Dictionary entry

GUIDANCE

Thompson Chain Topics

(A) GUIDANCE,divine

(1)Promised to the Obedient

Into Pleasant Paths
Ps 23:2

In Making Decisions
Ps 25:9; Ps 32:8

Unto the End of Life
Ps 48:14

By Wise Counsel
Ps 73:24

By the Still Small Voice
Isa 30:21

In the Midst of Uncertainties
Isa 42:16; Isa 48:17

By Divine Illumination
Lu 1:79; Joh 10:4

Into all Truth
Joh 16:13

--SEEInspiration (2),INSPIRATION, DIVINE
"Spirit" Teacher,HOLY SPIRIT
Enlightenment,LIGHT
Light Promised,LIGHT
Wisdom Promised,WISDOM

(2) Sought

Ps 5:8; Ps 25:5; Ps 27:11; Ps 143:10; Ac 1:24

--SEETeachableness,PATIENCE
Crying to God,EARNESTNESS
&EARNESTNESS
Seekers,SEEKING GOD
Instruction Sought,RECEPTION

(3) Examples of

Ge 25:27; Ex 13:21; Ne 9:19; Ps 78:14; Mt 2:9

--SEEInstruction,RECEPTION
"Spirit" Guides,HOLY SPIRIT
Inspiration (3),INSPIRATION, DIVINE
Pillar of Cloud,REVELATIONS

(4) Explicit Instructionsgiven

As to Leaving old associations
Ge 12:1

--Returning home
Ge 31:3

--Assuming Leadership
Ex 3:10

--Forward Movements
Jos 1:2

--Waging Warfare
Jud 6:14; 2Sa 5:19

--Finding Supplies
1Ki 9

--Coming out from retirement
1Ki 18:1

--Anointing leaders
1Ki 19:15

--Pronouncing judgments
1Ki 19; 2Ki 1:3

--SEEDivine Commands,COMMANDS, DIVINE

(B) THE DIVINE LEADER-How and where he leads his People

In Difficult Places,for testing
De 8:2

Like a Mother Birdteaching her Young to Fly
De 12

In a Plain Path
Ps 27:11; Ps 60:9

Like a Shepherd
Ps 77:20

No Place beyond the Reach of his Hand
Ps 10; Pr 20:24; Isa 63:14

Steadily toward the Cross
Mr 10:32

To the Border of the Unseen
Lu 51

--SEEPillar of Cloud,REVELATIONS
"Spirit" Guides,HOLY SPIRIT

(C) INQUIRING OF GOD,seeking guidance

(1) General Examplesof

Ge 25:22; Jud 1:1; Jud 20:27; 2Sa 2:1; 1Ch 14:14; Ps 78:34

--SEEPrayer,PRAYER
Seekers,SEEKING GOD

(2) Inquiring through the Prophets,concerning Perplexing Questions

Business affairs
1Sa 9:8

Battles
1Sa 23:2; 1Ki 22:7

Great Emergencies
2Ki 3:11

Sickness
2Ki 8:8

The Teachings of the Scriptures
2Ki 22:13

The Issues of war
Jer 21:2; Jer 37:7

By Hypocrites
Eze 14:7; Eze 20:1