” Psalm 77:19 NLT 

Psalm 23:3 “...He leads me in the right paths for His name’s sake.”