GOD’S PLAN FOR MY LIFEPassages That Pump Me Up

Message Series - Part 3 06-07-15

Pastor Chuck Bernal

Hope is as essential to your life as air and water. The truth is, you need hope to cope.  Hope comes from having a purpose. When life has meaning, you can bear almost anything.

Without it, nothing is bearable. Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning.

MISSING GOD’S PLANS FOR MY LIFE

In the Bible, many different people expressed this hopelessness.

I have labored to no purpose; I have spent my strength in vain and for nothing.  (Isaiah 49:4 - NIV)

My life drags by – day after hopeless day . . . I give up; I am tired of living. Leave me alone. My life makes no sense. (Job 7:6 – LB / Job

7:16 – GNB)

The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose

UNDERSTANDING GOD’S PLANS FOR MY LIFE

For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen.  You will find me when you seek me, if you look for me in earnest. (Jeremiah 29:11 – LB)

God’s plans are ____________________________________________________

I know the plans I have . . . says the Lord. (LB)

I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out — (Msg)

God’s plans are ____________________________________________________

the plans I have for you . . .

plans to take care of you . . . (Msg)

God’s plans are ____________________________________________________

They are plans for good and not for evil,

not abandon you — (Msg)

God’s plans are ____________________________________________________

They are plans . . . to give you a future and a hope.

plans to give you the future you hope for. (Msg)

KNOWING GOD’S PLANS FOR MY LIFE

In those days when you pray, I will listen.  You will find me when you seek me, if you look for me in earnest. (Jeremiah 29:12-13 – LB)

Trust the Lord completely; don’t ever trust yourself.  In everything you do, put God first, and he will direct you and crown your efforts with success. (Proverbs 3:5-6 – LB)

To know God’s plans for my life, I have to _______________________ Him

To know God’s plans for my life, I have to _______________________ Him

To know God’s plans for my life, I have to ____________________ to Him

EMBRACING GOD’S PLANS FOR MY LIFE

Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated to his service and pleasing to him. This is the true worship that you should offer. Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God—what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect.

(Romans 12:1-2 – GNB)

When you embrace God’s plan, your life will _____________________ Him

When you embrace God’s plan, your life will be _______________________

When you embrace God’s plan, your life will be _______________________

God only speaks to those who take the time to listen.

(Rick Warren)UNDERSTANDING GOD’S PLANS FOR MY LIFE

God’s plans are powerful

God’s plans are personal

God’s plans are pratical

God’s plans are positive

KNOWING GOD’S PLANS FOR MY LIFE

To know God’s plans for my life, I have to seek Him

To know God’s plans for my life, I have to trust Him

To know God’s plans for my life, I have to yield to Him

EMBRACING GOD’S PLANS FOR MY LIFE

When you embrace God’s plan, your life will honor Him

When you embrace God’s plan, your life will be changed

When you embrace God’s plan, your life will be fulfilled

plans to take care of you, not abandon you

I’ll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I’m doing. I

have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you

hope for.

12 “When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I’ll listen.

13-14 “When you come looking for me, you’ll find me.

“Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I’ll make sure you

won’t be disappointed.”

For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen.  You will find me when you seek me, if you look for me in earnest. (Jeremiah 29:11-13 – LB)

God’s plans are personal “The plans I have for you”God’s plans are positive “They are plans for good and not for evil”God’s plans are powerful “To give you a future and a hope”