[Here's an 11th chapter of the "How God Guides" paper. Some of us use the terminology of "the open and closed door" to describe circumstances when it seems that God has put an obstacle in front of us to discourage us from going one way or when he appears to have orchestrated other circumstances to …
Sometimes it takes some serious seeking…
[Here's chapter 10 from "How God Guides." Just do a search in your smart phone Bible program or on biblegateway.com to see how many references there are to "fasting." There are some fantastic books on the subject as well. Most of all, remember that Jesus said, "WHEN you fast..."] They fasted that day until evening… and …
There’s usually a “peace” when it’s right
[This is chapter 9 of the subject, "How God Guides." Admittedly this is principle, out of them all, might be taken advantage of or misconstrude most. Nevertheless, I really like God's peace, especially when it confirms to me that I'm in the middle of, or somewhere close to, his will.] It seemed good to the …
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Listen to your friends (especially your good ones)
[This the 8th chapter of "How God Guides"... If you haven't read the Introductory chapters, you might like to do that before proceeding. They'll give you the spirit of my take on the topic of divine guidance...] A few years ago the bottom fell out of my life. I lost my marriage, my ministry, my …
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Observe “the burden”
[If you're reading along with these, here's the 7th chapter of "How God Guides." I'd love to hear from you if you have some comments or questions.] Above I talked about seeing what God is doing and doing it with him. I didn’t really say anything about how to see what he’s doing, or more …
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