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    LIVING BY GOD’S GUIDANCE

    KEY PASSAGE: Exodus 13:21-22 | SUPPORTING SCRIPTURE: Joshua 1:9 | Psalm 119:105 | Proverbs 3:5-8
    Isaiah 64:4 | Matthew 7:7 | John 16:13 | Acts 5:29-32

    SUMMARY Savior. The Spirit imparts understanding of God’s Word,


    gives guidance, and enables us to follow and obey. It’s
    Who or what is guiding your life? important to align our thoughts with the Lord’s because
    our thinking determines how we live. If we rely on our
    This is an important question because whatever or own ideas rather than God’s truths, we’ll end up on the
    whoever we depend upon for direction determines our wrong path and waste valuable time.
    thinking, attitudes, wishes, desires, and ways. Many
    people today are guided by their emotions, and as a When the Israelites took their eyes off the Lord and
    result, they lack the stability that only comes through focused on the obstacles, they rebelled against His
    dependence upon God’s Word. When the Lord is our instructions and refused to enter the Promised Land. As a
    Guide, He gives us the clarity and strength we need to result, they wandered in the desert for 40 years until that
    live as He desires—with confidence and trust in Him. entire generation died.

    SERMON POINTS In order to be guided by God, we cannot live


    automatically without giving Him a thought, rely on our
    When God rescued the children of Israel from Egyptian emotions for guidance, or look around and imitate what
    bondage, He didn’t leave them to find their own way everyone else is doing. Nor can we deliberately go our
    to the land He’d promised to give them. According to own way like the children of Israel did. If we’ve trusted
    Exodus 13:21-22, “The Lord was going before them in Jesus as Savior, we must also trust Him as Lord and yield
    a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in to His leadership and direction by opening our Bibles to
    a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might see what He has said. Reading God’s Word every now
    travel by day and by night. He did not take away the and then will not be sufficient if we aspire to live as He
    pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from desires in a world opposed to Him and the truths we
    before the people.” Although they were traveling through believe.
    unknown territory, they would never get lost as long as
    they followed the pillar of cloud and fire. Living according to God’s guidance requires …

    Today we have God’s written Word as our Meditation upon His Word. “Your word is a lamp to my
    infallible guide for life’s journey. feet and a light to my path” (Ps. 119:105). What the cloud
    and fire were to Israel, God’s Word is for us today. It’s
    The Lord has graciously revealed how He thinks and adequate to guide us through life if we’ll read and
    what He desires so we can know how to live in a manner meditate upon it regularly instead of just opening it
    that pleases Him. In addition, He has given His Holy when we have a problem.
    Spirit to those of us who trust in Jesus Christ as our

    SERMON NOTES | SN190804


    Sensitivity to the leadership of the Holy Spirit. “But men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom
    when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross. He
    into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a
    initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and
    will disclose to you what is to come” (John 16:13). The forgiveness of sins. And we are witnesses of these
    Holy Spirit guides us into God’s truth so we can discern things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to
    right from wrong, truth from error, and good from evil. those who obey Him’” (Acts 5:29-32). We live in a world
    With God’s Word and His Spirit, we have everything that is hostile to God, and there may be times when our
    we need to live a godly life. Our responsibility is to be beliefs conflict with culture. Therefore, we must rely on
    good stewards of these treasures entrusted to us. the Holy Spirit to give us discernment, guidance, and
    strength to stay faithful in times of opposition.
    Willingness to wait for God’s timing. “For from days
    of old they have not heard or perceived by ear, nor has Willingness to obey God and leave all the
    the eye seen a God besides You, who acts in behalf of consequences to Him. Since the Lord is always true to
    the one who waits for Him” (Isa. 64:4). Instead of rushing His Word and keeps His promises, we can trust Him to
    off to start the day, we need to wait for God’s direction handle whatever happens as a result of our obedience.
    by reading His Word and asking Him to implant it in our
    minds so it can guide us throughout the day. RESPONSE

    Following God when the way is unclear. “Trust in the Although you may claim that God is guiding your
    Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own life, the truth of your profession is seen in your daily
    understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and activities. Do you begin each day by reading and
    He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in meditating on God’s Word? How well do you know the
    your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil. Lord as He’s revealed Himself in His Word? Are you
    It will be healing to your body and refreshment to your familiar with His ways?
    bones” (Prov. 3:5-8). When we are confused, we must
    trust God and learn to see our circumstances from His What role do social media, television, friends, and
    perspective as revealed in His Word. Then we will gain cultural norms play in influencing how you think, what
    clarity and insight for each day. you value, and what you do? Do you know Scripture
    well enough to discern when these sources are in
    Walking in the Spirit of God in order to be strong opposition to God?
    and courageous. “Have I not commanded you?
    Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be
    dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever
    you go” (Josh. 1:9). When we live by faith in the Word
    of God, our obedience is energized by the Spirit’s
    presence in us. He is the source of our hope, strength,
    and courage.

    Willingness to face conflict. “But Peter and the


    apostles answered, ‘We must obey God rather than

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    SERMON NOTES | SN190804

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