God's Plans Are Good

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Good morning and welcome to Occar Let's Pray Ministries. I am your host, DBC, and I'm very grateful. Thank you all tuned in once again this morning to hear scripture and to hear prayer and have an encounter with the Lord. I pray. I invite you in to hearing the topic today of God's plans are good. We're going to pray in as we always do in the morning. And then we're going to read scripture. We're going to have discussion. And then we're going to pray. Amen. We just thank God for this morning. We thank God for you. We thank God that we get to see a whole nother day. Amen. So we say, Good morning, God. Good morning, God. Good morning, God. We thank you for waking us up this morning. We thank you for putting a smile on our face and join our heart. We thank you that we woke up clothed in our right mind. God, we thank you that we can start this day anew. Start this day afresh. And God, we just ask you to have your way throughout this day, I pray. God, have your way, have your way, have your way. Holy Father, in the name of Jesus, we come before you with thankful hearts, oh God. Thank you for our life. God, our life is special. Our life is beautiful. Our life is amazing. And it's all because of you. We have this life and we thank you, oh God. God, we thank you for the many, many, many blessings you have given us each and every day. God, we can smell right now because you love us. We can smell right now and rejoice because you come and see about us. You care about us. And we thank you for that, oh God. God, we're praying for your presence today. God, we want to feel your touch this morning. We want to hear your word this morning, oh God. God, we pray that you come in and remove every distraction, every noise that is trying to hinder our growth with you, oh God. God, we want to be able to do what you are asking us to do, oh God. We want to be able to walk in your will and walk in your way today, oh God. So whatever it is you have us to do today, oh God, we pray that we be open to receive what thus says the Lord, and that we will respond and we will react to it, oh God. God, we thank you so much for loving us. We thank you so much that you have plans over each and every one of our lives. We know that there are good plans. You said you want us to have a life of abundance, a life of healing, a life of restoration, a life connected to you, oh God. God, you said that you went and sent church only with God and Son to prepare a place for us so we can be in a mansion where there's many mansions in heaven, amen. So, God, we just praying that one day we do get to see you face to face in eternity. And we pray that when we do see you in eternity, a long, long, long time from now, God, we just pray that we will Sabbath will have no end in our spirit, and that we will praise you, praise you, praise you, and love on you like never before. We thank you, oh God, for this day. Have your way throughout this podcast, I pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord. Today, let's talk about trusting God's plan when life doesn't make any sense. I know life can be hard. I know that the enemy's throwing all kinds of curveballs, and I said that before. I mean, I know life can be trying, but we have a risen Savior who has never left our side. He values us, he loves us, and he's holding on to us. That's why we can walk each and every day because he's holding us up with his grace and his mercy. And I thank God for that. And I want you to know that God's plan is not always immediate, but it is always intentional. And even when we cannot see the full picture, God is still working on our behalf. I want you to know that sometimes we say, God, where are you? God, I just don't understand. How come this happened to me? Why does it seem like no matter what I do, I just can't get ahead? God, I mean, you can say everything's going good in my life, but in this one little bitty area, it just won't get right. And that's because God has a plan. Amen. God has a plan. We would never fully understand God's plans, but we have to trust in God's plans, amen. And I want to know: do you truly trust God's plans for your life? Do you believe that God's doing great things in your life? That's something to reflect upon. Sit down and ask yourself. Write it down. Say, do I truly trust God's plans for my life? Hmm, well, God, what is them plans? Because I don't know what they are. Have a conversation with God. Reflect on your life. Reflect on the plans. Because our plans, don't throw them in, don't throw them in the ocean. Because our plans mean nothing when God has something greater in store. And I want you to know sometimes in life, we can be faced with disappointment. We can be faced with fear. And we try to divert ourselves from God's plans in our life. And God will leave the 99 and come after a little bit of us and say, come back. You're worthy of this plan. You're worthy of this blessing. You're worthy of this healing. You're worthy of this love. You're worthy. And this is what we have to understand within ourselves that we are worthy of good things. We are worthy