A Compelling Testimony: Maintaining a Disciplined Walk, Christlike Character, and Godly Relationships as God's Servant

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A Compe l l i ng Tes t imony

though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

(3) Ps. 25.9 – He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.

(4) Ps. 73.24 – You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.

(5) Isa. 58.11 – And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. b. Jesus, as head of the Church and shepherd of God’s flock, leads his people into all his good will, John 10.3-5 – To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. [4] When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. [5] A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers. c. The Holy Spirit has been given to the Church to guide us into all truth, John 16.13 – When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but what ever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. d. The will of God (in terms of both general and particular callings) is discerned in the midst of the people of God. (1) The general call of God, 1 Tim. 3.15-16 – if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church