Charles Stanley | – How to Be Sure of God's Will – Dr. Charles Stanley


Every day of our lives is to be lived for God’s purpose, according to His plan, and in obedience to His desires. But how can we be certain we are walking in His will, especially in times of difficulty, suffering, or pain?

Each day is filled with decisions, and every choice is an opportunity to ask the Lord what He would have us do. In this message, Dr. Stanley shares principles from Scripture to help us evaluate our circumstances and decisions through the lens of God’s will.

God assures us that whatever we experience, even our difficulties, can be redeemed for our ultimate good. We can know His will even in times of heartache and hardship, and we can thank Him for His empowering presence and unwavering love.

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  1. sir with all my respect.for me no one really knows.coz up to now no one really can still talk to God but only the people a thousand years ago and still we dont sure about it.if only God had a time to show himself to us not only for one person but for almost all of us so we dont have any doubt.u c people now a day do not want just to believe….but of course there is God.by just lookng at the sun that never run out light for billion of years we know that there is God.the only thing we truely see we live and we die.but all about that what we have been told for me we can never be sure about the will of God and only the writter way back then on the stone maybe knows about it.and still. if only he not just invent it.

  2. The Earth is not for the pleasure of men, but it is a place of instruction for his soul, a man more readily feels the strings of his spirit in the face of disaster, then in the lap of luxury. The tuition of the soul is a long and arduous course of instruction, and in training, humility is the key to unlocking the door to the kingdom. obedience unto death allows you to enter in. ARE you comfortable in your life? Are you where you need to be? Do you know everything you need to know, to walk in Freedom through the coming events?
    Are you Saved?  Oh I'm saved! I hear this all the time, scripture says those who endure to the end Shall be saved, the end isn't here, it hasn't come yet. Who are you kidding? This Is a process, and this process is painful. You have to process all this false information you have been indoctrinated into.  Fighting Cognitive Dissonance the whole time. Learning things that contradict everything, that you ever been taught. That's why he tells you to come to him as a little child,  you have to go back, and relearn everything. You have to suffer the loss of the things of this world. Its not maybe! You will lose, those People, places, and things that you hold closest to you, It's called being set apart. Most everybody in this world worries about what other people think about them. And they don't even care about what the father thinks. When he's s the only one that matters. He knows your every thought, What makes anyone think they can hide anything from him. They lie, brag, put on thier masks ( not the physical ones everyone is duped into wearing) the image, or the portraital, of who they want people to think they are. People use their mouth, to say, I believe, I love the father. But do they show it? 1st John 2:3-4 kjv And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his Commandments. He that saith I know him, and keepeth not his Commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.  Saying it is one thing, how do they put it into action? Just pay attention to what they do, it doesn't match their words. I call it talking out both sides of their mouth. Scriptures say, For not hears of the law are just before Yahuah,  But doers of the law shall be justified. Fear of Yahuah is the beginning of wisdom, proverbs 1:7 . Knowledge has nothing to do with wisdom. Wisdom is putting knowledge into action, and faith is a verb. James 2:18  Yea a man may say, thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. James 2:20  What will thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead. James 2:26 For the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. That's why scripture says work out your salvation, With fear and trembling. Now if you believe, I don't mean think, you know with certainty, the fathers watching, and you fear him. Then you will do anything, to be more pleasing to him. Looking inwardly, not outwardly. Is every word that proceeds from your mouth, Holy and acceptable to YAH. Mine isn't! We are to obey nomatter what!  It takes true love, to not indulge in the pleasures of the Flesh. And admit your own shortcomings. Where the problem is with us. We are stuck in these meat suits, but grace, is the ability Given to us by the Ruach Ha Kodesh, to overcome the desires of that meatsuit!
