Macedonia BP Church Youth Fellowship

Activity : Topical Sharing
Date : 14 June 2008

讲题：如何明白神的旨意
讲员：蓝永恒传道
Text: Acts 16:6-10 (Paul going to Macedonia to spread the gospel, following God’s will)

1. 为什么我们要认识神的旨意？

• God is our Master, we are to follow His will.
• When we follow His will, we will be walking in a blessed path
• However, God's will may not always complement our own will

2. 2 different types of will of God

• Normal will -> normal events in our daily lives
• Unique will -> special events, e.g. going to Africa to stay and spread the gospel

3. God's will always go in-line with the bible. A 'will' that is not in accordance to the bible is not the will of God. For instance, one may say it is God's will that I shall strike 4D this time so I must make a bet. This is clearly not a will in accordance to the bible.

4. Devil knows the bible very well, but he misinterprets it so as to tempt us. One well known example is Jesus' 40 days of trials in the wild where the devil tempted him with God's word.

5. Difference between 冲动 and 感动

• 冲动 -> short term
• 感动 -> long term

6. God's will is constructive while that of the devil is destructive.

7. God's will will complement with our living standards of environment.

8. If we disobey God's will, we will end up in pain, wasting a lot of time and going round and round in circles. (Israelites wandering in the wild for 40 years for not following God's will of entering Canaan)

9. When we follow God's will, we will feel peace within us.

10. Following God's will is not necessary an easy path, we may be tested throughout the walk with God, but we will feel peace in our hearts.

11. Faith = believing in something we did not see with our own eyes.

12. Draw near to God and know His will. Set a spiritual goal now to follow God's will!

Entry Written by : Ivy


The talk was alright and we learnt that everything and anything is controlled by our dear Lord. Even disasters. We know our Lord is a merciful and a god full of grace, but why does he allows disasters to happen? That is because he has his own ways of prosecuting humans and has his own timing. We also talked about how sometimes he doesn't reply us when we ask him questions or when we talk to Him.

Speaking from experience, i do talk to Him and questions Him about certain things, and seriously, most of the time, i get no answers at all.. but after some time, the answers will come to be in forms of words, through the bible, and sometimes it was just happen to me as an experience. Im not sure whether can you guys understand but its just like, im experiencing my own questions.. which is rather an amazing way to get answers from Him because you can feel its very personal and from these kind of experience, i learnt that He does everything at His own timing.

Entry Written by: Yiying