{"id":108,"date":"2010-04-23T00:09:19","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T16:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marklydecker.wordpress.com\/?p=108"},"modified":"2011-08-14T21:52:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T01:52:44","slug":"four-ways-to-discern-gods-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/?p=108","title":{"rendered":"Four Ways To Discern God&#8217;s Will"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to public opinion, I don&#8217;t think it takes a brain surgeon to discern God&#8217;s will for your life.\u00a0 Too often you hear of people who are&#8221;struggling&#8221; or at wits end with this issue.\u00a0 Well, here are <strong>four things you can use<\/strong>,\u00a0within the framework of prayer,\u00a0to discern God&#8217;s will for your everyday life and future:<\/p>\n<p>1. Ask yourself, &#8220;Does this matter have a <strong>Biblical basis<\/strong>?&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0 God often spells things out, just look.<\/p>\n<p>2. Ask yourself, &#8220;Is this matter in tune with the <strong>giftedness<\/strong> that God has endowed me with?&#8221;\u00a0 Don&#8217;t do something that is not in your skillset (howbeit, sometimes we just need to be developed in areas too).<\/p>\n<p>3. Ask yourself, &#8220;Do <strong>others confirm<\/strong> that this matter is right for me to be involved in?&#8221;\u00a0 Your faith community should be able to confirm with you that your skillset, passion, and opportunity fit.\u00a0 Other people may be wrong, but as a group in tune with God, they ought to be able to give you insight.<\/p>\n<p>4. Ask yourwelf, &#8220;Is this matter <strong>providentially placed<\/strong> before me?&#8221;\u00a0 The opportunities we become involved in should clearly show signs that God is in it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bottom Line<\/strong>:\u00a0 Don&#8217;t miss out on doing something God has prepared for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to public opinion, I don&#8217;t think it takes a brain surgeon to discern God&#8217;s will for your life.\u00a0 Too often you hear of people who are&#8221;struggling&#8221; or at wits end with this issue.\u00a0 Well, here are four things you can use,\u00a0within the framework of prayer,\u00a0to discern God&#8217;s will for your everyday life and future: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[49],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":541,"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}