GUIDANCE - Thompson Chain Reference Topic
GUIDANCE
(A) GUIDANCE, divine
(1) Promised to the Obedient
Into Pleasant Paths
Psalms 23:2
In Making Decisions
Psalms 25:9; Psalms 32:8
Unto the End of Life
Psalms 48:14
By Wise Counsel
Psalms 73:24
By the Still Small Voice
Isaiah 30:21
In the Midst of Uncertainties
Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 48:17
By Divine Illumination
Luke 1:79; John 10:4
Into all Truth
John 16:13
--SEE Inspiration (2), INSPIRATION, DIVINE
"Spirit" Teacher, HOLY SPIRIT
Enlightenment, LIGHT
Light Promised, LIGHT
Wisdom Promised, WISDOM
(2) Sought
Psalms 5:8; Psalms 25:5; Psalms 27:11; Psalms 143:10; Acts 1:24
--SEE Teachableness, PATIENCE
Crying to God, EARNESTNESS
& EARNESTNESS
Seekers, SEEKING GOD
Instruction Sought, RECEPTION
(3) Examples of
Genesis 25:27; Exodus 13:21; Nehemiah 9:19; Psalms 78:14; Matthew 2:9
--SEE Instruction, RECEPTION
"Spirit" Guides, HOLY SPIRIT
Inspiration (3), INSPIRATION, DIVINE
Pillar of Cloud, REVELATIONS
(4) Explicit Instructions given
As to Leaving old associations
Genesis 12:1
--Returning home
Genesis 31:3
--Assuming Leadership
Exodus 3:10
--Forward Movements
Joshua 1:2
--Waging Warfare
Judges 6:14; 2 Samuel 5:19
--Finding Supplies
1 Kings 17:3; 1 Kings 17:4; 1 Kings 17:9
--Coming out from retirement
1 Kings 18:1
--Anointing leaders
1 Kings 19:15
--Pronouncing judgments
1 Kings 21:18; 1 Kings 21:19; 2 Kings 1:3
--SEE Divine Commands, COMMANDS, DIVINE
(B) THE DIVINE LEADER -How and where he leads his People
In Difficult Places, for testing
Deuteronomy 8:2
Like a Mother Bird teaching her Young to Fly
Deuteronomy 32:11; Deuteronomy 32:12
In a Plain Path
Psalms 27:11; Psalms 60:9
Like a Shepherd
Psalms 77:20
No Place beyond the Reach of his Hand
Psalms 139:9; Psalms 139:10; Proverbs 20:24; Isaiah 63:14
Steadily toward the Cross
Mark 10:32
To the Border of the Unseen
Luke 24:50; Luke 24:51
--SEE Pillar of Cloud, REVELATIONS
"Spirit" Guides, HOLY SPIRIT
(C) INQUIRING OF GOD, seeking guidance
(1) General Examples of
Genesis 25:22; Judges 1:1; Judges 20:27; 2 Samuel 2:1; 1 Chronicles 14:14; Psalms 78:34
--SEE Prayer, PRAYER
Seekers, SEEKING GOD
(2) Inquiring through the Prophets, concerning Perplexing Questions
Business affairs
1 Samuel 9:8
Battles
1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Kings 22:7
Great Emergencies
21:2; Jeremiah 37:7
By Hypocrites
Ezekiel 14:7; Ezekiel 20:1
(A) GUIDANCE, divine
(1) Promised to the Obedient
Into Pleasant Paths
Psalms 23:2
In Making Decisions
Psalms 25:9; Psalms 32:8
Unto the End of Life
Psalms 48:14
By Wise Counsel
Psalms 73:24
By the Still Small Voice
Isaiah 30:21
In the Midst of Uncertainties
Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 48:17
By Divine Illumination
Luke 1:79; John 10:4
Into all Truth
John 16:13
--SEE Inspiration (2), INSPIRATION, DIVINE
"Spirit" Teacher, HOLY SPIRIT
Enlightenment, LIGHT
Light Promised, LIGHT
Wisdom Promised, WISDOM
(2) Sought
Psalms 5:8; Psalms 25:5; Psalms 27:11; Psalms 143:10; Acts 1:24
--SEE Teachableness, PATIENCE
Crying to God, EARNESTNESS
& EARNESTNESS
Seekers, SEEKING GOD
Instruction Sought, RECEPTION
(3) Examples of
Genesis 25:27; Exodus 13:21; Nehemiah 9:19; Psalms 78:14; Matthew 2:9
--SEE Instruction, RECEPTION
"Spirit" Guides, HOLY SPIRIT
Inspiration (3), INSPIRATION, DIVINE
Pillar of Cloud, REVELATIONS
(4) Explicit Instructions given
As to Leaving old associations
Genesis 12:1
--Returning home
Genesis 31:3
--Assuming Leadership
Exodus 3:10
--Forward Movements
Joshua 1:2
--Waging Warfare
Judges 6:14; 2 Samuel 5:19
--Finding Supplies
1 Kings 17:3; 1 Kings 17:4; 1 Kings 17:9
--Coming out from retirement
1 Kings 18:1
--Anointing leaders
1 Kings 19:15
--Pronouncing judgments
1 Kings 21:18; 1 Kings 21:19; 2 Kings 1:3
--SEE Divine Commands, COMMANDS, DIVINE
(B) THE DIVINE LEADER -How and where he leads his People
In Difficult Places, for testing
Deuteronomy 8:2
Like a Mother Bird teaching her Young to Fly
Deuteronomy 32:11; Deuteronomy 32:12
In a Plain Path
Psalms 27:11; Psalms 60:9
Like a Shepherd
Psalms 77:20
No Place beyond the Reach of his Hand
Psalms 139:9; Psalms 139:10; Proverbs 20:24; Isaiah 63:14
Steadily toward the Cross
Mark 10:32
To the Border of the Unseen
Luke 24:50; Luke 24:51
--SEE Pillar of Cloud, REVELATIONS
"Spirit" Guides, HOLY SPIRIT
(C) INQUIRING OF GOD, seeking guidance
(1) General Examples of
Genesis 25:22; Judges 1:1; Judges 20:27; 2 Samuel 2:1; 1 Chronicles 14:14; Psalms 78:34
--SEE Prayer, PRAYER
Seekers, SEEKING GOD
(2) Inquiring through the Prophets, concerning Perplexing Questions
Business affairs
1 Samuel 9:8
Battles
1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Kings 22:7
Great Emergencies
21:2; Jeremiah 37:7
By Hypocrites
Ezekiel 14:7; Ezekiel 20:1