Module:
Course:
INTRODUCTION
"What is God's will for me?"
This question is perhaps the one most often asked by believers. It is also a question that
frequently confronts Christian leaders as men and women turn to them for guidance in decision
making.
In everyday situations of life, believers are constantly making choices which determine whether
or not they will do the perfect will of God. It is essential to know God's voice, understand His
will, and make right decisions each day. It is important because each minor decision affects the
finding of God's will for a lifetime.
Man must make choices in relationship to God's will. This plan was instituted by God when
Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden (Genesis l-3). God's will for Adam and Eve
was to name the animals, tend the Garden, have companionship with each other, and reproduce
to populate the earth. Most important, they were to maintain intimate fellowship with God.
Adam and Eve were also warned about what was not God's will. They were forbidden to eat of
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Including the story of Adam and Eve, the entire Bible is a history of decisions which individuals
and nations made in relation to God's will. You can learn from both the successes and failures of
these men and women.
One of the most exciting revelations in the Bible is that God has a definite plan for every
individual for this life and eternity. In order to fulfill these plans you must come to know God's
voice. You must learn how He has communicated in times past and how He speaks today.
This course explains how God speaks to man and how to find God's will for your life.
Guidelines are given on knowing the voice of God and determining His will. The pattern of
God's will and Scriptural examples of how God reveals His will are discussed.
A Scriptural model for decision making is explained. Guidelines are presented on overcoming
wrong decisions, what to do if you have missed the will of God, and handling questionable
practices. Six stages of revelation of a plan of God are also identified.
Harvestime International Institute curriculum focuses on what Jesus taught to equip men and
women to reach their world with the Gospel. One of the great truths He revealed was that God
does speak to men:
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, I am the good shepherd and know my sheep, and am known of mine. . .
And other sheep I have which are not of this fold: them also I must bring,
and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
(John 10:14,16,27)
God has a plan for intimate relationship with mankind. Man is known by God and can know
Him personally.
You can know the voice of God!
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, COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
Explain the relationship between knowing God's voice and determining His will.
Discuss the importance of knowing God's will.
Explain how God reveals His will.
Understand the will of God as revealed in Scriptures.
Determine the will of God in matters not specifically dealt with in Scriptures.
Use Scriptural methods of decision making.
Correct wrong decisions.
Explain the six stages of revelation.
Share with others the Biblical guidelines for knowing God's voice.
PERSONAL OBJECTIVES
Because this course deals with knowing God's voice and His will, it is suggested that you set
personal objectives for the study. Your objectives might be to determine God's will in a specific
matter, find God's answer for a problem, or determine God's will for your life's work and
ministry. List your personal objectives in the space provided below. As you study, apply what
you learn to each problem you listed.
Complete this sentence: "I want to hear God's voice and know His will about. . . "
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, CHAPTER ONE
KNOWING THE VOICE OF GOD
OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to:
Write the Key Verse from memory.
Prove by Scripture that God speaks to men and women.
Explain the relationship between knowing God's voice and determining His will.
Distinguish between the "rhema" Word of God and the "logos" Word of God.
Explain what is meant by the "will of God."
KEY VERSE:
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
(John 10:27)
INTRODUCTION
The title of this course, "Knowing God’s Voice," implies several things:
First: That there is a God.
Second: That He communicates with man.
Third: That man can recognize His voice when He speaks.
Fourth: That God has something to say.
Let us examine each of these statements:
First: This course is based upon the truth that there is a God who is revealed to man through the
written record of His Word, the Holy Bible.
Second: The Bible is the inspired written record of God's communication to man. It details the
ways which God spoke to man and the response of individuals and nations to the voice of God.
The Bible often repeats the phrase “. . . and the Lord said" and incidents where He spoke to man.
This confirms that God communicates with men and women.
For an example, read the story of Balaam in Numbers chapter 22. God spoke to Balaam, but he
refused to listen. God wanted to communicate to this man so much that He actually resorted to
using a donkey. Balaam was:
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Course:
INTRODUCTION
"What is God's will for me?"
