Pastor Glen's Sermon PowerPoint 2/21/21

BEING GUIDED BY GOD “The Lord is MY Shepherd, I have everything I need. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. HE LEADS ME in the right paths for his name’s sake.” PSALM 23:1-3 PASTOR A. GLEN BASUEL A. AVOID BEING GUIDED BY… 1. CULTURE “DO NOT CONFORM TO THE PATTERN OF THIS WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND. THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TEST AND APPROVE WHAT GOD’S WILL IS—HIS GOOD, PLEASING AND PERFECT WILL.” (ROMANS 12:2) “DEAR CHILDREN, DO NOT LET ANYONE LEAD YOU ASTRAY. THE ONE WHO DOES WHAT IS RIGHT IS RIGHTEOUS, JUST AS HE IS RIGHTEOUS. THE ONE WHO DOES WHAT IS SINFUL IS OF THE DEVIL, BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS BEEN SINNING FROM THE BEGINNING.” (1 JOHN 3:7-8) A. AVOID BEING GUIDED BY… 2. GOD REPLACEMENTS “10 LET NO ONE BE FOUND AMONG YOU…WHO PRACTICES DIVINATION OR SORCERY, INTERPRETS OMENS, ENGAGES IN WITCHCRAFT, 11 OR CASTS SPELLS, OR WHO IS A MEDIUM OR SPIRITIST OR WHO CONSULTS THE DEAD. 12 ANYONE WHO DOES THESE THINGS IS DETESTABLE TO THE LORD…” (DEUTERONOMY 18:10-12) A. AVOID BEING GUIDED BY… 3. CIRCUMSTANCES “THERE IS A WAY THAT APPEARS TO BE RIGHT, BUT IN THE END IT LEADS TO DEATH.” (PROVERBS 14:12) “WE ALL, LIKE SHEEP, HAVE GONE ASTRAY, EACH OF US HAS TURNED TO OUR OWN WAY.” (ISAIAH 53:6) B. HOW TO RECEIVE GOD’S GUIDANCE 1. LOOK TO GOD’S WORD “YOUR WORD IS A LAMP FOR MY FEET, A LIGHT ON MY PATH.” (PSALM 119:105) “DIRECT MY FOOTSTEPS ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD; LET NO SIN RULE OVER ME.” (PSALM 119:133) B. HOW TO RECEIVE GOD’S GUIDANCE 2. ASK FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT’S GUIDANCE “TEACH ME YOUR WAY, LORD; LEAD ME IN A STRAIGHT PATH” (PSALM 27:11) B. HOW TO RECEIVE GOD’S GUIDANCE 3. BE WILLING TO OBEY WHAT GOD SAYS “ANYONE WHO CHOOSES TO DO THE WILL OF GOD WILL FIND OUT WHETHER MY TEACHING COMES FROM GOD OR WHETHER I SPEAK ON MY OWN.” (JOHN 7:17) A. AVOID BEING GUIDED BY… 1. CULTURE (ROMANS 12:2, 1 JOHN 3:7-8) 2. GOD REPLACEMENTS (DEUTERONOMY 18:10-12) 3. CIRCUMSTANCES (PROVERBS 14:12, ISAIAH 53:6) B. HOW TO RECEIVE GOD’S GUIDANCE 1. LOOK TO GOD’S WORD (PSALM 119:105, PSALM 119:133) 2. ASK FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT’S GUIDANCE (PSALM 27:11) 3. BE WILLING TO OBEY WHAT GOD SAYS (JOHN 7:17)