    1st John 4:4  Ye are of Eloheim little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, then he that is in the world. You're meatsuit is of the enemy, its your enemy, its Satan.  Satan means accuser, it is your accuser, it is the bad you, and you have to overcome it, with the power of the Ruach Ha kadesh. Galatians 5:17  For the Flesh lust against the spirit  and the spirit against the flesh, and these are contrary the one to the other so that he cannot do the thing he would. What does the world have that you want. How many clothes do you need? How's big of a home? How nice of a car? What's your passion? Is it Yahuah, or some sport, hobbie, some other pleasure in life. What are you needs vs wants. Material things are not blessings, if you heart is right, you don't want anything more than your necessities. It's very clear he will give you the desires of your heart, but if your heart belongs to him, your desires are only to be better than you are now. More loving towards your neighbour, more obedient to your father. I said this to someone the other day, YAH does not want perfect men, he want's men who want to be perfect. Next  to speak a opinion when is unwarranted. Is not necessary,  If someone says something that you don't agree with, at least make an effort to research what they said before you disagree. I say this way to much. Rejection without investigation is the epitome of ignorance. I get this on a consistent basis, I will study something for  2 or 3000 hours, and somebody will come up, and just disagree automatically. There right your wrong, and they have no idea what they are talking about, but they have a strong opinion based on here say.
    Just let them be, there's no way to help them, they have a closed mind. They close their ears, and open their mouth every chance they can.  I mean everyone has the same understanding,  no matter if it's total bull, they know it as fact, and nobody could have a better understand better than them. But they will go listen to a pastor, and take it as fact. Then just listen to them, they are a authority on it when, they have no concept of nothing, but here say. And they will argue to the death. You still Have to put yourself out there, if you love them. Does it take more love to keep your mouth shut and not say anything, when You know you're gonna get kicked? But you love them enough, to speak up, and you have to tell them the truth, what they do with it then, is up to them. The things that I put out in video's, but especially letters.  Generate a lot of hate mail. Jokes on them. They get upset, even though, Nothing should be able to bother you though, if you have No guilt or shame. Anytime anyone gets upset it's because they have some guilt, or shame. Just remember YAH knows the truth no matter what somebody thinks, its what he knows. So when you hear a self proclaimed expert or Pastor.  You know he's a liar.  All pastors, and men with titles, are liars. John the Baptist was the last preacher ( levitical priest). We are under the Melkezedecian priesthood now, and Yahusha is the high priest. The  levitical priesthood was done away with, along with animal sacrifice, and tithing.  Most don't even understand what a Melkezedecian priest is, or the difference between the priesthoods. Wise men are instructed by reason, men of less understanding, by experience, the most ignorant by necessity, and beast by nature. Messiah Yahusha, Eternal High Priest
    And having been perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, being designated by YAH (God) as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 5:9-10). He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his Commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
    But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of Yah perfected: hereby know that we are in him.
    He that Saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked.
    Ephesians 5:15-16
    See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fool's, but as wise.
    Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
    Matthew 7:24
    Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man…
    Matthew 7:26
    And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man. Now Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter, fear YAH and keep his Commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
    Ecclesiastes 12:13. The masses have never thirsted after truth, whoever can supply them with illusions, is easily their master, whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victims. When facts, absolute truths are spoken, and the receiving person cannot hear( the truth );they cannot hear his voice. His voice, is the voice of Truth. So my messages are for the few, not the many. So give me some thumbs down, you know who you are. Come to my videos and attack me personally,  just shows who you are inside. My Email is in every thing I put out.  We have had such wonderful fellowship with the ones that reach out.. But the one's that have negative things never Email, they are afraid, they live in fear, and torment. 1John 4:18  There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. So walk in Freedom as obedient children, without care worry without Doubt.
    For if YAH is with you, who can be against you.
    Abba Yahuah, in the Shamayim let your name be Qodesh. Let your Reign come, let your desire be done, on Arets, as it is in Shamayim. Give Us Yom-by-Yom our Daily Bread, and forgive us our Transgressions, as we also forgive those who transgress against us, and do not lead us into trials, but rescue us from that Wicked one.
    kdwarner5@gmail.com, and Hidden One of YAH on YouTube.

