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Prayer
Hymn: Blessed Assurance
Memory Verse: Psalms 107:20 He sent His word and healed them,
And delivered them from their destructions.
And delivered them from their destructions.
Lesson: The Plan of God
Pastor remarks and intro of first principle
First Principle: What seems like a surprise to us is often a plan of God.
Characters: Jacob & Leah
Scripture Reference: Genesis 29:25 And it came to pass, that in the
morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done
unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou
beguiled me?
Both
Jacob and Rachel had reason to expect a different outcome.
Jacob
had an agreement with Laban, who was the father of Rachel and Leah.
After
seven years of labor, Jacob was to be given Laban’s younger daughter, Rachel.
When the
time came for Jacob and Rachel to be married, Laban switched his daughters at
the last minute.
Jacob,
Rachel, and Leah were all surprised.
What
seems like a surprise to us is often a plan to God.
Question: How
do you imagine they each felt?
Follow Up Question: What
proof do we have that this switch was the ultimate plan of God?
Conclusion: God
does not first seek our permission before He upsets our plans. The life that we
live does not belong to us. God has a greater purpose for your life than you
may realize or even be willing at times to embrace. Nonetheless, God is both
sovereign and supreme and you can trust yourself to the plan of God.
Pastor remarks and intro of second principle
Second Principle: You will never catch God unprepared for what you are going to
do.
Characters: Jonah and the Big Fish
Scripture Reference: Jonah 1:17 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish
to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and
three nights.
God told
Jonah to go to Ninevah, an ancient city in modern day Iraq.
Jonah
decided he would disobey God and boarded a boat bound for Turkey.
However,
Jonah did not catch God unprepared for what He would do.
Question: What
does it mean, “God had prepared a great fish?”
Follow Up Question: Was
God prepared to punish Jonah or to save Jonah?
Conclusion: Scriptures tell us that God knows the end from the
beginning and therefore already knows what we will do. God’s plan is to
continually guide us back into His will so that we may live a blessed and
fruitful life despite our failures. It is never best to go against the will of
God, but if we do, we have an advocate with the Father, His name is Jesus.
Pastor remarks and intro
of third principle
Third Principle: God has a plan for every man and a man for every plan.
Characters: You
Scripture Reference: Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his
purpose.
God has
a master plan for your life.
God’s
plan is perfect. However, we are not.
God has
not planned your failure.
When we
fall short of God’s design, He catches us and offers us a best way back.
There is
always something you can do to please God.
Question: Do you know
the plan of God for your life(Jeremiah 29:11)?
Follow Up Question: Consider
what you can do right now to please God.
Conclusion: Not
everything that happens is the plan of God but God has a plan for everything
that happens. All things work together for good to them who love God and are
called according to His purpose … that’s you.
Pastor closing remarks
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