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By Charles Stanley Also available as a podcast at: http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/kindle/2008/09/01/assurance-of-gods-will-2/ ** Take our online interactive Bible study about “Listening to God”: http://thelife.com/study/listening.html?section=listen_god Please open your Bible and read: Ephesians 1:15-17 God does not “play games” with His children by veiling His will in mystery. Believers can be sure of His leading in any situation. When [...]

** Visit the new men’s devotional blog: http://talk.thelife.com/ Please open your Bible and read: Hebrews 11:1 – 5 I have had the privilege of flying in several single-engine airplanes and seeing beautiful sights like the glaciers of Alaska and the jungles of Peru. But on none of those trips did I once think to ask [...]

Please open your Bible and read: (Ephesians 1:15 – 17) God does not ?play games? with His children by veiling His will in mystery. Believers can be sure of His leading in any situation. When we need confirmation, the following questions will help clarify: Is this decision consistent with God?s Word? If we want to [...]

**This Online Study will help you with your assurance of salvation: http://thelife.com/study/knowjesuspersonally.html?section=lesson1&ft=BSG-OS Read 1 John 5:10-13  http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%205:10-13&version=49; The salvation God provided at the Cross leaves no room for uncertainty. If you’ve received Jesus as your personal Savior, then the Father wants you to be 100-percent certain you’re saved. There’s a three-fold test you can apply to your [...]

“The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son. And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this [...]

** Resting in God will free us from fear and anxiety:? http://talk.thelife.com/2006/09/23/sovereignty-of-god-brings-us-assurance Please open your Bible and read: (Romans 8:28) Since eternity past and throughout the entire history of man, almighty God has ruled with supreme authority. Nothing is hidden from His knowledge or beyond the scope of His control. Because of His sovereignty, we [...]

“Let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:22-23). The Scriptures tell us we can be [...]

Please open your Bible and read: (Romans 8:31-39) Shaun didn’t want to play his favorite superhero quiz game… and that was odd.? The game was a drive – time ritual for the four – year – old and his father.? But then Shaun’s dad realized, the boy was still reacting to the discipline he had [...]

Please open your Bible and read: (John 5:1-13) As slaves to sin, we were in dire need of rescue. The Lord Jesus did for us what we could never do for ourselves: He paid our ransom through His shed blood. (Matthew 20:28) The moment that we accept this liberation, God counts the finished work of [...]