God wants us free. We need to recognise and renounce any idols in our lives if we are to be free.

Acts 2:37-38 "Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart... And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptised every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

Dealing with our stubborn will may be the most important single factor in discerning and doing the will of God.

God wants to be king in our lives. We must not compromise but keep faith in him. He will show himself powerful through us.

God is our shepherd. He wants us to know his will but this requires us to follow him.

Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."

Romans 12:1,2

Hebrews 10:9 “Behold, I have come to do your will.”

Philippians 1:18(b) - 21 Yes, and I will rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain