Plans For Good

I. EXORDIUM:

Have you plan something for good but ended up failed? You are not GOD, only GOD can complete His Plans for us.

II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:

Believers

III. OBJECTIVES:

To show that the end justifies the means when GOD worked for us, it is only for our own good.

IV. TEXT:

Jeremiah 29:11 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

V. THESIS:

When GOD planned for us, it is only for our own good. What GOD have planned from eternity past will happen in the eternity future.

VI. TITLE:

Plans For Good

VII. EXPLICATION:

A. Author: Jeremiah

B. Contents: Biography and message of the weeping prophet

C. Period: Dark days in the kingdom of Judah, from 13th year of Josiah (last good king) until several years beyond the captivity.

D. Main Themes: backsliding, bondage and restoration of the Jews

VIII. MAIN BODY:

A. GOD knows His plans for us

1. GOD's plans for us are too numerous to list (Psalms 40:5)

Psalms 40:5 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)

O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders for us. Your plans for us are too numerous to list. You have no equal. If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds, I would never come to the end of them.

2. Not only that but He knows and destroys the plans of the wicked for us (Nehemiah 4:15)

Nehemiah 4:15 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)

When our enemies heard that we knew of their plans and that God had frustrated them, we all returned to our work on the wall.

1. Plans for good (Proverbs 20:18)

a. GOD uses people to execute His plans for us, thru the wise counsels/advice of the godly.

Proverbs 20:18 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)

Plans succeed through good counsel; don’t go to war without wise advice.

2. Plans not for disaster

Jer 29:11 - ... not for disaster

a. Disaster is only reserved for the wicked.(Proverbs 3:25)

Proverbs 3:25 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)

You need not be afraid of sudden disaster or the destruction that comes upon the wicked,

3. Plans for our future (Psalms 37:37)

a. Don't abuse, still continue to be honest and good in GOD's sight.

Psalms 37:37 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)

Look at those who are honest and good, for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace.

4. Plans to give us hope (Romans 8:23)

a. Even if we die young or live to be 116 years old, our future hope is our future glory.

Romans 8:23 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)

And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us.

IX. CONCLUSION:

Yes, you can still plans, but GOD's purpose prevails. (Proverbs 19:21)

Proverbs 19:21 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)

You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.