Living in the Goodness of God
HOW TO BE LED BY GOD’S SPIRIT PART II

Feb. 20, 2022

“The Lord is MY Shepherd, I have everything I need. He makes
me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters. He

restores my soul.

HE LEADS ME in the right paths for his name’s sake.” Psalm

23:1-3

“Only those people who are led by God’s Spirit are God’s

children.” Romans 8:14 (CEV)
5 STOPS: I MUST STOP BEING LED . . .

1. By My Culture.
“Do not copy the behavior or values of this world. Instead, let God
transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.
Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know
how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is!”
Romans 12:2 (NLT)
2. By My Friends
“Do not let anyone lead you the wrong way! Christ is righteous,
so to be like Christ, you must do what is right. And anyone who
keeps on sinning is being led by the Devil.” 1 John 3:7 (NCV)
3. __By Substitutes for God.
“Never look to psychics or séances or fortunetelling or the stars or
people who claim to contact the dead. People who do these things
are doing evil and God hates it with a passion.” Deuteronomy
18:10-12
4. By My Circumstances.
Example from Paul: Acts 27:10, 13-15
5. By my Feelings.
“You may feel you’re on the right road and still end up dead.”

Proverbs 14:12 (CEV)

“We’ve all strayed away like sheep! We have left God’s paths to
follow our own.” Isaiah 53:6 (LB)

5 STEPS TO GETTING GUIDANCE
1. I must want to be led.
“My God, I want to do what you want. Your teachings are in my
heart.”Psalm 40:8 (NCV)
2. I must be willing to do what God says.
“Whoever is willing to do what God wants and chooses it will
know if what I teach comes from God.” John 7:17 (TEV)
3. I must look to God’s Word.
I must look to God’s Word. “Your Word is a lamp to guide me,
and a light for my path.” Psalm 119:105
“Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by any
evil.” Psalm 119:133 (NLT)
 GOD’S WILL IS FOUND IN God’s Word.
 GOD’S WILL never contradicts GOD’S WORD!
4. I must ask the Holy Spirit to be my guide.
“You do not have, because you do not ask God for it.” James 4:2
(NIV)
“Teach me, Lord, what you want me to do, and lead me down the
right path”. Psalm 27:11 (TEV)
Ask humbly. __
“God guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his
way.” Psalm 25:9 (NIV)
Ask in Faith. __
“If you want to know what God really wants you to do, ask
him, and he will gladly tell you, for he is always ready to give a
bountiful supply of wisdom to all who ask him; but…be sure
that you really expect him to tell you… If you don’t ask in
faith, don’t expect the Lord to give you any solid answer.”
James 1:5-6 (LB)
5. Listen for God; s response.
“God does speak — sometimes one way and sometimes
another — even though people may not understand it.” Job
33:14 (NCV)

“Your road led by a pathway through the sea — a pathway no one
knew was there!” Psalm 77:19 (NLT)