Summary
Today we’ll be discussing the plans we make for our lives. So often, our plans symbolize control. Giving up control of our life’s direction can be scary and feel unsafe. But this is all part of growing in trust of our heavenly Father. As we continue in that direction today, may you feel encouraged and motivated to place your plans in the hands of a capable, trustworthy Father who has your best interest in mind, always.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we'll be discussing the plans we make for our lives. So often our plans symbolize control. |
| 0:13.3 | Giving up control of our life's direction can be scary and feel unsafe. But this is all part of growing in trust in our Heavenly Father. |
| 0:24.4 | As we continue in that direction today, |
| 0:27.4 | may you feel encouraged and motivated to place your plans |
| 0:31.6 | in the hands of a capable, trustworthy father |
| 0:35.4 | who has your best interest in mind always. Welcome to the First 15 |
| 0:41.6 | podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Proverbs chapter 19 verse 21 |
| 1:09.2 | Scripture says many are the plans in the mind of a man but it is the purpose of the |
| 1:17.5 | lord that will stand our plans are one of the areas of life in which it can be most difficult to trust God. |
| 1:29.3 | So often we look within ourselves to discover desires and ambitions |
| 1:35.3 | and form plans based solely on our understanding and limited perspective. |
| 1:41.3 | We place the weight of planning our lives squarely on our own shoulders |
| 1:47.6 | and settle for a life filled with pressure and failure. Our Heavenly Father is speaking over |
| 1:57.4 | his children, his great desire to guide us. He longs to share his wonderful plans with us |
| 2:05.3 | that will satisfy the deepest desires of our hearts and help us store up bountiful treasure in |
| 2:12.8 | heaven with him. James chapter 4 verses 13 through 15 illustrates the necessity of looking to God for our plans. |
| 2:24.3 | Scripture says, come now you who say today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town |
| 2:33.3 | and spend a year there and trade and make a profit. |
| 2:37.0 | Yet, you do not know what tomorrow will bring. |
| 2:42.0 | What is your life? |
| 2:44.0 | For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. |
| 2:50.0 | Instead, you ought to say, if the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that. |
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