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GOD’S PLAN FOR MY LIFE
Hope is as essential to your life as air and water. The
truth is, you need hope to cope. Hope comes from
having a purpose.
When life has meaning, you can bear almost anything. Without it, nothing is bearable.
Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no
meaning.
MISSING GOD’S PLANS FOR MY LIFE
In the Bible, many different people expressed this hopelessness.
I have labored to no purpose;
I have spent my strength in vain and for nothing. (Isaiah 49:4 – New International
Version)
My life drags by – day after hopeless day . . . I give up;
I am tired of living. Leave me alone. My life makes no
sense. (Job 7:6 – Living Bible / Job 7:16 – Good News
Bible)
The greatest tragedy is not death, but life
without purpose
UNDERSTANDING GOD’S PLANS FOR MY LIFE
For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not
for evil, to give you a future and a
hope.
In those days when you pray,
I will listen. You will find me when you seek me, if you
look for me in earnest.
(Jeremiah 29:11 – Living Bible)
God’s plans are powerful
I know the plans I have . . . says the Lord. (Living Bible)
I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out —
(The Message)
God’s plans are personal
the plans I have for you . . . plans to take care of you . . .
(The Message)
God’s plans are practical
They are plans for good and not for evil, not abandon you
—(The Message)
God’s plans are positive
They are plans . . . to give you
a future and a hope.plans to give you the future
you hope for. (The Message)
KNOWING GOD’S PLANS FOR MY LIFE
In those days when you pray,
I will listen. You will find me when you seek me, if you look for me in earnest.
(Jeremiah 29:12-13 – Living Bible)
Trust the Lord completely; don’t ever trust yourself.
In everything you do, put God first,
and he will direct you and crown your efforts with
success. (Proverbs 3:5-6 – Living
Bible)
To know God’s plans for
my life, I have to seek Him
To know God’s plans for
my life, I have to trust Him
To know God’s plans for my life, I have to
yield to Him
EMBRACING GOD’S PLANS FOR MY LIFE
Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated
to his service and pleasing to
him. This is the true worship that
you should offer.
Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this
world, but let God transform you inwardly
by a complete change of your mind.
Then you will be able to know the will of God—what is good and is pleasing to
him and is perfect.
(Romans 12:1-2 – Good News Bible)
When you embrace God’s plan, your life
will honor Him
When you embrace God’s plan, your life
will be changed
When you embrace God’s plan, your life
will be fulfilled
God only speaks to those who take the time to
listen.(Rick Warren)
Let’s Pray