What Is Your Will In Christ?

"Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel."  Psalm 22:3 (NLT) Praise... If I say "God I praise You" and nothing else in connection with that statement ... did I just praise Him, or did I simply make reference to a thing that I might have performed previously?... What happens when we actually give praise to God?... "The trumpeters and singers performed together in unison to praise and give thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they raised their voices and praised the LORD with these words:  “He is good!  His faithful love endures forever!”  At that moment a thick cloud filled the Temple of the LORD. "The priests could not continue their service because of the cloud, for the glorious presence of the LORD filled the Temple of God."   2 Chronicles 5:13-14 (NLT)  The word praise has two forms. One form of the word is a verb - an action and the other, in simple terms, is a noun - referring to a thing.  ...

 As a teenager, many years ago, a wise man told me "Never trust another man to tell you what God is saying to you from His word. Read it for yourself and ask the Holy Spirit to give you understanding of it. Then sift everything in your life through it." I've followed that advice for decades since and it's blessed me immeasurably.  “If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth . The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you. John 14:15-17 (NLT)(Emphasis mine) "He is the Holy Spirit who leads into all truth."... Truth. When it comes to the most important issues of our lives, both now and eternally, what is the truth? The wise in humanity know that the truth's found in the whole of God's inspired word from ...