This question is perhaps the one most often asked by believers. It is also a question that
frequently confronts Christian leaders as men and women turn to them for guidance in decision
making.
In everyday situations of life, believers are constantly making choices which determine whether
or not they will do the perfect will of God. It is essential to know God's voice, understand His
will, and make right decisions each day. It is important because each minor decision affects the
finding of God's will for a lifetime.
Man must make choices in relationship to God's will. This plan was instituted by God when
Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden (Genesis l-3). God's will for Adam and Eve
was to name the animals, tend the Garden, have companionship with each other, and reproduce
to populate the earth. Most important, they were to maintain intimate fellowship with God.
Adam and Eve were also warned about what was not God's will. They were forbidden to eat of
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Including the story of Adam and Eve, the entire Bible is a history of decisions which individuals
and nations made in relation to God's will. You can learn from both the successes and failures of
these men and women.
One of the most exciting revelations in the Bible is that God has a definite plan for every
individual for this life and eternity. In order to fulfill these plans you must come to know God's
voice. You must learn how He has communicated in times past and how He speaks today.
This course explains how God speaks to man and how to find God's will for your life.
Guidelines are given on knowing the voice of God and determining His will. The pattern of
God's will and Scriptural examples of how God reveals His will are discussed.
A Scriptural model for decision making is explained. Guidelines are presented on overcoming
wrong decisions, what to do if you have missed the will of God, and handling questionable
practices. Six stages of revelation of a plan of God are also identified.
Harvestime International Institute curriculum focuses on what Jesus taught to equip men and
women to reach their world with the Gospel. One of the great truths He revealed was that God
does speak to men:
5
, I am the good shepherd and know my sheep, and am known of mine. . .
And other sheep I have which are not of this fold: them also I must bring,
and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
(John 10:14,16,27)
God has a plan for intimate relationship with mankind. Man is known by God and can know
Him personally.
You can know the voice of God!
6
, COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
Explain the relationship between knowing God's voice and determining His will.
Discuss the importance of knowing God's will.
Explain how God reveals His will.
Understand the will of God as revealed in Scriptures.
Determine the will of God in matters not specifically dealt with in Scriptures.
Use Scriptural methods of decision making.
Correct wrong decisions.
Explain the six stages of revelation.
Share with others the Biblical guidelines for knowing God's voice.
PERSONAL OBJECTIVES
Because this course deals with knowing God's voice and His will, it is suggested that you set
personal objectives for the study. Your objectives might be to determine God's will in a specific
matter, find God's answer for a problem, or determine God's will for your life's work and
ministry. List your personal objectives in the space provided below. As you study, apply what
you learn to each problem you listed.
Complete this sentence: "I want to hear God's voice and know His will about. . . "
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
7
, CHAPTER ONE
KNOWING THE VOICE OF GOD
OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to:
Write the Key Verse from memory.
Prove by Scripture that God speaks to men and women.
Explain the relationship between knowing God's voice and determining His will.
Distinguish between the "rhema" Word of God and the "logos" Word of God.
Explain what is meant by the "will of God."
KEY VERSE:
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
(John 10:27)
INTRODUCTION
The title of this course, "Knowing God’s Voice," implies several things:
First: That there is a God.
Second: That He communicates with man.
Third: That man can recognize His voice when He speaks.
Fourth: That God has something to say.
Let us examine each of these statements:
First: This course is based upon the truth that there is a God who is revealed to man through the
written record of His Word, the Holy Bible.
Second: The Bible is the inspired written record of God's communication to man. It details the
ways which God spoke to man and the response of individuals and nations to the voice of God.
The Bible often repeats the phrase “. . . and the Lord said" and incidents where He spoke to man.
This confirms that God communicates with men and women.
For an example, read the story of Balaam in Numbers chapter 22. God spoke to Balaam, but he
refused to listen. God wanted to communicate to this man so much that He actually resorted to
using a donkey. Balaam was:
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