Hello, my friends. Welcome back. It is time for the morning mindset. Are you ready to get

your mind aligned with the truth of God today? That's our task before us. We are returning

today to our study through the book of Proverbs. I hope you're ready to receive some shots

of wisdom today as we look at the fact that God is active in everything. But before I

do, let me remind you that even during this difficult financial time, there are still

many people who are in need of your help through not a needy person. That is a nonprofit that

we started where 100% of your donations go to the needs that you see listed on the website.

People come, they submit their donations. We vet them by calling and checking out the

situation, making everything is on the up and up. And then asking you to look at the

needs that are there and give to the ones that you feel the Lord leading you to do. Please

check it out at not a needyperson.org. Or today, we're looking at Proverbs chapter 21. And

we have a handful of verses from Proverbs that tell us about God being active and being

in control in every circumstance. And we have a variety of circumstances here to look at

to give us that idea. Let's look at Proverbs 21.1. It says, the King's heart is a stream

of water in the hand of the Lord. He turns it wherever he will. So by King, the writer

is referring to world leaders. He's referring to those who lead nations. And he's saying,

even those people, no matter how powerful they may seem and no matter how godless they

may seem, they are in the Lord's hand. And he turns them. He moves them wherever he will.

So we often hear people making a massive push to get the right president or the right congressman

or the right governor in place. And I'm not saying that voting and things like that

are not important. But friends, we need to keep it all in perspective. God is active in

those things. And he's able to use even the hardest heart, even the one who is furthest

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