Knowing God`s Will – Finding Guidance for Personal Decisions

M. Blaine Smith (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

249 Seiten

1991
Inter-Varsity Press,US (Verlag)
978-0-8308-1308-7 (ISBN)

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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 decisions that please God.

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 website have benefited many Christians around the world!

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.11.1991
Verlagsort	Illinois
Sprache	englisch
Maße	139 x 208 mm
Gewicht	320 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
ISBN-10	0-8308-1308-X / 083081308X
ISBN-13	978-0-8308-1308-7 / 9780830813087
Zustand	Neuware