James 4:14-15

Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."

Thoughts on Today's Verse....

"If the Lord wills!" Do you do short term and long range planning? I do. But my planning always has an invisible asterisk: "If Lord, this is your will and your timing." I don't know about you, but God has shown me time and again that if I will be open to him, his timing is always better than my planning. Does that mean I quit planning? Nope. I just plan with prayer, asking for wisdom and the Holy Spirit to help me find God's timing to know and do his will (James 1:5-6 & Ephesians 5:15-18). Life is too short to not plan with prayer and walk led by the Spirit!

Life’s Principles

Fight all your battles on your knees and you win every time.

Trusting God means looking beyond what we can see to what God sees.

If necessary, God will move heaven and earth to show us His will.

God assumes full responsibility for our needs when we obey Him.

Limit God

 “We dare not limit God in our asking, or in His answering.”

The Cup

 “The optimist says, the cup is half full.  The pessimist says, the cup is half empty.  The child of God says, my cup is running over.”

Quotes

. Your self-portrait determines your self-conduct.

. Your decisions decide your wealth.

.  The instruction you follow determines the future you create.

. God’s only pain is to be doubted; God’s only pleasure is to be believed.

Evangelism:

The most overlooked key to growing a church: we must love unbelievers the way Jesus did.

"Revival is restoring the years the locusts have eaten."