How will God guide me to do his will

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Hey guys

I REALLY want to hear from GOD because even though I have been saved for a while, I only recently decided to dedicate my whole life to christ in every single way as a living sacrifice. Due to this happening, I have been trying to find God's will for my life, and have been trying to see what he guides me to do, but I am quite unsure whether I am making the right decisions. I try to consult him on everything I do, but I don't feel I get immediate answers when I need them and from this and I feel I have made a few mistakes (doing things I want to do and believing God wants me to do them-selfishness).

I do honestly believe that he told me he is 'with me' and also once convicted me about my faith which I have been trying to increase by reading the bible more and doing daily confessions of the word. But these times that I have heard him were completely spontaneous.

There has not been a prayer unanswered from him so far apart from a few supernatural things I have asked for. The one thing I am having trouble with is this 'inner silence' thing needed to hear from God, I just don't know how to achieve it. I also am very unsure about the holy spirit, even though I know he lives in me, I recognise that in reality I have unbelief about this.

Any suggestions on what I can do?

[matthew7and1]

journal. journal. journal.

you may not see or hear it at the time. but when you read back over your entries a while later you start to see the evidence of thigs that were to come. then those signals (some of them) get clearer. those feelings are recognized for what they are and not as fleeting thoughts....

give it a shot and let us know!

[supersweet]

journal. journal. journal.

you may not see or hear it at the time. but when you read back over your entries a while later you start to see the evidence of thigs that were to come. then those signals (some of them) get clearer. those feelings are recognized for what they are and not as fleeting thoughts....

give it a shot and let us know!

Ok, but I don't really know how to approach this, what exactly do I write about? prayers? or my daily walk with god?

[matthew7and1]

Ok, but I don't really know how to approach this, what exactly do I write about? prayers? or my daily walk with god?

yup and yup.
just everything. i have a prayer journal and i put prayers thoughts fears, worries, events from that day anything that i am moved to write down. just a regular old, "today i went to the park" journal is ok too. the idea is that when you look back it gets you thinking and you remember that day "It first occured to me to start going to the park weekly" and then how you felt more and more compelled to the gardens and then you remember "I met the person who brought me into my church at the fountains!" you see a progression and can identify more of those things God is leading you to in the future. know what i mean?
sometimes I would start writing a poem that i knew by heart to get the flow going and just go on from there.....

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Thank you so much I'm sure this will end my fustrations, I sometimes feel like I'm forcing God to speak to me lol anyways thank you for the advice xx

[SweetSomber]

I also want my life to be a living sacrifice, and I'm still look for a long term ministry vocation.

But I don't believe that it's nessesarily a mistake to do what you want and assume that God want you to do it. God created us with senses, and with an amazing earth to enjoy, full of healthy pleasures like working, playing, sleeping, loving, creating things, growing things, eating healthy stuff, seeing the beautiful sunsets He made. Just because it's pleasurable doesn't mean it's selfish and God doesn't want you to have it. On the contrary, God WANTS you to be happy enjoying Him, and all the amazing things He's made for you He loves you

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I also want my life to be a living sacrifice, and I'm still look for a long term ministry vocation.

But I don't believe that it's nessesarily a mistake to do what you want and assume that God want you to do it. God created us with senses, and with an amazing earth to enjoy, full of healthy pleasures like working, playing, sleeping, loving, creating things, growing things, eating healthy stuff, seeing the beautiful sunsets He made. Just because it's pleasurable doesn't mean it's selfish and God doesn't want you to have it. On the contrary, God WANTS you to be happy enjoying Him, and all the amazing things He's made for you He loves you

The things I did ended up with bad consequences such as Debt! So there was nothing enjoyable, it was risks I took and also wanting certain material possesions so bad, but then recieving them and not wanting them at all!