Did you ever analyze and calculate a venture

. . . or problem and arrive at a brilliant solution you felt good about?  Planning is a good thing.

Sometimes "fix-everything-people' take on a project that should be prayed over, and then they say,  "Here's the plan, Lord. Let's run with it." Woah! Wait a minute. God might have a different perspective, one with a spiritual impact. 

Isaiah 55:8,9  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith The Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 

The best of plans are fickle without God's input. The older I get, the more I say, "Lord, I really don't know what I'm doing, even though I think I do. I need your help."

Proverbs 3:6  In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. 

One of the six recorded songs

. . . waiting to be played at my funeral is about Jesus walking with me. When Jake Hess sings I Have Never Walked Alone, emotions tug at the mountains and valleys -- especially the valleys -- seasoning my memory.

Jesus was there the times I whispered, "I just don't know what to do." He was there when I skipped church five years. He walked me back. He was there with comfort and assurance when cancer jammed my path. He was there at every twist in the road, holding my hand, leading the way.

I thank God for a good life, blessed with a great family and many sweet church fellowships over the years. I hope I live much longer with an alert mind. Whatever happens, I know one thing for sure. I will never walk alone. 

Isaiah 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

The Bible says anyone who studies prophecy will be blessed.

. . . Prophecy teaches us that the world will not go on forever. Prophecy has been taught all through the Bible. Many believers are familiar with end time events, but are not sure of the order and how they relate to each other. Perhaps the following summary will put it into perspective.

1. The Rapture
2. The Rewards
3. The tribulation Period (7 years)
4. The Second Advent and Armageddon
5. The Millennium (Thousand Year Reign of  Christ)
6. The Final Revolt of Satan
7. The Judgment of all Sinners
8. The Eternal Age

Prophecy reveals the sovereignty of God over time and history. Hundreds of prophecies have already coming to pass, proving the Bible is the inspired Word of God. 

Scripture mentions the persecution of Israel and of Christians saved during the invitation. A remnant of Israel will be saved. I believe the Bible teaches that born again Christians (living and dead) will be caught up in the rapture before the tribulation.

The anti-Christ will rule a global government during the tribulation. After his first 3-1/2 years of pupularity, he will become a tyrant.

Greater details are found in a more thorough study of prophecy.

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