God's Plan, My Purpose

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My purpose to take a familiar words from Romans chapter 8 verse 28.

One of the promises of God that many of us have marked most of us who know the Lord have memorized this passage back to God's plan is perfect but God's plan is positive, the God's plan is providential but the fact is that God uses both pressure and pleasure to bring about his purpose and plan in our lot to fulfill our destiny, and his primary purpose and plan in our lives. Of course, is to strengthen our character and make us more and more like Jesus each day and every day is an opportunity for us to experience God's providence and you will just take that word apart for a moment probe video. It means God sees in advance, God knows. He knows perfectly what he is doing in each one of our lives and for us. Ultimately we know that it is Christlike character that is God's purpose in our lives is that what is Christlike character. Will the fruit of the spirit is really a portrait of Christ's love, joy, peace, patience and kindness and goodness and gentleness and faithfulness and self-control. The fruit of the spirit is Christ living in us. And so God arranges our days, that he might fulfill his destiny and his purpose for each one of us. Romans 828 says it so very well for we know that God is working but God is at work in our lives and we know that for those who love God all things work together for good for those who are called according to his purpose. Now frankly, this is one of the most misunderstood versus in all of the Bible. This verse does not mean that if I just think positively everything is going to work out in my life is so much more than that. It doesn't mean if I believe everything is going to turn out well at the end because we know in life in a fallen world. Not everything in this life in well but the fact is we can know that God is doing something significant that God is doing something magnificent in each one of our lives. And so what I want to do today is just really break this verse down for us because there is so much power and strength and so much significance in every word of this powerful verse Romans 828 is, it begins by saying, and we know and we know what do we know we know that our lives are not left a random chance for religious karma. Our are just good luck or bad luck. We know something we know and this is not an unproven theory, this is not a religious cliché. This is not just positive thinking.

This is the inerrant word of God. We know not conjecture, not wishful thinking, but this is a promise from God that transcends time and conquers every circumstance.

Now it seems impossible to say that all things that we know that all things are working together for good. And while it may seem impossible.

On the surface with God all things are possible. There are many things I can explain about life and you know one of brightest days on the best days is when you figure out that you don't have to answer every question, but rather there are imponderables and unexplainable's inexplicable's in life that we dare not even try to explain, but there are certain things that we do know because we don't live by explanation, we live by revelation and the question at the bottom line is this, can we trust God with our lot. Can we count on him in the midst of favorable and unfavorable circumstances to know that he is at work. Look at the world with all of his problems and all of its uncertainties, difficulties right now. We of course are praying for the Middle East.

You know God has a plan for the Middle East and God is working out his plan there, just as God has a plan for your life. I read this no man has the right to be called an optimist until he is looked into the deep abyss of this world's life and hammered out for himself on the angle of his own faith and conviction. The truth that all things are working together for the good to those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose and we know with certainty with confidence with conviction. We don't live by speculation, but we live by what we know.

So often we see this word, no appearing in Scripture. Job said I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the last day will stand upon the earth. Paul said I know whom I believe in and persuaded that he is able to keep what I've committed that which I've committed under him against that day. I know I know John tells us that we can know that we have passed from death until I he also says that we can know that when he appears, we will be like him, but we will see him as he is. We know we know we know we know this is not probably this is not, maybe this is we know so what do we know we know that God is at work in our lives.

We know that God makes no most mistakes that life is not a series of incidents and accidents, but that God by his hand of Providence is leading say well I don't know how can I trust in God. I believe God that he would work all these things out for me and yet I'm living in the/God, why, why am I living in these conditions. In this situation if you love me, why am I in the middle of this tragedy. A lady by the name of Helen Rose of their British medical missionary in the Congo number of years ago in the midst of an uprising. There she was taken captive brutally beaten and tortured and raped doing the will of God and yet a tragedy. A Trappist and later she wrote of her experience.

Helen said this, I must ask myself the question as if it came directly from the Lord.

