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 "question": "How can we know the will of God for our lives?",
 "answer": "To know the will of God we first have to understand what His will includes. God's will for the life of every believer has three dimensions: the what, the where, and the why.\n\nThe operational will of God is the what. God has something He wants us to do with our lives - a specific task for every believer, a ministry defined by our spiritual gift.\n\nThe race we are called to run is determined beforehand, but we still have choices. We choose whether to run, how to run, and whether to endure and press on to find the will of God for our lives. What God calls us to may not be the thing we would have chosen, but it is the one and only thing that can fulfill us and give us abundant life.",
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  "What does God's will for our lives entail in terms of actions and tasks?",
  "How do we discover and understand what God wants us to do with our lives?",
  "What are the key elements that make up God's will for every Christian's life?"
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 "topic_anchor": "Will of God",
 "derivation": "derived-definition",
 "source_authority": "authoritative",
 "author": "Gene Cunningham",
 "book": "The Basics",
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  "ref": "The Basics, Unit 3 - The Will of God (pp. 123-124)",
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