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Large Group Announcements
Welcome to Spring break!
Game Night last Friday night!
Movie Night next Friday
I’m taking suggestions!
Body
IceBreaker: Would you rather?
Be the whitehouse press secretary (public speaking)?
OR fight a mountain lion with your bare hands?
Would you rather lose all your possessions and money?
OR lose every picture you’ve ever taken?
Would you rather live alone the rest of your life?
OR be surrounded by annoying people?
What have we been learning?
Prayer
What did we recently learn about prayer?
ACTS
Story of when I was a child, the door?
After coming to Christ, story of me driving without my eyes open!
What was wrong with that?
Some things aren’t meant to be taken literally
Youthful boldness in Christ!
It’s just so wonderful I have the God of the universes attention…
Not a genie in a bottle
I prayed for things like this: dating, which college to go to, what I should do for the day
Do you think God will reveal His secret will to you?
If so, how?
Joseph Smith
Modern day mormons say things like, “Testimony”, “Confirmation”, “What I feel God wants me to do”
How do we reconcile that with ?
God is secretive, BUT we can know what God’s will is?
How do you think this works?
Talk amongst yourselves
Read
What do we learn?
Eccl 11:6
v.6, 9
Is God unable to be sovereign in your choices?
Will God’s will to bless you be thwarted by the wrong choices?
Anxiety filled life!
Believe in the God who is sovereign over failure, moral falls, death and sadness
Question: if God knew the people would crucify Jesus, why did He allow it?
Wonderful things always proceed God’s surprises
God is not interested in telling you the specifics of His wonderful plan
He won’t tell you the details of your surprise party
Jesus is not a party-pooper, doesn’t give spoiler alerts!
Acts 1:6-
Applications
How do we do this?
Follow the Light of the Word
Trust in the God of the Word
In amoral decisions, choose joyfully
deals with uncertainty
Don’t worry about choosing the wrong college, wrong spouse, wrong cereal in the morning.
Don’t seek God’s secret will for your life
It’s by His Word, not His secret will, that we’ll be guided
Closing
ACTS prayer
S is supplication, usually the time we ask for direction— secret will, or His Word?
Go read with your partner/group, and pray together or alone
Don’t be afraid to ask God boldly what to do, but be prepared to obey boldy
Don’t spend 2 minutes on this.
Give God a chunk of time
Afterwards, you’re dismissed
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