I would like to share the following with all of you:

"My plan for your future has always been filled with
hope."

"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." Jeremiah 29:11

We live in a world that sometimes seems void of hope.
Wars, famine, pollution, recessions, etc. can cause us
to become easily discouraged when we look at the
prospects of our future. Discouragement can lead
to depression, and depression can lead to
hopelessness.

When we are feeling hopeless, we see our circumstances
and surroundings through a filtered lens that can
cause us to continue to spiral downwards in our
emotions and our attitudes. In this week's devotional
scripture, God says that He has a plan for you, a plan

that will prosper you and not to harm you, a plan that
will give you hope and a future.

While the economy may be saying one thing to us, God
is saying another. While your circumstances may cry
out hopelessness, God is saying that He has a plan to
prosper and not to harm you. While we don't know what
the future does hold, we know who holds the future.
We can trust in the goodness of God to care for us in
the midst of situations that seem hopeless.

Our hope is not in our circumstances, but in God our
Father. That does not necessarily mean that life will
always turn out the way we expected, but it does mean
that we can always trust in our Father to love us and
watch over us. If we commit our lives into His care,
we are guaranteed from an everlasting perspective,
that we will have an incredible future filled with
hope awaiting us, that will last forever.

PRAYER
Father, I thank You that You have a plan for me that
is filled with hope and a future. I know that You have
plans to prosper me and not to harm me. I need not
fear and I need not despair for you are in control of
my life. Help me to commit my life to You, trusting in

Your faithfulness to accomplish all that You have
promised to do. In the name of Your beloved Son,
Jesus, I pray. AMEN.

http://www.fathersloveletter.com/Devotionals/devotion22.html

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"No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his
love has been brought to full expression through us." 1 John 4:12

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