Knowing God's Will (3rd edition)
A look both scholarly & practical into what the Bible has to say about rediscovering & re-enlivening God’s Will for your life.
A look both scholarly & practical into what the Bible has to say about rediscovering & re-enlivening God’s Will for your life.
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Clarifications: First of all, while divine Patience is clearly active, it is not<br />
to be confused with choices that are “impulsive” or “rushed.” It is not the<br />
traditional “patience” that encourages us to wait for a “better time” to act or<br />
prepare for a “more important alternative” in the future. True Patience, rather,<br />
encourages us to do in each moment what is already on hand to do (“Be Ready for<br />
every Good Work” ~ Titus 3:1) …<br />
Of course, “doing what there is to do” does not mean reacting to what<br />
happens to us -- reacting is not choosing. Patient actions are not only thought and<br />
felt – they are consciously decided, in that they are thought-through before they<br />
are actualized and are focused upon during their actualization (“Everyone then who<br />
hears these words and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his House on<br />
stone.” ~ Jesus (Matthew 7:24) … The ego reacts with self-centered sinning while<br />
the Soul always pauses long enough to choose to Do Good despite those lusts and<br />
fears (“Consider yourselves dead to sin and Alive to God.” ~ Romans 6:10-11) …<br />
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