Promises Part 6: Guidance HD

Guidance Jeanne Mayo July 8, 2018 The Three Harbor Lights of Guidance Jeanne Mayo Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT) “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.” Harbor Light #1 = THE WORD OF GOD God’s “Rhema” word for your life (“Rhema” = “personal, alive, & active”) Psalm 119:130 (NLT) “The teaching of your Word gives light, so even the simple can understand.” Psalm 119:133 (NIV) “Direct my footsteps according to Your Word ...” Luke 10:2 (NKJV) “Then He said to them, ‘The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.’” Deuteronomy 2:3 (KJV) “Ye have encompassed THIS MOUNTAIN long enough ...” Harbor Light #2 = THE PEACE OF GOD “An internal calm and inward knowing.” “A rest ... a calm assurance inside ... that is not dependent upon circumstances.” Colossians 3:15 (AMPC) “And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as UMPIRE continually) in your hearts (calling in and out the plays) [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds] ...” Colossians 3:15 (AMP) “Let the peace of Christ [the inner calm of one who walks daily with Him] be the controlling factor in your hearts [deciding and settling questions that arise] ...” “A MOVING car is always easier to steer than a PARKED one.” Harbor Light #3 = CIRCUMSTANCES Circumstances should be CONFIRMING to God’s guidance ... NOT your ONLY guidance. • Open and shut doors • Financial provision • Direction from trusted biblical authorities • Counsel from wise, Christ-honoring friends • Supernatural signs (i.e., prophecy, word of knowledge) Isaiah 42:16 (KJV) “And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight ...” Isaiah 22:22 (NLT) “When He opens doors, no one will be able to close them; when He closes doors, no one will be able to open them.” If only ONE or TWO of the “Harbor Lights” line up, it usually means one of two things: It is either NOT GOD’S WILL or not GOD’S TIMING. Psalm 37:4 (NKJV) “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT) “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.”