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Romans 8:30. God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the

Yes to PREDESTINATION.  Has God chosen us.  It is clear in scripture that He has a plan for us and throughout different versions of this scripture, the word predestined is used frequently.  His Glory allows His light to shine in our life.

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Ecclesiastes 3:5-8. A time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing. A time to search and a time

If this is a rough season in your life, I have good news.  It can only mean that the next season is looking up already.  God is our protector and His promises of provision for His children is clear. Trust and patience yields results.

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Philippians 2:3-4. Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own

Sometimes blind ambition can get the better of us.  Let us be careful of the enemy playing with our minds.  Let us trust and love one another and understand the uniqueness and strengths of others around us and in that way we will care for their interests as well.

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Proverbs 16:9. A man’s mind plans his way , But the Lord directs his steps and establishes them.

Just today, I spent quite sometime planning, thinking, and planning some more.  Then I had to laugh because God must be laughing just looking at me.  I am a planner and that can be good.  However inflexibility is not.  We have to be careful to plan so much that we plan right out of God's will for our life

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Psalm 27:14. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.

Everything is about God's timing.  We need to realize that we will often have to wait patiently for Him to show us His plans for us.  He wants us to grow in trust of Him, which happens at those times when we must rely on Him completely to come through for us.  Life is not served on the diamond platter.  It is revealed with our purpose gradually and clearly so that we do not miss what He has in store for us.

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Matthew 5:39. But I say to you, do not resist an evil person ; but whoever slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other toward him also .

WE are called to grace even when we believe that people do not deserve it.  Turn the other cheek is what God says.  Forgiveness and mercy is what God calls out.  Sometimes easier said than done.  Take it one step at a time.  Pray first for a heart of forgiveness, and then maintain your poise even as situations may get difficult around you.

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1 Corinthians 13:7. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Without love, we are simply words without any hope, meaning, or substance.  Even the simple things in life must be treated with kindness, thankfulness, and grace.

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Isaiah 55:9. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Sometimes we rely so much on our knowledge and we forget to trust God.   As a matter of fact we may go to make decisions about marriages, careers, major life decisions without even asking God.  We may even go to the point of just doing what we want instead of holding off and waiting.  Just because something looks good on the outside, does not always mean it is right for us or even at this time in our life.  Ask God's guidance, He will never refuse it.