I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU, SAITH THE LORD!

Jeremiah 29:11, 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.
Do you and I realize that, God has declared that He has plans for us. Have you ever asked God what are His plans for you? I love it how that God has me in mind. Look at His word, It is for me and you to prosper in every area of our lives. Where did we miss it? Is it that we have not received Christ in our lives? Is it that we are living a luke warm life? Are we living a religious life and have not a relationship with God? Do we not fellowship with Him? Do we not take the time to read God’s word, pray, communicate, meditate, believe what His word say, trust Him. Where is our confidence, faith. Is it in everybody else, but God?

 God's purposes. We often do not know our own minds, but the Lord is never at an uncertainty. We are sometimes ready to fear that God's designs are all against us; but as to his own people, even that which seems evil, is for good. He will give them, not the expectations of their fears, or the expectations of their fancies, but the expectations of their faith; the end he has promised, which will be the best for them. When the Lord pours out an especial spirit of prayer, it is a good sign that he is coming toward us in mercy. Promises are given to quicken and encourage prayer. He never said, Seek ye me in vain.  I know—I alone; not the false prophets who know nothing of My purposes, though they pretend to know.

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expected end—literally, "end and expectation. Since God knows, why not ask Him, We have not because we ask not.