Human Will
Mental powers manifested as wishing,
choosing, desiring, or intending
The Power of Choosing:
- A choice or decision made
- The ACT of choosing – selection
- Desire, choice, willingness, consent
- Make a decision
Deuteronomy 30:15-16
See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.
For I command you today to love the Lord
your God, to walk in
obedience to him,
and to keep his commands, decrees and laws.
Then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
Joshua 24:15
If it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
2 Peter 1:5-7
Make every effort to add to your faith–goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
The Power of Determination
- The act of deciding definitely and firmly
- The result of such an act of decision
- Firm or fixed intention to achieve a desired end
- The act or process of deciding : “The moment of decision has come.”
- Determination arrived at after consideration; RESOLVE
Hebrews 12:1
Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverancethe race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus
1 Corinthians 3:13
Each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work.
The Power of Appetite
- Inherent cravings; needs and desires
- Tastes and preferences
- Passion and emotions
- Influenced by inclinations of character
Mark 7:20-22
And He was saying, “That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness.
Proverbs 18:21
The tongue has the power of
life and death,
and those who love it
will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 25:28
Like a city whose walls
are broken through
is a person who lacks
self-control.
The Power of Self-Control
- Control over one’s own actions
- Control over one’s own emotions
- Exercising authority over one’s own choices and determinations
Romans 12:2
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
James 1:5-7
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
The Power of Motive
- Intent
- To have in mind as a purpose or goal; a PLAN
- To direct the mind on; to proceed on a course.
- To determine by an act of choice to behave in a certain way.
- Something (such as a need or desire) that causes or MOTIVATES a person to act
James 4:3
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
Proverbs 16:3
All the ways of a man
are clean in his own sight,
But the Lord weighs the motives.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.
James 1:2-15
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God,who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
9 Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. 10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower. 11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.
12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of lifethat the Lord has promised to those who love him.
13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
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