Can you thank me for trusting you with this experience, even if I never tell you why God has trusted each one of us with our own set of unfair circumstances and unexplainable experiences. So the question today is can we trust a God even though we never understand why knowing that everything that enters our lives is filtered through his fingers through his hands of Providence, which may I remind you her nail scarred hands that everything that he allows to enter our lives comes with the tag permitted permitted doesn't mean that everything is good.

We know that bad things happen, but the fact is that we can learn to accept what he gives.

Even though it is painful, even though there is pressure to break we can find in his providence in the good hand of his grace.

The goodness of God, knowing that everything in our lives is under his control under his control.

Elton Trueblood said this faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. Again I say it all really comes down to this.

Can you trust God, will you trust God, knowing that our circumstances may not change, but as we submit to his work and his will in our lives. We will change and we become more and more like Christ. As we yield and surrender our will to his perfect will. That's when God's plan becomes our for we know that God causes.

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Now let's get back today's message God's plan. My purpose God is it in everything that God is working everything God is working all things together everything God's plan includes everything that happens to everything.

Yes, everything. It doesn't mean that everything is good, but it means that all things are working together for good, and that includes our failures, our mistakes are hurts as well as our hallelujahs, our sin, our sickness, disease, divorce – that God brings the good, the best out of the worst, and to prove that he gave his own son, the Lord Jesus Christ and at the cross and by the power of the resurrection God brought life from death. God worked it out in his own plan for his own purpose and every thing God is working together. You see, this is why we can say that piece the income security in certain become when we are trusting God. What is Isaiah 26 Teresa Isaiah 26 three says you will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you for heat trust in you. Peace, in the midst of pain and struggle and pressure. When we trust God.

Psalm 91 says that we live in the shadow of the Almighty, we are in his refuge, always under the shelter under the shadow of the Almighty. That's the safest place on earth and heaven and earth to be now in the letter to the Romans, Paul, again and again and again and again recounts the grace and the goodness of God in Romans a is the conclusion really of all that he's been saying up at the mall regarding what God's grace is accomplished and is accomplishing in our lives.

It was DL Moody, the famed evangelist who wants that I would rather live in Romans chapter 8 that in the garden of the said because in the garden of Eden man sinned and fell out the security of that place, but in Romans chapter 8 begins with no condemnation and it ends with no separation. We are secure in Romans chapter 8 is that great chapter of the Bible which teaches us of the security of the believer in Christ, we are told that we are forgiven by the grace of God that we are clean, justify by his grace we been told that we are now strengthened by the Holy Spirit because we are indwelt by the living presence of God. We are now the children of God, the sons of God.

We have been given wisdom in Christ, we have an incredible and sure hope in Christ, we are even promised assistance in prayer is the Holy Spirit is our prayer partners when we don't even know what to say and how to pray when we just grown deep within and we realize that the spirit of God is praying with us in praying for we realize that there is a certainty in Christ that a security that is in him that last forever.

And no wonder Paul. Having said all of these things pauses in the midst of this great testimony and says if God be for us, who can be against loves his promise to take care of you every step of the way.

When we fail flail around when we fall, when people disappoint us when we disappoint ourselves God's constant compassion and caring is always with us. No wonder. No wonder the apostle concludes this great eighth chapter by saying this is why needle.life or death, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, the height or depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Jesus.

Prime God knows there will be times when we are afraid when we are alone when we are sad when we are defeated when we are tempted to doubt and that is why again and over and over again. He gives us these promises to assure us of this plan.

His purpose and his very presence in our lives when we are alone and afraid God in his word assures us of his presence.

When we are ashamed God offers us his grace, his forgiveness when we are angry and disappointed.

