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| God Has Great Plans For You by PastorAde: 9:59am On Feb 18, 2010 |
[center]God Has Great Plans for You[/center] For I know the plans I have for you , declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11). Then God said: Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all creatures that move along the ground (Genesis: 1:26, emphasis added). He sent a man before them, even Joseph who was sold for a servant: Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him. The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. He made him the Lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance (possessions) (Psalm 105: 17-21, emphasis added). Behold, we count them happy which endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy (James 1:11). God has great plans for every human being on the face of the earth. He’s a good God who loves all of his creatures. God has great plans for every individual regardless the population of the earth past, present or future. That’s why no person’s finger print is the same as another. God’s model plan for man (male and female) is recorded in the second Scriptures above. Man was made in God’s image and likeness to rule over lesser creatures and over all the earth. This was God’s plan and it has not changed regardless the failure of the first man and woman – Adam and Eve - to fulfill God’s original plan. Due to Adam’s failure, God introduced the plan of salvation through Jesus Christ, Who came into the world, died on the cross of Calvary, shed His precious blood to redeem (buy back) man from the fall in order that God’s great plan can be fulfilled in the lives of those who truly give their lives to Christ. Let’s consider, for example, the life of Joseph. At the age of 17, God gave him dreams in which he saw himself reigning over his brothers and his entire family bowing down to him. For these his brothers hated and persecuted him. He was eventually sold into slavery. As a house boy in the house of Portiphar, he served faithfully and fled from the temptation of committing adultery with his master’s wife. Eventually he was imprisoned. In prison, he found favor with the keeper of the prison. In spite of his prison experience, God still worked out his great plans for him. Through his gift of interpretation of dreams, he was able to interpret the dreams of Pharaoh’s officers, and King Pharaoh’s. Eventually, he was released from prison and became the prime minister of Egypt. Job was another example. He was a very wealthy man, the greatest of all the men of the East (Job 1: 3). In one day, he lost everything he had. Furthermore, all his children died in one day. In spite of his calamity, he never cursed God but rather said: “the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord”. During Job’s adversity the plan of God was still intact. Job was patient through it all and at the end the Lord showed him pity and mercy. God restored to him double all he had lost. Moreover, he had seven sons and three daughters. Let’s now consider you, dear reader. God has great plans for you. But how shall this great plan be fulfilled? It is by cooperating with your Maker. It is by first of all accepting His great plan of salvation for you. The Bible says: “But seek you first the kingdom of God and His righteousness: and all these things shall be added to you” (Matthew 6: 33). When you accept God’s plan of salvation for you through Jesus Christ the Redeemer, then God’s great plan shall also be fulfilled in your life. God plans to give you hope and a future. Do you want this great plan to be fulfilled? Then pray this prayer out loud: Lord Jesus, come into my heart, wash away my sins. I confess you as my Lord and Savior. Let your great plan be fulfilled in my life, in Jesus’ Precious Name, Amen. For prayers and enquiries: write, call or email: Prevailing Word & Prayer Ministries Inc. P.O.Box 11875, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria. E-mail: josey500@yahoo.com. Tel. 2348033155417. |
| Re: God Has Great Plans For You by orossy: 3:18am On Feb 19, 2010 |
This message points us in the right direction. God has great plans for us, but we need to come to him for direction and guidance with all that we have to find the solution to his will in our lives amen.   |
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