Saturday... To control or be correct, which will it be?

Proverbs 16:1 (NLT) says, "We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answers." It feels so good to make our own decisions but it also is so good to make the right ones."

The book of Proverbs in the Old Testament in the Bible is such a good book. All of the tidbits of truth that every verse brings. And this is one of them.

I jokingly say to the person behind the counter when the machine says approved after I have put my debit card in, "I love that word. I need affirmation." I know, I know, it's one of those grandpa jokes. but I really do like being approved. And my affirmation doesn't come from making my own plans but having the right answers.

Oh, we all have our opinions, don't we but where do they come from? The NIRV says, "People make plans in their hearts. But the Lord puts the correct answer on their tongues."

I have been spending some time asking God about a certain area in our life that He would give us wisdom and He would show us the right answers. I want confidence from God not from myself. I want His approval, I want His right answers.

So in seeking an answer, prayer is where we start, followed by spending time in His Word. Before getting into the Bible you might pray; open my eyes to see, my ears to hear, my heart to comply and my mind to connect. God does answer that prayer.

Now if you are in the Bible on a regular basis God will bring what you have read to your mind in these times of need. Again, "We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answers." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

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Friday... So what is it that you really fear?

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