How to Find the Will of God!

My name is James Arendt. I was raised in the Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, served in the USAF from 1970 to 1974, and became a full-time missionary for Christ living 40 years in Japan, 3.5 years in Russia, and a few months in other countries such as Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, South Korea, Taiwan and mainland China where I also served the King of Kings, Jesus, as an Ambassador for His Kingdom. My full bio.

On September 24, 2023, I had an accident and broke the bone of the tip of my left elbow. A boy ran in front of my motorbike less than 2 meters from me as I was leaving home. I stopped suddenly and my front tire slid on the sandy concrete road which caused me to fall. I did not hit the boy. On October 18th I had surgery done on my elbow. The doctor put in titanium rods to hold my bones together. The entire procedure including an entire week in the hospital was roughly $4000 USD. This was done in the Philippines where my wife and I have been living since June this year.

Before and after one week in the hospital.

It would be a super blessing to us if any of the visitors of this website can help us cover this expense!

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How to Find the Will of God!

The 7 Ways to Know God's Will

1. The prerequisite: Submit your will to the Lord:

A. Seek His will, not your own:

B. Seek and trust the Lord:

C. Sincerely desire to do God's will:

D. As you obey Him, He will reveal His will to you:

2. The Holy Spirit guides us to find God's will:

3. The first place to look for God's will is in His Word:

A. The Bible is His written, revealed will:

B. Warning against not obeying the Word:

C. Beware of interpreting it as you please:

D. Read and study the Word carefully:

E. When a verse speaks specifically, directly to you:

F. Pray and ask the Lord to help you understand:

G. Ask mature Christians to explain difficult passages to you:

4. God sometimes reveals His will through dreams:

A. Revelatory dreams given to His people:

B. Old Testament examples:

C. New Testament examples:

D. Caution regarding determining God's will by dreams:

5. God sometimes reveals His will through visions:

A. A vision is when God flashes a picture in your mind's eye:

B. Some Old Testament examples:

C. New Testament examples:

D. Beware of false visions:

6. The Lord sometimes reveals His will through prophecy and revelations:

A. Prophecy: The Lord speaking through you, or to your heart:

B. Warnings about false prophecy:

7. Seeking counsel:

A. Counselling with others who know the Lord and His Word well:

B. Coming to a reasonable agreement:

C. Warnings about not seeking (or not heeding) godly counsel:

D. Be willing to change plans if God leads otherwise:

8. God often reveals His will by obvious circumstances:

A. God often sets up special circumstances to show His will:

B. Sometimes obvious circumstances indicate God's leading:

C. Examples of obvious circumstances:

D. Gauging circumstances and conditions, and acting accordingly:

E. Circumstances are not always an indication of God's will: --Sometimes you just need to have faith:

F. Have faith and don't "look at the waves" and conditions:

9. Knowing by faith, the "witness of the Spirit":

A. Sometimes God leads you by giving you a strong desire: --Or you just "feel" led in a certain direction:

10. Determining God's will by confirming signs:

A. Setting a condition for a specific confirming sign:

B. Fleeces can be inaccurate if options are too restricted:

C. Requiring a "sign" often indicates unbelief:

D. "Confirming signs" sometimes not given:

11. Sometimes God's will and plans are conditional:

A. What God does often depends upon man's actions and reactions:

B. Examples of God changing His mind:

12. God often gives Christians alternative choices:

A. He lets us choose within the boundary of His overall will:

B. Our plans should be subject to the will of God:

C. Be sure you're right before going ahead:

D. In love, consider the effect of your actions on others:

13. When God does not reveal His will:

A. God's will concealed from the unyielded and disobedient:

B. How not to try to find God's will:

14. When you desperately require specific directions:

A. God promises to tell you exactly where to go:

B. You must depend upon God to lead you:

C. The Lord sends His angels to guide you:

D. You must seek and pray for His leading:

E. Let God lead, even if you don't know where you're going:

15. You can count on God's leadings even when--

A. You're discouraged and at wit's end:

B. You feel lost:

C. You desperately need guidance in time of danger:

D. You need a place to stay or eat:

E. You're in a faraway, strange land:

16. The will of God is supreme:

A. God is omnipotent and does whatever He wills:

B. Even seeming "bad" things happen only by God's will:

17. Rewards for doing God's will:

18. God's will on specific subjects:

A. God's will regarding salvation:

B. Verses on different aspects of God's will in a Christian's life:

C. The will of God is the path of life:

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