LC3 Sermon Notes

January 6 & 7, 2024 – Randy Madson

Sermon Series: Vision 2024

God’s Will for You…and LC3

Matthew 7:7-8

How can you discern the

of God? For your life?
How do you

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you are in God’s will?
The heart of spiritual discernment is being able to distinguish the voice of the world from the voice of God!

“Discernment is not the ability to tell the difference between right
and wrong; rather, it is telling the difference between right
and almost right.”” Charles Spurgeon

Seven Ways to Discern God’s Will:
1. Read and reread the Bible so that you know the complete, comprehensive,

. (Psalm 119:105) Start your Bible reading plan!
2. Strive for complete

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.(John 7:17-18)
3. Commit

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to do God’s will. (Luke 22:42)
4. Call upon the Lord (

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!) (James 1:5)
5. Seek

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from your trusted Christian advisors. (Proverbs 28:26)
6. Feeling a sense of great

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(Colossians 3:15-17)
7. Ask yourself if this

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God. (1 Corinthians 4:1-2)

How do we do (

) the will of God?

Vision for 2030…Where is God leading us?
• Biblical counseling
• Pastoral/ministry leader training
• Supporting and expanding Christian education
• Have financial strength and flexibility to do God’s will

Vision for LC3 must = God’s Will

“I am Thy servant to do Thy will, and that will is sweeter to me
than position or riches or fame, and I choose it above all things
on Earth or in Heaven.” A.W. Tozer

Additional Resources:
The Will Of God (Charles F. Stanley)
Knowing God (J.I. Packer)