We must try to remember that God has a plan for each and every one of us…we will find the Fruits of the Spirit love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control in His plan not in our own ideas about how life should be.
” ‘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
(This photo was taken last month on a lake in central Minnesota)
The Lord said while speaking to Joshua…
“Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:6-9
(This photo was taken in October of 2014 while driving the north shore of Maui)
Paul writes to Timothy…
“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.”
2 Timothy 1:6-7
(This photo was taken in October of 2014 while driving on the north shore of Maui)
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.”
Psalm 32:8
(This photo was taken in June of 2013 while driving through Nebraska)
Two very important aspects of faith are patience and persistence. Patience to know that God is working in our lives according to His plan not our own ideas. Persistence to seek guidance from God to understand His plan so that we work together for His glory and our salvation. The verses below do not say you will get what ever you want or you will get the answers you desire or that every opportunity you want will come your way. One of the hardest part of transformation is to read the verses of God’s Word from a God centered perspective and not a self-centered perspective. May God’s peace be with you.
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Matthew 7:7-8
(This photo was taken in June of 2012 while driving through northwestern Wisconsin)
“I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.”
Jeremiah 24:7
(This photo was taken in March of 2013 while visiting the Botanical Gardens at the Bellagio in Las Vegas)
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13
(This photo was taken in June of 2013 while visiting with friends in Denver, Colorado)
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.”
John 10:27-28
(This photo was taken in June of 2013 while driving through Nebraska)
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law of the Prophets.”
Matthew 7:12
(No photo – picture in your mind the person you will serve today)
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God – children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John 1:1-14
(This photo was taken in June of 2013 while driving through Colorado)
Take Your Faith With You 