Finding GOD's Will Sermon Series Part 1 - The DESIRE | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

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0:43 Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. Without a doubt, many of us, as children of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, me long and have to decide hard to do God's will. We want to say, you know what, I want to fulfill God's plans for my life. I want to accomplish his assignments and his purpose for my life, and I just want to do that. That's a really good place to start, and many people want to know how do I start, How do I go about it? And what should I do? How can I discern God's will and how can I find what God wants me to do through my life.

1:27 Now, this is a vast topic. There's so many things we can talk about. I'm sure by now you would have noticed or known the fact that I've already authored a best selling book called Unmail Your Purpose. When I talk about various aspects with regard to identifying your purpose and walking in your purpose at the same time, it all correlates to you know your God given destiny and God's will in and through your life, and things that that I really encourage you to take it out. I'm sure that book will be a great blessing to you.

1:58 But in the context of today's episode, I want to start off by thinking you what are the different ways or how to go about if you have a heart where you say I want to know God's will for my life. I want to walk in my God given purpose and to fulfill His plans for my life. So what do I do? So the first and foremost thing is I want to start off by is sharing a scripture with you that's just found in Psalms forty verse eight, where the Psalmist is saying I desire to do your will, my God. The NLT version says I take joy in doing your will, my God.

2:40 Another translation says, I delight to do your will or God. So when you look at the common denominator of these scriptures is that I long, I desire,

2:57 I delight in doing your will. Another translation says I enjoy pleasing you or God. I just love that you know. So another one how I allow to do your will, my God. So when you look at all these scriptures, what you understand is that it all begins in a place where you have the desire to do God's will. It begins in a place where you have the joy in doing God's will. It begins in a place where you delight in doing God's will. It all begins in a place where you enjoy in doing God's will. So what you have to understand is that you should be in a place where you're not compelled.

3:54 You should come from a place within your heart. That's what I'm saying. It should not be an external force. It should not be like, you know what I want to do, you know what is right, just so that you know what I get a good credit and site of people, or I'm accepted by society, or I want to do it so that you know what I can get. Some benefits out of my life or it. You know, you know, it should not come from an external reason why you want to do God's will. It should come from within you. It should come from you, the real you.

4:26 You should have the desire to do God's will. One of the translations also says, I'm happy to do your willow God. Now I just allow to, you know, look at different translations of the same verse, and it's amazing because it gives you the depth of the worse and you understand that. You know what. What I really want you to understand is this important aspect. Many times when we say I want to know God's will, I want to discern his will. You know, in something it begins from you know what. Let me try to, you know, read the Bible this match, or let me try to you know, or go through some you know, conferences or something like that.

5:04 You know, man, I'm not against all of that, Listen, I'm not against all of that. But what I want you to understand is, you know, when you want to have that desire and heart, it should come from within your way, from you, from the very members of your body, and from the very spirit man that you are from. You should have that deep longing, the deep desire, the deep delight to do God's will. And when it is from within you, you don't need an external factor for it to push you towards God's will. That's what I wanted to say.

5:44 When it's something is from external, you know, somebody has to do something for you to actually go towards it. But when it is from within you, when you enjoy doing it, when you are happy to do it, when you delight in it, when you are having the desire to do it, what happens. Nobody needs to put a gun on your head to make you do it. You would just go towards it. Amen. So today I want you to introspect yourself and see do you really, from the bottom of your heart have that desire to do God's will?

6:19 Are you really longing for it or is it just an external thing? You know what, I want to do God's will because I'm a Christian. I want to do God's will so that I can go to Heaven. I want to do God's with because blah blah blah blah blah. All the other reasons that you can have all is it because from within you you enjoy it. You know, when you like something, when you enjoy doing something, when you delight in something, and I let me give you some practical examples. You know, I just allow you know, the cartoon Scooby Doo, right like I just allow Scooby Doo so much so, you know, nobody needs to put a gun on my head and make me talk about Scoby Doo.

6:58 Anytime I get an office unity, I need to talk about Scooby Doo, or you know, anytime I get an opportunity I need to bring Scooby Doo into a sermon, or anytime, you know, I come across an opportunity where I could able to watch something or add to my memberabilia or anything of that sort, I'd be like, you know what, I want to do it. Why Because I just love this, I delight in it, I desire I enjoy that, right when you love something, or or even the podcast or my videos. You know, there are so many times, so many distractions, so so many times, you know, I'd be so tired by the end of the day because I work, I have so many other things coming up, you know, at home and things like that that you know what, in spite of all of that, I push myself to do this because you know what, I have that desire, because I have that longing, because I enjoy and I love doing this.

7:49 So when you love doing something, nothing can stop you. You'll you'll try to go against all the opposition. You'll go against all the challenges, you will go against the wind, and you'll be like, you know what, I need to get this done? Why? Because you love it so much? Right, the same thing you have to have withter Carto, God's will. It should not be an external thing. It should be from you. You have that inspiration within you. You should have that commitment within you, and you should have that longing within you today.

8:28 Do you have that? If you have it, it's amazing. I'm so happy for you. But if you don't, I want to pray with you right now. God, I pray for every single person listening, Lord, I pray that you'll fill them with that desire and that longing for your will, that they don't need an external reason to seek your will, but they will have an inside out reason from within them. They have that longing and that desire

9:03 to do your will, that they will delight in your will, that they will seek your will, that they will allow to do your will. They will be happy to do your will. It should not be forced upon them, and it should not be that you know what, Oh my goodness, I don't want to do it, but I still have to do it. Now. Let it be in a place where they desire your will to any extent to God, I pray and I release the Holy Spirit over every single one listening that they will be filled with that desire and the longing to do God's will.

9:40 Amen. I just encourage you to stay tuned for the next couple of episodes where I'm going to talk about various other aspects with regard to discerning God's will for your life. I'm sure it'd be a great blessing to you as well. See you next time. God bless you. Listening to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We hope you were blessed and inspired to live the life that God has for you. Make sure to subscribe to the John gifted YouTube channel for regular uploads of sermons, skits, interviews, and more.

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10:49 Got John Gifta dot com. See you on the next episode of The Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. God bless you. If your heart stops beating, now do you know where you're going? If you came face to face with death? Now do you know where you're going? And this is not a message of condemnation. This is a message of hope. There is a God who loves you so much he sent his only son, Jesus Christ to come down and pay a heavy price by shedding every drop of his blood on the cross. Thank you for dying for my sins.

11:33 When you believe in him, you have free gift or salvation for you that it shows us that we will go to heaven when we die. Instead of suffering in Him forever. I just encourage you today to make the simple step of faith and say, Jesus, I thank you for what you did on the cross. Thank you for giving me this gift of eternal life.