Episode 376
God's Plans for Our Prosperity
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." - Jeremiah 29:11
Wesleyne explores the assurance of God's plans for prosperity and hope in our lives. Reflecting on personal struggles and the lessons learned through adversity, she emphasizes God's intentions to prosper His children. Drawing from Jeremiah 29:11, Wesleyne encourages listeners to trust in God's timing and purpose, even in the midst of trials. She highlights the importance of seeking peace through prayer and finding hope as a catalyst for unwavering faith.
Takeaways
- God is not a God of defeat: He has plans to prosper us, not harm us.
- Reject negative emotions: They hinder our faith and should be surrendered to God.
- Fully surrender to God: Trust His plan and release control over circumstances.
- Continually trust and release worries: God cares for us and will provide.
Chapters
- 00:00- Overcoming moments of doubt and despair.
- 00:58- Understanding Jeremiah 29:11.
- 03:18- Letting go and trusting in His guidance.
- 05:11- Finding strength through ongoing trust and prayer.
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Transcript
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29 verses 11. He knows the plans that he has for you. God knows exactly where you are going. He knows exactly the position that you will be in in the next month, in the next year.
in the next 10 years. He has plans for you to prosper. Prosperity. What does prosperity mean? That means he has plans for you to walk in your calling. Plans for you to not always be anxious or not confident or scared or
plans for you to walk into the purpose that he designed for you specifically.
not to harm you at Times life gets difficult and it gets hard and we say God why am I going through this so much pain? God, why are you punishing me? God never punishes you At times he may allow us to go through trials or tribulations Because there is a lesson in that trial. There is a lesson in that hardship when I think
The times in my life when I've gotten on my knees and I said, Lord, why me? Why am I feeling so much pain? Why is my heart broken? Why is my body broken? Why is my mind broken? And I cry out to him and I ask him those why questions. He wants us to ask him everything that is on our mind. And
Wesleyne (:get up from those times of prayer and I have a little bit of peace in that storm. I have a little bit of calm when the world around me feels so tumultuous. And the next day or the next week or the next month, I can see why God allowed me to go through that difficult path. And he has plans to give us hope and a future. What is
Hope is knowing that this will not always Be my state Hope is the first step to having faith. If you don't have hope you can't have faith because hope is I hope this is gonna happen. I hope i'm going to be healed. I hope i'm going to get a new job. I hope And once you start saying I hope the next thing you're saying is I have faith that god will
redeem me. have faith that God will deliver me. And that is what we focus on in our future. Have hope, have faith and know that in our future, God has plans for us to prosper. God wants us to prosper. Whatever you're going through in this moment, know that this is just a season of
that God wants you to prosper.
