Tag: plan
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A Blind Man and God’s Plan
1As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.–John 9
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God’s Plans Are Fulfilled
17For God has put it into their [His enemies’] hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority, until God’s words are fulfilled.–Revelation 17
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Doxology
33Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and His paths beyond tracing out! 34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?” 35“Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?” 36For from Him and through Him and for Him are…
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Goodness and God’s Plan
9“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him 10and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.–Acts 7 His…
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Naomi, Part 3: Plan
1Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?2Is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.3Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down…
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The Certain Plan of God
1Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. For I have delivered into your hands the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land. 2You shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and…
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The Oldest Verse in the Bible
4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence.–Ephesians 1 Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed…
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Sticking to the Plan [1-minute read]
1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 2And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it. 3And he cast for it four rings of gold for…
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Unless the Lord
1Unless the LORD builds the house,those who build it labor in vain.Unless the LORD watches over the city,the watchman stays awake in vain.–Psalm 127 Here is the great tension between our efforts and God’s plan. Here are 7 thoughts that jumped out at me as I drink my first cup of coffee this morning.
Joel M Bradshaw 