Nowell Hardin
Campus Pastor | The River Church

PRE-SERMON NOTES:

• Campus Launch Connect | Visit TheRiver.cc/CampusLaunchConnect
• Baptism Sunday | Sunday, February 2 | TheRiver.cc/Baptism
• Growth Track Step One | Sunday, February 9 | 11:30am | The Gathering Place

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MESSAGE POINT
God speaks through ____________________.

PROVERBS 12:15
The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

PROVERBS 15:22
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

ECCLESIASTES 4:8-9
8 There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth…9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

HOW CAN YOU KNOW GOD’S WILL?
1)____________________ – (Promise of God)
2)____________________ – (Peace of God)
3)____________________ – (People of God)

1 KINGS 12:6-11
6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How would you advise me to answer these people?” he asked. 7 They replied, “If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants. 8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. 9 He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?” 10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “These people have said to you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. 11 My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

2 TIMOTHY 1:7
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline.

WHAT IT’S NOT | THREE WARNING SIGNS

1. “I need a____________________.”
2. “I only______________________________.”

BIBLE PATTERN OF TRUSTED VOICES

• Old Testament | Exodus 3 __________ > Jethro
• New Testament | Acts 9 (Saul) Paul > __________

WHAT IT’S NOT | THREE WARNING SIGNS

3. “No one____________________.”

JOHN 5:30
By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

MESSAGE POINT
Trusted voices start with ____________________.

MESSAGE POINT
Trusted voices ____________________ enough to tell you ____________________.

PROVERBS 27:6
Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.

MESSAGE POINT
Trusted voices see ____________________ for your __________.

MESSAGE POINT
Trusted voices don’t need ____________________.

PERSON WHO RECEIVES WISE COUNSEL

• They’re __________.
• They’re __________.
• They receive correction as __________, not __________.

Interactive notes are available on The River App. Printable notes are available alongside today’s sermon both online and in our app.