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Dr. Ryan, today I want to talk to you about how God's plan in your life prevails.

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This proverb 1921 says, many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's

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purpose that prevails.

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Let's break this down.

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We have a lot of plans and a lot of ideas for our life.

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This word refers to the different thoughts that we can have about our life.

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I'm going to do this.

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I'm going to do that.

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I'm going to go here.

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I'm going to go there.

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We have a lot of thoughts, a lot of wild thoughts about life.

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Plans also means this word devices.

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This is interesting.

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We come up with platforms and devices for what we're going to do with our life.

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It's really interesting.

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Another word to describe this word plans is inventions.

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Boy, have we all invented a lot of things that we shouldn't have with our life.

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How does God take all of the plans that we have?

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By the way, a lot of them aren't good.

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A lot of our thoughts, a lot of our devices, a lot of our inventions and our ideas, they're

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not from God.

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How does God weave all this together?

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How does God draw straight with our crooked lines?

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This verse provides so much hope.

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Many are the plans.

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We've had a lot of thoughts, a lot of devices, and a lot of intentions in a person's heart,

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but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.

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Okay.

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Ryan, what you're telling me is that all of my crooked plans, God can draw a straight

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line with and he can prevail in my life?

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Yes.

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So, when we say prevails, what we mean here is that God will maintain a purpose in your

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life.

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God will help you to endure through all of the difficulties, all the times that you want

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to quit, all the times that you want to give up.

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God will help you to establish your life and your future if you hold on to him one day

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at a time.

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The great test of life is that life tries to break us.

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It tries to destroy us.

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It tries to tear us down and take our courage and take our boldness and take our dreams

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and take our hopes because we stick to our plans.

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Now when we get tired of our plans, when we get tired of our thoughts, tired of our devices,

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and tired of our inventions, then we're ready for God to prevail in our life.

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Then we say, God, please maintain your plan for my life.

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God help me to endure for your plan in my life.

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God please establish your plan in my life.

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God help me to persist with your plan for my life.

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And then lastly, God make binding your plan for my life.

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You see, our plans don't work.

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When we understand that and we trust God, then his plan starts to prevail.

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So our plans fail, God's plan prevails.

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Has to do with trust.

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Has to do with focus.

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Has to do with perseverance.

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Has to do with never quitting.

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Never quitting or giving up.

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I hope this is an encouragement to you.

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Until next time, I hope you have a beautiful day.