Life is hard. Challenges arise nearly each day that can have a tendency to cripple us or leave us discouraged. Christianity is a tall order, and it seems easy sometimes to see how short we fall of what God has called us to. During times like these, thoughts can swirl around in our heads like, “God doesn’t love me,” “I’ve done too much for God to forgive,” “I need to work my way back into God’s good graces,” or “I feel distant from God so maybe I actually am.” Each day it is important to remember that God has never stopped loving you despite how you may feel about it. He wants to show you His love through His mercy, grace, and forgiveness.
God’s plan for YOU…
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. Proverbs 16:9
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; …Ecclesiastes 3:1-22
And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. Isaiah 58:11
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. Proverbs 19:21
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Psalm 32:8
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! Psalm 27:14
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31
But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who Love Him ” 1 Corinthians 2:9
The steps of a man are established by The Lord, when he delights in his way. Psalm 37:23
If you abide in Me, and My Word abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. John 15:7
Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 23:18
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. …John 15:1-27
“For God so Loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
Commit your work to The LORD, and your plans will be established. The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. Proverbs 16:3-4
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, Ephesians 3:20
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 2 Peter 3:9
“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
The Lord of hosts has sworn: “As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand. Isaiah 14:24
Delight yourself in The Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6
Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:16
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, …Psalm 91:1-16
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6
“If you Love me, you will keep My commandments.” John 14:15
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
Romans 10:17 ESV / 151 helpful votes
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Psalm 33:11 ESV / 151 helpful votes
The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.
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Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. Isaiah 55:8
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you. …Isaiah 43:1-6
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast Love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. Psalm 138:8
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. Habakkuk 2:3
For as the Heavens are higher than the Earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9
Jesus answered him, “If anyone Loves me, he will keep My Word, and mMy Father will Love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not Love Me does not keep my words. And the Word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s Who sent me. John 14:23-24
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! Matthew 7:7-11
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because The Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound. Isaiah 61:1
You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book? Psalm 56:8
Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:4
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under Heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1
“I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.” Job 42:2
Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of His own purpose and grace, which He gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began. 2 Timothy 1:9
Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. Proverbs 15:22
In Him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him Who works all things according to the counsel of His will. Ephesians 1:11