of love. We're worthy of prosperity. We're worthy of healing. We're worthy of elevation and increase. We're worthy to be in his presence. We're worthy to have his grace and his mercy. Amen. Because we are his children and he loves us unconditionally. Amen. And I want you to know that surrender is not easy. I get that. And we've talked about that several times. But I want you to know that when you surrender, truly, truly surrender, and you let go of control, you let go of pride, you let go of anger and frustration, you will feel such a weight come off your shoulders because you're trusting God in places that you used to then trust them, right? You're telling God, I know the plans you have for me are good. I know I might go through some things. I know I might go through some struggles. I know that I might have some ups and some downs, but I believe in the plans that you have for me. Jeremiah 29, 11 states, for I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord. Thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you an expected end. Amen. Sometimes you gotta go through some stuff to get the beautiful plan. But God knows exactly what he's doing. He knows exactly when to tell you to turn that corner when it go straight. God knows exactly when to tell you now. Amen. So focus on God's voice today. Focus on his word. Focus on letting go and letting God have his way. Because God wants to build in you. God wants to manifest in you. God wants to pour love in you because when he's putting it into you, it's gonna overflow into someone else. Amen. Because God made us a blessing to be a blessing to someone else. So I want you to know that God has great plans in store. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy will come back in the morning. And I want you to know that we all go through things in life. No one said this life was going to be easy. Jesus Christ walked this earth and he went through hell and hell water, but he kept his faith. He kept on serving, he kept on believing, he kept on listening to the Father. And we have to do the same thing. We have to believe. We have to believe that there's good out there. We have to believe that it's going to come and work in our favor sooner or later. We have to believe that God is working on our behalf. Amen. I want you to know that trusting God's plans mean saying, God, take it. Take this control because I believe that you're working all things together for my good. Not some things, but all things. And even when we don't understand the process, we can trust the one who has guiding us, and there's our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Trust in the Lord with all of your heart. Lean not to your own understanding, but in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your path. Let us go to the Lord in prayer. Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, we come saying thank you, oh God. Thank you for your word today, oh God, that you know the plans that you have for us, oh God. You know, plans to give us hope in a future, plans to guide us along this journey, plans to give us a future, Heavenly Father. We thank you for that, oh God. God, we thank you for being our Father. We thank you for being our first love. We thank you for being our God. Heavenly Father, we thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you for reminding us that your thoughts toward us are good and your plans are filled with peace. Hallelujah. We bless you, oh God. God, help us to trust you more deeply each and every day. When confusion comes, steady our hearts, oh God. When disappointment rises, remind us of your faithfulness. Because God, you have been faithful to us before we was even born, Heavenly Father. You have been faithful. And we thank you for that, oh God. God, teach each and every one of us to surrender our plans, our desires, and our timelines into your hands, oh God. I pray. Help us to stop trying to control what only you can direct and you can control, oh God. Strengthen our faith in seasons of waiting and remind us that even when we cannot see it, you are still working. Let peace replace anxiety, let trust replace fear, and let our hearts rest in the assurance that you are in control. Thank you, Lord. We place our future in your hands. God, we place vision in your hands. God, we surrender all and say thank you. Have your way because your plans are good, your plans are marvelous, and can't nobody do me like Jesus. It is in Jesus Christ's name we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you all for joining me today, this morning on our care less pray ministries. I pray that you are encouraged by this word. I pray that you would trust in God's plan. Even when life feels uncertain, even when your thoughts are running haywire, I pray that you would trust in the Lord. Amen. I want you to take her. I want you to walk in peace today. I want you to walk in trust today. Trust in God with all of your heart. Believe that God is doing something extraordinary just for you. You are loved, you are favored, and you are covered by the blood of Jesus Christ. Have a blessed day. This is I care. Let's pray, ministries.