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Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Proverbs 19:21, ESV
We think we have complete control over our lives, but natural and man-made disasters, illnesses, and accidents remind us that we have very little control.
Knowing God is in control helps to calm us and be the calming help of someone going through one of those emergencies, for His glory
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal”
Matthew 6:19, ESV
Money and things are not bad, but they can distract us from the One who blesses us with those things.
Trust in God alone who can and does meet our needs.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Psalm 23:6, ESV
Our God has shown us so much mercy and grace through the cross, and now we await eternity in His presence.
But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
Isaiah 64:8, ESV
Knowing that God is our Creator and the one who molds us should give us confidence that He knows what is best and how to guide our lives.
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
2 Peter 3:9, ESV
We have seen that God keeps His promises. While we yearn for others to come to Christ, we can rest in the knowledge that He waited long enough for us to know Him.
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:23, ESV
Our hearts are deceitful and wicked, so only the Lord of Life can cleanse us. Therefore, protect it by trusting in our God and Savior.
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
Revelation 5:13, ESV
We can get distracted and dismayed by this world, but we know that even rocks will cry out for God’s glory, let alone the loving things.
If Creation itself can trust Him, so can we.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17, ESV
We fight and divide, but God stepped down to reconcile us and call us friends and adopted brothers in Christ.
“For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
Isaiah 54:10, ESV
We break God’s Law and covenants all the time, but He never will forsake us. We are found in Christ by grace through faith, and He is faithful.
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
1 John 4:15, ESV
We must believe and confess that belief that Jesus is the living, incarnate Son of God – God in flesh – to be saved.
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