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Knowing God's Will: Finding Guidance for Personal Decisions, By M. Blaine Smith

Knowing God's Will

Second Edition

by M. Blaine Smith

Knowing God's Will
Paperback
$26.99
  • Length: 249 pages
  • Dimensions: 5.5 × 8.25 in
  • Published: November 05, 1991
  • Imprint: IVP
  • ISBN: 9780830813087

How can we discover God's will for the complicated decisions of time, money, relationships, education and career? How do we know which is best among a variety of "good" options? In this updated and substantially expanded edition, M. Blaine Smith shows how God unfolds his plan for our lives—through the Bible, prayer, reason, abilities, circumstances, desire and the counsel of others. He packs each chapter with stories which illustrate how he and other Christians have learned to make decisionsthat please God.

CONTENTS

Foreword
Part 1: First Considerations
1. A Critical Concern
2. Types of Decisions We Face
3. Seeing God's Will Dynamically
4. Step-by-Step Guidance in Scripture
5. The Promise of Guidance
Part 2: My Responsibility for Knowing God's Will
6. The Call to Responsibility
7. Are You Willing?
8. The Unique Role of Prayer
9. Searching the Scriptures
10. Thinking Things Through
Part 3: Exceptions and the Rules
11. Supernatural Guidance
12. The Place of Prophecy
13. Putting Out a Fleece
14. Inward Guidance
Part 4: Beginning to Decide
15. Considering Personal Desires
16. Evaluating Abilities and Gifts
17. Assessing Open and Closed Doors
18. Weighing the Counsel of Others
19. Finally Deciding
Appendix 1: Authority Relationships and the Will of God
Appendix 2: Does God Have a Will for Our Personal Decisions?
Notes

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ABOUT M. Blaine Smith

M. Blaine Smith

M. Blaine Smith (M.Div., Wesley Theological Seminary; D.Min., Fuller Theological Seminary) is an ordained Presbyterian minister who lectures widely on topics of guidance and God's will, Christian living, and personal growth. A frequent guest on Christian radio programs, Smith has also appeared twice on The 700 Club. His lectures have been recorded for Guidance by the Book, part of a home-study course produced by the Christian Broadcasting Network. In 1978 Smith founded Nehemiah Ministries with the goal of "helping Christians understand God's guidance in their lives and realize their personal potential." The organization's bimonthly newsletter, seminars, articles, books (many of them available from InterVarsity Press) and websitehave benefited many Christians around the world!

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