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Category Archives: Guidance
What does God want you to do?
So we’ve looked at whether God has a plan for your life, and whether he sees or even sets the future. Let’s get right down to the practical nitty-gritty. What does God actually want us to do? Now I’m not … Continue reading
Posted in Future, Guidance, Incarnation, Psychology, The faith journey
Tagged Be yourself, Christ in me, Christlike, incarnation, John Finnemore, Personality, self-acceptance
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Does God know the future?
This follows on from the last piece on whether God has a ‘perfect plan for our lives’. Part of how we answer that depends on another question – how much of the future does God know? How much has he … Continue reading
Does God have a Perfect Plan For Your Life?
While we’re still in the first flush of the New Year, making plans with the blank page of the future open before us, it’s maybe worth considering this question. It’s become a kind of evangelical evangelistic cliché: ‘God loves you … Continue reading
Posted in Calvinism, Future, Guidance, The faith journey
Tagged Calvinism, determinism, discernment, future, God's will, life decisions, Perfect Plan, redemption
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