1. Guidance for the Journey
Forks in the Road
Guidance
for the Journey

3. When are some times you wish God would show you what to do?
Forks in the Road
When are some times
you wish God would
show you what to do?

4. Revealed: The #1 Reason we have trouble hearing God’s guidance.

6. Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT Trust in the Lord do not depend Seek his will
and he will show you     
with all your heart; on your own understanding. in all you do, which path to take.

7. Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT
Trust do not Seek and he

8. 1
Our Part 2 3
God’s Part

9. 3 Keys to Receiving God’s Guidance
Trust in the Lord with all your heart.
Do not depend on your own understanding.
Seek his will in ALL you do.

10. Revealed: The #1 Reason we have trouble hearing God’s guidance.

11. Step 1: Trust in the Lord with all your heart
Step 1: Trust in the Lord with all your heart. What makes it hard to trust God with your whole heart?

12. Step 1: Trust God with your whole heart.
James 1:5-8 NLT
5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 6 But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. 7 Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

13. Have you ever thought this?
“God, show me what you want me to do, and THEN I’ll decide whether to do it”? “That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double- minded and unstable in all they do” --James 1:7-8 NIV

14. Revealed: The #1 Reason we have trouble hearing God’s guidance.

15. Step 2: Do not depend on your own understanding.

16. Step 2: Do not depend on your own understanding.
Do you truly believe that God wants what is best for you even more that you?
Do you truly believe that God knows how to accomplish the best for you better than you do?
If you do, how will you feel about trusting your own judgment?

17. 3. Seek his will in ALL you do.

19. God’s Part: He will show you what path to take.
Isaiah 30:21 CEB
If you stray to the right or the left, you will hear a word that comes from behind you: “This is the way; walk in it.”

20. “God never expects us to move ahead under a cloud.” George Mueller
We can’t dictate to God
when he will give us
direction.

21. 3 Keys to Receiving God’s Guidance
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 what path to take.
--Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT

22. Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT Trust in the Lord do not depend Seek his will
and he will show you     
with all your heart; on your own understanding. in all you do, which path to take.

23. Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT
Trust do not Seek and he

24. Table Sharing
What things have “plugged your ears” from hearing God at times?
What is something you can do to open your ears to God’s voice?