Hi, and welcome to the Five Word Prayers Daily, a five day a week daily devotional where we share the word, prayers, in our heart.

I'm Lisa Whittle, and I welcome you to just five minutes with me, which I trust and pray will be five minutes well spent.

We're talking this week on the show about letting go and holding on and how God asks us to do both in our life.

Today and tomorrow, we're going to focus on the holding on part. Man, if holding on to God in this life isn't a lifestyle for you, we are not on the same

page because I feel like most of my life is holding on for dear life. And anytime I'm out of whack,

it's because I have let my grip get too loose. Today I want to talk about God's plans. What is

God's plan for your life? You think you know?

Wouldn't you like to know? One thing is for sure, we'd better be holding on tight to the plan of God

since he's the one who knows the best one for each of us, right?

So I think when we think of God's plan for our life, we get really nitty-gritty and customize

it right away, and we'll get to that in a minute.

But I want us to remember first that some of God's plan for us is universal, and it's pretty

clear in Scripture.

His plan is for us to go and make disciples, Matthew 28, to love, John 13, really all throughout the

Bible, to live with an eternal perspective, Colossians 3, 2. Those plans are set. That already

tells us a lot of what we need to be doing with our time, so there's not a lot to figure out

in that regard. I think a lot of us look around for things to do and forget completely

that our job description is really already in the Bible. We just need to be looking there and then

look at our life and where we are and plug in that scenario and that space. We don't have to look

any further for ministry than what is right in front of us. We of course pray and stay open to God to

move and use us wherever, but I'm convinced a whole lot more of us just need to get busy right

where we are. God's plan is for us to activate today. So what do we know about God's plan that we

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