  3. His ministries always write me and encourage me don't know how they got my address but God Bless him and this church and ministries. Peace and God's Blessings be upon you:) Acts 2:38 Bible:) God Bless you Man of God:) We must be born again of the water n spirit John 3:1-14, we must be lead by the Holy Spirit after being born again and live Holy to the end to make it to Heaven by God's grace and obeying his spirit n word we can make it to Heaven, Praise God! Hebrews 12:14

  4. We must be born again of the water n spirit of JESUS that plan is Acts 2:38 Bible
    And God said Be ye Holy For I Am Holy. I believe in 1 Peter 1:14-15. Holiness is what he calls us to after he already have us grace, when we're born again- Now we must live by His Holy Spirit to Holiness the straight n narrow. God Bless you

  5. That's is the will of God to love each other fear the Lord and keep his commands to streigh and up lift the sick he came for the sick and you do not want to cause one of his little ones to stumble I am the moral weeklin but some times his strength is made perfect. In our weakness please forgive me for my pride Jesus gives Grace to the humble but he hates a coward and I run no more I run to him

  6. I had never heard of Dr. Stanley before. A few weeks ago I turned my TV on one Sunday morning and was fortunate and blessed enough that his show waaas on when I turned on my TV. I think this was the one I saw actually. Either way, whatever one is was, that was exactly what I needed to hear that morning. Not because I'm struggling with my faith, not because I'm unsure of God's plan for me or because I don't know if I'm where I'm supposed to be. I know that the things God has shown me the things He has in store for me, I know I'm right on track, my relationship with God can always use improvement but it has always been very strong and has grown with each passing year of my 39 years. I know what God wants me to do at any time because my whole life God has given me these feelings in my gut about things to come and it has never been wrong. All the times in life I did or did not do something and I just could not understand those times for years and years. Now I know what kept me from acting or caused me to act even when I didn't want to. That feeling in my gut was present and it just subconsciously took over and made sure I did what I was supposed to do or not do. I came to realize this year that those feelings are God's way of directing me through life from everything big to small and everywhere in between. That feeling is right under my sternum. It's so intense right now that if I push on that appt I feel like I'm going to throw up lol. The things I have waited my entire life for, almost 40 years now, are finally upon me. In the last year and a half God has shown me how well I can interpret those gut feelings even in fine detail. God showed me I can read it to the letter so that right now I'd know that what He's saying to me right now really is coming just like all the rest of the things that my gut has told me in the last year and a half. Everything I have said that my gut is telling me has been, not only exactly spot on, but far more correct than I could've ever begun to imagine. Sometimes months in advance. The things God is telling me are coming are going to be intense. The first 40 years of my life has been unbelievable! It has been absolutely amazing so far and my gut is telling me that starting with the end of this year {2020}, the second half of my life is going to make the first half look like a light warm up. God bless you all and keep building that relationship. It's the most important one you'll ever have. I work on mine daily. I also got to the point some time back that even though I tell God the things I want, I also tell Him that regardless of what I may want, all I want is what He wants for me. That's it. Nothing more, and nothing less. The things God has for me are far greater than anything I could ever hope and pray for.

  7. Im trying to do the will of God in my marraige. But how can God want me to stay in a marriage to a non Christian alcoholic who is abusive. Im so confused. I have done everything i can, and many people have prayed and i have prayed. i live in fear. I dont know what to do anymore.

  8. Jesus told Christians to pray for God's Kingdom to come and for His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. God's Kingdom is a heavenly government ruled by Jesus Christ as King. Soon Jesus will bring beautiful changes to the earth. There will be no more death, pain or sorrow on earth, Revelation 21:4,5. No more wickedness on earth, Psalms 37:9-11; John 3:16. The righteous hearted meek ones will inherit the earth and live forever on it, Psalms 37: 9-11; Matthew 5:5; Proverbs 2:21,22. The earth will be cultivated into a Paradise like God intended in the beginning, Genesis 1:28; Isaiah 55:11. Jesus will do on a grand scale what he did when he walked the earth including raising those who are asleep in death, John 5:28,29. There will only be one government over the entire earth forever, Daniel 2:44. Jesus said that this good news of the Kingdom would be preached about in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations and then the end will come. Jesus taught his disciples how to accomplish the preaching of the good news of the Kingdom, Acts 20:20; Acts 5:42. Who are following the same instructions that Jesus gave the first century Christians? How will you respond to the good news? John 4:22-24; John 17:3; Isaiah 42:8. Do you believe God's Word? Do you have questions about God's Kingdom government or His purpose for the earth?

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