God gives us hope and encouragement. When we are anxious in wringing your hands and worrying about the future God gives us assurance peace and serenity in him. Why, because we know we know something we know that our God is dependable and faithful is at work in everything that has to do with our lives. I love the story of of Joseph. Joseph was a young man with a dream. God given dreams in his life. And yet those dreams were shattered when he was still a young man when his brothers who despise them because of his dreams and because of his faith and favor with his family. They sold them into slavery. You remember the story, perhaps from Sunday school putting in a penny was sold as a slave to each and while a slave diligently working there was a unique spirit. God's spirit working with him and he rose to some prominence even within the prison. But then into the house of Potiphar. Well-known Egyptian statesmen of that day in yet he was falsely accused by Potiphar's wife and unfairly thrown into prison. His life is wasting away many times Joseph could've cried out God why God where are my dream.

Then when God in his own time in his own way by his own hand of Providence brought Joseph to that place of prominence in Egypt himself where he in effect was the prime minister over all of Egypt. Those very brothers who hated and him and sold them into slavery stood before him. These men were in his hands, but do as he would. What did Joseph say Joseph said you meant all of this for evil. This is found in Genesis 50 verse 20 is the Romans 828 of the Bible you meant all of this for evil against me, but God meant it for good.

You see, even the worst things in our lives. The best things the least things.

The worst thing God even uses our sin and our failure. Maybe you've experienced some tragedy of failure. Maybe it is been the breakdown of the marriage or a home or a family. Maybe you have yielded the temptation to many times did you know that you will come back to him in repentance, he will restore you and he will make things brand-new and he will do something in your life today that you never thought possible, because God is working all things together for good. Everything all things where sin abounds grace much more about and for what purpose do what in to those who love the Lord and to those who are called according to his purpose.

This is not a blanket promise this is a believer from the fact is that if you don't know the Lord. If you're living in resistance in opposition to God in your life. Things are working together for good.

There working together for the both painful result. The worst result. Imagine everything in life, even the good things will work together for your bad.

This is a promise for God's children, for those who love the Lord.

Those who are called according to his purpose. And remember his purpose. What is it to make us more like Jesus justify the word some action steps for us today. Number one affirm today that God's plan for your life is good. Trust God's plan is good. Perfect and acceptable number to stay focused on the end result. Thirdly, give thanks and rejoice in everything in your life and then finally, never give up. Romans five for endurance produces character, and character produces hope, apostle Paul said, I'm sure this, that he who began the good work in you will perform it. He will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ's. He will he will he will. We can know we can know the can PowerPoint ran into my financial that's an exciting show support and generous friends thousand dollars matching grant meeting. Every gift received by June 30 now bedeviled up to a total $200,000 with more people than ever searching for what only Jesus can provide gift today is nothing short of vital help ensure PowerPoint remains a beacon of hope in the year ahead and will say thanks for sending Dr. Gaines you assembling the come out ahead financially and request a copy: 800 795-627-1800 796-1169 and don't forget to visit Jack Graham.org where you can shop our E store. Give a gift online or sign up Dr. Graham's free daily email website again is Jack Graham.Margie Hester what is your PowerPoint for today. Noted American biker of the 20th century and a theologian, and here's what he wrote faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation that you love that.

Let me say that again. Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation for you and for me there times when we can't fully understand all this going on in our lives. There things that absolutely make no sense to us. There are painful times and perplexing times that cause us to question God's plan for our lives, but it is in those times that we must crudely and fully trust God to have a faith that is without reservation and how do we do that by understanding the truth of Romans 828 and 29. Here it is. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good for those who are called according to his purpose.

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers that we get the word synergy from the word work in this passage. In other words, God is working he is working with synergy in your life. Taking all the forces and circumstances and situations of your life and synergizing them that is working them all together for your good and for his glory.

That's why you can truly trust God even when things are not going as you expected.

Yes God does have an incredible wonderful beautiful plan for your life and that plan is indeed your purpose trust them today to work everything together for your good and to accomplish his glorious purpose and that is today. Remember when you give a gift of PowerPoint sending Dr. Graham's powerful book, a man of God is our thanks. Call one 800-7957, 100 79567 also text the word PowerPoint 31311 text 3131.

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